Brett M Posted November 15, 2020 Author Share Posted November 15, 2020 (edited) 19 minutes ago, chuck540z3 said: Freaking Wow! You and Pig Fleischmann are the Archer decal rivet Kings! Great job Brett. Cheers, Chuck Thanks Chuck! I have to give all the credit to Woody @Archer Fine Transfers on the rivets. He really did ALL the heavy lifting in designing these decals/rivet panels. Now I’m looking forward to getting into painting! Edited November 15, 2020 by Brett M Woody V and Anthony in NZ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockie Yarwood Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 Superb! Brett M and Anthony in NZ 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 5 hours ago, Brett M said: And, primed. A few spots for cleanup, but otherwise......looks good. Don't mind the wet towel, I was trying to keep dust down.....I wasn't spraying the model on it Wow, wow, wow.....amazing! C'mon, Woody, how about a TBF??! Just stunning Brett Alex, Brett M, Rockie Yarwood and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machine_marty Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 Great work Brett, following this with interest Brett M 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 Way to see it through. Good job. Sincerely, Mark Brett M 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody V Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 5 hours ago, Anthony in NZ said: C'mon, Woody, how about a TBF?? I'm not sure what would be more impressive - the rivets or the price, which is the fly in the ointment. Anthony in NZ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody V Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 Outstanding! I'm moving at a snail's pace on mine. Living alone, running a business in the midst of a re-boot and trying to have some semblance of a life is eating up all my time. Brett M 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 Hi Woody, have you any idea if and when the set will be released? What Brett is showing is really inspiring and acting as an Archer Dauntless set advertising beacon... Brett M 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett M Posted November 16, 2020 Author Share Posted November 16, 2020 21 hours ago, Rockie Yarwood said: Superb! 21 hours ago, Anthony in NZ said: Wow, wow, wow.....amazing! C'mon, Woody, how about a TBF??! Just stunning Brett 18 hours ago, machine_marty said: Great work Brett, following this with interest 17 hours ago, dodgem37 said: Way to see it through. Good job. Sincerely, Mark 15 hours ago, Archer Fine Transfers said: Outstanding! I'm moving at a snail's pace on mine. Living alone, running a business in the midst of a re-boot and trying to have some semblance of a life is eating up all my time. Thanks all! Woody, I'm sure once things calm down, your -3 will pick up the pace and get finished up. More progress from today. Painted the area behind the engine that appears to be natural aluminum. Tamiya gloss back followed up by Alclad aluminum and a final coat of Aqua Gloss. I'll mask it off tomorrow. I also started on painting the darker blue....which the more I look at, the more I lightened it too much. But, I said that about my Corsair too and I liked how it turned out. Stay the course! I did some spray out tests on the styrene in back, you can see the different colors. I lightened up the sea blue with white, as the original color seemed too dark and almost close to black. A nice close up up the rivets.....and then me seeing more areas to clean up. Macro sure shows everything! Comments, critiques, tips.....you know the game! Alex, LSP_Kevin, Rockie Yarwood and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 Good work on all the decaling! Now that's it's covered with primer and paint, will the rivets be safe from any potential masking? Matt Brett M 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody V Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 On 11/15/2020 at 10:46 AM, thierry laurent said: Hi Woody, have you any idea if and when the set will be released? PM me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 Wow Brett! That riveting is out of this world! Brett M 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett M Posted November 17, 2020 Author Share Posted November 17, 2020 20 hours ago, scvrobeson said: Good work on all the decaling! Now that's it's covered with primer and paint, will the rivets be safe from any potential masking? Matt Thanks Matt. I've followed Woody's instructions to make sure the decals adhered and melted into the gloss coat (sprayed with Mr Leveling Thinner), so I'm feeling pretty positive that they won't pull. I think he has some sample shots on his SBD-3 build..... 7 hours ago, Thunnus said: Wow Brett! That riveting is out of this world! Thanks John! Do be do.....I did some backtracking after looking over the primer coat. Quite a few dust spots, so I I practiced some fine sanding throughout the day, then re-primed those spots, plus over sprayed the blue I'd done. I'm going to add some red and green under it, to give a bit of tonal contrast (I hope). So for now, I did some tail work and fabric work. All the fabric areas were given a random coat of white and then on the tail, followed up with intermediate blue. Nice and patchy to start, which will get toned down as more layers and weathering go down. More to come throughout the week. Comments, critiques welcome! And, yep, I noticed the panel lines on the tail I didn't clear of film in the last picture...fixed! Rockie Yarwood, Anthony in NZ, Kagemusha and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 On 11/15/2020 at 11:57 PM, Archer Fine Transfers said: I'm not sure what would be more impressive - the rivets or the price, which is the fly in the ointment. LOL, fair enough but only the fuselage would need doing as the wings and tail are flush riveted Brett, this is truly epic, and an RNZAF one too... Brett M and KiwiZac 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 Another spectacular build going on here. Well done Brett. Brett M 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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