Out2gtcha Posted October 13, 2021 Author Share Posted October 13, 2021 Thanks guys, I just last night got a full black Mr surfacer 1500 coating on everything................Stealth snake! Looks pretty cool, but will leave the primer to harden off for a full day or two before messing with things, as Im sure I will have more corrective work to do on the primer coat before applying paint. Cheers! Brett M 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody V Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 3 hours ago, Out2gtcha said: Thanks guys, I just last night got a full black Mr surfacer 1500 coating on everything Ohhhh..... paint, my favorite part! She's really lookin' good Brian. Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdthoresen Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 Brian- I absolutely love your work on this so far. I had built the old 1/32 Revell kit as a kid, and while it was crap, I loved it. It was one of my most proud moments of my childhood modeling, being one of the first kits I completed all by myself. Thanks for the memories……….made me smile on a particularly sh!t day. You, sir, are one of my favorite modelers here, period. The other, other, Brian……..er, um….. Thor Alain Gadbois and Out2gtcha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted October 14, 2021 Author Share Posted October 14, 2021 Thanks B! And thanks all for the comments it really is a great pick me up to keep the MoJo up. On today's episode of The Rocky and Bullwinkle AH-1G show, its either "Stealth Snake" or "Cobra on a Stick"! This is round 3, with a 4th and maybe even 5th round of priming, sanding, filling and smoothing yet to come before paint. I think she looks quite fetching in all satin black: So far so good! Its a repetitive process (priming, drying, marking flaws, filling, drying, sanding, rinse/repeat) but I think it ends up with the best paint surface when you can get most if not all the actual smoothing done in prep, with only some 3000+ finish sanding on the paint. Little ways to go on the nose, upper rear engine compartment, a sink mark on the front of the engine housing that I didnt notice until late and the pesky seam under the rear side of the tail boom but were getting there. Cheers! Martinnfb, easixpedro, Hemi and 16 others 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted October 14, 2021 Author Share Posted October 14, 2021 45 minutes ago, bdthoresen said: Brian- I absolutely love your work on this so far. I had built the old 1/32 Revell kit as a kid, and while it was crap, I loved it. It was one of my most proud moments of my childhood modeling, being one of the first kits I completed all by myself. Thanks for the memories……….made me smile on a particularly sh!t day. You, sir, are one of my favorite modelers here, period. Thanks man, made my day, as I too have great memories of building the crappy Revell kit, with thrashed decals that silvered so bad it was crazy (applied right on the plastic with no paint IIRC!)...........but the thing was I really remember not caring about that at all, it was just a cool BIG Cobra. We didn't care about seams or flaws or silvering or details any of that, it was blis! Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1 Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 Looks good, is she going to have the exhaust suppressor mounted? Martinnfb and Out2gtcha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 That surface is smooth as silk, very clean work Brian. Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted October 15, 2021 Author Share Posted October 15, 2021 Thanks gents, Mr Finishing Surfacer coat #4 is about to go down. 4 hours ago, John1 said: Looks good, is she going to have the exhaust suppressor mounted? Yep, toilet bowl is already painted up, and just needs to be attached and weathered. Cheers! John1, Greg W and Martinnfb 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Great work and thanks for sharing your build. It has moved this kit to the “next in line” after I finish my build for the Revell GB. Looking forward to your build coming out of the paint shop! Mike Out2gtcha and Martinnfb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody V Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 11 hours ago, Out2gtcha said: Its a repetitive process (priming, drying, marking flaws, filling, drying, sanding, rinse/repeat) but I think it ends up with the best paint surface Doing it right. The finished paint job is only as good as the work under it. Martinnfb and Out2gtcha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted October 15, 2021 Author Share Posted October 15, 2021 Thanks guys. I bet I primed that underside seam 2 or 3 times.......each time it came back slightly. As soon as that last time happened, I figured something else was going on, so I very gently squeezed the rear boom sides, and sure enough, I could see that seam spreading and opening up each time I squeezed. Each time there was no noise or popping, so I knew I had popped the seam way earlier somehow. Thought I was going crazy for a second! So, knowing it was a popped seam I flooded that whole underside of the boom seam with quick evap Tamiya extra thin cement. I'll let that harden off until tonight and try for round 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete G. Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Glad you were able to spot the issue Brian! Keep up the awesome work! Pete Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted October 15, 2021 Author Share Posted October 15, 2021 34 minutes ago, Pete G. said: Glad you were able to spot the issue Brian! Keep up the awesome work! Thanks my friend! Now I just need that freakin turret from Russia to show up! Id love to be able to paint everything together, but Im betting Ill have to wait on the chin turret. NBD really since its going to be the same OD as the rest of the main body, so could easily be painted later. Pete G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Looking good Brian. Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted October 16, 2021 Author Share Posted October 16, 2021 A bit more progress! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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