Dennis7423 Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 Looking great Iian! Make sure when you tidy up the cockpit edges, it's with black! The instructions seem to indicate the cockpit had black trim on the sills. - Dennis S. Thornton, CO USA wunwinglow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted May 2, 2022 Author Share Posted May 2, 2022 Hi Dennis - yes - on the list to do at the 'tweaks' stage. Iain Dennis7423 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeC Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 1 hour ago, Dennis7423 said: Looking great Iian! Make sure when you tidy up the cockpit edges, it's with black! The instructions seem to indicate the cockpit had black trim on the sills. - Dennis S. Thornton, CO USA Although not a hard and fast rule. My notes say XN236, the one I soloed on, had blue trim on the cockpit edges. Although that was in the earlier silver/dayglo scheme. Dennis7423, wunwinglow and Iain 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeC Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 And yes, looking good. Iain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 Looks great, Iain! Kev wunwinglow and Iain 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale32 Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 Now that's something you don't see get built everyday! Just can't help thinking what the future looks like for 3d printing...... already seems to be well on its way. Beautifully built by the way most impressive. Cheers Bevan wunwinglow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis7423 Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 On 5/2/2022 at 12:39 PM, MikeC said: Although not a hard and fast rule. My notes say XN236, the one I soloed on, had blue trim on the cockpit edges. Although that was in the earlier silver/dayglo scheme. Sounds like a rather striking looking bird! - Dennis S. Thornton, CO USA MikeC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted May 4, 2022 Author Share Posted May 4, 2022 Some photos with all the decals/stencils done. The decals are excellent - beautifully thin and opaque, with no hint of silvering - anywhere... The decals for the under-wing serials where cut and trimmed between the 'X' and the 'E' on each, to remove a section of clear film where the strut mounts are located on the wing underside - makes things soooo much easier! No setting solutions were harmed in the application of decals - so a firm 10/10! So - item the next - and I couldn't resist removing the wing/cockpit struts from their supports and trial fitting to the fuselage: And then, well, I just had to see what she looked like with the wing balanced in place: This model makes me smile! Oh - and these are just a smidge over-exposed - I could have tweaked, but too late now. The grey is just a fraction darker on the model! Final finish won't be this shiny - will cover that later. Meanwhile - I have a plan - possibly a cunning one - to improve on the look of the kit supplied metal wing struts. These are supplied as aluminium tube for strength and are probably the only compromise in the whole kit. and one that prevented the cost escalating. I have some 1mm diameter stainless steel rod on order. If strong enough when cut to length, then I'll have a go at forming an airfoil shape around them with 5 thou styrene sheet - but news on that when I have it... "All Out!" Iain LSP_Kevin, denders, patricksparks and 12 others 13 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 That looks beautiful, Iain! Kev wunwinglow and Iain 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted May 4, 2022 Author Share Posted May 4, 2022 Cheers Kev - really enjoying it! Iain wunwinglow and LSP_Kevin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 Looks great! And really good decals to cover up the bright red paintwork. Matt wunwinglow and Iain 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted May 5, 2022 Author Share Posted May 5, 2022 Absolutely Matt! I believe these have a double white print layer... Iain scvrobeson and wunwinglow 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wunwinglow Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 2 hours ago, Iain said: Absolutely Matt! I believe these have a double white print layer... Iain They do indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wunwinglow Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 17 hours ago, scvrobeson said: Looks great! And really good decals to cover up the bright red paintwork. Matt Wait 'til you see it with the dayglo leading edges on!! scvrobeson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 Stunning, simply stunning. Well done the Perry/Ogilvie Dream Team! wunwinglow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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