Stokey Pete Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 Starting to catch me up with this one Chris. I’m so looking forward to seeing paint on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themongoose Posted February 25, 2023 Author Share Posted February 25, 2023 I’m a bit behind Stokey Pete but i might be catching up Sunday. The fuselage is ready to paint. I need to do a few of the hard to reach spaces, glue the 2 halves together, and do the primer…primer surprise below… and then the top side of the flaps and airlerons, have you ever seen pink primer! The LHS had tamiya fine surface primer in pink but not white. And then i thought about it, the primary colors are orange and red, pink primer could prove a great base coat! Maybe Sunday we’ll find out for sure…circle back around then would you ;-) Zola25, Greif8, scvrobeson and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greif8 Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 I really look forward to seeing your build under some paint Chris. Ernest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokey Pete Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 I reckon the primer will work brilliantly underneath the reds and oranges. I had considered and tried pink primer underneath the tan sections, but it made the tan look a little like cooked salmon colour. themongoose 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themongoose Posted February 26, 2023 Author Share Posted February 26, 2023 (edited) Many thanks go out to Stokey Pete for this next step! I did a lot of tweaking and minute sanding to the nose to fuselage joint based on his past builds and the details in his recent thread. No cutting, I was able to get the gap down to something really minimal. A little black CA and some swipes with a wet-sanding stick to get this… Im really close to primer! My canopy is ready to assemble, so some quick work on that tomorrow. A bunch of taping. Some vents and miscellaneous hardware to add like the slime lights. Almost forgot to show the tails. I went back and forth on this. Since everything is going to be a high gloss finish…and my tails didn’t fit to well, I decided to sand these flush and CA the seam. I applied the black CA with the back side of a #11 blade to keep it as close to the seam as possible. That did minimize sanding and these were done in 2 sessions. what reminded me of this was thinking thru the to-do list for primer…have to finish out those panel lines that go nowhere now haha Edited February 26, 2023 by themongoose Landrotten Highlander, denders, LSP_Kevin and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokey Pete Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 What a result with the nose/fuselage joint, I gotta bet that the anticipation is building now? I’m excited for you to be starting that paint job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themongoose Posted February 27, 2023 Author Share Posted February 27, 2023 (edited) Short delay My pilot was a little energetic, he was trying to eject his hand through the canopy! I cemented him to the seat instead of CA so he’s not coming out. So, out came the mini razor saw I must have moved it when i was gluing him together, that’s all i can figure, hehehe. You can see I’ve dropped it about 1mm. It’s late so I’m going to do final adjustments tomorrow and then add a little putty to blend his arm back into the shoulder. Edited February 27, 2023 by themongoose BradG, Phantom2, Daniel Leduc and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greif8 Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 Nice save on the figure Chris. Looking forward to seeing some paint on zour build! Ernest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheetah11 Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 Hi Chris, just have a look at the bulges on the rudders. I might be wrong but I think they are only found on the F-15E. Tamiya used many E parts on the C which are not correct like the straps on the horizontal stabs. Cheers Nick themongoose 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themongoose Posted February 28, 2023 Author Share Posted February 28, 2023 (edited) 12 hours ago, Cheetah11 said: Hi Chris, just have a look at the bulges on the rudders. I might be wrong but I think they are only found on the F-15E. Tamiya used many E parts on the C which are not correct like the straps on the horizontal stabs. Cheers Nick ugghhh you are sooo cruel Didn’t you know if you don’t bring it up it’s not wrong hahaha and on top of that after you mentioned the straps i found a close up and i see the stiffener plates Tamiya put on the top of the stabs isn’t there either. Soooo, just to l may sand it off as well. I had sanded down the existing hinge bulges already but hadn’t noticed that they weren’t there at all. Dang seeing anything on that gloss white paint of Umegumi is really tough. Not a bad job to finish it off as it turns out. edit- i found a clear pic that shows the stiffener at the top of the verticals very clearly so no more work there, yay! Edited February 28, 2023 by themongoose BradG, Greif8 and Landrotten Highlander 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheetah11 Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 12 hours ago, themongoose said: ugghhh you are sooo cruel Didn’t you know if you don’t bring it up it’s not wrong hahaha So Sorry Chris, I would have said nothing if you already had the paint on themongoose 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themongoose Posted February 28, 2023 Author Share Posted February 28, 2023 2 hours ago, Cheetah11 said: So Sorry Chris, I would have said nothing if you already had the paint on your welcome to jump in anytime paint or not lol Hope you found the humor I intended in my reply You really got the AMS going in me! Cheetah11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themongoose Posted March 26, 2023 Author Share Posted March 26, 2023 Well I’ve been busy with my THUD for awhile now. Only had time to read our Turning Japanese thread aat that. Lots of great work going on! today i had some time to get back on Umegumi. Beautiful day in Cincinnati so i did my painting outside. Even got a few shots in sunlight to share. This will be my primer coat for the colors and the finish coat for the white. Should keep the details popping! Cheetah11, scvrobeson, Zola25 and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokey Pete Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 Dude! You’re a modelling machine at the moment. Quality stuff as always. themongoose 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greif8 Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 This well look brilliant with the top coats on it. Very nice work man! Ernest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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