Out2gtcha Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 Man, that looks terrific! Varnish wood is nice on a ChrisCraft boat, not an aircraft IMHO! Except old WWI bipes of course! After reading up on the prototype, and what it may have looked like at the very first race, I actually think Im going to go full NMF/foil and natural wood in mine. I think the wood, foil and bright blue will look a treat actually. IIRC, the EAA based 100P is also natural aluminum and wood. KiwiZac and dora9 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dora9 Posted June 6, 2018 Author Share Posted June 6, 2018 (edited) That will look awesome! In one of the first restauration attempt, the aircraft interior was painted grey, I imagine as a mesure to prevent the wood from decaying. The other racers back in those days, like the Caudron, had their interior painted either grey or black to reduce the glare, that's the line I will follow. You don't want any distraction when you're racing! When the museum restored the aircraft, they went for a wood and varnish finish, with polished alu panels for the drive shaft tunnels, wich make sense if we follow Bugatti line of thought for his cars. Nothing beat the look of varnish wood, it's so classy! Cheers Edited June 6, 2018 by dora9 Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 That will look awesome! In one of the first restauration attempt, the aircraft interior was painted grey, I imagine as a mesure to prevent the wood from decaying. The other racers back in those days, like the Caudron, had their interior painted either grey or black to reduce the glare, that's the line I will follow. You don't want any distraction when you're racing! When the museum restored the aircraft, they went for a wood and varnish finish, with polished alu panels for the drive shaft tunnels, witch make sense if we follow Bugatti line of thought for his cars. Nothing beat the look of varnish wood, it's so classy! Cheers I think the instruction say something about a black IP? Or maybe black IP bezels? I seem to recall the one in Osh-Kosh having not just wood, but paint somewhere on the IP too. dora9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dora9 Posted June 6, 2018 Author Share Posted June 6, 2018 The IP was painted black. With those huge Jaeger dials as in the Triumph and Jaguar cars. Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dora9 Posted June 21, 2018 Author Share Posted June 21, 2018 Sorry if I took so long, I was caught in other projects. So small update, I shooted a first coat of blue. I stole it from the car guys! It's Zero Paint and the blue I used was for the Williams FW14B. Too bad we can't get some now due to high cost of shipping. So a coat of clear to seal the paint, but first some polishing with 8000 and 12000 grit sand paper and I think that will be it for the blue! Stay tuned! LSP_Kevin, NukerDan, TorbenD and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 blue looks perfect to me! dora9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dora9 Posted June 22, 2018 Author Share Posted June 22, 2018 Clear coat on top, the blue looks different inside, the other pic was taken outside in full sunshine, and with the clear gloss coat it's a bit darker. A little buffing and it will look great I hope! Stay tuned! Hubert Boillot, chukw, Shawn M and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 That looks freeking amazing! Love that body-shape. Gaz dora9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dora9 Posted June 22, 2018 Author Share Posted June 22, 2018 Love that art-deco style, with all those flowing lines and curves, too bad it did not race! Imagine the scene Bugatti, Caudron and all the like in the sky at the same time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 Wow, a very interesting project! Cheers Alan dora9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 Andre Awesome progress and some mighty finer paint work. The Bugatti is looking mighty good I have a few bottles of Zero Lacquer paints in the stash and haven't played with them yet - especially becoming a Mr Color Guy. I think I bought the last of set of Zero :Williams FW18B paints from Matt at Hobbyworld. Keep 'em comin Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dora9 Posted June 22, 2018 Author Share Posted June 22, 2018 (edited) Peter Those Zero Paint are amazing, but be sure that your primer is compatible with them or else it will act as a good paint striper! Cheers Edited June 22, 2018 by dora9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 Thanks Andre for the information and advice I bought them for a future F1 Williams FW-14B build I've been thinking about. I've read and watched a lot of videos on them and my brother has tested the Zero paints. Except for the F1 Williams project, just can't see using Zero paints as finding the correct colors for a F1 build is a nightmare. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dora9 Posted June 22, 2018 Author Share Posted June 22, 2018 (edited) Like this one? Body work is done now for all the little thingies that go under it! Done with Zero Paint. Tamiya 1/12 scale. Cheers Edited June 22, 2018 by dora9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 Andre: Exactly and awesome. I was still deciding between the 1/20 and 1/12th scale kits. Biggest problem: just running out of bench time Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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