Rick K Posted March 25, 2018 Author Share Posted March 25, 2018 (edited) While the streaking and grime dries I got to spend some quality time with my Opti-Visor and work on the navigation lights. .5mm holes drilled on back of kit supplied navigation lights. Luckly the sprue was quite thick and I was able to drill the holes while on the sprue. After drilling I carefully added paint in the hole with a 0/10 brush. One of these days I'm going to use blue as the bulb for the starboard light is actually blue and looks green when bulb is on. After paint dried I carefully scraped excess paint with a sharp blade. Then with a micro saw each lens was removed from the thick sprue. Painting the reflector base of these lenses presented a masking challenge. To mask the lenses I pressed each lens into Tacky Putty base side up and applied Alclad Dark Aluminum. Applying in light layers building up as not to have paint bleed on sides of lens. The white lens does show up. Edited March 25, 2018 by Rick K LSP_Kevin, Whitey, tucohoward and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trak-Tor Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 Excellent. Thanks for the detailed report. Juraj Rick K 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AceofClubs Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 Superlative Ciao Filippo Rick K 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 Nice detailing. Love those reflectors. Sincerely, Mark Rick K 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick K Posted April 12, 2018 Author Share Posted April 12, 2018 Aerial rigging is my next step and I opted to get some practice (for future WNW builds) making making my own turnbuckles. Using Albion 0.5mm Nickel Micro Tubing and Ultra Wire X-Small I made turnbuckles. A little time consuming but I'm pleased with results. Nav lights installed. Drilling a .5mm hole and inserting the turnbuckle is easier than said. Not as clean as I'd like it. FICE Much better... EZ Line small is great to work with as it's very forgiving and stretchy too. Ralph-D, LSP_Kevin, BiggTim and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick K Posted April 12, 2018 Author Share Posted April 12, 2018 A few pics of finished work. These are iPhone pics and will execute 35mm photoshoot this weekend. scvrobeson, alain11, tucohoward and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trak-Tor Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 Wonderful! Some Hawaiian sun would be awesome for the final photo-shoot. Congratulations! Juraj Rick K 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 Superb work, Rick! And a terrific result. Kev Rick K 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Barry Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 dreamy! Rick K 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Beautiful! Rick K 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tucohoward Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Awesome result, Rick!! Very nice indeed. Jay Rick K 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick K Posted April 18, 2018 Author Share Posted April 18, 2018 Wonderful! Some Hawaiian sun would be awesome for the final photo-shoot. Congratulations! Juraj Thanks Juraj. When I do final photo shoot I will use a sky blue (for Hawaiian sun) background as well as black Superb work, Rick! And a terrific result. Kev Cheers Kev. Final pics almost done. dreamy! Thanks Jim. Beautiful! Thanks Gazzas. Awesome result, Rick!! Very nice indeed. Jay Thanks Jay. See you at Model Classic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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