quang Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 I thought the rivets look terrific … until I discovered the screws! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorbenD Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 Lovely, lovely work, looking forward to seeing more. Added one of these to my stash about 6 weeks ago for a long planned build idea so following with much interest how you bring this one up to scratch. Gotta love a Hurri! Torben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly Posted May 20, 2018 Author Share Posted May 20, 2018 Hi there, I have worked on embossing the protrudey bits around the gear legs. Still some clean up to do, but almost there (on one side). The latter two pics show the early stages of my attempt at getting the "pinking shears" look on the linen strips. It is not accurate, but it does give the feel of a textured edge when seen at normal view. This area of the hull is difficult to get good reference for, but I hope for close enough is good enough. I'll add more tape around the hatches and cut out the areas for light and little knobby thing that sticks out later. The strips are sellotape with the edges run over with a rivet tool over and over. Oh yes, while I remember, I'm thinking about making this a rag-wing version, but am going to evaluate which is more work - metal or linen. Cheers for now, Kels. patricksparks, MikeMaben, LSP_Kevin and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quang Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 Excellent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorbenD Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 x2 Torben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quang Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 Considering the huge amount of work you're ready to invest in this project, it might be worthy that you take a look at the Trumpeter 1/24 Hurricane MK II. According to the specialists, it's the most accurate Hurricane kit bar none. At least it appears to be better than the Airfix in terms of dimensions and shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maxim Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 Excellent result. Looks nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerhard Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 Just brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly Posted June 3, 2018 Author Share Posted June 3, 2018 Hello! After much gnashing of teeth I decided to sand away all the rivets I carefully made on the oil cooler because they were too close together and not at all representative of the real thing - or the subsequent work I did on the underside of the wings. Seeing as I had already clad it with plastic, I had to think of a new approach. The solution: Tiny (micro tiny!) solder balls. They arrived the other day and were exactly what I hoped for - they are seriously small. 0.2 mm! So, emboldened by the new purchase I ran the (wider spaced) rivet wheel over the surface, sanded it, painted a thinned line of varnish over it and while still wet, manouvered the said balls into place. EASY! Crazy?... Maybe. Anyway. This is my solution to compound curves which I can't clad easily, so don't imagine I will need to do the process too often on the model. I put some base colours down as a test for how this process will look. The plan for this build is to do it as a series of small modelling projects, rather than doing the whole build then paint it last. This'll probably be a bit of a curse as I'll paint myself into corners, but it will help keep the process interesting along the way. As an addendum, I'd made an identification light which I was really happy with and built the surrounding details up. All was looking good. I lay down sellotape that had been carefully edged to look (sort of) like pinking, stood back to admire it and it looked TERRIBLE! Total loss. Ripped it all off and will have to start anew. This time I am going to use decals. It looks much more scale accurate, but the pinking has to go the way of the Dodo. That will be the topic of a future post. All good. Onwards and upwards. Cheers team, and great work all. Kels. DonH, Gazzas, MikeMaben and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greif8 Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 Outstanding work, the riveting is mind blowing. Ernest Kelly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorbenD Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 I think we must be cut from the same cloth Kels - lovely stuff and great tenacity in getting it bob on. Am so making notes... Torben Kelly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 (edited) Kels WOW, the new rivet detail looks fantastic - way to go. Awesome approach to dealing with the details Keep 'em comin Peter Edited June 3, 2018 by Peterpools Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Paxton Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Stunning Cheers, Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly Posted June 17, 2018 Author Share Posted June 17, 2018 Hello there, So in order to keep myself refreshed and feeling like there is something to modelling other than sanding and riveting, I am building this model alongside the Hurricane. Its the Hasegawa 1/32 109G-6 and it's totally OOB - no seatbelts, nothing. If its not in the box it won't be on the model. Rather than create a new thread, I just thought I'd keep the two builds together, as I bounce between them. It's a lovely kit, super easy to build. I explored using chalks and oils for all weathering and its been fun. All scratches, etc. are sanding and scraping the paint back to reveal the silver base coat. Kels. MikeMaben, sandokan, TorbenD and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 Some great work on both kits! Gaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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