thug626
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Post by thug626 on Oct 10, 2017 15:33:08 GMT -6
Good afternoon everyone. A lot of progress achieved at the bench. As my lovely daughter has said, "The art block is over". With the progress there was a fair bit of redo. Especially with the seam line that showed up on the upper side of the fuselage when the light hit it just right. Vallejo putty and 1500 grit to the rescue. Here's the redo on the upper side 
The lower side....  The completed redo. Big flat surfaces have always given me fits for filling/fixing seams.  I picked this masking medium at the LHS. It is the bees knees for masking. The wind screen has some difficult lines and radiuses to fill. This stuff work wonderfully.  Here is the result.... 
I painted the edge of the wind screen a thinned green to represent the glass edge. I can't remember where I picked up this trick, but it works well.
 The beginnings of weathering. 
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Post by JCON on Oct 10, 2017 15:57:45 GMT -6
That looks amazing brother!!! Excellent job on those seams!!!  |
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Post by JEFF on Oct 10, 2017 16:56:42 GMT -6
Pretty freakin' awesome, that is.  |
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Post by Buddho on Oct 10, 2017 17:53:25 GMT -6
Incredible work going on here. WOW.
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Post by thug626 on Oct 10, 2017 18:57:34 GMT -6
Good evening everyone. Jcon, Thank you kindly brother. When I saw that upper rear seam in the proper light, I thought "Are you ****ing kidding me!?". I was tickled to have taken care of it. Jeff, Thank you kindly my good man. Buddho, Thank you very much for the compliment. I'm closing the bench for the night. Plenty of work done today. Best to come back at it with fresh eyes tomorrow. The rigging is attached to the underside of the top wing, and the wing is now mounted. With that, it is time to give the eyeballs a break. 
The gunners deck wood is weathered with MIG 502 oils.  These next few pics will give an idea of the rigging menagerie...... 
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Post by rick on Oct 10, 2017 21:07:50 GMT -6
That's a real beauty. Even though all that rigging paralyzed me with fear. I can appreciate the skill it takes to tackle these wonderful kits.
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Post by thug626 on Oct 10, 2017 21:19:08 GMT -6
Thank you kindly Rick. While mounting the top wing with the rigging dangling, I was looking at all that spaghetti hanging down thinking, “Do NOT c**k this up”. I was worried about trapping some of the rigging between a strut and the wing. So far it looks ok
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Post by JCON on Oct 10, 2017 22:50:32 GMT -6
Been there done that, lol!!! Looks like you have it well in hand brother!!! |
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Post by Mence on Oct 11, 2017 0:46:46 GMT -6
Fantastic to see this again.
Such progress, your attention to detail is inspirational.
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Post by tojo72 on Oct 11, 2017 6:18:40 GMT -6
Great looking aircraft you got going,those WNW kits look great
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Post by ARMORGUY on Oct 11, 2017 6:41:29 GMT -6
This is quite the detailed kit, I like it !
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Post by dogfish7 (R.I.P.) on Oct 11, 2017 6:53:54 GMT -6
Amazing work! Looks like more rigging than a sail Scooner. 
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Post by JED on Oct 11, 2017 7:28:52 GMT -6
Fantastic looking build
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2017 8:06:28 GMT -6
awesome work, looks fab  |
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Post by Buddho on Oct 11, 2017 19:52:50 GMT -6
Masterful work. Your rigging work is a sight to behold.  |
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Post by BUCKY on Oct 11, 2017 20:05:02 GMT -6
This is shaping up to be a real beauty!!
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Post by thug626 on Oct 11, 2017 20:43:01 GMT -6
Good evening everyone. Thank you all kindly for the compliments. I got the rigging started today. About 6-7 lines in the CA started behaving oddly. It was sticking to everything but the line and the model. Accelerator didn't make a spit of difference. Soooooo, before I launched the model that I've got a fair bit of work into, I decided best to call it a day. Here's what I've gotten thus far. 
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Post by BUCKY on Oct 11, 2017 21:26:27 GMT -6
I'm really hoping it doesn't get to the launching stage!! This is some great looking work, chief!!
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Post by thug626 on Oct 11, 2017 21:37:23 GMT -6
Good evening Bucky. It did not get to the launching stage....it came close....so very close. I’m going to cogitate on the CA conundrum. I am perplexed as to its behavior tonight. I am hopeful that the rigging will get completed this weekend.
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Post by BUCKY on Oct 11, 2017 21:41:09 GMT -6
No worries, Dave!! We're in no hurry around these parts!! I've got a build going that's been on the bench for around 7 years!!  |
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