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I was pretty sure I planned this well, thought through the drying time needed, etc. But as my first masked camo, I didn’t think my way through the masking for the second color well. After that, I decided to just try to use the inverse mask I’d cut these from. That’s what I decided to go with. I think the result was decent. There is a very rough surface on the… Read More
So it begins. I’m new to this sanding and finishing. I’ve read about all kinds of ways people do this, all the way to the extremes of wet-sanding. I’m not sure I’m ready to go that far or if I ever will be. Suffice it to say, I’ve spent most of my time today doing nothing but filling, sanding, finishing, repeating. I’m able to get a decent fill and finish only to… Read More
Success! Seams cleaned up, pieces levered and reset, triangle piece added to get more sticking power. I also made a new foil jig to hold the opening wide for the fuselage after the horrible experience last time. It was still a darn tight fit. Really tight. I tried using the cockpit assembly as a level to further pry open the fuselage while getting it snapped in there. In the end, I realized… Read More
You might remember the last time that I’d put together the arrow piece with the foil jigs and Tamiya tape to pull things together into shape. Man, did it set well, Really firmly and pretty clean considering the warped nature of the fuselage in this kit. It was all well and good until I tried to fit the canopy assembly. Even with the center foil jig prying things open (and I will… Read More
You’ll remember from last time, I got a piece of narrow gauge railroad rail that I can balance right to push down the arrow shapes into place. I was hoping that would hold things so I can move on to the next step. It went surprisingly well. There are gaps, but ones that should be hidden when the cockpit goes in. So now I’m going to use aluminum foil to create some custom… Read More
Oh boy, talk about bringing back memories! I remember now how very poorly the jet intakes fit on this old Monogram mold. Yikes ahootie. It’s a serious balancing act to make these come together. I’m going to be doing well if I get them lined up at all, nevermind clean joints. The main fuselage of the jet from behind the cockpit back to the exhaust is split between the top and bottom… Read More
Don’t do what I did. I made a stupid assumption and didn’t read the label. I made the assumption that two Krylon spray products would work with each other. Well they don’t. I don’t know what this hellish gloss coating is supposed to be good for if not for coating something you already painted. And ideally I guess the same company products. No, that’s not what it’s for. It’s for complete ruin… Read More
Often scale models of WWII aircraft will have antenna pegs molded to the fuselage or tail, meant to hold a wire communications antenna line as on the real aircraft. Sometimes these are pretty robust as on the Revell | Monogram B-17. Other times they can be pretty thin, flimsy, or already broken during shipping on smaller aircraft like fighters. They might be attached from the tail, fuselage, or a taller peg sticking… Read More
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