Desert Stuka

[yak face]

Top work pete , looking forward to seeing the colour go on this one , cheers tony

[Geoffers]

Zipping along nicely Pete :thumb2:

Geoff

[colin m]

I do like a desert camouflage scheme, and I do Like a Stuka. It will be nice to see this one develop.

[stillp]

Apologies for the lack of updates folks, it's been a bit hectic here, what with getting a puncture (unrepairable - £££), visits from the grandkids, the garage got flooded by overflowing drains, the cat's been ill, the washing machine blocked up, then, this morning, the kettle packed in!
Anyway, here's a couple of pics:

I did have the canopy on earlier today, but it wasn't sitting right so I took it off. I need to get that fitted as it's the easiest way to mask the cockpit, then I can splash some paint about.
Pete

[papa 695]

Looking good Pete.

[Geoffers]

Crikey Pete with all that going on you’ve done well to fit any build time in at all :surprised:

Nice work, looking forward to seeing some paint on it.

Geoff.

[stillp]

Well, that'll do for today:

The rearmost part of the canopy looks a bit too wide, but the one at Duxford is about the same.
I'm not in a masking mood tonight, maybe tomorrow. Last time I built one of these I think I used pre-cut masks, but I was too mean to order any this time around.
Pete

[stillp]

The masking mojo made a brief visit today, so I got the canopy masked - sorry, lost the photo - and splashed some Vallejo RLM65 on the underside:
I'll let that dry overnight and mask up tomorrow so I can start the topside with a coat of RLM79 Sandgelb.
Pete

[Andy T]

Looks like a great finish Pete.

[Allen Dewire]

Wow, it sounds like your plate was more than full lately Pete. Hope everything is better now and you can drive on with this. Nice 65 belly coat Sir!!!

Prost
Allen

[stillp]

Aargh! Started masking the underside, had to reposition a piece of masking tape, and this happened:

I'm not having any success with paint recently, it must be something I'm doing wrong, but what? This was Vallejo Model Air, no primer. The only thing I can think of is that I'm laying the paint down too thick, but I thought I'd given it plenty of time between coats - about a half hour.
Pete

[Allen Dewire]

Sorry to see that Pete. I'm no expert, but I usually let the 1st coat of Model Air dry for an hour or a bit more before shooting the second . I let that dry for a few hours before try to do anything to or with it. Could it have been the masking tape was a bit too sticky, like on my build???.......Should be an easy fix though...

Prost
Allen

[stillp]

Struggling with a really bad dose of hay fever, but I managed to get the underside masked and a coat of Sandgelb on the topside.

Pete

[Lee Drennen]

Looks good Pete. The new Airfix has lots of details I see very nice

[stillp]

Slow progress is better than no progress!

Needs some RLM70 schwartzgrun, perhaps tomorrow.
Pete