Jim Rs Airfix 1/72 De Havilland Vampire T.11 - Part 2

[spanner570]

Jim, now that isa cockpit!
Superb workmanship and in 1/72!
Very nice.

[Guest]

Very hard to believe that's only 1/72 Jim. Very fine work indeed.

[Jim R]

Hi all
Just to show this is still plodding on. Build mainly complete. Stynylrez grey primer.

I was going to preshade before the top coat but I didn't for two reasons. Firstly I am hopeless and have never yet done a preshade which I didn't obliterate with my heavy handed airbrushing :thinking: Secondly the decals cover so much of the model I though later weathering would be enough.
Top coat of Vallejo Metal Color aluminium.

This is the decal instructions. The ones for the wing leading edges actually fold round to the underside :flushed:

Looks like a disaster waiting to happen!
Jim

[Wouter]

Hi Jim, completely missed the start of this one. Quite some thing to miss! Really love that cockpit. And good one on the paintwork. Can you - during next update - take a photo with a real life object like a pen or lighter besides it? Just to show a sense of scale, and probably give an insight of your mental health after working with 1/72nd scale .

Keep up the good work chap!

Cheers

[Fernando N]

Neat start at the paintwork Jim, agree with your choice to leave the pre-shade off :thumb2: .
With so much decals you won’t see it and later on the decals can be blended in during the post-shade and weathering:smiling:.

[Guest]

Lovely paint job to my eyes Jim. Have fun wrapping those decals.....

[Jim R]

Hi all
Wouter, Fernando and Peter - greatly appreciate you support :thumb2:
Gloss coat and decals started.
Now those fold over the wing decals were worrying me. I was especially concerned about the stripes - I feared they would just get all messed up. I decided it would be better to cut them off and fit them separately. I left a tiny piece of the stripe so that when putting the stripes on I would be able to position them properly.


Seems to work OK. You can see the bits left to locate the stripes.


Stripes added. Had to cut the decal for the stripes to fit into the groove of the flap.


I'll give it another go with the MicroSol. There are roundels and letters/numbers decals to fit on top of the stripes.
Jim

[Wouter]

Respect that you are giving this a go, Jim. Decals like that can be bad for your nerves and really are challenging I reckon. Some more Sol should do the trick indeed.

[scottie3158]

Jim,
Great work, even folding the large one round neatly would have been a challenge to far for me, but you have made a great job of it.

[Si Benson]

Hi Jim,
I went into a cold sweat just looking at the decals. Looking good so far, hope the rest play nicely for you!

[Guest]

Looking good Jim. Should have known that a careful modeller like yourself would have no trouble.

[Jim R]

Hi all
Thanks guys :thumb2:
Getting there. Some may need another coat of MicroSol but generally not too bad. Some of the decals needed a little trim to fit OK.


The no 24 is on the undercarriage doors but extends outside the door itself. The kit provides for the 'bits' needed if building with the wheels down. Bottom right are the doors with their numbers and the ends of the numbers are around the wheel wells.





Still a way to go but I'm actually gaining in confidence with these decals :tongue-out3:
Jim

[Guest]

Still sane? Neat work Jim.

[Fernando N]

Neat work on the decals Jim, your method of cutting up the stripes for an easy fit paid off nicely :thumb2: .

[Guest]

I too missed this!
That cockpit truly is impressive.