Pete's Skyhawk

[Gern]

Depending on the thickness of the plastic, holding the wings up to a strong light might help pinpoint where the holes are Pete.

[stillp]

Great idea Dave, but the plastic is too thick. :disappointed:
Pete

[Guest]

Sorry I'm late Pete.
Nice of the seller to offer a refund
Looks to be coming on well, love all this talk about weight and the photos of it. Never have this with a tank thank goodness :smiling2:
Do you really want your address to be public ?

[stillp]

Good point John, now removed.
Pete

[yak face]

Good point John, now removed.
Pete

Too late Pete , ransom demand in the post

[stillp]

Phew! I managed to work out the positions for the pylons from the decal placement drawing, which is pretty well 85% of the model size. The drill broke through quite easily, so I think I found the thin spots.

The drilling diagram shows two further sets of holes outboard of these but doesn't tell you to drill them, and there are two extra pylons on the sprue, but they aren't shown on either of the schemes Are they for a later version of the aircraft?

Now, I need to decide what loadout to fit. I have a choice of a large bomb or the buddy refuelling tank on the centre pylon, and drop tanks or either of two kinds of smaller bombs on the wing pylons. Easiest would be to fit the centre tank and the two drop tanks, since they're all white, but I'm not sure if all three tanks would ever be carried in practice.
Any thought folks?
Thanks for watching
Pete

[Gern]

Great idea Dave, but the plastic is too thick. :disappointed:
Pete

Oh well. Can't win 'em all. I see you've got it sorted though. Coming on nicely.

[stillp]

Plodding on, in between garden duties...
I've decided the loadout will be the drop tanks plus the centre bomb, which seems to be typical for the early Skyhawks. Painted the underside as well as the landing gear and inside of the bays white, then realised the ailerons should also be white, so sprayed them (Tamiya XF2) last evening. Started masking today ready to pain the upper surface Light Gull Grey, but I noticed when I trimmed the masking tape on the ailerons that the paint was flaking. Peeled back the tape to reveal:

the white over the whole aileron peeled off in one piece, leaving the trim tab in white. Same happened on the other wing. :disappointed:
Now repainted and this time I'll leave it a couple of days to dry as well as de-tacking the tape first.
Pete

[yak face]

Ouch ! Always gutting when that happens pete . Did you prime the kit ? I always prime with Halfords grey / white spray primer and the paint always seems to stick ok , never having problems with peeling off . The only case i had with paint peeling was when I masked over vallejo metal color varnish on the thunderflash , but this was only the top varnish coat that lifted , the underlying metal color silver stuck fine to the primer .

[Guest]

I'm lurking back here watching this one from the wings.

It's never a great motivator to have the paint lift when you mask, but it seems like you got over it quickly to solve it, so well done.

[stillp]

I didn't prime it Tony. I occasionally use primer but haven't found it makes much difference to lifting. Then again I've only ever used Revell and Vallejo primers.
Sod's law, I've decided to leave it a couple of days before masking again, and it's started raining so no chance of gardening.
Pete

[yak face]

I didn't prime it Tony. I occasionally use primer but haven't found it makes much difference to lifting. Then again I've only ever used Revell and Vallejo primers.
Sod's law, I've decided to leave it a couple of days before masking again, and it's started raining so no chance of gardening.
Pete

No chance of getting in the garden then Pete , you’ll have to self isolate indoors and console yourself by doing some Online retail therapy , perhaps a nice Amodel kit ?:rolling::smiling5:

[stillp]

Or, on the other hand, perhaps not!
Actually I need to get the gearbox/overdrive oil changed in my 1:1 Triumph, so that'll keep me busy for a while. Might change the engine oil as well while I'm under there.
Pete

[yak face]

Or, on the other hand, perhaps not!
Actually I need to get the gearbox/overdrive oil changed in my 1:1 Triumph, so that'll keep me busy for a while. Might change the engine oil as well while I'm under there.
Pete

Don’t forget to save the old engine oil and send it to Amodel to use as a mould release agent :smiling5::smiling5::smiling5:

[stillp]

The upper colour seems to have gone on alright:

But I just realised I've painted all the gear doors grey when they should be white on both sides!

Feeling a bit nervous about removing the masking in case the white comes off again.
Pete