Real life gets in the way for a reason, as it's generally far more important than playing with plastic - best wishes to you and your family.
The paintwork on your build is superb!
The paintwork on your build is superb!
Andy's Hobby 2000 1/48 Hurricane Mk 1
- Thread starter Andy the Sheep
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Paul I had to go educate myself why they were painted like that very interesting.
Take care of business we’re going nowhere.
Hurricane is pulling up after real life interferences. Parents are getting better and sister is currently taking care of them.
Decalling started. Cartograf decals are behaving under a mild Decalfix treatment; only one of the "W" on the fuselage side broke but was easily repaired.
Next are all those small stencils :dizzy:, the W under the "chin", the serial numbers, the Polish flag on both sides under the windscreen, then undercarriage and spinner.
Decalling started. Cartograf decals are behaving under a mild Decalfix treatment; only one of the "W" on the fuselage side broke but was easily repaired.
Next are all those small stencils :dizzy:, the W under the "chin", the serial numbers, the Polish flag on both sides under the windscreen, then undercarriage and spinner.
Well done sir.
Looking superb andrea , glad to hear the family is getting better , cheers tony
+1
Pete
Stealed some time at the bench while reorganizing 40 years of souvenirs and equipment (and a lot of cobwebs too) in the garage.
The Hurricane is almost finished; weathering and last small details to add, a flat/satin final coat and the thrilling moment: stripping the masking tape :cold-sweat:
Here are three pics, not high quality as I used my cell phone.
TTFN
The Hurricane is almost finished; weathering and last small details to add, a flat/satin final coat and the thrilling moment: stripping the masking tape :cold-sweat:
Here are three pics, not high quality as I used my cell phone.
TTFN
Final steps, with a surprise.
When sprayed the matt final coat all the decals but the roundels silvered horribly. Probably my gloss clear coats were not as smooth as they should have been or I should have trusted more the smooth satin finish of the AK real paints and skip the clear gloss phase. Last but not least, the canopy pre-cut masks left a coat of glue on some sections which are really hard to clean.
At least I finished this GB in time, which is not bad considering the real life interferences.
Anyway here are the last pics at the bench. Final pics in the finished models section.
Here there's no silvering, yet.
Then ... heavy glue traces on the canopy and the silvering of the decals, with traces of ongoing tentatives os reducing its effects on the "W".
The underside is much better, at least to my eyes.
Probably next time I'll cut the carrying film as much as possible and check with more accuracy the smoothness of the underlying colour before applying decals. Or skip to masking and painting.
Anyway, I managed to scrap most of the carrying film with a wooden toothpick then dry brushed the area with the base colour to hide as much as possible the traces left on the paint.
Final pics in the completed aircrafts section.
Comments and suggestions are always welcome.
Andrea
When sprayed the matt final coat all the decals but the roundels silvered horribly. Probably my gloss clear coats were not as smooth as they should have been or I should have trusted more the smooth satin finish of the AK real paints and skip the clear gloss phase. Last but not least, the canopy pre-cut masks left a coat of glue on some sections which are really hard to clean.
At least I finished this GB in time, which is not bad considering the real life interferences.
Anyway here are the last pics at the bench. Final pics in the finished models section.
Here there's no silvering, yet.
Then ... heavy glue traces on the canopy and the silvering of the decals, with traces of ongoing tentatives os reducing its effects on the "W".
The underside is much better, at least to my eyes.
Probably next time I'll cut the carrying film as much as possible and check with more accuracy the smoothness of the underlying colour before applying decals. Or skip to masking and painting.
Anyway, I managed to scrap most of the carrying film with a wooden toothpick then dry brushed the area with the base colour to hide as much as possible the traces left on the paint.
Final pics in the completed aircrafts section.
Comments and suggestions are always welcome.
Andrea
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