DocRob

Hola Hombres, I made some progress today finishing the decals and numerous stencils. Everything went well with the Cartograph stuff, but they take a lot of time to soak. After a coat of future it's time for the final assemblies. The decals blended well after sealing, the NMF hides the carrier film well. The canopy and windscreen were not test fitted, because I like to keep them on a piece of sprue for futurizing, masking and painting but they seem to fit well, phew. Cheers Rob

Thanks Danny, some things have to be finished before calling her done. Next week I will have a little garden project to distract me . Cheers Rob

Hairspray technique?

Nice save Danny, hope mine will be near as good as yours. Actually yesterday I put the large decals on my Jug, including Dottie. Next are the numerous and boring stencils. Cheers Rob

Wow, a great looking Camel. The little dio enhances the look of your wonderful Camel a lot. The attention to detail is amazing. Cheers Rob

Looking great, can't wait to see the camo completed. Cheers Rob

That has nothing to do with stress, thin materials or weak construction, it is an advanced technology feature

Nice looking Raiden and quite rare without heavy weathering. One year ago I built one too, without any aftermarket, a first since being a kid. As you mentioned it is a trouble free relaxing experience. The Hasegawa Raidens should be prescribed for frustrated modelers. Cheers Rob

I trash my Hasegawa Jug and look for another hobby . Inspirational and desillusionating at the same time, I'm cought in a paradoxon and just applaude. Cheers Rob

Don't forget, chaos can be an inspirational force Cheers Rob

You made a little gem out of that dinosaur 109. It was a nice travel back into the ages with your build. Cheers Rob

I would use a neutral grey wash from MIG (no pun) Cheers Rob

I think I've seen a picture once where the folded wings were secured with a rod between the folded part and the top side of the wing or fuselage. If that is true (hello Corsair experts) it would be another possibility to strengthen the joint with a steel bar. Cheers Rob

Nope Señhor , I'm sorry

Great photos Martin, thank you. It's interesting to see the effect, that b&w photos have on Colours especially yellow and red, which appear to be much darker than they are on some of the pics. Another noticeable area is the tail area, without the black painted 'borders' which are mentioned in the Eduard manual (at least with a question mark). a) yes, b) no . Go for it Ivan, it's a pure pleasure build (don't know about the resin). As you chose a non NMF scheme you left out the only area of the build which troubled me. Cheers Rob

I hope you will find a way to repair the damaged part. Sometimes the welding effect of plastic glue can do wonders. I always felt that this effect is stronger with the white capped normal Tamiya cement, than with the green thin stuff. Is there a possibility of reinforcement with a steel rod? Surfaces of your corsair look great and should luck perfect in Colour. Cheers Rob

Thanks Peter, sometimes you have to take what you get, Dottie was supposed to look newish. After my little accident and the necessary repairs, she looks not that new anymore, but you are right, the metal shine is nice and looks like metal. Cheers Rob

Tres chic, love the weathering and painting. I was tempted to get me one of those and produce a Vietnamese 'Swamp Thing' out of it. Your build is a very inspirational support. Cheers Rob

There is an unspoken rule of thumb for a decent workbench. It has to hold at least the amount of tools, brushes, tapes, jars, …, than the actual kit has parts Cheers Rob

Wow, amazing weathering. Can't wait to see your magic working on the Sturmbock itself. The Scheuklappen (extra armor) looking bueno too. Cheers Rob

Hi Ivan, thanks for your tips. Yes I varnished polished Aluminium with Future and that worked well. I tried it on test pieces and no problems arose. Varnish tones down the polished Aluminium a fraction, but enhances the surface sheen and that was fine to me. You are probably right about the cloth, I will use cotton for future projects. The fine overspray with polished aluminium gave me a result, which at least backed off the possibility of throwing Dottie out of the window instantly . Cheers Rob And that's how the dame is dressed after some polished Aluminium perfume

Thanks Gus, the better areas look really good and have a very convincing metal shine, like they were supposed to be. Cheers Rob

Thanks Darren, thanks Martin, seems to be a great Video, will degust when the storm has settled . I had to do something about Dottie before the tension loosens, might be a surfer attitude, but if you do a serious wipeout, it's best to do better instantly or you loose focus. I used what was left in my jar of polished Aluminium to mist the most problematic patches freehanded. It seems to have made her looking better, but I have to wait, till everything dried thoroughly. I will post pictures tomorrow. Cheers Rob

If you'd have asked me which step I feared most before beginning this build, the answer would have been panel lining on NMF and you don't have to be prophets to guess where desaster struck with that otherwise pleasant build. Yeah, could have thrown her out of the window, but resisted for now. I don't know what actually happened, but some very visible parts resisted being cleaned with a paper towel and after adding just a hint of alcohol (the paper was not even damp at all) it seems like I got a free look back onto the primer. It doesn't feel like I rubbed off the Colour and Future coat, but what else could it be? It looks terribly dirty and is definitely not the finish, I was looking for. I've tested everything before on some dummy parts and encountered no such problems. I'm not sure what of three things I do with Dottie, there is still the window option, leave it and hope with decals and refinement the problem doesn't show that much, or to mist a little bit of polished Aluminium onto the worst areas. As I don't really like any of these options, I'm open for ideas and suggestions. Cheers Rob

Wow, that's big trouble with the Colour lifting. Did you rub the plastic with alcohol before priming. Normally Alclad Primer was pretty strong and adhered well, when I used it. Paint is looking great now, so no way to stop you, right ? Cheers Rob