JohnB

Painting completed and NO peel offs! 😀 (Still have to do the Coroguard leading edges.)

Thank you Gaz.

You are welcome Martin. Thanks.

Thank you Martin.

Thank you Peter. There is a LOT of masking needed on this one. I just hope everything stays put!

Thanks Carl. Yes, it sure is a eye catcher!

For what it's worth I usually prime the model with Testor's flat white or light gray. I use them as a alternate to Alclad Gray Primer and Micro Filler at times as I've had some peel off problems with the Alclad sometimes. After you apply the primer and letting it dry thoroughly it's usually safe to start spraying your NMF (I use Alclad aluminum and dark aluminum usually). Be sure and give the coats plenty of drying time between applications. I usually wait a couple of hours which works fine. This is a KISS method but it works for me and I hope you get something from it.

Status right now. I still have the under wing IO to spray then I can see about the gloss white.

My fingers and toes are crossed that there will be NO peel off, etc. I've now applied most of the Int. Orange and the red intakes and will soon apply the rest of the I. O. then hit it with the black walkways and anti glare area. Lots of masking involved so I'll be sweating it out! 🙄

Primed with Testor's flat white and ready for the gloss white and international orange. I added some pegs on the flaps to give them some additional holding power.

If that's the case then I have a heck of a head start!!!!!😂

Agreed! Go for it Harv.

Are they ever Carl. It's funny, I've broken the one on the right several times but never the one on the left. Fingers crossed!!!!!

Thank you Peter. Yes indeed, I cussed it into shape! LOL I plan to spray some flat white as a primer and then do some tests to be sure there's no peel-off. Fingers and toes crossed.

Thanks Harv.

Making good progress today. Fitting the wings to the fuselage took a lot of sanding and trimming but I finally was able to get a acceptable if not perfect fit. The horizontal tail was a high cuss factor operation but thanks to a lot of CA, Zip Kicker, and strip plastic that is done. I managed to break off part of the right splitter plate for about the 4th or 5th time! VERY thin and fragile. 🤪

Thank you Carl. The belts on this build were a little bit tricky. Thanks goodness for CA glue and Zip Kicker! LOL

I agree the never to be seen parts are a waste of time and effort. 🙄

Thank you Peter.

Ejection seats done and ready for test fit.

Lots of parts to keep you busy. I know it's gonna look good!

Even though it's not NMF it still looks GREAT!!!

Oh man! Sorry to hear that. For some reason I figured you knew but was just mentioning it to be sure. I didn't realize you'd already done the seat. ☹️ I'm sure you must have already posted photos of the seat which I missed. Sorry. I scrolled back and found the photo of the seat. Mighty nice work! Looks great.

Sounds like a plan Peter. (Please don't make the mistake that some modelers make and paint the seat interior color. I feel sure you already know the seats, up to the N's, were bare metal.)

Lookin' good Peter!