ScottsGT

Now we’re building models of Madonna’s bra?

Happy progress today. Im going to freehand the black outline using a paint pen.

White primer as a base. Lots and lots of thin coats building up. Never give up! Keep painting!

It’s 1:14 am my time. And I’m wide awake and down at my bench working on the P-40. It seems somehow I accidentally grabbed a highly caffeinated water flavoring at the grocery store the other day and didn’t realize it. Oops! I made the same mistake last month but this time I bought the generic store brand with “contains caffeine” in very small print. Oh well. I’ll follow up with pics shortly. paints on!

Best damned tool on a modeling bench since the magnifier.

Cut out my “stencil” today. Did one the other day and I sat on it thinking about it and made a few mods. Now I need to remix the yellow/orange since my first attempt is just too orange.

Amazing build!

Yea, very! This morning I took a look at the paint and all the bubbles had smoothed out. Go figure. I used my spare set of decals and did a copy on my printer/copier and played around with making a stencil. I’ll probably be able to paint everything but the actual tigers mouth/teeth and the eyes. I can cut those out of the spare decals I have. The black outline looks simple using my paint pens. I played around on a test panel today using them.

Well that was a bust. First side I tried it in one piece. Not only did it wind up with many wrinkles, but when I went to do the other side they didn’t even come close to matching up on the bottom of the cowl. As I was applying side one I was telling myself I could have probably done a better job just painting these on after cutting out Tamiya tape as a stencil. Guess which route I’m taking now? Besides, I did some paint touch up yesterday and 24 hours later the lacquer bubbled with hundreds of tiny bubbles in that area. Not sure if it was the Micro Set/Sol it the Tamiya decal adhesive with softener in it. But I do need to sand them out now.

CONGRATS!!! But I have to chuckle just a little because I thought the same thing heading into my retirement. I’ve never been busier since I retired! I think I built more kits when I was working. Now it’s grandkids, yard chores, honey do’s, trips here, trips there, medical issues, etc. I’m spending this weekend in lock down with the three grandkids. 1.5 to 5.5 yo. Grandma cannot handle these monsters alone. Maybe when the youngest goes down for a nap I can get another decal applied?

They’re detailed nicely, but not the “lick it and stick it” pre-painted details I’m getting spoiled with lately.

Now that is a pretty cool idea.

And Bobs your uncle!

“I have a removalist booked for Sunday 22nd of December ...” Removalist? Is that like an exorcism to remove those pesky Aussi haints before you move in? I kid! I’m assuming a “mover” to move your belongings.

Well dagnabbit!! I broke out the Barracuda Decals and put the first star on the wing. Figured I’d jump to the white bands around the fuselage and rudder. Wait!? What? No stripe decals? I swear I saw some. Oh, on the old Superscale set that are angled in the wrong direction. Crap. Back to taping and painting. If I had paid attention I would have done them first.

One would think these projects would be a trade secret until they are almost released just to keep another mfgr from swooping in and stealing the interested customer base.

Getting closer. Here’s my custom color mix. Funny, in person the spinner looks a hair darker than the decal. Decal looks darker in the pic.

I bought a package of 0000 steel wool for modeling use probably 20 years ago. I’ve only used one piece of it. 🤣 But yes, great for weathering effects and surface prep. I did wash it with lacquer thinner because some brands have an oil coating to prevent rust. Here’s another steel wool tip: if you want to “age” new wood, take a quart of vinegar and drop in about half a hunk of steel wool and let it sit a week or two. Shake occasionally. After it has aged, brush or spray using a garden sprayer the vinegar mix (after filtering you the steel that broke down) on the wood. Let it sit out in the sunlight a few days. Now you have new “old” wood. Turns it into an aged gray color. My dock needed a new 2X10 runner installed that would have been very visible and there’s no way I was paying Duke Energy (they own the lake and require permits for any work done) $350 to have them send their guy out to collect a check and see what I was replacing. Now my new board looks exactly like the old boards. Not kidding you, they fly drones around the lake looking for work done without permits.

Well that’s a “Well $#it” moment. Sorry to hear of this.

Missed it bythismuch! Not a 1911, but a new version of the Browning Hi-Power. 1911 was a 7 rd .45 ACP and the Hi-Power is a 15 rd. 9mm. They look very close because both were designed by John Moses Browning. This one is made by Springfield Inc. and has a few improvements over the original.

Oh yea, and this followed me home from the fun store today.

I keep forgetting to post these. I made a post last month about TenaControls sale. I kind of went nuts, but could have easily spent 2-3X as much on lighting kits for my sy-fi kits. This one is for the 1/350 TOS Enterprise. of course I had to upgrade and get the remote kit And this is for the 1/35 or 18” Lost In Space flying saucer. I needed a lot more. Maybe later.

I’ve made a little P-40 progress. I did a preshading on this one. I’m quite happy with my results so far. I have a few minor details to respray, but nothing big.

Fantastic! Looks like Hubert and myself are starting to be besties. He won my Rodent Stearman last year. LOL!