GusMac

Bit more of my intermittent progress. Underside all masked off and the tan areas painted and also masked. Forgot to take pictures at that stage but got a bit carried away with the progress. So current stage is base coat of the middle green on and thin layers of various faded and deepened versions will now be added over this. The preshading layers of marbling look a bit too stark on the upper wings but will hopefully fade in with the additional layers over this.

Great result Peter. I think the 3D printed aluminium stuff is actually sintered rather than printed. Took my daughter to an open day at Strathclyde University a few years back, as she was thinking of doing their Design & Manufacture course, and they had a whole variety of 3D printers. One of them was a joint venture with Rolls-Royce and they were looking at 3D printing turbine blades for their new generation engines. It was extremely cool but she decided against the course in the end - I was a little disappointed just 'cos I wanted to see more of the kit they had!

Have a great day.

Great looking build. Those big Migs always look to me as though they were designed by Ikea - everything is about function, sod the aesthetics!

Yeah, ageing does have some benefits Harv! Good luck though.

I'd agree with Harv and Smitty that the Tamiya F-15s are the way to go. You can pick the 15C up fairly reasonably from some of the Chinese sellers on ebay. I'd recommend the GT Resin stuff for the intakes and cans if you do decide to add any aftermarket.

Sorry to hear that Harv. Hopefully the MRI is clear. Some of the neuro sequences are a bit 'noisy' so make sure sure they give you decent earplugs.

Nice touch! Though the ride could get bumpy if he gives the front seater a DRE in flight.

Stunning progress Mike

Great dusty worn looking finish.

As Gaz says it's hard to believe you could make that more detailed. Just stunning and beautifully weathered with it.

Looks like a game of KerPlunk we used to play with the kids!

Wow, stunning engine. Seems a pity to grubby it up.

Noticed Ralph posted on Martin's Beaufighter build thread. Haven't seen you on here for ages. Good to see you back and hope all is well Ralph. Cheers, Gus

Best wishes for the day. Hope it's a good 'un.

Looks beautiful. Get it in the display case pronto before those canopy bits get pinged off!

Nice finish, the exhaust looks great, nice and rusty.

Thanks guys. Nige, keep hold of the Zacto stuff, it's like rocking horse poop now and the nose and canopy corrections are going for crazy money. I just couldn't convince myself it was worth it for a build where everyone likely to see it in the display case (other than me) wouldn't know a Corsair from a Vauxhall Corsa!

Really nice finish Ernie, especially after the glue disaster. The camo has a great looking feathered edge to it.

Evenin' all, some more progress. Got the top coat on the underside. 3 coats of highly thinned Ammo FS36622 Gray. I'm pretty happy with how the mottling in the myriad colours shows through. My gut was saying 'go another thin coat' but I stuck with my head which said 'stop now, once everything else is painted the contrast will settle out'. Glad I did as I think another coat may have lost too much of the mottling. Next job is masking this off and moving on to the upper colours. Will revisit this as I want to try and simulate some worn fibreglass effects on the rear gondola between the rear gear bays like I've seen in photos. However, I just want to get the bulk colours on first. As ever, comments and critiques welcome. Gus

Think that chain may chafe a bit after a while!

Will be very interested to see how your experiments go with the Xtreme metals.

My dad set himself this project when he retired and now about 10 years later he's back to the 1760s in all 4 main branches of the family and GOD is it mostly boring!! You could bicycle round most of the locations my ancestors have stayed in an afternoon, easy! Most of them are within a 20 mile radius of my home town and were farm workers or carpenters. I'm a positive freak having gone away to Uni, worked in England for a few years and then moved back about 60 miles from our home area. The interesting bit is seeing those who've served their country as we cover both World Wars, plus Korea, Crimea and the Napoleonic era. My grandfather's brother lied about his age to join up in 1917 and died in late September 1918 aged just 17. His name is on the memorial at Thiepval. My son is the same age now and it's frightening to think of him in that situation, mainly as he's a complete goofball.

Been some interesting stuff from Siberia recently about black snow falling due to the failure of the anti-pollution filters on the coal fired power stations and mining infrastructure. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/15/toxic-black-snow-covers-siberian-coalmining-region

Have a look at the Livescience and Sciencenews websites. You may well have Native Indian ancestry - the reproducibility of these home DNA tests is appalling and it's borderline whether they should be done for false advertising.