Caudron C.561 French Racing Plane - Resin - 1/48 - S.B.S.

[DocRob]

6 hours ago, GazzaS said:

Wow, Rob!  She's a beauty.  What a great looking little build.  There is an appeal to racers...   they look pretty, and don't need much weathering.  If you want shine, using automobile buffing compound can really get your shine up.

You can see below that buffing will enable your paint to reflect other surfaces.

Thank you Gary, I thought about your Focke racer, while doing mine. I will keep your ideas about buffing compounds in mind for when time comes. For the Caudron, I looked at pictures and found the paintjob shouldn't be too shiny. I don't think, it was polished to the max, but these photos might have been retouched, who knows. 

Cheers Rob

[GazzaS]

3 minutes ago, DocRob said:

Thank you Gary, I thought about your Focke racer, while doing mine. I will keep your ideas about buffing compounds in mind for when time comes. For the Caudron, I looked at pictures and found the paintjob shouldn't be too shiny. I don't think, it was polished to the max, but these photos might have been retouched, who knows. 

Cheers Rob

I imagine any photo from distance would make the sheen disappear.  Even my racer didn't shine too much from a distance.

[DocRob]

7 minutes ago, GazzaS said:

I imagine any photo from distance would make the sheen disappear.  Even my racer didn't shine too much from a distance.

A member on MSW dug these photos up. Especially the color pic showing a big difference in shininess between the blue paint and canopy, indicating a not very glossy paintjob.

Cheers Rob

[Peterpools]

Rob & Gaz

I prefer rubbing and polishing compounds specifically made for models as they are a lot less abrasive and there is less of a chance of wearing/rubbing though the paint, with Gravity Paints (Spain) Polishing System my favorite. I used for the past few years and it's my number one. 

 

[DocRob]

1 hour ago, Peterpools said:

I prefer rubbing and polishing compounds specifically made for models as they are a lot less abrasive and there is less of a chance of wearing/rubbing though the paint, with Gravity Paints (Spain) Polishing System my favorite. I used for the past few years and it's my number one. 

Good point Peter, when I painted my Ford GT Mk. II, I had rubbed trough the paint easily, using the Tamiya polishing compounds. I had to respray the body, a thing I really hate to do.

Cheers Rob

[HubertB]

Seeing the above pics, you now need to highlight those very visible fasteners on each side of the cowling, Rob

Hubert, or how to give advice to ruin a perfectly good model 😂

[DocRob]

49 minutes ago, HubertB said:

Seeing the above pics, you now need to highlight those very visible fasteners on each side of the cowling, Rob

Hubert, or how to give advice to ruin a perfectly good model 😂

Don't think, I haven't thought about that Hubert, but I like, when someone put the finger into the wound . I considered brush dotting, tried to punch small dots of foil, dummy tried a marker, but all lead to nothing or destruction. I've not given up on the fasteners and when I find a solution, i will show it.

Cheers Rob

[HubertB]

When working on the details of my Cutlass cockpit recently (for which I need to make pics and post an update), I found out that a toothpick, which can be trimmed to the point you want, and dipped in paint, is a better ally - for me at least - than a brush …

I thought immediately it could work on the kit’s recesses representing the fasteners 

Hubert, still insisting that you ruin your racer

 

[DocRob]

1 hour ago, HubertB said:

When working on the details of my Cutlass cockpit recently (for which I need to make pics and post an update), I found out that a toothpick, which can be trimmed to the point you want, and dipped in paint, is a better ally - for me at least - than a brush …

I thought immediately it could work on the kit’s recesses representing the fasteners 

Hubert, still insisting that you ruin your racer

Toothpick was the keyword Hubert, but I already found the solution before your last post, but pondering about your initial fastener post. I adhered a tiny strip of Bare Metal Foil onto the fastener row and inserted a sharpened toothpick into each fastener hole and ripped off the surrounding foil with tweezers and a scalpel, while holding the toothpick in place. This way, I worked fastener for fastener along the rows and it worked. Pics tomorrow, when I finish side two.
Sometimes a little kick ass helps to ignite the lame brain, thanks for that .

Cheers Rob

[HubertB]

De nada. I like kicking ass 🤣

Hubert

[DocRob]

Post Scriptum to a finished build. Hubert addressed, what was gnawing with me all the time. The prominent fasteners of the engine cowling in their high shine appearance. After trying different methods, I found one working satisfactory but it was delicate. I adhered strips of Bare Metal Foil over the area, pushed and turned a sharpened toothpick into the holes and then carefully removed the foil with the toothpick still pushed into the hole, tell me about finger gymnastics .
Now I can put this build onto the shelf and find my sleep without having to care about this brainbug.

Cheers Rob

[HubertB]

And a great post-scriptum this is 👍 !

Hubert

[DocRob]

2 hours ago, HubertB said:

And a great post-scriptum this is 👍

Thank you Hubert, it tied the room together, like the Dude said in 'The Big Lebowski' .

Cheers Rob

[Peterpools]

Rob

WOW. beautiful work.

 

[DocRob]

6 hours ago, Peterpools said:

WOW. beautiful work.

Thank you Peter, as reward, I ordered this beauty today among some other well needed supplies.

Cheers Rob

[KevinM]

She came out sweet Rob but these guys are so small even in 1/32.I like that GB use to have the old William Brothers(?) in 1/32 know not what happened to it.

[DocRob]

1 hour ago, KevinM said:

She came out sweet Rob but these guys are so small even in 1/32.I like that GB use to have the old William Brothers(?) in 1/32 know not what happened to it.

Thanks Kevin, the Caudron is small in 1/48, but today I received the even tinier 1/72 Gee Bee shown above. It's only the color, which helps finding it in the display case .

Cheers Rob