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Caledonia
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Missed the start of this one Colin, but will be watching from now on. Hope you have started your planning application for the parking space. Cheers Derek
Monogram 1:72 Convair B-36 Peacemaker
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Seriously?!?!
Your Mad! LOL
Looking good and we will all know when you have painted it as the cost of silver paint will sky rocket due to the high demand. :Laughing:
Ian M
Your Mad! LOL
Looking good and we will all know when you have painted it as the cost of silver paint will sky rocket due to the high demand. :Laughing:
Ian M
Ian,
I wasn't going to be caught out like that. I started buying in silver paint some time ago, just to make sure I didn't upset the markets !
Derek,
No worries there, the car and the model will share the same place. The model will be hung from the garage ceiling, just like when I was a kid, except it was the bedroom.
Steve,
Can you imagine the looks if I do that - might be a laugh!
Anyway, Pre-shading has been done. The underside got some dark grey lines, but I think I might be doing them again, they may not be dark enough. Which is a bit of a shame as I hate doing a job twice.
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So, after pre-shading, I stuck the giant wings on with the assistance of the daughters. It now has some serious weight.
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It took ages to do the pre-shading. Much longer than I normally take to spray an average model. I had to give the compressor a couple of rests. And a beer for me !
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I wasn't going to be caught out like that. I started buying in silver paint some time ago, just to make sure I didn't upset the markets !
Derek,
No worries there, the car and the model will share the same place. The model will be hung from the garage ceiling, just like when I was a kid, except it was the bedroom.
Steve,
Can you imagine the looks if I do that - might be a laugh!
Anyway, Pre-shading has been done. The underside got some dark grey lines, but I think I might be doing them again, they may not be dark enough. Which is a bit of a shame as I hate doing a job twice.
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So, after pre-shading, I stuck the giant wings on with the assistance of the daughters. It now has some serious weight.
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It took ages to do the pre-shading. Much longer than I normally take to spray an average model. I had to give the compressor a couple of rests. And a beer for me !
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BigZimmo
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Hi Colin!!!
Looks great.....hope your house is big enough for this "little" model!!
Looks great.....hope your house is big enough for this "little" model!!
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Caledonia
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You must have the patience of a saint to do all that pre-shading. Cheers Derek
Hope the garage roofs up to it colin , and youre going to need some strong wire!! Looking excellent mate , loving the pre-shading . I always thought one of these would look wicked in the SEAC Vietnam era camo , although it looks just as good in shiny silver , kind of like the B29 's bigger ,uglier sister !!! cheers tony
Time for an update. I knew my pre-shading was in great danger of being lost under a spray can. I mean, a spray can seems to be a way of applying a lot of paint quickly, so yes I sort of lost my pre-shading. I say sort of because, I suffered a big reaction with my enamel pre-shading. So all my pre-shading shows up as rough looking horrible paint. What went wrong ? Well I though, no, just assumed that the Tamiya spray can was acrylic, it wasn't, it was lacquer - hence my reaction, well I won't tell you what MY reaction was, but the model's reaction was a bit ugly.
I have now started sanding, sanding etc and more sanding, when I can be bothered. Such fun...................
I have now started sanding, sanding etc and more sanding, when I can be bothered. Such fun...................
Sorry to hear that Colin but I'm sure you will get it sorted
Finally, the paint disaster is dealt with.
Just to show I am actually doing something with this monster, here it is still with making tape all over it.
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Turning into a bit of a endurance trial this one ! Mind you, nice weather has been a bit of a distraction.
Just to show I am actually doing something with this monster, here it is still with making tape all over it.
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Turning into a bit of a endurance trial this one ! Mind you, nice weather has been a bit of a distraction.
Now that's looking great Colin Glad to see you got the problem sorted out
Thats one big lump of aeroplane!!
IanM
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Big lump, yes from now on it will be called 'Big lump'..............................I like that.
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ian lanc
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Nice to see one of these 'monsters' being made, I had one in the stash but sold it after I measured the entire model.
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AVB99
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Love those figures. You did a great job on them.