Raised Panel & Rivets.

[tecdes]

Building a Tamiya Sea Harrier 1/48 .

First & hopefully last which has raised detail rather than inset into the moulding.

Tried to preserve as much as possible in areas where poor joints have needed attention. The joints & rivets have been sanded in these area to make a good finish despite maximum care.

I could replicate with recessed rivets & panel line but I think this will be a hotch spotch. Any brilliant ideas for getting over this.

Got to say in the 18 months i have been building this is the most disappointing model so far.

Laurie

 

[delmonteman]

It's poo, isn't it?

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[tecdes]

Putting it very mildly Gav.

Really fed up with this model. So many things disappoint.

Not least dropping the body & wings into the dustbin & cracking open the body & losing the tail piece.

Still I am determined to complete as it as it is such a great aircraft.

Thanks for the commiserations Gav.

Laurie

 

[Ian M]

The rewards will be worth the effort Laurie; Its a Harrier!

Ian M

 

[stona]

There is no easy way of replacing raised detail.

Panel "lines" can be replaced by glueing on lengths of stretched sprue folowed by careful sanding. Tried it once,what a nightmare,never again.

Not sure about raised rivets,you used to be able to get decal rivets,but I don't know now. I've seen people painstakingly countersink and glue on the little balls out of water filters to make round rivet heads but that is a serious labour of love.

Cheers

Steve

 

[Keith9657]

Does the aircraft itself have raised panel and rivets? I can only see a couple of panels on the photos I have looked at and a few raised rivets by the tail.

Keith

 

[tecdes]

Thanks to you all for that.

I had read some where of undercutting the plastic to get a raised edge & then presumable back fill. Tried that but you have to be accurate in the extreme.

Think I will just put in a slight groove to extend the panel lines. The rivets I will add with the rotating rivet maker ie indents.

Cannot look any worse & probably better. Rather spend my time building another model.

Also heard of some grinding down the raised panels & rivets & adding indented stuff. No I do not think so.

Laurie

Just going to stick the broken tail back on. Amazing wife says to me in passing "how is it going" 5 mins. after dropping the thing in the dustbin. f^8*)£%. Perhaps I should have left it in the dustbin.

 

[tecdes]

Missed your reply Keith. All panels are raised as are the rivets. As bare plastic they are hard to see. With primer on they stand out a little better. That is why I decided that it would be a good idea to try & rectify the missing bits as they stood out after priming. Do not know what came over Tamiya. Just wonder if this is a bought in model for another manufacturer.

Laurie

 

[stona]

.Also heard of some grinding down the raised panels & rivets & adding indented stuff.

That's not as bad as it sounds,but,and it's a big but,it's best done before construction. I've done it on a couple of 1/72 models.

I've also knocked back rather than completely removed detail in larger scales.

I'm bracing myself for the wings on the Tamiya P-51 which seems to be working its way to the top of my pile!

Cheers

Steve

 

[delmonteman]

It's a good looking paint scheme on it though.

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[flyjoe180]

Keep at it Laurie. If you need inspiration read the loves and hates threads in Chitchat, I did and it motivated me to fix up my ruined Hurricane paint jobs.

 

[tecdes]

No I never give up Joe. On my first model I had to buy a second Typhoon as I made a mess of so many pieces.

I never start another model until I have finished the present one.

But I do like a jolly good moan. Would not feel happy otherwise.

Laurie

 

[flyjoe180]

It's a British thing

 

[tecdes]

So I scribed some indented continuity lines from the raised ones. Made it difficult as I had already primed.

Lines are OK but difficult to gauge the depth when digging thro. primer coat.

But the indented rivet lines made alongside the raised look quite good & catch the eye away form the panel lines. Unless you looked thro. a magnifier you would not guess the rivet difference.

I do guess though that who ever was inspired to produce models with raised lines has never ever built there own model.

Laurie

Rivet rivet. Chas & Dave did a thing one time.