Impatient Pete Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 Hi Guys, This GB was a great idea! I am having a good time. I spent a few hours on it today. It should be done pretty quickly. I screwed up on the doors and painted them green zinc chromate, then I found out that they should be yellow zinc chromate. No problem! I just used the GZC as a preshade for the YZC. I like it. Pete Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jotter Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 Pete I really like those gear doors. I think you stumbled onto something brilliant!! Keep up the good work!! J Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Impatient Pete Posted June 22, 2007 Author Share Posted June 22, 2007 (edited) Thanks J. I forgot to say that I also did a quick water color wash on them too. When I was a teenager (14 I think) and I built this model for the first time, I put a motor in it and placed a small toggle switch in the wheel well. I thought it might be fun to try that again, only this time, to do it right. I made sure that the battery could be changed easily (the cowling is tacked on and the battery compartment holds the battery securely) and I used a reed switch to turn the motor on and off. Once it's done, there are no mods visible at all. To turn it on, the rear of the model needs to be placed over a magnet. Since the changes I made don't show and the motorization doesn't affect the appearance of the finished model, I figured it still fit the OOB rule. The whole job went pretty quickly. Maybe an hour or so (and another hour figuring out everything). I hope you like it. Pete Edited June 22, 2007 by Impatient Pete Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aggressor Supporter Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 Very cool! Interested in this one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Impatient Pete Posted June 23, 2007 Author Share Posted June 23, 2007 (edited) Hi Guys, The windscreen on this one fit very badly. I seem to remember it fitting better, so maybe I trimmed too much? Anyway, it was too small at the base and so there was a pretty big gap. I decided to try a new technique (for me). Tin foil. I took a piece of foil (funny...I took it from the top of an in-flight meal that I had going from Frankfurt to Madrid on Lufthansa about three years ago!) and made these pieces to cover the gap. It took a little bit of fitting and cutting and sanding and burnishing with a wooden tool to get the bends correct, and i think it looks way better than the white glue method I tried first. Pete Edited June 24, 2007 by Impatient Pete Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Impatient Pete Posted June 24, 2007 Author Share Posted June 24, 2007 Finished canopy.. Pete Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Impatient Pete Posted June 24, 2007 Author Share Posted June 24, 2007 Ready for paint! Not really pre-shaded, but my approach to kits with raised panels lines. I spray black, then seal it with future (only along the panel lines) then sparay the color. Then, after the color is dried, I lightly sand down to reveal the black oanel lines. If I apply the color thick enough I end up with a smooth surface and black panel lines. If I sand too much, I get a silver line, borderd on both sides by a black line, then the color. I think I may be nudging myself out of the GB becuase I added gun barrels. I had to replace the kit ones, which I broke off so I could sand the wings. Pete Quote Link to post Share on other sites
moeggo Posted June 24, 2007 Share Posted June 24, 2007 those landing gear doors look great! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
96Delta Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 Excellent! Watching this with great interest. David Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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