Marlin Posted December 19, 2008 Author Share Posted December 19, 2008 Hi gang. The first brown coat is on...... I'm a wee bit drunk now. A more sober update will follow tomorrow. Best Regards Bosse from Sweden Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RKic Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 Hi Bosse, brush painting is underrated. I think a nice brush job can look as good as airbrushing. If you spray on the final clear coat it eliminates the brush marks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jeff briner Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 He's only a "wee bit drunk now"? This sucker would cause anyone to fall off the sobriety wagon. Good to see that he's approaching the final stages. Can't wait to see it painted and decalled. Looking forward to this one on the shelf. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
4scourge7 Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 Hi Bosse, brush painting is underrated. I think a nice brush job can look as good as airbrushing. If you spray on the final clear coat it eliminates the brush marks. I agree with that. If I`m brush painting, I tend to brush in the direction of airflow (nose to tail), any imperfections can be lightly sanded, and after a clearcoat the effect looks like weathering. When you are up close to a brand new jet, like an EF Typhoon, and see the utter state they are in, you realise that you can never have too much weathering. Even though seperated by 30 years, the Vatour and the Ra`am have one thing in common, they have gases and fluids distressing the paint job all over the airframe. Bad for ground crew, good for modellers Your sixties scheme is the classic Vatour look Bosse, Nice one Cheers, Ian Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marlin Posted December 20, 2008 Author Share Posted December 20, 2008 Hi Bosse, brush painting is underrated. I think a nice brush job can look as good as airbrushing. If you spray on the final clear coat it eliminates the brush marks. He's only a "wee bit drunk now"? This sucker would cause anyone to fall off the sobriety wagon. Good to see that he's approaching the final stages. Can't wait to see it painted and decalled. Looking forward to this one on the shelf. I agree with that. If I`m brush painting, I tend to brush in the direction of airflow (nose to tail), any imperfections can be lightly sanded, and after a clearcoat the effect looks like weathering. When you are up close to a brand new jet, like an EF Typhoon, and see the utter state they are in, you realise that you can never have too much weathering. Even though seperated by 30 years, the Vatour and the Ra`am have one thing in common, they have gases and fluids distressing the paint job all over the airframe. Bad for ground crew, good for modellers Your sixties scheme is the classic Vatour look Bosse, Nice one Cheers, Ian Thanks for the support Guys. Best Regards Bosse from Sweden Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marlin Posted December 21, 2008 Author Share Posted December 21, 2008 Hi again. The Holiday Season is really upon us now... In Sweden we celebrate the 4th of Advent today ;) , that's always the last sunday before Christmas. I'm of work now for the Christmas Week so the wife and I did our Christmas (food) shoping yesterday and now we have a whole week of quality familytime with our three kids in front of us. The family is in the sofa right now watching Mamma Mia on DVD and I'm right beside them working on The Vautour. (thats the main reason I work in the livingroom, to be with the family at the same time I'm working) Well lets get on with the update. I've put the second coat of the brown down. As i've said before I prefer Xtracolour, but they have one huge disadvantage against Humbrol. They take forever to dry. I can lay down one coat of each colour per day. And after the second coat you have to wait an extra day before you can lay down the third coat. If you don't wait that extra day you risk lifting the first two coats..... And since I felt for more work today, I did some painting on my Kurnass. (See the W.I.P thread) Now I've started to work on the landing gear. And I can say that this will perhaps be the thing that will make me miss the deadline. They are really complex. I've put the first two pieces together. That's it for tonight, but no work for a week... So maybe between all that Christmas food binging I could manage to get something done. Best Regards Bosse from Sweden Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 (edited) Bosse I have just come across this thread and WOWZER...I am SO impressed with your build... I see that you have tried to disgiuse the Frenchie like an Israeli...and you know what It is STUNNING......... HOLMES Edited December 21, 2008 by HOLMES Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marlin Posted December 21, 2008 Author Share Posted December 21, 2008 Bosse I have just come across this thread and WOWZER...I am SO impressed with your build... I see that you have tried to disgiuse the Frenchie like an Israeli...and you know what It is STUNNING......... HOLMES Thanks Holmes for your kind remarks. Best Regards Bosse from Sweden Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marlin Posted December 22, 2008 Author Share Posted December 22, 2008 What... a double update!! I wasn't so sleepy so I did lay down the second blue coat on The Vautour just now. One of the reasons I couldn't get to sleep is that I cant figure out the layout of the landinggears. Look here. I'm going insane....... I know that the most left parts is the outrigger landinggears. And I know that the pieces in the middle of the right "bar" are a part of the outrigger, but where do they go? And which part on which outrigger ????? To bad Xkits doesn't come with an instruction, double :o I just thougt I was a head on this kit, and then IT comes right back at you and bites you in the neck. Hhhhmmmm the season of firecracker is also around the corner...... Hold that Thougt! Insert Thougt Police here "Quiting Is No Option, and repeat that a 100 times, and go back to the table and solve the problem. You will not get a fresh Pint before!" So now I'm of to trawl the net for some pics of the aforementioned undercarridge. I would like to call it something completly else but I think my mother would object on my language.. Best Regards Bosse from Sweden. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RKic Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 I'm not sure I understand what is going on either. Is that the only information the instructions give you? Maybe this will help. The gear appears similar to that of a buccaneer, same style at least, perhaps you can study photos of that for some help? Or wheels up? :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marlin Posted December 24, 2008 Author Share Posted December 24, 2008 I'm not sure I understand what is going on either. Is that the only information the instructions give you?Maybe this will help. The gear appears similar to that of a buccaneer, same style at least, perhaps you can study photos of that for some help? Or wheels up? Yes RKic This is the instructions you are given. A whole doublesided A-4 sheet, one side a diagram slightly indicating where everything goes, and the other side information on the aircraft and a paintscheme. Not much to go on. I've been using about every online-walk-around/-build I can find. That's the main reason I've been drowing this thread in pics, hopefully someone will benefit from my struggle. At least I will have something more for myself when I get around to build the N and the B versions. Merry Christmas to you all Bosse from Sweden. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marlin Posted December 26, 2008 Author Share Posted December 26, 2008 Seasons Greetings Everybody. I hope that everyone has had a great Christmas. Mine was fantastic. Lots of presents, lots of good food and drink. Late mornings in bed, and it even came down some snow on Christmas Eve. Between meals and family gatherings I been thinking of how to get those outrigger gears together. And yesterday I found a site in french on the net, where some guys are restoring a Vatour II B. Link: http://vautour-caea.11vm-serv.net/index.html They had some kind of diary and lots of pics of what the have done. So I found some pics of the outriggers that help alot. So here is what I've been doing this evening. To get a stronger joint I drill and inserted a small piece of steelthread into the joint. I took the wrong bottle of CA and did manage to glue all fingers on my left hand together :( Thank God for Aceton. Memo to myself, don't use the light flowing stuff when you need the gel kind! And here they are glued together. I did cut a bit to much on the part where the wheel goes so I had to fill the seam with a bit of sprue. A few stroke with a jewellers file and the gap is almost invicible. Now I just have to repeat this one time. And then both outriggers are done. I've also done some more painting, the top colours are halfway done. Some pics of that will perhaps be in the next update. Thanks for looking Best Regards Bosse from Sweden Quote Link to post Share on other sites
4scourge7 Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 Nice going Bosse! Seasons greetings to you too!! :lol: Cheers, Ian Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marlin Posted December 27, 2008 Author Share Posted December 27, 2008 Hi, I think it's great that soo many has taken time to watch my pics. Thanks All. Tonight I mostly worked on the Kurnass. But I did some work on The Vautour. I did manage put the second outrigger gear together. Now the pair is completed. The fuselage is almost finshed. Just a layer more of blue and it's done. Thanks for watching and Best Regards Bosse from Sweden Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marlin Posted December 31, 2008 Author Share Posted December 31, 2008 Hi, Welcome to the New Years Eve Update. Today I've been doing some work on The Vautour. The last layer of blue is done. I've also continued on the outriggers. Here is the wheels. The wheels is made up of a tire in resin and two dics of photoetch to make up the rim. I wonder if this will be a sufficient strong bond? I've also painted the outrigger landinggear doors silver. The most part of the nacelles is in silver in on my choice of aircraft. I've used Xtracolor X38 RAF High Speed Silver here. Brushpainted and it dries in minutes compared whit other Xtracolors!?! Here's the nacelles. That's just the first layer. At least a second layer is required. Now the topside has to dry and hardend before I start on the lower gray. But hopefully I'll be painting grey this coming weekend. Thanks for looking and A Happy New Year. Bosse from Sweden. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RKic Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 It's good to see that you've sorted out the landing gear. What color will the spine of the aircraft be in? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marlin Posted January 2, 2009 Author Share Posted January 2, 2009 It's good to see that you've sorted out the landing gear. What color will the spine of the aircraft be in? Hi RKic The spine will be RAL 7044, same as the underside. I've just layed down the first layer on the underside. I'll update with more pics tomorrow. Best Regards Bosse from Sweden. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marlin Posted January 3, 2009 Author Share Posted January 3, 2009 Midday update. The spine is masked and the first layer of gray is down. The silverpaint on the nacelles is almost finished. Just a polish and mayby a third layer. The underside has been painted twice now. But I'll require at least two more layer before it's finished. More to follow.... Best Regards Bosse from Sweden Quote Link to post Share on other sites
4scourge7 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Nice Bosse, I hope you get an easy run-in from here on! :) Cheers, Ian Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marlin Posted January 4, 2009 Author Share Posted January 4, 2009 Hi, It's a cold day today here in part of the world -12C/10F so I stayed in and did some painting and detailwork on both my Kurnass and The Vautour. The underside has had its last coat of paint and is laid to rest for the paint to harden. Decaling will begin this week. The outriggers are painted and finished. It took quite some work of filing to get the pegs small enough for the wheels. I've also painted the exhaust parts the the engines, not finished yet but coming along nicely. The paint is Xtracolors "exploding" metallics. Oliy steel in the bottom, Burnt Iron for the insides and Gun Metal for the outer ring. I plan to decal the aircraft before I mount the four undercarriages. I'm afraid to knock them of if I do it the other way around. Then I have to start on the canopy, It's a vac som I'm a bit afraid of that part. Thankfully two i provided in the kit should I screw the first attempt up. More to follow.... Best Regards Bosse from Sweden Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marlin Posted January 7, 2009 Author Share Posted January 7, 2009 Hi, Guess what I'm doing tonight? More to follow in a few hours. Best Regards Bosse from Sweden. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marlin Posted January 7, 2009 Author Share Posted January 7, 2009 Decals !!! ;) The first one. Magen David And now it's not The Vautour anymore. It is now the IDF/AF Vautour #17 "The Panther" of the Knights of the North Squadron. Complete with killmark and nametag. Squadron insignia. Magen David on the side. Left side. Right side. I just love Isradecals, I've never had any problems with them. They go on like a dream. Perhaps I'll finish the underside tomorrow. I've got some small painting left to do and the undercarriage and canopy to assemble, but now it feels like I'm going to meet the deadline. I've still got three more weeks left, so it should not be an impossible task. That's it for tonight. Thanks for looking and welcome back for more. Best Regards Bosse from Sweden. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marlin Posted January 10, 2009 Author Share Posted January 10, 2009 (edited) Well the Saga does contiue.... The underside has its Magen Davids. And the exhaust is in place. With macro and zoom you can really see all my misstakes. That rim needs a touch-up.... I've painted the gunports matt black. And I've also started on painting the canopy and the main undercarriage wheels. That's it for tonight. More will follow....... Best Regards Bosse from Sweden Edited January 10, 2009 by Marlin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marlin Posted January 11, 2009 Author Share Posted January 11, 2009 Hi and Welcome back. The main undercarriages are in place now. Front. Aft. I've tried and yes it can stand on them. Next step, Paint the undercarriages and main wheels. Then mount the outrigger. But that will be in next update. Best Regards Bosse from Sweden. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RKic Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Bosse, this thing is looking really really nice. You're in the home stretch now. Good luck in finishing Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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