Vidar 710 Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 (edited) Finished! Took 1st in Civil Aircraft category. OK Dutycat... GET TO WORK! ;-) On a side note, the after market decals I used allowed the judges to ding my entry due to a door graphic not aligning with the kits recessed door detail. With the nature of the decal layout, I could not alter the decal to fit over that door without affecting the symmetry of window placements and hull markings. To alleviate this problem, I suggest filling in the door details except for the forward most to give yourself a visual starting point and leave the rest of the graphics to fall where they may. Tracy Edited February 2, 2014 by Vidar 710 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DutyCat Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 Finished! Took 1st in Civil Aircraft category. OK Dutycat... GET TO WORK! ;-) On a side note, the after market decals I used allowed the judges to ding my entry due to a door graphic not aligning with the kits recessed door detail. With the nature of the decal layout, I could not alter the decal to fit over that door without affecting the symmetry of window placements and hull markings. To alleviate this problem, I suggest filling in the door details except for the forward most to give yourself a visual starting point and leave the rest of the graphics to fall where they may. Tracy Good advice on the door frames. As I get mine done I will post pics here. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
volzj Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 Well done Tracy and congratulations on the win, and getting it done in time! One of my favorite BA specialty schemes. I always fill door outlines. I find almost no decal ever lines up and it just looks better that way. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dunelimo Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Nice build and well done on the 1st place Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trojan Thunder Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Nice to see this one finished. Great job and congrats on the 1st place Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vidar_710 Posted April 30, 2016 Author Share Posted April 30, 2016 DutyCat has been hard at work on his end of the buddy project... 3 year late! LOL. Expect some picks soon. It looks GREAT! Tracy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DutyCat Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 (edited) Yes, three years late. The result of working on too many projects at once. Probably the best way to show all of the progress on the 747 is to just source some images from the Dutycat Arts build blog. Edited May 3, 2016 by DutyCat Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DutyCat Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 (edited) More.... This last pic is how she sits right now. Next there are a ton of decals to put on. You probably will notice that the Dragon Boat decal is already down. That is something I had to do in order to set the border between the bottom of the boat and the blue. You just can't do it without the decal in place, as if you are off by a millimeter, it might as well be a thousand miles. Masking was done VERY carefully and using a few "tricks" to keep the decals from pulling up. I have some other updates on projects I can post as well. I have not been as active on the boards lately as I should have been. Sorry guys. I will try to do better, especially this summer. You guys are important, and I love seeing your work and sharing mine with you. Gil Gregg Edited May 3, 2016 by DutyCat Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DutyCat Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 Got this thing pretty much done. Some minor details to add, but that is pretty much it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trojan Thunder Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 (edited) Wow! I was wondering if you were dicing with death masking over those decals Gil! Though you obviously thought it out before so. Thanks for the belated update. It sure is looking good! Edited June 20, 2016 by Trojan Thunder Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DutyCat Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 (edited) Wow! I was wondering if you were dicing with death masking over those decals Gil! Though you obviously thought it out before so. Thanks for the belated update. It sure is looking good! Thanks. I did the best I could with it and it looks fine from a distance. However, there are some issues caused by the fact that the decal design is not perfectly matched to the model architecture, and everything is tied into everything else. I had to fudge things here and there to get it all to fit. For example that tail stinger is not supposed to be up in the vertical stab, and there are some issues with the height of the windows (they are supposed to run right down the middle of that center panel). Lots of little adjustments. Hindsight is always 20/20 with complex projects. If I had it to do over, I would know in advance what decal inaccuracies to compensate for. Everything is driven by how the Dragon Boat sits on top of the wing camber. The boat is probably a quarter inch too high. The lesson learned here is, with a project like this, it is probably a good idea to photocopy the decals, cut out the major graphics, and tape them to the fuselage to so how everything fits together. If the decal needs to be modified, you can see how and do it before the decal hits the water. Still, not bad for my second ever airliner model. I learned a lot from screwing up the Airfix 737 three or four times before finally getting one built. Edited June 20, 2016 by DutyCat Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grandboof Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 Looks awesome . One of the best schemes to be applied to a 747 Well done Martin H Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vidar_710 Posted July 13, 2018 Author Share Posted July 13, 2018 Gils wife was able to get all his models home after cleaning out all his stuff in his class room. He had his part of the buddy build on display for his students, so we never got a shot of our 74's together before he passed. Finally, here they are... Tracy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trojan Thunder Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Thanks for sharing the images of the completed models Tracy. They look great Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Yes, very NICE build indeed. I am convinced that there are no "shake & bake" kits; all kits require some degree of skill to overcome their shortfalls and both of you have done a marvelous job! I raise a toast to you both! R/ Dutch Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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