Backfire Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 Wonderful work Gabriel! Thanks for sharing your techniques. Keith Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bistromath Posted September 12, 2005 Author Share Posted September 12, 2005 Wonderful work Gabriel! Thanks for sharing your techniques. Keith Thanks Keith Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bistromath Posted September 12, 2005 Author Share Posted September 12, 2005 (edited) Hi all, A few more progress on my mig, today Yesterday, I have finished the riveting of the fuselage. Even with the help of rosie the riveter, it is very time consuming In parallel, I have assembled the two auxilliary fuel tanks. To clean the seam with the attachments, i have used plastic dissolved in cellulosic cleaner. One of the flap was a too short. It was repaired with a small picee of plasticard. Finally, the airbrake and the landing gears have been prepared for painting. I will soon be able to glue the wings on the fuselage. Thank you for reading Edited September 13, 2005 by Bistromath Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kasatka Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 wow! you are very patient man! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bistromath Posted September 16, 2005 Author Share Posted September 16, 2005 Hi all, A small update today, with various tasks required before beginnig the paint job. Landing gears have been airbrushed : The antennas which had disappeared at the beginning of the build have been replaced with metallic rod. I still need to sand inside the air intake. The mig-19 has a lot of tiny air intakes (I don't know the correct word for these items). They have been hollowed with a small round file : The wings are now glued onto the fuselage. In order to preserve the riveting, the small gap beween wings and fuselage has been filled with Mr Surfacer 1000. The putty was applied with a small brush, and smoothed 5 min. later with acetone. A useful tip! Take care Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Diego Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 SIMPLEMENT SUPERBE !!! :D J'ai vraiment envie de le voir terminé... :D Diego Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gene K Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 Gabriel , A little off topic: I really enjoy your presentation technique of having small thumbnails which open to larger images. Is there a tutorial on line that explains how to do that? Thanks for a great in-progress study. Gene K Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bistromath Posted September 16, 2005 Author Share Posted September 16, 2005 SIMPLEMENT SUPERBE !!! :o :o :blink: J'ai vraiment envie de le voir terminé... :D Diego Merci Diego La fin est proche (engin, j'espère :) ) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bistromath Posted September 16, 2005 Author Share Posted September 16, 2005 Gabriel ,A little off topic: I really enjoy your presentation technique of having small thumbnails which open to larger images. Is there a tutorial on line that explains how to do that? Thanks for a great in-progress study. Gene K Hi Gene Obviously, you have to create 2 images. In the exemple below, the big one is named m19_96.jpg, the small one m19_96s.jpg. You type the following text and you get I hope this helps Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gene K Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 Thanks Gabriel - I'll give it a try. Gene K Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bistromath Posted September 28, 2005 Author Share Posted September 28, 2005 Hi all, The Mig is yet ready for paint. The last parts have been glued and the undercarriages are masked. Previously, I had completed the landing gears and flap. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bistromath Posted September 28, 2005 Author Share Posted September 28, 2005 (edited) To paint the wheels, I have used a new technique (for me) with the use of Bare Metal Foil for masking. I like it. Next photos will surely be more interesting. Edited September 28, 2005 by Bistromath Quote Link to post Share on other sites
svaz Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 Maybe it's just the picture, out the wheels in the third pic look great - I'm going to have to do that! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bistromath Posted October 11, 2005 Author Share Posted October 11, 2005 At last, the paint job starts up. For the moment, it is a basic task. I have simply airbrushed two thin coats of alclad duraluminium. Here is the result I am happy with this shot . The problems I encountered at the start of the build have been repaired without too much flaws. I am a little disappointed with the result, as the stressed skin efects are almost invisible now . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Backfire Posted October 11, 2005 Share Posted October 11, 2005 Nice paintjob! :unsure: I have never used alclad (only MM Metalizers)... did you have to prime the kit with anything before airbrushing the alclad, or did you airbrush over the polished plastic? Keith Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bistromath Posted October 12, 2005 Author Share Posted October 12, 2005 Nice paintjob! I have never used alclad (only MM Metalizers)... did you have to prime the kit with anything before airbrushing the alclad, or did you airbrush over the polished plastic?Keith Hi Keith, Yes, I airbrushed over the polished plastic. But it was an mistake because the paint does not resist to tamiya masking tape. Now, i have to strip the paint with lacquer thinner . Then, i will either airbrush Mr Surfacer as a primer, either run 000 steel wool in order to ease paint adherence. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Backfire Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 It's a pity that you have to strip that wonderful paint job . In my experience the MM Metalizers were very fragile also over polished plastic. I've used Post-it notes and Parafilm for masking on Metalizer, which worked okay. Keith Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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