Haven't yet decided if this will be 'in service', with full RCAF scheme and markings, or a North American Aviation attempt to sell them to the RCAF, with USAF registration but Canadian camo and roundels. Second idea sounds more unusual than the average whiff.

Raised panel lines on the fuselage have been sanded off and rescribed, painting of fiddly bits has started. So far this looks like a nice bit of kit.

Prep by Dave Bailey, on Flickr

Man that's a old kitset ..I'll be looking forward to seeing what ya do with it Dave..and yeah the second idea sounds good mate..I like the unusual 😀

How about a NAA "private venture" demonstrator with a civil registration like the various Gloster Meteor private ventures? US manufacturers did the same thing in the 1930s i.e. the Grumman GG-1 demonstrator that was
sold to CanCar and used to promote the CanCar produced G-23 "Goblin".

Looking at the FAA website it appears that N86DN was never issued or reserved
so that would be a viable N-number to use.

Just a notion that popped into my head.

Quote from: jcf on April 01, 2023, 02:24:01 PMHow about a NAA "private venture" demonstrator with a civil registration like the various Gloster Meteor private ventures? US manufacturers did the same thing in the 1930s i.e. the Grumman GG-1 demonstrator that was
sold to CanCar and used to promote the CanCar produced G-23 "Goblin".

Looking at the FAA website it appears that N86DN was never issued or reserved
so that would be a viable N-number to use.

Just a notion that popped into my head.

Possibly. Might need to print my own decals for that.

Took jcf's suggestion and went for a company demonstrator, and this time my home-printed decals aren't total crap. Not great, but servicable. Might replace the ones on the wings, I didn't quite trim them close enough. Air brakes have been removed after decalling, no swearing involved. Brakes

Looking cool!

Trimming those home printed decals is a real pain sometimes, specially when it's a roundel!

You did a pretty good job on those RCAF ones this time, so do you use a special technique for it, other than watch the scalpel blade like a hawk as you traverse around the edge?

I find trimming with scissors better than with a scalpel or knife but sometimes it is easier to use a fine brush and touch up over the white than it is to trim to an exact circle.

No swearing involved ? Who taped your mouth shut ? lol Looking good Rat ! I did an in service one years back. Such cool looking machines, the Dog

Ratty

Would you like me to move this to the Current and Finished Projects thread rather than here in the GB threads ?

Chris

Quote from: zenrat on September 28, 2023, 04:40:52 AMI find trimming with scissors better than with a scalpel or knife but sometimes it is easier to use a fine brush and touch up over the white than it is to trim to an exact circle.

Yup or get a compass cutter. Managed to break mine, need a new one at Telford.

Quote from: NARSES2 on September 28, 2023, 06:08:26 AMYup or get a compass cutter. Managed to break mine, need a new one at Telford.

I've got one, but it won't go all that small, and it digs a small hole in the middle of the decal every time.

I've used it sometimes, and done Fred's 'paint trim' solution as well, but find a two layer method, with a slightly undersized white background with a larger colour top layer that overlaps the white works as well as any method.

Quote from: PR19_Kit on September 28, 2023, 01:49:00 AMTrimming those home printed decals is a real pain sometimes, specially when it's a roundel!

You did a pretty good job on those RCAF ones this time, so do you use a special technique for it, other than watch the scalpel blade like a hawk as you traverse around the edge?

I have a pair of scissors that I presume are made for use by people trimming fingernails, it has a curved blade. No idea where I got them. For the air brakes I carefully used a pointed toothpick to press the decal into the seam line, then used that to guide my scalpel. Didn't work perfectly, but good enough. If I take a few more looks and don't like it, well, I printed up a lot more roundels. 

Quote from: NARSES2 on September 28, 2023, 06:08:26 AMRatty

Would you like me to move this to the Current and Finished Projects thread rather than here in the GB threads ?

Chris

Quote from: zenrat on September 28, 2023, 04:40:52 AMI find trimming with scissors better than with a scalpel or knife but sometimes it is easier to use a fine brush and touch up over the white than it is to trim to an exact circle.

Yup or get a compass cutter. Managed to break mine, need a new one at Telford.

Go ahead! And I might look into a compass cutter.

Quote from: Captain Canada on September 28, 2023, 04:45:11 AMNo swearing involved ? Who taped your mouth shut ? lol

I've had a very sore throat for about a week, passed a COVID test so that's good. But I've been rather quiet, and I'm sure that Monica hopes it lasts!   

Quote from: jcf on April 01, 2023, 02:24:01 PMLooking at the FAA website it appears that N86DN was never issued or reserved
so that would be a viable N-number to use.

And that's the one I've printed, thanks! My mind, such as it is, was fighting over the colour, finally decided on a very light grey, should look almost white against that camo.