I must admit to only occasionally delving into this thread but must say I'm very impressed with the work to date.  The La-200 is my fave - looking like someone smashed a Vampire or Venom night fighter into a MiG-15 and tacked on a second engine.

Which has got me thinking.....

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The Kalpa got its decals last night & a gloss coat this morning.

I also did panel line washes on the Peitsi yesterday. Not really sure that was the right move but, well, it's done now.

Now I have to decide if I'll bother on the Kalpa or just matt coat it.

Either way, by the end of the weekend the main body of work should be done &, after that, it'll be the little bits being worked on & added as I can.

I like matt, but this is just one opinion among a million... ;)

All that work is gonna be well worth it mate..pretty sure these are gonna look surpurb 

Well, that was almost a disaster.

So far, I've been using SMS's "Super Clear" for the gloss coats but decided to use the slightly less glossy "Gloss Clear" for the final coat on the Peitsi last night.

Now, the Gloss Clear has a small amount of the particles used to make their Flat Clear in it to cut the gloss level down a bit &, usually, this has been fine but, last night, it seems the particles had decided to "float" up near the top (despite thorough initial mixing & follow-up mixes while I was spraying) & to "clump" a bit. This resulted in blobs & streaks of whitish .... I'll call it "residue" blotched all over the model, which wasn't visible until it started drying.

Talk about shattered!

Anyway, this morning, in a burst of desperation, I got a piece of paper towel & started rubbing the worst bits ..... & it started taking off the whitish residue!

The result is far from perfect & I may have another go later but I consider it "Saved".


My only other thought is that it may be moisture that the rubbing is warming up & pulling out of the paint but I doubt it.

Oh, poor modeler, facing physico-chemical problems having no direct relation with model making...
I hope the salvation will succeed.

I had a problem with the gloss coat on the Python ..i tried Tamiyas gloss coat as id seen modellers online use it with no issues and it rurned out sweet.
Didn't quite go that way for me and ive no idea why..the model was clean of everything and i wore gloves so no finger marks or oils .
Turned to total crap..blotchy as hell and even with the Ammo gloss coat i cant get em to spray a smooth mist.
Im lost there as to how to spray like ive seen em on vids..its bloody annoying.

Glad you managed to save it mate. I've had a similar problem when using various manufacturers rattle can matt varnishes. Normally managed to get the model under a tap as soon as I notice it starting to "turn", but its made me very nervous of using rattle cans.

OK, photo's of where I'm at soon - either tomorrow night or Monday.

The Kalpa looks pretty good (or, at least, good enough) & the Peitsi is OK (I resprayed the nose as I found I'd worn off some of the black with all the rubbing.

OK, so I took the photo's tonight & here they are:


The Peitsi's scheme is loosely based on Finlands RW MiG-15UTIs;

















And for Fred, this is what I've done to the main landing gear; the pin at the top of each unit will be inserted into a hole in the roof of the wheel well &, hopefully, prevent the unit from collapsing.




The Kalpa's scheme is loosely based on Finlands RW MiG-21bis';




















I'm thinking that I, probably, should have taken photo's of the cockpits before I sealed them up, as they were, actually, quite good, even if I do say so myself.  


Anyway, as usual; constructive criticism & comments welcomed!

Lovely Guy..pure lovely..super clean and ya cant even tell their converisons..top marks     

  

Thanks, guys!  

But you're being a bit generous, there, Phill!

Quote from: Old Wombat on August 21, 2022, 07:17:53 PMThanks, guys!  

But you're being a bit generous, there, Phill!

  
Ya know matey i dont think i am..i took a very close look at your pics ..enlarged the hrll out of em in fact..nope you did a sweet job and they do look very cool.
So sorry me ol Aussie mate your just going to have to accept it 
Remember we are own worst critics .