Quote from: NARSES2 on September 27, 2022, 05:34:24 AM

Quote from: zenrat on September 27, 2022, 03:29:08 AMStickers are on.

And they bring her completely to life 

How did they behave ?

Thanks Chris.

They behaved very well.  Much better than previous experiences with A Model transfers would suggest they would.
Released easilly, very thin.  Prone to folding (I lost the "saint" figures from the starboard side of the tail fin) but that was my fault and could have been avoided.  They are not quite opaque enough and could really do with additional white discs to go under the roundels.
There is a logo on the sheet which I presume is people who printed them.  Deko?  Dekno?  Something like that.
There was set of yellow walkway marking lines included (as a number of individual thin lines) on the sheet which broke up.  Again due solely to my fatfingeredness rather than anything else.  I was having trouble getting them to go on straight and repeated adjusting caused them to break.

What I take away from this is that 1/144 aircraft are not for me unless they only have 1/72 size transfers.

Quote from: zenrat on September 27, 2022, 05:55:49 AMWhat I take away from this is that 1/144 aircraft are not for me unless they only have 1/72 size transfers.

I know where you're coming from 

Nice little splashes of colour!

Quote from: NARSES2 on September 27, 2022, 07:12:01 AM

Quote from: zenrat on September 27, 2022, 05:55:49 AMWhat I take away from this is that 1/144 aircraft are not for me unless they only have 1/72 size transfers.

I know where you're coming from 

As do I! 

Quote from: zenrat on September 27, 2022, 05:55:49 AMWhat I take away from this is that 1/144 aircraft are not for me unless they only have 1/72 size transfers.

Don't even think about doing any 1/144 airliners then, they're covered in lots of ultra-thin pinstripes, or many of them are anyway.

Quote from: PR19_Kit on September 27, 2022, 09:18:05 AM

Quote from: zenrat on September 27, 2022, 05:55:49 AMWhat I take away from this is that 1/144 aircraft are not for me unless they only have 1/72 size transfers.

Don't even think about doing any 1/144 airliners then, they're covered in lots of ultra-thin pinstripes, or many of them are anyway.

Don't need to worry about that happening.
I do have two more 1/144 kits in the stash but both are large Ekranoplans.

Well she's up on her feet now.  Just got to get the canopy on, trim it up, and finish painting & attach the UC doors.

Oh, and finish the backstory.

Canberra WIP 02-10-2022 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

Now, with the pilot in you get a real sense of the "actual" size of the thing!

Looking very, very good!  

Yes.  Problem is the canopy is a touch thick which will obscure the size of the pilot figure somewhat.
Photos with a ground crewman may be in order.

GRIND! GRIND! SAND! SAND! SAND! POLISH! POLISH! POLISH! POLISH!  

Crack, swear, fling, crunch.

Quote from: zenrat on October 02, 2022, 03:11:36 AMWell she's up on her feet now. 

The Little Red Riding Hood could have said; 'Oh GrandMa, you have a so huge pilot!"...

Canopy is attached.

Quote from: zenrat on October 04, 2022, 04:24:39 AMCanopy is attached.

Yipppee 

Gondor

UC doors attached and canopy edge gaps filled with PVA.  All that is left to do is a lick of paint along the canopy edges and some clear in the same place.

And finish writing the words.