Quote from: Old Wombat on March 27, 2023, 07:16:42 AMAbout 1/3 of the cockpit greenhouse taped, 2/3 to go plus liquid masking, then glue on a couple of parts, tape over the various gaps to the interior & I'll be ready to start painting!    

That sounds way too professional 

Gondor

Quote from: Gondor on March 27, 2023, 07:51:03 AM

Quote from: Old Wombat on March 27, 2023, 07:16:42 AMAbout 1/3 of the cockpit greenhouse taped, 2/3 to go plus liquid masking, then glue on a couple of parts, tape over the various gaps to the interior & I'll be ready to start painting!    

That sounds way too professional 

Gondor

It ain't, believe me!

Hahaha oh this I'm loving this ..how many times have we had grand ideas..then build said grand ideas and ask ourselves why do we do this to ourselves over and over again..damn I love our hobby 😀
I'm really gonna try a simple build ..yeah right  🤥

Right, cockpit glasshouse masking is done!

And so are my eyes!

Think I'll give them a bit of a rest, now, & come back to it in a while to do the other pre-painting bits.

Quote from: Old Wombat on March 27, 2023, 09:03:16 PMThink I'll give them a bit of a rest, now, & come back to it in a while to do the other pre-painting bits.

Very sensible mate 

You know those little bits you find just before (or just after) you're about to make a major step towards finishing the model? Well, I've just found a few!      

Hopefully won't take long to fix but annoying, none the less.

Quote from: Old Wombat on March 29, 2023, 02:32:58 AMYou know those little bits you find just before (or just after) you're about to make a major step towards finishing the model? Well, I've just found a few!      

Hopefully won't take long to fix but annoying, none the less.

Lumps and bumps?  I found a shed load of them when I thought I was about to finish the Libyan Clipper.  Teach me not to study the destructions more closely.

Exhaust covers in this instance, but I'm going to check the destructions (yes. I use the word, too) to make sure there aren't any others.

There are parts I won't be attaching until after the painting & transfers/decals are done; small parts too likely to be damaged or lost during these stages but I'm aware of them & they're in one of the Typhoon boxes waiting for their call-up.

I try and remember to hi-lite those bits on the instructions that I'm leaving to the final stages, and I still forget the odd one or two 

Been doing a bit of pre-camo painting & tomorrow should be the Big Day (well, Evening) when the camo is, finally, started!

Quote from: Old Wombat on March 30, 2023, 04:27:13 AMBeen doing a bit of pre-camo painting & tomorrow should be the Big Day (well, Evening) when the camo is, finally, started!

How many times have we all said that, only to ..........................   Best of luck mate 

Ta, Chris!

1st colour down; So far, so good!

As mentioned, Colour #1 (SMS Dark Earth) applied earlier this evening.

Now, one wing masked for Colour #2 (SMS Forest Green).

Discovered that letting SMS lacquer paints come into contact with bare styrene is sub-optimal, it eats into the plastic & leaves a rough surface & finish.

Not on the airframe, luckily, & nothing that couldn't be fixed, which I've done.

Not sure what to do about Colour #3 ... SMS's Lancaster set provides their Camo Black, but I think that's just too Black; the Blue Black I bought as a possible substitute is too pale; thinking a custom mix of the two might do the trick, I'll have to mix some (start with a 50-50 mix & work out from there, if it makes a suitable blend).

Anyway, that's it for tonight. I'm off to bed! Tomorrow is shopping & housework day, so I'll probably get back to it tomorrow arvo or evening.

Thanks for sacrificing some of your precious modelling time!

Great updates. Any progress is good progress.