Zenrat's Flying Circus

[zenrat]

Thanks folks.

[ericr]

the stripes cut short indeed look better than going all the way : it has something even more geometric about it

[DogfighterZen]

  Just keeps getting better!

[zenrat]

Got the decals on the Skyray today.  I used those from the Trumpeter Wyvern plus the few stencils Tamiya give you.
I was going to put the upper roundels overlapping the edge of the stripes (as was done on the Wyvern) but even with an additional layer of white decal material underneath I could see the yellow/DSG demarkation through the design.  So I moved them outwards.

I've also started knocking together a quick Airfix SA Bulldog from an old blister pack.  One minor change and a paint job.

[Captain Canada]

Sounds good. Looking forward to seeing both !

[zenrat]

I sealed round all our new windows with Silicone mastic today.  I find this job is like hand painting 1/72 canopy framing in that I shouldn't even think about attempting it unless my mojo is working.
Today was a good siliconeing day and I got all the windows done without smearing either the bricks or the frames (unlike my earlier attempt last week when I wasn't feeling it and made a mess).
Along with tiling the pantry floor, that soaked up much of my modelling time so other than some work on the asymmetric Bf110 I just did some minor PSR on the Bulldog.

[Captain Canada]

After nailing all the windows without making a mess I thought for sure you were going to report a canopy painting frenzy !

[zenrat]

It's a different type of Mojo.
There's yet another one relating to foiling trim on model car bodies.

The bench tops for the kitchen arrived today so now i'm getting my head round cutting holes in them for the sink and the stove.  Thats not something I want to get wrong.  I'm not going to do it until next week when i'm not doing 0400 starts any more and have caught up on some sleep.

[NARSES2]

The bench tops for the kitchen arrived today so now i'm getting my head round cutting holes in them for the sink and the stove.  Thats not something I want to get wrong. 

Measure twice, procrastinate, measure again and cut with shaking hands. That would be me, for sure.

Best of luck

[zenrat]

Thanks Chris.

Painted some of the uniforms on the crew of the Bulldog today plus the interior.
Also painted all the remaining fiddly bits for the Skyray (first colour anyway) including the canopy frames.

[Librarian]

Thanks Chris.

Painted some of the uniforms on the crew of the Bulldog today plus the interior.
Also painted all the remaining fiddly bits for the Skyray (first colour anyway) including the canopy frames.

Skyray . What drove me to distraction was getting that red line inside the air intake just right. Ended up painting some decal sheet then cutting a strip.

[zenrat]

There's supposed to be a red line inside the intakes?

Not on FAA aircraft there isn't...

[zenrat]

So today i've been cleaning up the new brickwork with a rotary wire brush on an electric drill.

I'd got about halfway through when it struck me that I was concentrating on the joints when my aim was to clean up the bricks.  This struck me as being like life - we sometimes end up focussing too much on relationships that we lose sight of the people they connect.
At which point friction from the drill chuck set fire to my glove teaching me it's more important to pay attention to what you're doing than to daydream existential bollocks.   

No modelling was done.

[zenrat]

Life is like cleaning brickwork with a sponge.

If you reach for the top you're always going to end up with a wet armpit.

[Captain Canada]

Ouch ! That kind of stuff happens tho.....if you're a thinker that is. You should be able to purchase a right-angle handle to attach to your drill for such occasions. Or get a wire brush end for a grinder that already has the right angle handle.