Zenrat's Flying Circus

[Rick Lowe]

Nice work on the Rig and Dozer there.
The Comet is looking sharp; nice colours. 

[ericr]

oh, very green

[NARSES2]

Standard Poodle Chris, not a whiffed one.

[zenrat]

You know how sometimes you finish a model and put it away but leave something that really bugs you whenever you look at it?
The mirrors on Psychedelic Warlord (my Hawkwind tribute van - built after Huw Lloyd-Langton died) were a case in point.  I hated them and considered they spoilt the lines.  But they were glued on with epoxy.


Yesterday however I bit the bullet and removed them.  Luckilly I got them off without damaging the paint job too much.  What little damage I did do was just where I could glue on the new mirrors and so is hidden.

Much better.
Psychedelic Warlord 1.1 06 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

[NARSES2]

Stunning mate 

The middle picture could pass for real world if the background and base were edited 

[Old Wombat]

Woh!

The middle picture could pass for real world if the background and base were edited 

Very much so!

[Rheged]

A lovely transplant job with the mirrors!  All in all, a very attractive vehicle that just needs a street scene photoshopped behind it to totally baffle the majority of punters.    I note that Javelin industries seem to go for personalised plates.

[Tophe]

I masked and painted the second colour on the Comet today.

Very beautiful...

[PR19_Kit]

That paint job is truly AWESOME! 

[kitnut617]

That paint job is truly AWESOME! 

X2

[TheChronicOne]

Yaaaaaay!! Love to see the refurb, looks fantastic!!!!!    Definitely the right call on the mirrors.

[zenrat]

Thanks folks.  All the black psychedelic squiggles are decals and there is a lot of masking and different colour candies on there.

This weekend I have mainly been putting photoetch chain stretchers together and begun painting them.  These are to chain the dozer to the Kraz trailer and it has tried my patience.

[DogfighterZen]

The van looks very good, love the colors. Great work as always, Fred!

[zenrat]

Thanks DFZ.

Made a little bit of progress on the Cessna 172 today - inserted the painted interior into previously joined fuselage halves.
Started painting the Comet's crew.
Continued paining the chain stretchers for the Kraz.

[zenrat]

Decaled the Comet (it needs a name - Sea Comet doesn't cut it IMO).
Comet Floatplane WIP 28-01-2019 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

G-SCAR is currently being worn by a Bombardier Challenger 350 being operated by Multiflight.