Quad Engine Super Caravelle ****FINISHED****

NARSES2 · September 20, 2019, 07:06:51 AM

Shiny

TheChronicOne · September 20, 2019, 09:39:51 AM

She certainly is! I haven't tried this paint before. I went down dry it seemed... I could see flakes of metallic stuff floating around in the air. Damn glad I was outside! It leaves a strange sort of rough finish. I'm not sure if that's the way this is supposed to work or I did something wrong. I'm eager to see what it looks like with gloss over the top then I'll decide whether it's "ok" or not. I just need it to react well with gloss clear so it smooths out and take decals. I can deal with the weird finish because.... I rather like it!

Going to work on this stuff today I think. I'm going to test a small part of this to see if it takes gloss clear....if it does, I'll throw a couple light coats of that on there to smooth out the silver then I can mask it over and start painting the brown color. I can't WAIT to un mask it at the end and see what it all looks like.

TheChronicOne · September 20, 2019, 01:10:50 PM

Painting has turned out well! It would seem I need to go back and do the gear wells, however.... woops!!! No biggie, I also need to mask out a space for the wing walks. Already started on that....

Glad that silver line worked out. That's the smallest masking tape I've used to date at 1mm wide. Sure as HELL came in hand... .cutting out that little thin strip from wider tape would be ..... un-fun.

TheChronicOne · September 20, 2019, 04:13:20 PM

Been refining things and I've started applying some of the transfers. I need the windows on first, naturally, so I can align everything else but I'm going to stop here. This hasn't exactly been easy... let's just say I've had to break out the Microscale decalfix and of course gettting the things to line up straight is tedious. No matter, it seems to be going well now and I'll pick this back up another day. Quitting while I'm ahead. Next up I'll be finishing the windows then on to the door outlines and emergency exit outlines.

Rick Lowe · September 20, 2019, 06:32:00 PM

Rocking along there, Brad - looks good.

TheChronicOne · September 20, 2019, 07:03:55 PM

Thanks, hoss!! I'm really excited about this one right now... getting the paint knocked out is always a monumental task with these airliners.

NARSES2 · September 21, 2019, 02:30:00 AM

That is looking good Brad

Quote from: TheChronicOne on September 20, 2019, 07:03:55 PM
... getting the paint knocked out is always a monumental task with these airliners.

It certainly is. That's why I admire the builds on the Airliner SIG at UK shows because I know my painting abilities aren't up to it.

TheChronicOne · September 21, 2019, 10:49:50 AM

It's nutty!! Some of these folks are so good that I've seen pictures of models that have fooled me. My buddy Brad Shinn makes some of the best stuff around...

Just quickly glancing at his stuff, I found one of Brad's builds that I guarantee I could show to people and 99 out of 100 would never question it.

Brad Shinn

Magnificent!!!! I'd like to be half that good some day.

TheChronicOne · September 21, 2019, 06:43:09 PM

Getting there. Should be done the next time I work on it. The painting is done and masking removed. I've also attached the gear. Working on gear doors and the windscreen now.

Old Wombat · September 22, 2019, 04:48:35 AM

Looking good, for a civilian.

zenrat · September 22, 2019, 05:27:10 AM

Is that beige, taupe or mushroom?

It's looking very good. Hope the glass gives you no sh1t.

PR19_Kit · September 22, 2019, 06:12:27 AM

It looks very 'Braniff' already, that's JUST the sort of odd-ball colour they'd have used.

TheChronicOne · September 22, 2019, 10:28:03 AM

Thanks folks!! Back to it tomorrow. Not exactly sure how to approach the windscreen but I have some ideas and plenty of time to work on it.

*I* call it "tan" but the can said "Khaki". Not a bad looking color and pairs decently with the black bottom. I could have done something really weird like... robin egg blue or something and I was tempted but I don't even think I have enough gumption as Braniff actually did with some of their colors and combos.

Scotaidh · September 23, 2019, 02:18:45 AM

Just want to say I'm so very jealous of your paint skills. I can't manage anything like that - my few attempts at anything civilian have been outright disasters, paint-wise.

I've always liked the shape of the Caravelle - I wish it'd had a longer & wider service life. I'm glad to see you breathing new life into it!

Braniff had some extremely bold schemes. As a marketing gimmick it seems to have worked really well - we're talking about them how many years after they went bust?

Old Wombat · September 23, 2019, 02:55:34 AM

If it was such a great marketing gimmick, why did they go bust?