DONE@p.5 +++ LAPD 'Flying Eye', a Spectrum SA-550 (Cessna 337)

[Rick Lowe]

Looking good!

[Dizzyfugu]

Thank you, but it's IMHO relative.  However, after sleeping a night over the tail I settled for extending the black onto the fins while the stabilizer will become white, as a compromise. With white fins the whole aircraft would have had a rather zebra-esque look, with questionable black booms, and a black stabilizer would have made it look too murky. Due to the glossy Humbrol paint things move ahead at glacial speed.

[Old Wombat]

Due to the glossy Humbrol paint things move ahead at glacial speed.

I was wondering why you weren't onto your third build ... Now I know!

[scooter]

Due to the glossy Humbrol paint things move ahead at glacial speed.

I was wondering why you weren't onto your third build ... Now I know!

Unless he is, but isn't telling us.

[loupgarou]

Dizzy, have you never thought of switching to acrylics?
Apart from fast drying, no smells, I think they have also finer pigments, less build-up of paint thickness.
I am quite happy with Vallejo and Lifecolor.

[Dizzyfugu]

I use some acrylics, but still prefer enamels because I have a better feeling for what I can do with them.

BTW, progress remains at glacial pace, just finished painting the stabilizer in white and will apply a light black ink washing to emphasize some of the remaining surface details. Also re-painted the propeller, since the pinkish Humbrol 22 on the blades looked rather disappointing. 

[kitbasher]

BTW, progress remains at glacial pace

is that a Dizzy glacial pace or a regular whiffer's glacial pace? 

[Old Wombat]

BTW, progress remains at glacial pace

is that a Dizzy glacial pace or a regular whiffer's glacial pace? 

A Dizzy glacial pace.

[Rick Lowe]

BTW, progress remains at glacial pace

is that a Dizzy glacial pace or a regular whiffer's glacial pace? 

A Dizzy glacial pace.

So it's a relative term, then...

[Dizzyfugu]

Yesterday (Day #7) saw decals and finishing touches. In order to distract from the messy areas I added grey walkways and huge "L-A-P-D" letters under the wings, and with the markings the aircraft looks much better now. I also added white pinstripes in front of the windscreen as borders for a matt anti-glare panel on the otherwise semi-glossy aircraft.


1:72 Spectrum SA-550 (modified Cessna 337) "Pelican"; aircraft "N669PD" of the Los Angeles Police Department Air Support Division, Special Flight Section (SFS); California (USA), 2001 (What-if/modified Arii kit) - WiP by Dizzyfugu, on Flickr


1:72 Spectrum SA-550 (modified Cessna 337) "Pelican"; aircraft "N669PD" of the Los Angeles Police Department Air Support Division, Special Flight Section (SFS); California (USA), 2001 (What-if/modified Arii kit) - WiP by Dizzyfugu, on Flickr


1:72 Spectrum SA-550 (modified Cessna 337) "Pelican"; aircraft "N669PD" of the Los Angeles Police Department Air Support Division, Special Flight Section (SFS); California (USA), 2001 (What-if/modified Arii kit) - WiP by Dizzyfugu, on Flickr


Beauty pic session approaching... 

[zenrat]

That's looking marvellous Dizz.

I built an Arii Cessna 172 which had the same issue with the clear parts so it is obviously a problem for them.  Not with their car kits though IME.  The ones i've built had lovely crystal clear "glass".

[Dizzyfugu]

Thank you! I guess the fit and clear parts issue is an Eidai heritage, since Arii only did a re-badging/-boxing of the kit. But the flaws persist until today... 

[kitbasher]

Is there any connection between the ARII and Airfix Skymasters?

Have always wanted to build one of the latter.  Buying one would help, I guess!

[Dizzyfugu]

These must be separate molds, AFAIK.

[PR19_Kit]

That looks REALLY smart in that scheme Thomas, and the long nose with the pinstripes makes it.