Ekranoplan 727 progress

[The Rat]

Hey Rat, I bought a can of Krylon Gloss Black yesterday, and I used it this morning.

Where did you buy it?    

[BlackOps]

I don't know how I missed this before, but damned nice project! Hope everything works out for the better because it is a beauty.



Jeff G.

[Ollie]

Canadian Tire, where else?

^_^  

[The Rat]

Alright, smack me on the donkey and call me stupid. I realised that I only checked out, and questioned personnel in, the automotive department at Canadian Tire, completely forgetting that they had a paint section.

So now I have some Krylon 41613, semi-flat black, and the first coat just went on.

Damn, it's hard trying to type when your fingers are crossed.    

[The Rat]

Second coat lookin' good! Might have some pics tomorrow.    

[The Rat]

Okay, just sanded off some slightly rough patches, couldn't resist a couple of pictures:



The paint looks kind of silvery in these pictures, maybe it's the flash:



The radar pod is a spare part from a criminally bad quality Apache helicopter kit that my son got in a birthday party loot bag. I think it was supposed to be a missile tube, but I added a round front made from putty. There were also some missiles on pylons which are currently in the paint shop.

[Sisko]

Oh my God that is so cooooool    

[Brian da Basher]

Man that just keeps looking better and better! I love the black and that radar pod! This is gonna look fantastic when complete!

Brian da Basher

[SinUnNombre]

Glad to see this came out as good as it did. I knew you wouldn't be disappointed with Krylon. Great scratchbuilding, too.

Jon

[retro_seventies]

go on my son!!!!!!!!    

[K5054NZ]

Take it to whatever design bureau makes these things and get them to BUILD THIS! Russo-American cooperation, a great thing!

Jaw-dropping awe-inspiring epic model! Now, where's a "bow down" smilie?

B)  B)     Paint it please! Boeing house colours?  

[The Rat]

Paint it please! Boeing house colours?

Well, if you head back a couple of pages and read the back story you'll see what I have planned, certainly not Boeing colours!

Actually the initial idea, way back when, was to have it as a Chilean aircraft, either LAN or Ladeco colours. Finding decals was the big problem there, so I decided to use the Argentine markings left over from a Hobbycraft F-86.

I really wanted a grey, and the 'primer from hell' was looking good until it refused to dry properly. Yeah yeah yeah, I know most of you guys can't stand the boring grey that everything seems to be in nowadays, and I feel for you, honestly, and I agree. But let's face it, having it like that would certainly make it seem more real simply because it would look normal. But the semi-flat black looks just plain nasty, so that's cool with me.

But I seem to have this urge to put a rabbit logo on the tail!  

[K5054NZ]

Please do! Hef's Water Bunny!  

[lancer]

Ratty, you have done it again old son. That is so damm good it's almost criminal! ou've pulled a real beauty out of the hat there. My hat is off to you sir. Oh, and the back story had me snortingcoffee out of my nose first thing this mornng.

[nev]

How much more black can you get?  None, none more black.