C17A

[Guest]

Hi flyjoe and gern will post pics later but I think the bluetack idea sounds good don't have any maskol?

[Guest]

hi here are the pics as promised

they are tiny about 1.5 mill

[flyjoe180]

Oh yep, I see them now. You can actually mask these with tape prior to fitting them if you have patience and a sharp blade. Not sure Bluetac will adhere to such a small surface and stay there. Are you hairy brushing or airbrushing KP?

[Guest]

Air brushing the outside usually use brush on small bits.

[flyjoe180]

I ask because it may be worth thinking about hand painting around the light area then masking it off, making the masking less fiddly? Then you can airbrush away.

[Guest]

I would airbrush the area's around the lights, fit them & continue with the construction.

Then you can mask off the lights & a section around them. Much less fiddly & similar to Joes suggestion.

[Guest]

Yes thanks both will probably go with spraying area first then masking after .

[Guest]

Hi all here is where I am on the plane now

at least the fuselage is together.

[Dave W]

That's a big beast.Lost of joins to sand by the look of it.

[Guest]

Oh by the way I tried on a piece of scrap plasticard spraying round a hole then making over it and spraying again but I found it was visible where the masking tape was left a line so you could see it had been masked off so I went with pva glue to mask with(although it was a bit of a bu@@er to get off) it didn't show at all.

[Guest]

Hi guys and Galls you know the numbers and letters on the side of the plane are they like registration numbers on a car, or can I just randomly mix them up for my own livery. Sorry if it's a stupid question.

[flyjoe180]

Hi Ken. If you mean the registration of the aircraft, then each country has it's own International Civil Aviation Organisation approved system. Any other insignia is up to you. Military aircraft have codes and numbers according to their own conventions. As I'm unsure which country you want your C-17 to be registered to, here is a list of ICAO registration prefixes: http://www.avcodes.co.uk/regprefixcur.asp

Some research may be required to find out how they serial their registrations after the prefix. Some use three or four numbers, some use a mixture.

At the end of the day you can of course go completely artistic and have your own serials.

[Guest]

ok thanks joe I think I will do my own then. I will just mix up the numbers which came with the kit.

anyway here is where I am at the moment. I have sprayed the red all over the top of the plane as I am not sure where the red pinstripe will go yet, or even if it will be a pinstripe also I thought it would show up where more filling is needed. My next job is to mask the red up(after it is dry) then glue the wings on and fill any gaps then do the dark blue. That's my plan anyway. Not sure what to do the underside of the wings, the dark blue of the top or the light blue of the belly?

[Guest]

flipping heck and words of a less polite tone, whats happening here, everything was going ok.

then this happened

the only thing i did different was I noticed I was getting a bit of bleeding under the masking on the light blue with the red, so I gave it a coat of red round the masking tape to seal the edges before I sprayed the blue. The red was dry before I sprayed the blue so whats happened. I suppose now I will have to strip all the paint off and start again. I thought it was too good when I didnt ave to fill any unsilghtly gaps on the wings.

[Guest]

Would have looked good too

little bit of bleeding onto the light blue to deal with but would have been happy with that.