Dave Ward's Revell/ICM 1/48 Beech C-45F Expeditor

[Dave Ward]

Decals added to instrument panel[ATTACH]324480[/ATTACH]
And the seat belt decals - not very good, but will only be vaguely seen[ATTACH]324481[/ATTACH]
The wings are joined, sandwiching the engines - clean up needed on the cowling sides[ATTACH]324482[/ATTACH]
The fuselage joined, and the tailplane added - The seams need to be really flattened, as the overall silver will show up any flaws.[ATTACH]324479[/ATTACH]
I think I'm going to finish the wings & fuselage as much as I can before joining, leaving only 2 real joints on the underside to clean up - this will include the top coat, as far as possible. This will allow me to fit the windows after the silver finish, without any tricky masking.
Dave

[Guest]

Looks like you're having fun with this Dave:smiling2:.

[papa 695]

Just see this one Dave, it looks a nice kit and a great start.

[yak face]

Nice work dave , aircraft like this are always tricky when it comes to the glazing , especially if the windows are fitted from the outside , difficult to get a seamless joint, looking forward to the next instalment , cheers tony

[boatman]

Hello dave the build is comin on fine an the detail is great I know at the build 's end most detail will not be seen but at least you know its in there great work an I will be following this build chris

[Dave Ward]

Seams attended to, and I've just primed the two parts - I'm using Stynylrez Black Primer for the first time ( what a lousy name ), and I must say, I'm impressed, sprayed nicely, covered well, and cleaned up easily from the a/b. SMS have a load of different colours * stynylrez * worth a look[ATTACH]324704[/ATTACH][ATTACH]324705[/ATTACH]
Next, I have Olive Drab anti-glare panels on the nose, and inner engine cowls. I'm going to hand paint these, before masking up for those yellow cowls..................
Dave

[Gern]

Looking good Dave. Can I ask what you used to clean your A/B after using Stynylrez? I've tried it and it's an excellent primer but I've had nightmares getting my A/B clean afterwards.

[Dave Ward]

Dave,
Errrr - I just use tap water. Flush through the cup, pull the needle back, remove & clean the nozzle cap, reassemble, and blow through with a water + a few drops of washing up liquid. That's it.
Dave

[Jim R]

Hi Dave
Just had a catch-up. It looks to be a nice kit even with the iffy instructions. Fine, neat job you're doing. I am another who likes the Stynylrez primer.
Jim

[Dave Ward]

First pass at the metal fuselage, the anti-glare panel, and the de-icer boots on the tail surfaces are masked...........[ATTACH]324810[/ATTACH]
I'm using Vallejo Metal Color Aluminium, misted on, I'll need a few coats, before sealing it all with gloss varnish.
I hand painted the Olive Drab anti-glare panels, then masked all up to spray the yellow on the cowlings[ATTACH]324811[/ATTACH]
In retrospect, I should have primed the cowls with a neutral grey, as spraying yellow over black is not good, I'm going to need several passes at this before I get good coverage. I'm using AK RLM 04 Yellow, as I thought it may give better coverage than my Vallejo yellow!
Dave

[Guest]

Spraying yellow over just about anything is asking for coverage trouble, really I usually begin with a white primer, then the yellow, and mask it off before painting the rest of the model. It’s really the only way to get a good, solid yellow that I’ve found.

[Dave Ward]

Applied a 3rd coat of yellow! Hmmmm I think I'll have to try and brush paint with normal Vallejo Model Color.....................
Dave

[Guest]

My experience is that four or five coats tend to cover reasonably adequately … but it might just be easier to mask off the rest of the model, spray some white primer over the yellow, and then apply one coat of yellow paint over that.

[Dave Ward]

I've given the yellow a brush coat of Vallejo Model Color RLM 04, and although not perfect, another coat should finish it. I've removed the masking from the fuselage - a slight bleed under of aluminium over the olive drab, but a bit of a touch up has covered this. I'll have to add the glazing to the fuselage, then a gloss coat over all.
Dave

[yak face]

Ive found that too dave , the vallejo metal colors and modelair metallics are prone to finding their way under the edge of masking , i had the same problem on the Morava with the silver on the wings seeping onto the white of the fuselage and nacelles. Maybe these paints have a slightly different formulation that softens the masking tape glue a little? Or is it just that theyre more thinned than normal , cheers tony