Mirage 1/48 Lublin RXIII

[The Smythe Meister]

Blimey that's some nice detailing there Tony.
.... and your crew are looking superb as well,great stuff!

[Guest]

Those exhaust pipes look fun

[yak face]

Engine and exhausts painted up now , just wanting a black wash to define the cylinders . Been giving the rudder and fuselage a coat of white primer ready for the yellow band ( fuselage) and tricolour rudder ( blue , yellow and red ) .
The two airmen have been painted and given a dark wash to highlight the detail. Using tips from Tim i tried to get the faces right - Not up to Tims standards but its about the best I can manage . Captain Wonky Goggles has had his head stuck , at an angle and a white scarf made from vallejo putty to hide the join.

[scottie3158]

Tony,
Lovely work mate those kit exhausts are shocking you fix is excellent.

[yak face]

Tony,
Lovely work mate those kit exhausts are shocking you fix is excellent.

Cheers paul , they were bad weren't they but stuff like this is what we both enjoy the challenge of sorting , cheers tony

[The Smythe Meister]

Excellent stuff for sure Tony,
Your Aircrew are looking great.

[Tim Marlow]

Aircraft looking good Tony. Figures are pretty good as well.

[Jim R]

Figures are great. The kit exhausts were hopeless. Your fix is 110% better.

[adt70hk]

Tony,

That's good no very nicely!! Love the exhausts and as for the pilots they have turned out very well indeed!

Great effort.

ATB.

Andrew

[yambam26]

Hi Tony,

Great looking pilots, like the brass for the exhausts makes the prop and engine area pop and so much more realistic

Cheers

[papa 695]

Coming along very nicely Tony, some cracking work so far.

[colin m]

Super splendid work here Tony. I was a bit alarmed that Vlad the impaler had been busy. But the pilots turned out safe and sound in the end.

[Neil Merryweather]

Lovely stuff Tony!
We'll soon get you making figures, mate, it's a slippery slope

[yak face]

Very slow progress over the last few weeks but hopefully a few days off should speed things up a bit . Ive now got the wing painted ,this will be added last off after painting and decalling the fuselage .The rudder and fuselage band have been painted yellow ,red and blue and masked off , the fuselage being given olive green upper with light blue undersides . Its now a case of adding all the bits to this till it looks something like an aircraft ! The two mesters will be stuck in before the wing goes on .

[yak face]

Got a good session in yesterday so ive moved this on a fair bit. The wing and fuselage have now been decalled ( all 6 of them !) , but I had to source some smaller crosses for the fuselage from the spares box . Trouble is I only had the ones with the blue dots round the white cross so they dont exactly match the ones on the wings but im not bothered , it was only a cheap kit .
Its mainly a case of putting all the bits together now , adding a few bits as I go . The wings have had the aileron actuators added using bits of steel guitar string ( the thinnest one , E is it ?) and the same was used to represent the rudder actuators after drilling a hole in the fuselage .
The ailerons also have those peculiar little winglet thingies on the top , like a little racing car spoiler , which consists of three parts . Ive glued the tiny struts to the winglet but these will be added last off as theyre a certainty to get knocked off otherwise .Ive just placed it on for the pics so you can see what im blabbering on about .
The engine has been glued on now and the cowling ring and the 32 ( count em ) little triangular vents on the fuselage have been painstakingly painted with black , a wash just wouldnt have been sufficient . The two unsuspecting volunteers have also been installed in their respective cockpits . The rear observer/ gunner had to have the seat taken out so he could be facing backwards and once fitted the scarff ring was installed around him . The machine gun mount on the scarff ring broke during clean up so a piece of brass rod was bent to replace this , similarly the inverted V shaped struts that connect the wing to the fuselage were also replaced with brass after being broken .
Next up is fabricating a windscreen ( yes that was missing as well as the decals ! Good job it was only cheap !) then I can think about getting the wing fitted .