Mossy TR33

[Guest]

Some nice chopping and shaping there Ian.

I take it the resin sticks to the plastic with normal adhesives, or is there a specialist one for the job?

[Ian M]

Thanks Colin. I normally use CA/super-glue call it what you will. You can also use epoxy but I find it messy (and slow) to work with.

Off to find some pictures of flaps. (that just reads so wrong. o.O )

Ian M

[Guest]

Right, so superglue does the job .. That's reduced my hesitence in getting any kits with resin parts, I just imagined having to get new glues etc . thanks for the info.

Off to find some pictures of flaps. (that just reads so wrong. o_O )

I'm not even going to ask .... Whatever floats your boat

[Ian M]

Right, so superglue does the job .. That's reduced my hesitance in getting any kits with resin parts, I just imagined having to get new glues etc . thanks for the info.I'm not even going to ask .... Whatever floats your boat

Erm its not a boat, its an aeroplane... Could not find any parked with wings up and flaps down, so I don't think I'll bother. But I did get a good look at the profile of them.

Ian M

[Guest]

That's a shame, would be an unusual build if you could manage it.

[Ian M]

So late last night I started to prime a few bits and today I started to paint said bits...

Got the Nacelles fitted which in true Tamiya form was perfect. Due to the way the kit is designed, I found that I could carry on while waiting for the seats, so I did. The front section is only dry fitted and can be taken off again to put the rest of the cockpit in then glue it up.

There is a decal for the dials on the IP but haven't looked at that yet..

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The "thimble" radar nose is on and a fitted perfectly in the hole! Small bits painted; legs, wheels and exhausts, So the next frightening bit will be cutting out the vac formed canopy and getting all those frames painted. Oh Joy.

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Oh well back to it.

Ian M

[Guest]

Looking top notch Ianm loving it.

[Guest]

That does look good mate

[Ian M]

An experiment. I have as I mentioned a Vac formed canopy for this and there was only the one in the box...It needs to be done right first time.

I put the tamiya decals on the inside of the canopy and thought they looked a bit naff...I also had another thought.

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Take a bit of clear decal paper and paint it Interior green and leave to dry
then paint it the exterior when that has had a day to dry, cut thin strips off with a sharp blade.

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Place the "decals" on the frames for the cockpit....
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Not finished yet but it looks OK. Or does it...?
The best of it is if it goes wrong I can wash them off again with out leaving any marks.

I have also done a patch in red for those keep off crosses on the oil coolers. Always a pain in the...

Ian M

[Dave W]

Looking good Ian.Ive got the mkiv in my stash.Looks like a superb kit in true Tamiya style.

[Guest]

Coming along well Ian

[flyjoe180]

Your canopy looks good Ian, interesting method and very effective I think.

[Dave W]

Last time I tried painting clear decal the paint flaked off when I put the decal in water.I painted it with enamel.Havent tried it with acrylic paint.Is that what you use?.

[Ian M]

Last time I tried painting clear decal the paint flaked off when I put the decal in water.I painted it with enamel. Havent tried it with acrylic paint.Is that what you use?.

Yes I use Vallejo model color. I just gave it a couple of light coats, then a wet coat and left it over night to dry. I removed the kit's canopy decals and will do them again with my own.

I wish I could say that it was my own idea, but I read it on the www someplace.

Ian M

[Ian M]

An update!

Well I got some paint on it. The decal for the instrument panel was in a nut shell, naff, so that got painted as well.

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The post shading on the EDSG just shows through and on the Sky shows quite well.

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The main wing and nose are only dry fitted pt. Still waiting for the seats to turn up so I still can't button it yet!

The canopy...I think it worked out OK. It actually looks like frames!! You can see the colour difference better over the dark back ground. All I have to do now is cut the s*dding thing out. Hate that bit. (the very bottom frame will be painted on after the canopy is glued on.

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I made some decals yesterday, but they are only the black under-wing codes.

More about that later.

Ian M