First project: Sea King HAR3

[scottie3158]

Steve, get yourself well.

[The Smythe Meister]

Yeah,
Completely concur with the Guys Steve.....
Get back to proper health ....... we`ll all still be here upon your return:thumb2:
All the very best to you mate!
Andy

[Tworrs]

Get well soon Steve, the model can wait.

[Roadie]

This Covid has made me sit back and think too much, so much I ordered and have received the Eduardo Upgrade and mask kit.
Wow, never seen or used this before. Any and all advice will be very welcome, from start to finish. TIA Steve.

[Roadie]

Finally got round to starting it.
Hasn’t gone to bad, but got a warped set of seats. Can’t find away to straighten them, any ideas guys??

[adt70hk]

Steve,

Sorry missed the start of this. Hopefully COVID didn't hit you too hard?

You've made a great start. You could try letting them sit in very warm water for a time or a hairdryer if you have access to one.... Just a thought.

ATB.

Andrew

[rickoshea52]

Finally got round to starting it.
Hasn’t gone to bad, but got a warped set of seats. Can’t find away to straighten them, any ideas guys??[ATTACH=CONFIG]n1173056[/ATTACH]

Personally, I would leave them as they are, The only bit visible when the fuselage is together is a tiny section of rail through the window. Don’t forget to paint it!

[Roadie]

Progress so far, main paint job done. A few colour changes to take care of.
Had trouble with getting both fuselages to fit properly, came very close to binning it. Managed to get a good fit in the end.
As said at the start, first model for 50+ years. Using stuff that I’ve never used before like liquid mask, Eduard precut masking, Clear paint on canopy, Decalfix among a few. Got on well with most, but have major problems cleaning some windows after the Eduard masking. Got on well with the rest though.
Thinking about weathering now, will need advice on that.
Thanks for all the advice so far, more welcome.
I fairly pleased with what I’ve done so far, made some mistakes, but with the dose of Covid mid assembly not helping, it looks fairly good.
Hopefully will finish by the weekend.
Thanks again guys.

[boatman]

HI Steve looking very good an yes i will proberly have the same problem with jioning the fusalarge havrfles an when i treid it without pressing hard it was a job to line them up so i suppose i will have to do it a bit at a time but yours looks very good indeed an im glad you dint bin it but what problems did you have with the Eduard masking. as i have some as well ? to fit on my seaking
chrisb

[Guest]

That’s not looking half bad, especially if you haven’t built a model in decades

[Roadie]

HI Steve looking very good an yes i will proberly have the same problem with jioning the fusalarge havrfles an when i treid it without pressing hard it was a job to line them up so i suppose i will have to do it a bit at a time but yours looks very good indeed an im glad you dint bin it but what problems did you have with the Eduard masking. as i have some as well ? to fit on my seaking
chrisb

Firstly the cut was done correctly or deep enough. Got that sorted ok, put on undercoat and a couple of top coats , let it try for a couple of days. Come to demask, fluid mask ok, Eduard masks some were ok but the 3 front canopy windows were terrible. Looks like the sticky part of the mask has stayed on.
Now trying thinners or soaking it as don’t want to scratch it.

[boatman]

Firstly the cut was done correctly or deep enough. Got that sorted ok, put on undercoat and a couple of top coats , let it try for a couple of days. Come to demask, fluid mask ok, Eduard masks some were ok but the 3 front canopy windows were terrible. Looks like the sticky part of the mask has stayed on.
Now trying thinners or soaking it as don’t want to scratch it.

MANY THANKS Steve for the info on them Eduard masking. so to avoid that i will fit it an then rattle can spray it in one day an get the masks off the next day so hopefully it wont leave a sticky resadude on the glass cheers im glad you warned me about that an try thinners or white spirit on a test bit of glass an see what happens
ATB chris b

[rtfoe]

Nice job on the yellow...not easy that. When it comes to masking, I would remove as soon as the paint is dry to the touch as firstly it will give a neat line and secondly there is less chance of glue residue remaining.

Cheers,
Richard

[rtfoe]

Also at another time it would be better to have the canopy masking on while weathering.

Cheers,
Richard.

[Jim R]

Hi Steve
Looks great and as has been said yellow is a difficult colour to get right.
Jim