Stirling Glider Tug

[Steve Jones]

Richard

Nice to see the wet stuff going on. The build has been great fun to watch. Good luck with the airbrush:thumb2:

[rtfoe]

Hi Steve, glad you like it so far.

Cheers,
Richard

[papa 695]

Just seen this one Richard, I don't know how I did miss it though, but glad I've seen it. Some great alterations going on, l'm watching from now on.

[rtfoe]

No worries Ian, I find this sight has a blind spot after 10 postings unless you are searching specifically on a subject or modeller that you prefer. Glad you found it...it has just a few posts more to the finish line then I'll start one on the Horsa glider.

Cheers,
Richard

[rtfoe]

D-Day stripes painted and masked with the dark earth layer applied leaving areas for the dark green to be sprayed...

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Blue tac masking in rolls were stretched and contoured for the next color. All masks removed...

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You can see the Horsa in the background

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There was some paint lifting when the masks were removed so retouching was done. Just look at the heap of masking.

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Cheers,
Richard

[colin m]

An impressive amount of extra work going on here, and the results speak for themselves.

[rtfoe]

Thanks Colin, I just wanted to see how far I could go with my old Airfix kits. Got a whole lot of them at a bargain price at a warehouse back when we thought we might never see them again. Now they're back...some with new tooling.:smiling4:

Cheers,
Richard

[scottie3158]

Richard,
Great work always a pleasure to follow your builds.

[Fernando N]

Sorry to read about the paint lifting, but a great paint job Richard.:smiling:
Nice work in keeping the pre-shade intact, in multi-colour camo I find it very hard to keep it intact but you've done it.:thumb2:
Nice Horsa too:hungry:

[Guest]

Paint lifting or not, you're doing a mighty fine job sir !

[rtfoe]

Hi guys Paul, Fernando and Guy, thanks. There's always a hit and miss when painting aircraft keeping the paint as thin as possible and praying that the mask doesn't lift any paint.

Cheers,
Richard

[rtfoe]

Last bits of detailing after removing the masks...
Two things I didn't do here is the first I didn't thin out the air intakes...

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...the second I forgot to dip the canopy in Future...just look at all the scratches!!!!

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So far the canopy fit the the fuselage is ok...no gaps except the back.

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Hollowed out the access door...what I did in the interior is totally hidden and needs a spy camera to peer in.

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Cheers,
Richard

[Mickc1440]

Some great work on this conversion Richard. Yet another build that slipped under the radar.
Why were the turrets removed?

[Jim R]

Hi Richard
Great work. Real attention to detail.
Jim

[rtfoe]

Hi Mick and Jimbo, thanks for the kind comments.

Some great work on this conversion Richard. Yet another build that slipped under the radar.
Why were the turrets removed?

I'm not too sure but I think it didn't need them as defenses as a glider tug or if it was removed to compensate power to tug a glider.

Cheers,
Richard