1/24 Grumman F3F-2 - From WW1 to WW2 GB
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Benevolens Magister
It's a gas man! (more Charles's era). Looking great so far Charles.
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ccheese
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The bottom side of the upper wing has been covered, spritzed, dried and given one coat of the 50/50 mix. Got the N-struts made too. The black mark on the N-struts is to remind me which way is up and forward. I gotta start making a plan to paint this thing..... can't paint it after the top wing is on !
Charles
Charles
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Vic Balshaw
Major General
Looks just great Charles, it's going to be a nice looking machine when done.
Crimea_River
Marshal
Nice work so far Charles!
meatloaf109
1st Lieutenant
Paint will really make it come alive. Looking forward to it!
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Benevolens Magister
Nice work Charles, looking forward to the paint going on.
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ccheese
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Gave the fuselage, tail, top side of the lower wing and bottom side of the upper wings one coat of Flat White, yesterday, before my air brush gave up on me. Noticed a flaw..... actually a crease in the tissue, in the upper wing, so had to cut out the area and recover. Also found two other spots I didn't like, so I fixed them, too. Here's the sequence of events. In the last pic I have one coat of the 50/50 mix on the repaired areas. Light sanding in between 5 coats of 50/50 mix and the area will be fine.
Raining, today, so..... no painting.
Charles
Raining, today, so..... no painting.
Charles
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ccheese
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Hi Lads: Got three good coats of Flat White on the F3F and the bottom side of the upper wing, today. Taking Glenn's advice, I used the Flat White as an undercoat and primer. One thing for sure, it really shows the blemishes, and spots that need attention. I see places where I got carried away with the "light sanding" and went thru the tissue. All these areas will have to be addressed before I can proceed further. Be that as it may, here's some pic's. The plane and wing, done in Flat White is laying on a light blue towel. First two pic's are w/o flash, last two are with.
Charles
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Nice work so far Charles!
fubar57
General
Coming along very nicely Charles. I'm not sure if someone has asked this before but do the companies supply the extra paper for boo-boos?
Geo
Geo
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ccheese
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Geo: You usually get about a square yard of tissue with a model. That's probably enough to cover the average model twice. I have so much left over from previous builds, I just salt the tissue away, and continue to use left-overs.
Charles
Vic Balshaw
Major General
Sometimes wish we could get extra pieces in the plastic kit to replace the ones the carpet gremlin munches!.............................
Crimea_River
Marshal
Ain't that the truth!
