**** DONE: 1/24 Cessna O-1E "Bird Dog" - Jet/Recon/Transport GB

[Gnomey]

Looks good so far Charles!

 

[Crimea_River]

 

[Wayne Little]

I second that..

 

[ccheese]

Took the masking off the wheels, trimmed around the cockpit (fore aft), and did some touch up with the Light Gray. This thing is still not dry enough for me to put decals on, so I'm going to just let it sit for a few more days. Will make the wing braces this afternoon, and get them sanded and painted.

BTW.... does anyone know what color the prop is suppose to be ? With yellow tips ??

Charles

 

[meatloaf109]

Looks like black with yellow tips is the norm for USAF.

 

[woody]

Looking good Charles.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Looks good Charles, but how come the paint is not drying, cold weather maybe and howdid you go with the tail wheel!

 

[T Bolt]

Looking good Charles

 

[ccheese]

Looks good Charles, but how come the paint is not drying, cold weather maybe and how did you go with the tail wheel!

I don't know, Vic. I mixed two half bottles of Light Ghost Gray and one half bottle of Light Gray, together. Both colours had been mixed 50/50 with thinner and sprayed this on. It was raining the day I painted, guess the humidity had something to do with it. The plane has been in the house (72F) for three days, and it is dry to the touch. Will probably do decals tomorrow (Sat.) As for the tail wheel, I need a 3/8" wheel and have not found one.

Painted the prop Gloss Black yesterday.

Charles

 

[meatloaf109]

Try the Dollar store toy isle. They have lots of things there with various sized wheels for cheap.

 

[Gnomey]

Looking good so far Charles!

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Charles, I have this small 3/8 inch plastic wheel if you want, I'll even paint it up for you if you like, just say the colours.

 

[ccheese]

Charles, I have this small 3/8 inch plastic wheel if you want, I'll even paint it up for you if you like, just say the colours.

Appreciate the offer, Vic, but I will keep looking. I hit the Dollar Stores, today, and will try the craft stores Sunday.

Worked on the Bird-dog, today. Got the decals on, wings on, the dihedral set and the wing struts on. Still have to paint the wing struts, but not today.

Hindsight being 20/20, I wish I had used the USAF decals instead of the U.S. Army. (The USAF decals were smaller).

Third pic down: this was the only way I could get the wings on straight !

Cheers...

Charles

 

[meatloaf109]

Well, it looks darned good from here!

 

[Crimea_River]

Gotta agree with that.

 

[Wayne Little]

man....that looks great, well done Charles!

 

[Wurger]

 

[N4521U]

Abbbbb so lutley!

 

[ccheese]

Thanks, fellas.... Does anybody have a sure method of removing decals ??? I sure like the USAF decals better.....

Charles

 

[Wurger]

If you haven't applied on them a clear coat so far you can soak them with a brush and a warm water. Do it at the decal edges and top surfaces.
As a last resort you can cover them with a paint