++ **** DONE: 1/48 Meteor F-8 - Military Conflicts of the 1950's

[Gnomey]

Looks great so far Wayne!

 

[Wayne Little]

Thanks Guys, my son and his girlfiend have been down for the weekend staying with us so I only had one window of 2 hours saturday afternoon when everyone else was out and I was home alone...so meteor decalling was the order of business. All primary and some secondary are in place.
still a number of decals to do so next gloss overcoat to seal everything probably wont happen till Wednesday....so finish will likely be next weekend by the time I add the extra bits...

 

[Wurger]

 

[Crimea_River]

Very nice.

 

[Airframes]

I agree.

 

[Gnomey]

Great work so far Wayne!

 

[Wayne Little]

Thanks Guys.

Got 99% of the decals done now...some 150 plus in all.

then i was pi$$ed the Alps printed nose numbers don't like handling during decalling part of the starboard side 1 is gone and all 3 digits on the port side are rubbed away enough that they are pretty much useless now.. see post 162's nose decals compared to what it looks like now on the port side....

 

[Wurger]

 

[Wayne Little]

Thankyou Sir!

Don't know if it's me or what but this whole upper section of threads keeps disappearing on me?? does it in other sub forums as well....

 

[Wurger]

I can see all parts of threads. Not sure what reason for that trouble is. Do you use the Firefox?

 

[Wayne Little]

No google chrome, but I do have the other...

 

[Wurger]

Well if you can, please check if another net browser does have the same problem.

 

[rochie]

Nice Wayne, shame about those numerals on the nose

 

[Airframes]

Pretty annoying about those numbers - the effect looks the same as ink-jet decals which have been hit too hard with a clear coat before use.

 

[JKim]

The metal finish turned out great! Lots of patience required on all of those stencils.

 

[Crimea_River]

There may have been something on the decal paper when they were printed, hence the separation. Or, insufficient seal coat and water dissolved the ink. Too bad. I missed something here and did not realize you were using custom decals.

 

[fubar57]

Aside from the decals issue it looks great

 

[Wayne Little]

Thanks Guys, pics tomorrow, main undercarriage is on now so it's sitting up like it should.


And....what colour are the underwing Rockets?

 

[Airframes]

Just had a look at a couple of B&W photos from the period, showing RAAF Meteors, and the RPs look to be he same as used in WW2. So, the same colours - Dark Green body, Olive Drab/ Olive Green warhead, yellow bands and stencils.

 

[Gnomey]

Looks great so far Wayne!