last night I mostly just tidied up. I put together and painted the prop assembly, touched up some of the paint work, particulalry the white edges of the tail, and finished the decalling on the port side fuselage. I painted the stand and added a styrene stiffer at the top, so that the model can just sit on the stand without having to be glued
Not enough changes to warrant photos.
Im still uneasy about the paint finishes, but the more finishing I do, the better it does get. Its not anywhere near perfect, or even my aspirations for this build, but it is stillnot a bad build. I certainly will put it on display if it finishes as well as its going at the moment.
I have the canoipy to paint, which i always have issues with. Im at the stage now of masking, and that where I have the issues. I have difficulty in getting the masking the right shape and butting up against the frame properly. This one is no different. Im getting the masking as close to the framing as I can, but there is always a gap, and often leakages past the masking. which tends to ruin the canopy. I trying to get the masking as close as I can, but to try and improve the lines and improve sealing, Im running a thin bead of maskol around the masking, using one of my precious fine sable brushes. That was an agonizing decision of itself. Maskol tends to wreck the brush head, because its this rubery, latex like substance.
If anyone has any tips or advice on masking for canopies (or any paint job really, Im listening.