fubar57
General
Looking good. Love those clamps. These any help Glenn? The first you could color up and shrink down. The second one, less work.
**** DONE: GB-41 1/48 Brewster F2A2 Buffalo - PTO from 1937
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N4521U
Colonel
Good one Geo
le_steph40
Chief Master Sergeant
Nice start Glenn 
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T Bolt
Colonel
It looks like that second picture will work our perfect. Thanks George
parsifal
Colonel
The interior work is looking very good Glenn. I would like to observe how you to complete your IP. The white dot method is about al I can manage for scratchbuilt IPs at this scale so it be very educational to observe how you go about this.....
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T Bolt
Colonel
Michael, The way George and I were discussing it is to use the picture he posted for the instrument panel. I've done it like this before but didn't think of doing it here until George suggested it. The way I do it is take the picture and paste it multiple times in a Word or Exel document seizing the first one smaller than I think I need it and making each additional one a bit larger as seen in the screen shot below. I than print it out and pick the one who's size best matches the IP. If I were making a decal I would delete the others on the page and print it on decal paper, but in this case I will cut it out and put a couple of coats of Dull Coat lacquer on both sides to seal the paper and glue it onto the IP with some CA. The last step would be to put a dab of clear gloss on each instrument face to simulate the glass.
parsifal
Colonel
Very clever. thanks for taking the time to clarify. I would never have thought of that myself. Simply to reduce the number of times needed to duplicate the image, would it not be useful to scan in an image of the IP face, at the same magnification as your image. Then take a photo of the illustration at approximately the same distance to produce your dials at approximately the same or similar scale. Might then need to reproduce larger and smaller increments of the dial images at increments of say 5 or 10% incremental changes until best fit is found. Same end result, just matching product to its destination so to speak.....
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T Bolt
Colonel
The first time I did something like this is when I was making up the plans for control panel for my 1:1 cockpit. I had a good picture if the real thing and knew the dimensions of some of the instruments so I increased the size of the picture on my computer screen until I matched the instrument diameter with an architects scale placed up against the screen and used the scale to measure everything on the panel and make up the plan for my new panel
Good work so far!
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T Bolt
Colonel
I finished sanding and polishing the fuselage and wing joints and glued the two sub-assemblies together. The fit was real nice with everything lining up beautifully, It will need a bit of filler in a couple of places as seen in the second picture but it is very minor. In the pictures the fuselage joint looks rough but that's just the silver plastic, I sanded the joints all the way down to 1200 and they are smooth as glass.
Crimea_River
Marshal
Food progress Glenn.
fubar57
General
Good stuff. Weird seeing silver plastic again
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Looking good Glenn.
parsifal
Colonel
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Meant to post a like but got agres instead. I'm not good using the phone for this
Meant to post a like but got agres instead. I'm not good using the phone for this
great stuff Glenn , not a fan of silver plastic and it's joints as it always looks like its not right and you always go over them multiple times, and then some, even when you know you have done it right. You are only satisfied when you throw on some paint and see no more filling and sanding is required....
Jock Tamson
Senior Airman
Great progress Glenn. Your Buffalo will be eye catching in those colours once finished.
Nicely done so far!
SANCER
Senior Master Sergeant
Good work so far Glenn.
It seems that the silver plastic can be deceiving and confusing in the unions, as Wayne says. In the first applications of primer or paint will be checked.
I'm waiting to see the process of that front IP. It is a new technique for me and it can be useful.
Saludos
It seems that the silver plastic can be deceiving and confusing in the unions, as Wayne says. In the first applications of primer or paint will be checked.
I'm waiting to see the process of that front IP. It is a new technique for me and it can be useful.
Saludos
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T Bolt
Colonel
I got a lot done this evening
Finished painting and installed the engine
And the cowling
I airbrushed flat white as a primer on the areas that will receive the bright colors
And sprayed Chrome Yellow on the wings
That's going to be it for a while as I'm waiting for a delivery of paint before I can go on with anything else.
Finished painting and installed the engine
And the cowling
I airbrushed flat white as a primer on the areas that will receive the bright colors
And sprayed Chrome Yellow on the wings
That's going to be it for a while as I'm waiting for a delivery of paint before I can go on with anything else.
