Revell Constellation redux

[Wurger]

It seems you are alone at home Kevin. An interesting interpretation of words.

 

[Trebor]

the cockpit part is already clear. but I choose to paint over it, because to me, it's better than trying to cut teeny bits of masking tape to fit over the windows.

 

[Wurger]

I see now.

 

[Trebor]

pic 1: top of the fuselage and wing tanks masked off, gloss black undercoat applied for a coat of polished aluminum

pic 2: the two other tails re-attached....she looks like a constellation again!

 

[Wurger]

 

[Trebor]

chrome silver applied and polished to a gleaming shine!. now I'm contemplating whether or not to take off the tape and apply the necessary light gray by hand or wait till it cures, mask off the unneccessary areas and apply it by airbrush

 

[Crimea_River]

Nice!

 

[Wurger]

Looking good Rob.

 

[Wayne Little]

I'm putting on my sunglasses.....

 

[Airframes]

Me too !

 

[Trebor]

haha thanks you guys!

 

[Trebor]

masking tape peeled off. I will do a bunch of touch ups later.

 

[Airframes]

That's looking great Rob. When you say 'Grey', I think you'll find that this is actually other metal shades, appearing grey in pics.

 

[Trebor]

actually, I mean the flat grey strips behind the engine cowlings *digs for pic*

Heller 1/72 Connestellation very first pic. you see the flat grey on the wings? the engine cowlings will be grey as well

 

[plheure2]

Lookin' suh-weet, Rob. Gotta love Connies!

 

[dirkpitt289]

Great work Rob, but for me I would have liked to see the shots before you started the re-do

All kidding aside she is looking great.

 

[Trebor]

certainly!

 

[Airframes]

Both are nice Rob, and thanks for explaining about the grey. Not sure without seeing period pics of the real aircraft if it was grey, or different grained alloy. Got me wanting to do a Connie though !!

 

[Trebor]

oh Terry, the way you do models, the connie would be a shining sapphire

for one, you should look here: https://picasaweb.google.com/110240617967423845676?gsessionid=0Dk8HZSQTQi4BV4pt6XOsQ he has mostly constellations in his gallery. all high quality vintage color photos.

here's his super connie page https://picasaweb.google.com/110240617967423845676/LockheedL1049SuperConstellationSeries

 

[Trebor]

finally, with the DC-4 completed, I can continue on the Constellation. I'm very proud of how I did those cockpit windows. LOVING them!