What's on The Workbench (5 Viewers)

[Lucky13]

Was going to put some decals on my '219 today and the final ones '109 and '190, but I think that I'll wait until tomorrow, when I don't have work to think about...
Will also try to get my sorry *rse in gear and get some paint on my BOAC Mosquito!

 

[109ROAMING]

Sounds good mate!

 

[Trebor]

well, I've resumed work on the USS Abraham Lincoln CVN 72. I've sprayed the landing area with a gloss black because I don't have a color that's close enough to asphault. that's lighter than black or darker than gray. hopefully it'll look decent once the decls are applied.

 

[Wayne Little]

Rob you only need to add a small amount of white to the black to get an approximate shade of Greyish black....

 

[Trebor]

oh, thanks, Wayne. but um....

RED ALERT

I tried one decal, and the damn thing disintegrated. so I have no clue what to do now....

 

[Wayne Little]

Well thats a B!tch...show us some pics of the decals and where you're at?

....See if we can come up with a solution!?

 

[Lucky13]

....but first, a drink!

 

[109ROAMING]

With you Jan!

 

[Lucky13]

Better get a whole bottle then...!

 

[Airframes]

Better make it two....

 

[Trebor]

here they are. I put the aircraft carrier aside and started work on the P-47

 

[Wayne Little]

Ok Rob select a small decal and coat it with clear gloss..let it dry a day or two and then cut it out and carefully apply it....if this work s keep going...If it doesn't work then you're in big friggin trouble man...

If it does work cut the larger decals into smaller sections and apply them one section at a time getting them all lined up right as you go...good luck!

 

[Trebor]

thanks a lot, man. I'll take yer advice. but I'm gonna take a lil break from the aircraft carrier and work on the P-47 and BF-109.

I'v got the P-47 fully assembled except for the canopy. (damn that was fast!) but I think ima let the glue dry and cure before airbrushing the yellow to the belly. (yellow belly LOL)

 

[BombTaxi]

I actually got some work done on both Hurricane and Skyhawk over the last few days, the Skyhawk looks a bit of a mess so here's some pics of the Hurri

I dry-fitted the canopy at the same time, and am very glad I bought my Dremel-wannabe, cos the damn thing is nowhere near fitting without some major surgery...

 

[Maglar]

Ace Treb and Bomb! Bomb, did you hand paint the outlines for your camo? I'm taking that guess because if you used tape it would be a tight line unless you sanded it down. I have a similar pattern on my 1/48 P40 Flying Tiger and said F masking tape and hand painted the camo, rather effective, esp on 1/72 if you want to make it faster. But some people can prepare for hours and dont mind making all the cut out masks

 

[Heinz]

Looking great!

 

[BombTaxi]

Maglar, I hand-painted the camo, following the paint guide for about 85% of the outline, with the balance being a bit of artistic license. I'm pretty pleased with the way the pattern turned out, but I will most likely mask and use an airbrush next time round as the green in particular shows up horrible brush strokes from the large brush I used to apply the basic shapes...

 

[Wayne Little]

Good work BT! doin' ok mate

 

[Maglar]

I dont see any strokes in the pics, good camera skills!

 

[Wurger]

looking very nice.