Würger family 1/48

Still Headless pilots!!

Vic Balshaw said:

Nice work Gerry.

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Thank you sir

herman1rg said:

Still Headless pilots!!

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OMG, now I see that something was missing in each cabin..........

I'm about to begin with this heads with their proper gear and scarfs........... stay tuned!

Looks good so far!

Agreed

Hello again my fellow modelers:

It's been quite a ride during this month (between office, girlfriend and several trips) in which I participated in the IPMS nationals here in Mexico. As always it was quite an experience.

Let me show you the advance performed so far in this project. This with the idea to begin the priming works as soon as possible (where I got some quality white primer according to some fellows in the nationals).

First, the D9 with the closed cockpit (glued with PVA glue) in order to just hold it in place during the priming works that according to my schedule, during this week the task must be performed:



There were also applied more aluminium surfaces in several places as can be appreciated in the following image. Other surfaces will be painted with aluminium paint where needed:


Then the advance on the 152 kite looks like this: Finally the small guy dressed with a black leather outfit was seated in place along with the main cockpit consoles and gadgets, that are likely it won't be appreciated with the closed cockpit. First the fuselage halves were detailed with quite a good amount of putty. Guess that during the injection works at the manufacturing stage, one of the halves sunk around 1mm against the other half..... (a friend of mine that knows about the injection industry, commented that the main reason for these discrepancies in tolerances are due to sudden temperature changes right after the injection is performed while the plastic is still warm.....).



And then the corresponding sanding works were applied:


And finally the result before applying the clear cockpit parts:


Hope you have an incredible week and please stay safe.

Greetings

Gerry

Nice bit of modelling work there Gerry. Like the little fellow, looks like he is all geared up for action.

Good progress Gerry.

Crimea_River said:

Good progress Gerry.

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Thank you sir.

Hope that this week the priming works will be completed. That's the idea.

Have a nice one my friend

Gerry

Good work so far!

Beauty

Hello my fellow modellers:

Here it is the weekend update of the Wuerger family.

At last the priming works were performed!!!

But to tell you the truth, the waiting was worthwhile........

The last kite to receive the masked clear parts was the Ta 152 kite as can be appreciated here, where I just can help myself to appreciate and admire this design. (I´ve always thought of this kite, kind of a custom built race car:


Then at last, before the paint box, the cleaning works with alcohol:


And then, to proceed closing all the gaps that could affect each cabin interior.

First the Ta-152:


Then the 190 desert kite:


And finally the D-9:


Once these works were readied, I undusted the faithful Testors air brush that has almost 20 years with me. Also it was the moment to test the new acquired Primer that I got in the national convention (at an ridiculously low price):



And then to the paint box:






In order to test the quality of the primer, I also painted the triceratops head, as well as a pilot head to check the paint quality. Conclusion: good result and really cheap.

Now the tasks for this week is to begin the sanding works in order to make some tests with the rivet decals in order to appreciate how they look above this primer and beneath the upcoming paint works.......

Have a great one and see you next week my friends.

Greetings from Monterrey.

Gerry

Nice looking family

Great weekends work.

Good looking finishes.

Lovely work so far!

Hello again my fellow modelers.

Here it is the weekend update regarding the test decal location works performed during this period.

What I learned was the following:
- The laser jet decals does not work well after printing and after handling, this due that the wet decals and are prone to lose quite a good amount of its tint (in this test black ink was used). Just as well you can use any colour as desired.
- The decals or wet transfers were better applied using the ink jet decals and after printing, and it was recommended that a light seal of transparent lacquer is applied.

The results are as follows:

This is how it looks the paper with the printing after applying the lacquer and as appreciated some test were performed without the lacquer and it wasn´t good due to the tint problem that is lost in the process of the location works:



Then after several trials, this is how the D-13 is looking after paneling with pencil as reference in order to locate each decal properly:


I was surprised that the glue of this decals was quite strong enough in order to avoid using the Micro Set/Sol:


And then the decals were located first in the wings....


fuselage.......


and tail.... Remembering that the under surfaces will not receive the rivets due that this particular kite receive a fair amount of paint in its belly for the intended time period I'm trying to emulate:


Now, what follows if to apply thin coats of the desired paint on each surface after some sanding (basically where the aluminium is already applied).

If needed, more decals can be applied (in the desired color of the surface to be painted) if the rivets are lost beneath the paint. Also Im considering that in reality not all the rivets are visible beneath the paint, so I´m considering also applying the decals randomly specially in the strong maintenance surfaces. Lets see how it turns out.

In order to not lose my mind or inspiration, I have to remember often that its a trial and error process, cause I've never done it before.

Also, this week the TA 152 will receive its decals as well. This in order to proceed then with each paint works.

The A-4 presents positive rivets from factory so, no rivet decals will be applied to it (at least considered at this moment). Only sanding the surfaces cause they are quite prominent (they even cast shadows if lighted properly....... don't remember ever seen a rivet so prominent above any kite surface).

Hope you have an incredible week guys and see you soon


Gerry

Great looking work Gerry. I've never had the option to use laser printers for decals so your experiment is good advice for all. When I have used ink jet printing I always duplicate my decals so that when I place the decal on the model, I overlay with the second decal to help give a better depth of colour.