Old Collingwood

Hi all,   spent some good time on the mossie today,  I glued up the one wing after fitting the ailerons and flaps, then I cleaned up the seams.

OC.

3 minutes ago, mtaylor said:

Nah... I've heard that if he falls asleep he snores.

I heard  - he pinches pop corn  - oh and watch your  pop, but I wont tell  Lou.

OC.

14 minutes ago, mtaylor said:

Great news, OC.   I'm pulling up a chair also.

Get one of those garden hammocks   you could share it with lou.

OC.

3 minutes ago, lmagna said:

It is my hope to airbrush it. My time spent in the cockpit has been extensive and I have not even started painting the fuselage yet. I was LOOKING at it today though, and I think I have come upon a method of spraying that will be unique to the Huey. I do want to get in a little more practice on the small interior stuff and see if I can whip my tip clogging issues with paint drying in the tip of the airbrush. I have discovered one thing about airbrushing Acrylics though. If you mess it up, (As I almost always do so far) just spray it down with Windex and wash it off with water and start all over again! Great feature for a bum dumble like me.

Like me Lou  we learn more about the art in making a kit look half decent  as we go along,   when I was masking and spraying yesterday  it  struck me that it was the first time I have ever done anything like this  - all my painting of models  has always been with hairy sticks.

OC.

14 minutes ago, lmagna said:

Should be interesting builds OC. Like Ken, I have always liked the Harrier, probably because it is confused and thinks it is a helicopter sometimes. I have seen MANY CH-47s, even ridden in a couple. Kind of like a loud airliner, they don't have the kind of view that a Huey has, or the feeling of seat-of-your-pants flying, but they have proven for a lot of years that they can get the job done!

Thanks Lou,  I think the Harrier  was retired too soon  - its one of those planes that just ooze  character  and so much ability.

OC.

5 minutes ago, Canute said:

All good choices, OC. I'm with you on the Sea Harrier. Got a chance to talk with some RN flyers right after they came back from the Falklands. Very interesting lessons learned.

The year before the Falklands  I tried to join up  into the RN  - did my test  passed the medical/passed the interview  but failed my entrance exam just by a few marks,   I always wanted to be a WEM  weapons engineering mech,   I was told I needed to give it 12 months before re-applying  but I  never did.

OC.

11 minutes ago, CDW said:

Not hot water! That will foul them for sure. You'll need lacquer thinner to clean them. Tamiya spray cans are lacquer, solvent based paints.

I see, I assumed they were  Acrylic  paints.

OC.

Are you spraying the fuselage  or hand painting Lou?

OC.

5 minutes ago, CDW said:

Many years ago, DuPont sold spray cans of automotive lacquer paints for touch ups and general painting. The paint itself was excellent, but what I loved were the unique spray nozzles. They were so smooth and shot a perfect "fan" of paint. They were the only spray cans I ever found that were equipped with these nozzles. I often wonder why other manufacturers never used them. They were absolutely fantastic for control and a smooth spray pattern.

I hate to say it, but I detest the spray nozzles on Tamiya rattle cans. Can't tell you how many times I have had issues with their nozzles. Perhaps it's because their paints have set on the shelves too long, as you said. 

Wonder if you can  pop the nozzles of to clean them under hot water?

OC.

1 hour ago, popeye the sailor said:

paint looks great.........very nice!  love the color  

Very nice work mate  - love the sharp paint details.

OC.

15 minutes ago, popeye the sailor said:

remember Annabelle?  you wouldn't want an ugly faced doll chasing you .........huh?!?!?!  didn't I send you a couple of 'pick n place' tools?  I thought I did  they have an adhesive tip on them that allows you to hold small parts.........I never used them on wood for obvious reasons.  to clean them simply roll them over the sticky side of tape.

https://www.billingboatsusa.com/tweezers-pick-up-tools/447-ptw1131-pick-place-tool-small.html

 

there are three sizes

Just checked  - Ebay are doing them  - what an excellent tool.

OC.

Very nice work mike.

OC.

4 minutes ago, popeye the sailor said:

rattle cans have no control........it's all in how fast you make the pass.   sprayers with directional nozzles are the better to use.  the orifice can be turned from a horizontal spray to a vertical spray.  I'll usually shake the heck out of the can,  leave it upside down for a short time,  then go back and shake it some more........they set for long periods,  so you need to be sure they are mixed well.  one to the other......there isn't much difference.  the delivery is all the same  

I also read  - to heat them up slightly  like sitting them in hot water  for a few minutes  - I have done that  hot water out of the tap  into a cup then sit the can in it.

OC.

The reasoning behind these three  kits  -  The Hawk  in RN colours  was the first fast jet  that the admiral saw  one day when we were walking  through the countryside  and it buzzed over us  going very low and quite fast.

The Sea Harrier  is  simply my all time fave plane, and the Chinook was the first  Mil heli  that I showed the admiral when one came over us where we used to live.

OC.

4 minutes ago, popeye the sailor said:

look'in good OC.........do light coats........that way when you remove the masking,  you won't have the heavy paint lines  {I hate it when that happens}.

Its not very easy with rattle cans  - I found the surface primmer went on just fine, but the Black semi gloss  came out a bit  less  even, but guess  gloss or semi gloss is harder to spray  esp  by rattle cans?

OC.

I managed to day to secure a few build investments  in the shape of a few kits to keep me going certainly through out  this year  - possibly into next  they are  all 1/48 scale  -

Italeri    Hawk Mkt.1A   Building her as a Royal Navy  version based at  RNAS Culdrose.

Kinetic   Sea Harrier FRS.1   Royal Navy   as  working off  HMS Hemes  Falklands Conflict  1982.

Italeri    CH-47D  Chinnok   RAF.

Will try and get some detail stuff to go with them through the year.

Pics off the net as I havn't received them yet.

OC.

22 minutes ago, Canute said:

Sign me up, OC. I'll bring the popcorn, too.

Most welcome Ken.

OC.

While waiting for daytime and a clear day  - I carried on working on the  wing sections/flaps  and engine nacelles  - firstly  I cleaned up the seams  on the nacelles,   then I cut the  two part flaps - test fitted them, and  glued them together,   the idea is  they  have a center bar that allows  them to be drooped or left trimmed.

Here are the pics  showing  one of the nacelles  and the flaps dry fitted showing the two stages  they can be set at.

OC.

2 hours ago, Edwardkenway said:

Count me in OC!!

More than welcome.

OC.

Masks are  off  - and more masking on,    the  mask for the Black  went quite well,  I gently rubbed the edges  so that they could not be felt, then I  did some brutal masking all over the Black  ready for the camo on the top.

OC.

3 minutes ago, Jack12477 said:

Great !  Pulling up a chair front and center! 

Welcome jack.

OC.

2 minutes ago, CDW said:

yes

 

Thanks mate.

OC.

9 minutes ago, CDW said:

With the paint/thinner I'm using, about an hour and the masks can come off safely.

However, because of the tri color scheme, I will add more masks before the masks you see here will come off. Probably later tonight or tomorrow.

Paint used: Mr Color with Mr Color 400 leveling thinner

Do you think the masking tape I put on mine  yesterday can come off now  after that Tamiya Rattle can black semi gloss.

OC.

Look what arrived this morning  -

OC.

3 minutes ago, CDW said:

The tri-color US Navy scheme requires a lot of masking. Would be nice if there was a pre cut paint mask available. In hindsight, I could have cut my own paint masks much easier if I had done that before starting construction, using my kit parts as a pattern. Next time.

Getting closer to the finish line now.

 

 

Looking fine craig,   how long do you do you keep the masks on before removing them?

OC.