Thanks Terri, and Ken for the tip!
Music turned up (I'm on a Magnum binge at the mo, fabulous band and way too under rated!) and off we go!
As you would have seen in my last post I had removed the masking for the ribs on the wings. I had gone a little over the top with the paint so I had some rather big ridges along the tape lines. Those were lightly sanded down to leave just a trace of their presence and the wings were returned to the paint shop.
I'm very happy with that. Subtle but definitely there, which is just what I wanted. Unfortunately I also did the top wing which I had intended to leave until after it was mounted and rigged to make it easier to blend in any repairs needed after the rigging sessions. Bugger. I'll have to be even more careful with the rigging now!
The rudder was also finished off. It looks a little rough but is actually ok, and with a matt coat there should be no issues.
The wheels were painted too, but there is more work to do cleaning up the inner faces on those.
There was one other little job which I have kept putting off, and which I decided to tackle today. Masking and painting the prop tip shields.
I spent quite a while trying to figure out how best to do it and keep the shapes constant. Finally I realised that the masking tape I'm using is see-through so the plans were reduced to the correct size (the prop was not drawn to scale) and I stuck masking tape on both sides over the prop tips.
One of them needed to be removed which showed up an interesting feature of this stuff - the printed pattern was stuck to the tape, very clearly marking exactly where the cuts needed to be made.
Unfortunately they were still too small to do that way and ensure that they matched, so they were cut out with a scalpel blade directly from the plans. Since I had put tape on both sides I knew that I would have 2 matching masks. They were also cut slightly wider than necessary to wrap around the edges.
This stuff is tacky enough to stick multiple times, but not too tacky that I can't peel it off paper.
Once all the blade tips were done I added thin strips down the edges (just in case!) and covered the hub.
The end result:
More than happy with that, so now just the hub to add and that will wait until I come to mount the prop.
That's it for now, I may get some more done later, we'll see.
Thanks for looking in and stay safe!
Ian