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Offline RichieW

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Re: 1:32nd scale Bristol Scout C
« Reply #105 on: May 30, 2023, 11:55:05 PM »
Wonderful figures Mike, hope the decal strips arrive soon.

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Re: 1:32nd scale Bristol Scout C
« Reply #106 on: May 31, 2023, 04:29:33 AM »
Hi all,
A couple of updates.
As the mechanic figure will be refueling the aircraft from a container, I needed to make a funnel.
This was made from 0.3 mm thick plastic card and a piece of stretch sprue for the pipe.
painted with 'Mr. Colour' Stainless Steel (213) with 'Tamiya' Clear Yellow (X24) inside to represent fuel.
Two spare label decals were applied from my 'spares' box.



The propeller is a laminated wood propeller made by Alexey Belov at 'Proper Plane'.



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Re: 1:32nd scale Bristol Scout C
« Reply #107 on: May 31, 2023, 05:20:20 AM »
Lovely Prop as always from Alexi! The fuel filler/container is excellent!
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Re: 1:32nd scale Bristol Scout C
« Reply #108 on: June 06, 2023, 06:38:30 AM »
Hi all,
Undersides of the lower wings and the fuselage now pre-shaded with the 'XtraDecal' stripes.

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Re: 1:32nd scale Bristol Scout C
« Reply #109 on: June 06, 2023, 06:53:18 AM »
That's a beautiful scratch built funnel Mike. The decals have arrived and been put to good use. Will you be masking and painting the roundels? The reason I ask is that I will be using decal strips for rib tapes on my project. The thought of masks ripping the decals off is quite horrifying. I was wondering how this can be avoided

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Re: 1:32nd scale Bristol Scout C
« Reply #110 on: June 06, 2023, 07:30:38 AM »
Quote from: RichieW on June 06, 2023, 06:53:18 AM
That's a beautiful scratch built funnel Mike. The decals have arrived and been put to good use. Will you be masking and painting the roundels? The reason I ask is that I will be using decal strips for rib tapes on my project. The thought of masks ripping the decals off is quite horrifying. I was wondering how this can be avoided

Richie

Hi Richie,
Yes the 'ghost' roundels on the wing undersides will be airbrushed.
The sequence is to seal the decals with a clear coat.
Then mist airbrush white over them to blend them back.
Then re-seal as before.
Hopefully that will protect the decals and paint for masking and airbrushing the roundels, which ill be faded to represent how they'd be seen from the undersides.
Another sealing coat the apply the CDL decals,

Mike

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Re: 1:32nd scale Bristol Scout C
« Reply #111 on: June 06, 2023, 09:25:22 AM »
Thanks Mike, I'll give that a try. I'd better experiment first on some scrap styrene.

Richie
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Re: 1:32nd scale Bristol Scout C
« Reply #112 on: June 07, 2023, 07:00:55 PM »
Hi all,
Fuselage sides now pre-shaded with the 'XtraDecal' stripes.

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Re: 1:32nd scale Bristol Scout C
« Reply #113 on: June 07, 2023, 07:36:26 PM »
Ok at this point stripes appears too much isn't it ?.
 So you are thinking to paint a coat of fabric color airbrushed uppon the decals tofade the structure ? I imagined you would fade them under the decals...
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Re: 1:32nd scale Bristol Scout C
« Reply #114 on: June 07, 2023, 08:20:29 PM »
Quote from: xan on June 07, 2023, 07:36:26 PM
Ok at this point stripes appears too much isn't it ?.
 So you are thinking to paint a coat of fabric color airbrushed uppon the decals tofade the structure ? I imagined you would fade them under the decals...

Hi Xan,
Yes the 'ghost' roundels on the wing undersides will be airbrushed.
The sequence is to seal the decals with a clear coat.
Then mist airbrush white over them to blend them back.
Then re-seal as before.
Hopefully that will protect the decals and paint for masking and airbrushing the roundels, which will be faded to represent how they'd be seen from the undersides.
Another sealing coat then apply the CDL decals over it all,

Mike
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Re: 1:32nd scale Bristol Scout C
« Reply #115 on: June 08, 2023, 03:34:45 AM »
Ok Mike,
show must go on!
good luck, I don't doubt it will be terrific!

Xan
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Re: 1:32nd scale Bristol Scout C
« Reply #116 on: June 09, 2023, 01:32:04 AM »
Obviously a labor of love.  Lovely for us to watch!

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Re: 1:32nd scale Bristol Scout C
« Reply #117 on: June 09, 2023, 09:39:12 PM »
You're putting a lot of work into this.  It will show when completed.
I hope you don't run into problems with masking pulling up the pre-shading decals.
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Re: 1:32nd scale Bristol Scout C
« Reply #118 on: June 09, 2023, 11:07:51 PM »
I think if the decals are well sealed this should be fine using some form of washi tape for masking.

Steve
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Re: 1:32nd scale Bristol Scout C
« Reply #119 on: June 11, 2023, 11:14:09 PM »
Quote from: kensar on June 09, 2023, 09:39:12 PM
You're putting a lot of work into this.  It will show when completed.
I hope you don't run into problems with masking pulling up the pre-shading decals.

Hi Kent,
I've used tracing paper for masking the 'ghost' roundels on the underside of the upper wing.
This doesn't stick to anything and the masks are held in place using rubber tipped clothes pegs.
Probably not much use for full painted markings but OK for faded markings,

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