Hallo friends,
this update is (if possible) is slower than usual, because of problems I encountered with the spray colors... but let's show it step by step:
Masking and presahading of wings using masking tape 0.75 mm for main ribs and 0.50 mm for the spare ribs :-) near the trailing edge...
lower surfaces:
upper surfaces
detail...
finished work
Let me show now the state of the art on my workbench yesterday night:
The result does not appear too bad, but to be honest the photos this time (due to the flash light) appear to be very benevolent and not ruthless as usual...
The color rendering on the surface showed many uneven areas that in the picture are not as evident as to the naked eye.
To mask this defect I used a heavy wheathering, but nothing of it shows in the flash light.
The nice effect I obtain is the evident difference between the metal parts (previously coated with glossy black) and the fabric ones.
I used Tamiya colors in rattle cans: TS-83 Metallic Silver, which revealed a lot of stains and uneven areas especially on the wings and tail planes (I made no picture of that horrible sight).
You can perceive some of the problems on the tail planes...
I had another small problem on the belly: inserting the tailskid in the hole the two fuselage halves opened a bit showing the junction line... It is visible although not so evident in this photo.
After taking the picture, I put some putty on it; later today, I will sand it and paint again but with a brush.
I rubbed the first coat of paint off the wings and used a different can: TS-17 Glossy Aluminum. All the preshading was useless because these canned colors appear to be totally opaque... No problem, but at the end the second coat of paint appears much better than the first, although it still shows some stains in the same place of the first coat, but in a much more acceptable quantity, like a sort of accidental weathering.
The external areas of both the upper and lower wings' undersurfaces were left unpainted waiting for the green and red colors to be painted.
On these parts, I will be able to decide whether to leave the preshading visible (it is not likely I will leave it, for consistency with the other surfaces) or not.
You can also see the Vickers finished and waiting to be glued, and the two horses anxious to jump to their place...
^_^
Thanks for your attention as usual!!!!
AnDonio
