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Offline RAGIII

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Re: Short 184, Aeroclub, 1:72
« Reply #60 on: June 10, 2015, 08:34:49 PM »
Looks gorgeous. As for the Model Master Acrylics I think that plain distilled water is your best bet. At least if my memory is correct. Try mixing small amounts in a bottle cap and see how it reacts to thinners after a period of time before putting it in the airbruxh.

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Re: Short 184, Aeroclub, 1:72
« Reply #61 on: June 11, 2015, 02:43:34 AM »
Shame about the airbrush but the CDL on the fuselage looks really good. The standard of your painting is very high indeed - am looking forward to see how the shadow effects work out when you finally get the airbrushes working again.

Stephen.
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Re: Short 184, Aeroclub, 1:72
« Reply #62 on: June 11, 2015, 04:37:15 AM »
Ian that is very fine work.
Martin
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Re: Short 184, Aeroclub, 1:72
« Reply #63 on: June 16, 2015, 12:12:35 PM »
 I bought a new tip yesterday and today I finished off the CDL. First I thinned the paint with the Modelmaster thinner - it worked great on the undersides of the wings, but was too thin on the tail and upper wing surfaces, running into the seams. So I then sprayed without thinner and that also went fine until it started to clog again!  I'm happy with the result but I wish I could figure out what I'm doing wrong! It's not very clear in the pics, but the roundel shadows do show through a little better ....
 Anyway, in addition to the CDL, I also painted the cockpit padding, rescribed the engine panels, and added the 4 carburetor intakes on the nose. I've made an attempt at chipping on the engine panels but I think I'll paint over it as I'm not really happy with how it looks......





Finally,  I made a start on the radiator mounting using 0.010" brass wire.



Thanks for any tips re the painting.....

Ian
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Re: Short 184, Aeroclub, 1:72
« Reply #64 on: June 16, 2015, 12:31:04 PM »
Apart from your air brush clogging issues the paint work is looking really good, I like your CDL colour and the wood around the cockpits is excellent.

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Re: Short 184, Aeroclub, 1:72
« Reply #65 on: June 16, 2015, 12:33:54 PM »
Quote from: Des on June 16, 2015, 12:31:04 PM
Apart from your air brush clogging issues the paint work is looking really good, I like your CDL colour and the wood around the cockpits is excellent.

Des.
Couldn't agree more, Ian!  Hope you get your airbrush sorted soon.
Cheers,
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Re: Short 184, Aeroclub, 1:72
« Reply #66 on: June 16, 2015, 08:08:15 PM »
I agree completely with Des and Bud. Your CDL looks great!
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Re: Short 184, Aeroclub, 1:72
« Reply #67 on: June 17, 2015, 08:42:11 AM »
The next great step to this build.
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Re: Short 184, Aeroclub, 1:72
« Reply #68 on: June 18, 2015, 03:46:48 AM »
That painting is simply superb and the detail inside the cockpit and on the engine panels is so good that it is hard to remember that this is God's Own Scale.

Stephen.
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Re: Short 184, Aeroclub, 1:72
« Reply #69 on: June 28, 2015, 10:29:34 AM »
Thanks to all who left comments, much appreciated!
 I didn't have a day off today, but my flights are at 10:45 tonight so I basically had the day to myself!
I drilled the holes in the fuselage for the elevator and rudder cables, and also for the upper centre section bracing. Unusually, this aircraft doesn't have cross bracing fore-and-aft between the cabane struts, only side-to-side. The fore-and-aft bracing is forward to the front of the engine and aft to between the cockpits, so those holes have also been drilled. I then fitted small pieces of brass rod to the cabane strut holes in the upper wing centre section, and when those were dry, I added the struts. Here's the first dry-fit of the centre section:





I also painted the floats..... again! I'm a lot happier with the finish this time, and I think one more coat of clear orange may well see them done.



I will make a few small adjustments to the cabane struts, cover the brass rod joints with dissolved putty, then paint them before fitting the centre section. Rigging will be added as part of the attachment process rather than after it's all done as I want to make sure it will add structural strength.

Thanks for looking in!

Ian
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Re: Short 184, Aeroclub, 1:72
« Reply #70 on: June 28, 2015, 07:04:49 PM »
Very beautiful work, Ian.
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Re: Short 184, Aeroclub, 1:72
« Reply #71 on: June 28, 2015, 08:13:44 PM »
Beautiful job, Ian.  More so considering you're working
in the teeny scale! Looking forward to the next updates!

Cheers,
Ernie :)
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Re: Short 184, Aeroclub, 1:72
« Reply #72 on: June 28, 2015, 08:59:02 PM »
Outstanding work Ian! really taking shape now!
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Re: Short 184, Aeroclub, 1:72
« Reply #73 on: June 29, 2015, 02:59:17 AM »
Glad to see that the floats are painted at last - they look fine to me. The wing centre section looks excellent - with the wings folded this part will need to be extra strong. This is really going to be a most interesting model when finished. Looking forward to it.

Stephen.
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Re: Short 184, Aeroclub, 1:72
« Reply #74 on: June 30, 2015, 12:04:32 PM »
i have had good luck laying translucent linen by mixing the base coat with future then painting on by brush. i make it translucent enuff so that it takes a few coat to get the desired effect ,that way i have control. initially i paint the base,then paint markings,lay a coat or 2 of translucent/futured base, then do ribs/spars, then more translucent layers. then weathering/washes etc followed by matte coat.
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