The Gotha

[krow113]

With a little fettling the wing settles in:

And losing parts means more work.
In this case I filled the bomb hanger mounts and will fab some up from something , metal perhaps:

Cleaned:

 Again - if I wish to have a different bomb loadout , the two pics on page 47 of Gotha bear out the fact that not all Gothas had these bomb hanger mounts.
Sleeping on this and looking at all of my references I've decided to leave the front bomb racks off. They were removed from a lot of the G IV's as I see it . I will most likely do the front landing gear and the bomb rack would have fouled the bombs dropping.
 I was planning on turning some 300 kg bombs and maybe using 2 of those in the under wing rack.
Thanks for looking.

[krow113]

Back in business.
With a large shout out to Lukasz at Taurus for the order , including some replacement D IV parts:


Having a few weeks to reflect on the engine set , I have thought of a way to go about the beginning of the work without losing any parts.
Page three has the engine set work. I believe I can finish it up to a satisfactory degree.
Starting soon....

[RAGIII]

The wing fit looks perfect , Nicely done. I am looking forward to seeing the engine work!
RAGIII

[krow113]

Thank you , RAGIII
 I am working on the Taurus set for the camshaft and springs and have been adding to the relevant post on page three of this thread. I'm trying to keep it all on one page to show the progression smoothly. Today I added a section on cutting the parts off the sprues without damaging or losing them.
Thanks for looking.

[krow113]

Finally some colors.
The under colors for the plywood decals:

Metal colors for the engine nacelle parts:

Everything cleared with 50/50 IPA and Future.
And ya gotta love these decals:

It will be a pity to paint over most of that and simulate traffic in the area.

[RAGIII]

Outstanding prep painting and painting in general.
RAGIII

[GazzaS]

Nice!

[krow113]

Thanks Gaz and RIII.
Splitting time between the paint shop and fab bench.
Engine work ongoing with the advent of the 'blank' engine getting assy:


 And this THING everytime I try to fit it or even look at it one or two of the stands flys off , I cant wait to get this solved and on the engine:

Its slathered in ca and kicker , fitted for the umpteenth time , so maybe I can put that to bed in the near future.

 Page three's work log for this set has grown and shows excellent progression and info if you are interested in attempting this set.

And the final work for today. I  blew in some gloss black , very finely building up the faded edge. After that some distressing , then some Smoke wafted on , and final 50/50 mix to seal:



 I may go back in for another layer , but for now it will do. Some pigments will finish it off nicely.

[Ssasho0]

It looks great, and it really is plywood there, no idea why WEnW put stitching on it. I will probaby have to remove it, but too lazy at the moment

[krow113]

Thanks Ssashoo.

 On page 22 of your instructions there is a pic , and WNW states it shows the fabric covering and the rib tape. So check your references for the model you are building.
I'm going with it as plywood as there are numerous pics of LVG Gothas with it clearly shown as plywood uncovered.

[krow113]

Pounding into the wing work I applied my mask to great effect:

This mask allows the user to go both ways , you can mask the walkways or mask the wing to suit the paintwork.
Low tack application tape for vinyl graphics serves to cover the decal portion:

A quick , thin layer of white , then some Pollyscale stainless:

Expeditious mask material removal is a given, never leave masking on:

Some minor over spray in a few areas wont matter with wash's and drybrushing to go. The test here was mostly to see if the sdecals will withstand the mask application and removel , and they came through well enough to be able to think in terms of masking over decals.
The whole masking of the walkway strips and paint application took no less than 1/2 an hour with no pitfalls for the whole procedure ,  , so this mask has proven its worth.

[GazzaS]

That looks great!

[krow113]

Thanks Gaz!
 Here are the gas tanks after some fun today with about 7-8 procedures run on them:

And after the final drybrush:

[Manni]

Great. The gas tanks look very cool. I love the weathering. The patina looks extremly realistic.
Bye,
Manni

[RAGIII]

Simply outstanding work on the worn wood wing area and the tanks are fantastic!
RAGIII