ICM 1/32 Gloster Gladiator Mk1
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Barry,
love the amount of tweezers! I have four, and can never find one!
Dave
love the amount of tweezers! I have four, and can never find one!
Dave
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Hi Barry
I'm late coming to your thread, shame about the first, but i am sure you will put what you learned to good use with the second. A nice little jig for holding the plane, not seen it before but it looks really clever and versatile. Imust say, your bench is unnaturally tidy for a modeller!!!
I look at it with envy.
Peter
I'm late coming to your thread, shame about the first, but i am sure you will put what you learned to good use with the second. A nice little jig for holding the plane, not seen it before but it looks really clever and versatile. Imust say, your bench is unnaturally tidy for a modeller!!!
I look at it with envy.Peter
I have progressed the painting
I did the Dark Slate Grey and Extra Dark Sea Grey on the tail and top fuselage after the Sky undersides were masked
The I did the top of the lower wing Light Slate Grey and Dark Sea Grey.
There is a little bit of touching up to do, not a lot, and some detail painting to get done then it’s on with the decals though I will need to spray the white part of the fin flash first.
I did the Dark Slate Grey and Extra Dark Sea Grey on the tail and top fuselage after the Sky undersides were masked
The I did the top of the lower wing Light Slate Grey and Dark Sea Grey.
There is a little bit of touching up to do, not a lot, and some detail painting to get done then it’s on with the decals though I will need to spray the white part of the fin flash first.
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langy71
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looking good Barry, love the cam pattern
Bought my first pair of reverse tweezers the other day and they are very good, I was only thinking that I could do with a few more pairs now.
ps- the plane is looking great. How do you fix your little strings to the wings?
One end is threaded through holes in the lower wing held with c.a. When I attach the other ends I will dip the end in c.a and have some accelerator ready if needed.
I have applied the decals. Not many of them and they went down very well. They are very thin and conform well with only a little risk of tearing. The only problem being a tendency to curl and even the old trick of floating them in water does not ‘uncurl’ them.
I have applied some solvent and they are now left to dry before the next stage. It may be necessary to apply one or two more loads of solvent though.
I have applied some solvent and they are now left to dry before the next stage. It may be necessary to apply one or two more loads of solvent though.
Well, success, the top wing fitted easily and perfectly so the secret was to attach the outer pylons to the top wing first, then top wing to the lower and fit the inner pylons last. I still have the inner pylons to fit later but here she is....
I did the underside fittings while I was at it.
just these to fit, the rigging and some matt varnish in odd places wherever needs.
Note the pylons, I kept them attached to the sprue to identify the part numbers. It is very unusual for me to do this but I did not want to get these mixed up. I will cut them away later and make sure they are kept separate with the part numbers while I attach them one by one. These, the upper wing and rigging will all have been done with c.a.
I did the underside fittings while I was at it.
just these to fit, the rigging and some matt varnish in odd places wherever needs.
Note the pylons, I kept them attached to the sprue to identify the part numbers. It is very unusual for me to do this but I did not want to get these mixed up. I will cut them away later and make sure they are kept separate with the part numbers while I attach them one by one. These, the upper wing and rigging will all have been done with c.a.
langy71
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bloody gorgeous.
You could always add a few to your collection from here Dave:
2x Fibre Spring Grip Tweezers Reverse Action S/Steel Heat Resistant Soldering UK | eBay
A set of quality fibre grip tweezers. Set of 2 tweezers. Suitable for a variety of uses including jewellery making, crafts and soldering. Set Contains Straight Cross Lock(sprung handles) & Curved Cross Lock(sprung handles).
www.ebay.co.uk
Cheap at twice the price!
That’s looking fantastic Barry. Glad you cracked the upper wing thing...
Neil Merryweather
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this really is a thing of beauty, Barry!