Tamiya 1/48 Douglas skyraider

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Hi all I don't normally do planes (to be honest I'm rubbish at them) but I remember building the airfix one as a young lad and I remembered it had so many more parts than any other plane I ever built, well I saw it and it bought back happy memories so I bought it, it's been in the stash for a while and since I'm starting to get bored of the ships at the moment and looking in the stash no cars took my fancy I thought while I'm waiting for my pocher 1/4 ducati I would pull this out and have a go. I'm not intending to try and build some great model as i dont have the knowledge or skill with a plane, I am intending to do the Knight Rider 300 version from the kit.

Anyhow here is the kit and my start on it.

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As I said I don't know why I bother with planes (give me an engine or a ship and I can do a half decent job) I've barely started this the cockpit was going ok till I glued the hull halves together and tried to get rid of the seam but also got rid of the panel lines (no point in trying to rescribe them had a disatrus attempt at rescribing lines on a Halifax so won't be trying that, I may attempt doing it as a crashed plane or one in a junk yard or maybe just shelve it.
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It's not looking too bad Ken, see what the seam lines look like after some primer. As for the re-scribing if it all goes pair shaped, it will be the perfect kit to practice on for next time you need to do some. Don't just bin it.
 

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I agree with Ian don't just give up and persevere as your rescribing will get better with practice. I was terrible at my 1st attempt but slowly I'm improving as I go. So chin up and I'm sure it'll turn out fine.
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Don't worry about it. There was probably too many panel lines anyway !
 
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Hi all well I'm still doing it and here is the next update.
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Looking good Ken.

I had to look again at your last picture as the angle on that picture and without its wings reminded me so very much of the Sabre.
 

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You are bound to do a better job (hopefully :D ) of it than I could do Ken...me and the wingy things are not the best of friends.

Nice work so far mate.
 
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Are you using a ruler as a scribing guide?. If so, no doubt you are finding it moves as you scribe along it . And you end up with a line where you dont want it!. Try sticking a piece of thick tape on the model where you want to scribe the detail. Then draw your scribing tool along the edge of it. The trick is not to press too hard on the model with the scriber. Go over the line several times using only light pressure on the tool. Some people use 'Dymo' tape. But its quite expensive. Ive got some aluminium tape i cut into thin strips and use.
 
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Thanks for the tip Dave, I'm actually quite happy with the lines I scribed but you are correct the rule did try to move in the end I did it free hand as they was only about a 4 mill long lines.
 
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Thanks for the tip Dave, I'm actually quite happy with the lines I scribed but you are correct the rule did try to move in the end I did it free hand as they was only about a 4 mill long lines.
I've also found if you secure the ruler to the model with a bit of tape it,it doesn't move about. Only really works on flat surfaces though
 

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for curved surfaces Dymo tape works well.
 
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Hi all done a bit more on this. I have to say I'm a bit disappointed with tamiya they only give the option for landing gear down and I wanted it up but the doors are a really bad fit when you cut the unnecessary bits off to have them shut, I've bodged it up as best I can.
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think your being a too critical , on yourself mate , look's ok to me ,
 
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Hi all well I've developed a bad habit of starting models and not finishing them(I get to a boring bit or a tricky bit, or it's just not going very well (like this one) and I shelve it)

Well I've decided this yr I'm going to try and restart, and who knows maybe even God forbid finish a few.

Well this one not being a subject im very good at got left as soon as the going got even slightly tricky, when I left off (The kit dose not have the option for landing gear up but that was how I wanted it, simple enough I thought) the landing gear doors would not shut properly so I valiantly struggled for about 5 mins then shelved it and gave up.

Well I've started it again and ive done my best with landing gear doors, had a go at doing the panel lines with a pin wash ruined it, stripped the paint off had another go, same result so this time I repainted it and tried my own idea I got some 600 grit and a piece of black pastel which I sanded over the wing I then rubbed it in with my finger, then wiped the mess off with a damp cloth, i am quite pleased with the effect.

I've added some weathering (probably not great as I know little about planes but I'm happy with how it's going)

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Next update, last one for a fortnight (holiday of a lifetime cruising the Caribbean)

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Hi all here is the next update, i was fairly sure I would make a mess of trying to do the exhaust staining with the airbrush so I opted for doing it with a brush, i know it would be better with the ab but I'm quite pleased with how it turned out.

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I do like the skyraider I'm not a fan of planes for some reason they stress me but I'm going to try some to see if I can find what it is I don't like.

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