1/72 Seabee and Criquet

[Tommy]

Coming together nicely.

What colours will they be?

The Seabee will be overall silver with some green stripes and green on the hull. I have to paint the rudder stripes the French tricolor as there are no decals for that. The Criquet is Olive Drab overall.

Tommy

[Tommy]

Both are looking good. I had a good scour of The Stash recently. Seems I already have a SMER Storch, an Airfix one and the Academy...tho' I can't remember when I bought the latter and am pleased I didn't succumb to that sale I mentioned, earlier in the Thread.

Regards,
Bruce

Thanks!

Its seems a lot of us (myself included) have kits buried deep in our stashes that are a source of surprise when we actually run across them - sort of an "I didn't know I had one of those" moments.

Tommy

[Tommy]

You're making a tricky kit look very straight forward.

Its really just smoke and mirrors (and a lot of filler )

Tommy

[Tommy]

Its late Friday night and this is where I am on the Seabee (no progress on Criquet):





After the canopy was installed, I cut little strips of freezer tape and masked the canopy with them and liquid masker as shown in the two photos. At this point it is ready for painting.

Tommy

[SJPONeill]

That's really looking very good!!

[MerlinJones]

How as the canopy?
Regards,
Bruce

[Tommy]

How as the canopy?
Regards,
Bruce

Its as thick as ever. I tried polishing it up but its not the greatest. Still its good enough.

Tommy

[Tommy]

I'll see if I have any pics of the one I saw at Courtenay. I may do. You're on track to finish both of these, Tommy?

Hi Brews!

Yes, that will be good to see some pix of the real thing.

And yes, I am on track to finish both models before the end of the build. Below is the latest progress on the Criquet. The Seabee is in the paintshop and I'll have photos of that tomorrow.





Tommy

[MerlinJones]

I'm thinking I'll mask my glass bits before I attach wings and struts and things!

Regards,
Bruce

[Old_Tonto]

Great progress so far. The struts look like being a hasstle.

[Tommy]

Great progress so far. The struts look like being a hasstle.

Yes, those things were a hassle .

Here is the Seabee. I need to complete the landing gear legs and paint them. The model itself is painted. I still have to touch up those raised lines that are green on the sides. Those are quite troublesome to paint. Not my best effort for sure...





Tommy

[MerlinJones]

For those raised lines, if you paint them gloss green, then add the silver over the top, you should then be able to rub off the silver, leaving the green line showing through.

Just a suggestion.

Regards,
Bruce

[Tommy]

For those raised lines, if you paint them gloss green, then add the silver over the top, you should then be able to rub off the silver, leaving the green line showing through.

Just a suggestion.

Regards,
Bruce

That's a good solution - Thanks Bruce!

Tommy

[Tommy]

The Seabee is finally done. This was a difficult kit for me and I am glad its over. One pleasant surprise out of all of this was that the decals are very nice. I used Gunze-Sangyo Clear Gloss for my under coat. The Mach2 decals are very thin and by using the "Micro-Scale" system they conformed to all of the ribs, grooves, and bumps without any problems. I did not have any tearing issues either since that might have been a potential problem with thin decals. This is my first Mach2 kit to complete (I have around 10 more to go - ).







Tommy

[Barry]

Looks good Tommy. Maybe if can find one on sale somewhere....but then, I haven't even built my F-91 yet!