Martin's Grand Slam Lanc

[bromo]

Looks good Martin,and a nice tutorial regards the exhausts thanks very much for that.

[Martin R]

To all,

Thanks.

Filler spread on liberally tonight; most thickly behind the nose turret fairing which, although it fits reasonably, does not match the contours of the front fuselage at all well. Admittedly, this may be my fault as I ground down the reinforcing strip immediately behind the fairing, and I may have taken this too far.

I'll let you see how it looks like after a lot of sanding . . .

regards,

Martin

[Martin R]

. . . but I can't coz PhotoBucket won't play.

Anyway, it doesn't look too bad, but I'll have another go with the filler tonight on the worse bits, and I need to do a bit more sanding in a couple of areas (upper / lower fuselage seam). However, hopefully won't be too long before paint.

regards,

Martin

[Dazzled]

Don't talk to me about Photobucket Damned thing only works when it wants to. Glad everything's going well though, particularly given the ambitious nature of such a build for a GB. Hope the pesky bucket problems are solved soon and we can see some pictures

[Martin R]

PB still not working but little to report . I'm still trapped in a sand - prime - fill - sand cycle . the problem seams are the underside and bomb bay insert. I'll get it hacked - but not in time for this GB end date sadly.

Thanks for all the comments and letting me play. If PB comes back. I'll post a final progress shot before the end date.

regards,

Martin

[Martin R]

Brilliant! With two days to go, PB starts working again (I've been trying every night - until now, no dice). Anyway, here's progress from a week ago.



You can't really see the seam issues in this pic, but trust me, they're there. I've done much more sand - fill - prime - sand since the pic was taken.

However, I am pleased to say that the underside is now painted MSG, and the first coat of DE has gone on tonight after appropriate masking. I will do some more tomorrow and take some pics. Maybe have the main camo scheme on before the end of the GB.

regards,

Martin

[Jagewa]

Well it looks smooth in that photo Martin.

Cheers
Jim

[Martin R]

Jim,

No, that pic does not show the issues at all well. Some of these, however, do a better job of explaining what I've been doing this last week:

Nacelle root and front:





Lower fuse seam behind the bomb bay:



regards,

Martin

[shangos70]

Coming on nicely , I had similar issues on the B-17 naccelles, awkward place to sand and fill .

[Martin R]

Latest status. 2 coats of brushed xtracrylix Dark Earth, and . . .



Another coat this evening, and then 3 coats of Dark Green to go.

regards,

Martin

[Dirkpitt289]

Looking pretty sharp. That's a big one

[Martin R]

And here's status as of COP 17th. 3 coats of Xtracrylix Dark Earth has resulted in a reasonably consistent colour density (any variation will be put down to in-service wear and tear), and the first coat of Dark Green has gone on, following an extensive pencil outlining session.

The camouflage scheme (minus required touch ups) should be completed by COP tomorrow. I know I won't be finishing during the GB, but after a long time in the sanding n' filling doldrums, it feels like I'm actually making progress again.

I will try to get the prop and spinners together (and hopefully coated in satin black), and make a start at painting the undercarriage pieces tomorrow.

[SJPONeill]

Coming along nicely, Martin...

[Martin R]

I see no reason why, if you apply yourself, you couldn't finish tomorrow.

Sheesh! You sound like an old teacher of mine!

To throw a few random reasons back at you: UK Mothers' Day, family, garden, paint, decals, transparencies, frame lines, weathering, varnishing . . .

regards,

Martin

[Martin R]

You can call it finished without weathering. Hand-paint your frame lines, and clean up spurious paint with toothpick. Minimize decals. Job done.

Bruce,

In order: No. Yes, as normal. No. Not in my eyes.

regards,

Martin