Bluesteels NF14T ***FINISHED***
Re: Bluesteels NF14T
Tailplanes now attached and smaller seams given the Tippex treatment. I have also given the two High Speed Silver candidates on the P-40 a layer of Matt Coate, which now looks just the part for HSS that's been left in the weather for many years:
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Re: Bluesteels NF14T
That HSS looks properly spotty! Should look good on the Meteor.
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Re: Bluesteels NF14T
First coat of Tamiya Flat Aluminium went on quite well. Will look even flatter eventually after a Matt Cote:
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Re: Bluesteels NF14T
Getting close to finishing the painting, radome and anti-glare done. It's near to High Speed Silver, but I'm not 100% happy. If I were doing it again I might mix the aluminium with a little light grey. When finally dry I'm going to experiment with the Xtradecal sheet for the Dayglo markings.
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Re: Bluesteels NF14T
Are the Dayglo areas going to be faded?
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Re: Bluesteels NF14T
Starting to put the Dayglo decals on. I found the protective film on the original Matchbox decals, for which I was going to use the roundels, had stuck to the sheet and damaged them beyond usability, so I've robbed the from one of my MPM Meteor T Mk 7 kits (as I'll be using different decal sheets with the T Mk &'s anyway).
Although I have used Micro Set and Sol, they don't like setting down very well on the model. I think I should have used Klear, but I thought that might satin up the finish too much.
As for Pauls question on weathering the Dayglo, from the photo I found on the internet (in the background) it appears that although the paintwork has faded to almost grey, the Dayglo is still almost pristine. It may be that it has been repainted at some stage, or even applied as sticky plastic (I've seen some Dayglo applied to the real thing as sticky back Dayglo plastic). So I may leave as is for the time being. It's actually darker and slightly more orange/red than it looks, but the camera flash has distorted the natural light colour.
Although I have used Micro Set and Sol, they don't like setting down very well on the model. I think I should have used Klear, but I thought that might satin up the finish too much.
As for Pauls question on weathering the Dayglo, from the photo I found on the internet (in the background) it appears that although the paintwork has faded to almost grey, the Dayglo is still almost pristine. It may be that it has been repainted at some stage, or even applied as sticky plastic (I've seen some Dayglo applied to the real thing as sticky back Dayglo plastic). So I may leave as is for the time being. It's actually darker and slightly more orange/red than it looks, but the camera flash has distorted the natural light colour.
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Re: Bluesteels NF14T
Hmm, dayglo! *drool*
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Re: Bluesteels NF14T
Interesting how Dayglo changes colour so drastically depending on the light, etc.
Good start on the decaling.
Good start on the decaling.
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Re: Bluesteels NF14T
Well the decals seem to have settled down a lot better overnight. So on with the rest together with some of the stencilling from the MPM sheet. One thing WS774 has that doesn't seem to be on the Meteor decal sheets I have is a large yellow arrow under the front part of the canopy pointing backwards. I'll have to rummage through my other spare decals to see if I can find anything similar. Also dry fitting the canopy prior to painting the frames, seems a good fit.
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Re: Bluesteels NF14T
That's a smart looking finish you have there.
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Re: Bluesteels NF14T
That is shaping up nicely. What a beastie.
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Nearly there. U/c and canopy on and outcome serials produced and applied, I even managed to custom print the little yellow arrows which was rather fiddly. I am thinking of doing a small grass dio base complete with chocks and fence:
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Re: Bluesteels NF14T
Finished.
I used Tamiya flat aluminium to try to get the faded High Speed Silver, but it didn't work that well as the Ely Meteor is nearly satin grey. But it was a good test of the Xtradecal Dayglo decals which worked reasonably well, but they were just a little too thick to curve round the leading edges as the should. The home made under-wing serials weren't great either as they too were very thick and hard to get rid of the carrier film visibility. So I think I'm only 50% satisfied with this build. But at least I know what I need to do if I build it again
I used Tamiya flat aluminium to try to get the faded High Speed Silver, but it didn't work that well as the Ely Meteor is nearly satin grey. But it was a good test of the Xtradecal Dayglo decals which worked reasonably well, but they were just a little too thick to curve round the leading edges as the should. The home made under-wing serials weren't great either as they too were very thick and hard to get rid of the carrier film visibility. So I think I'm only 50% satisfied with this build. But at least I know what I need to do if I build it again
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Re: Bluesteels NF14T ***FINISHED***
Nice finish, Julian - I'd say it looks as if it's just gone on display - pre-fading.
First one done!
First one done!
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