Jeff's Texan with an accent.***Finished*****
- Sissel
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Re: Jeff's Texan with an accent.
Great start, Jeff. And quick!
The tape trick for dihedral is very good and I used it often myself.
The tape trick for dihedral is very good and I used it often myself.
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Re: Jeff's Texan with an accent.
Great start Jeff. Nice one. If I remember right it was one of these that was my first 48th scale kit. Looking forward to watching the build.
All the best.
Greg
All the best.
Greg
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Re: Jeff's Texan with an accent.
What scale?jssel wrote:Never mind. But I have two grandkids , 5yrs and 9mos. Love em. Love em. Love em.
Re: Jeff's Texan with an accent.
Oh sorry, thought I had mentioned this (ooh, I did). It is 1/48th scale and I'm lovin' it.
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Re: Jeff's Texan with an accent.
A real beauty.
Sometimes the talent consists exactly in that: try five dozen times when others stop at three dozen...! (F.Labelle)
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I think that modeling is a subtle mix of zen philosophy and absolute crazyness - but in my case I would not dare to specify the respective percentage of each......
Re: Jeff's Texan with an accent.
So last night I got her up on her pegs just checking fit.
But things got a little silly and before long the undersurfaces were painted and the landing gear and flaps fixed.
I used Testors flat yellow in the little bottles (1169). Covers well but as of this morning just a little tacky. Hopefully tonight I will mask and start the upper surfaces. Colors of choice for the uppers will be from he Polly Scale line. While they last.
But things got a little silly and before long the undersurfaces were painted and the landing gear and flaps fixed.
I used Testors flat yellow in the little bottles (1169). Covers well but as of this morning just a little tacky. Hopefully tonight I will mask and start the upper surfaces. Colors of choice for the uppers will be from he Polly Scale line. While they last.
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Re: Jeff's Texan with an accent.
Those Testors enamels can take forever to dry....
Paul
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Re: Jeff's Texan with an accent.
I've actually thinned out the Testors yellow and shot it through an airbrush. Have to say, it dried quite fast that wayPaulBradley wrote:Those Testors enamels can take forever to dry....
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Re: Jeff's Texan with an accent.
I actually thinned mine with lacquer thinner. Normally I hate the fumes but I do not use enamels much.
I have read a little more about this airframe. Believe it is now under the juris of Duxford and being repaired after a forced landing in a field. It has gone through several color changes over time. In Paul's photo, it appears to have the "less framed" canopy of the G model. An antenna post just behind the canopy and a VHF antenna slopping behind that. Reported earlier it was one timed owned by Gary Numan around the time he got into "Cars." Found a picture today of Mr Numan flying this aircraft painted as a Tora Tora Tora Zero. Ok, enough is enough.
I have read a little more about this airframe. Believe it is now under the juris of Duxford and being repaired after a forced landing in a field. It has gone through several color changes over time. In Paul's photo, it appears to have the "less framed" canopy of the G model. An antenna post just behind the canopy and a VHF antenna slopping behind that. Reported earlier it was one timed owned by Gary Numan around the time he got into "Cars." Found a picture today of Mr Numan flying this aircraft painted as a Tora Tora Tora Zero. Ok, enough is enough.
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Re: Jeff's Texan with an accent.
Gary Newman was part of the Harvard Display team that flew in the 80’s-90’s, when I was on 846 Squadron one of our pilots was Norman Lees who flew the other Harvard in displays with Gary Newman and Norman kept his green/brown/yellow Harvard in out squadron hanger.
Back in the mid 80’s I had a several commission from Norman to produce1/72 & 1/48 scale models of the display team.
Unfortunately Norman was killed in a flying accident several years ago so seeing you all build the Harvard’s has bought back good and bad memories from the past for me.
I do recall building the Monogram 1/48 scale kit of Normans a/c and thinking what a great kit it was to build and having the a/c to crawl over made life so much easier.
Regards Splash
Link to a Norman Lees tribute
Back in the mid 80’s I had a several commission from Norman to produce1/72 & 1/48 scale models of the display team.
Unfortunately Norman was killed in a flying accident several years ago so seeing you all build the Harvard’s has bought back good and bad memories from the past for me.
I do recall building the Monogram 1/48 scale kit of Normans a/c and thinking what a great kit it was to build and having the a/c to crawl over made life so much easier.
Regards Splash
Link to a Norman Lees tribute
My work bench is starting to look like Portsmouth Naval Dockyard.
Re: Jeff's Texan with an accent.
Thanks for that Alan. I understand also that the "stand-in" pilot for Robert Mitchum in the movie lost his life in a automobile accident. This is getting depressing. Well, in memory to a good movie and good people: Cheers.
So last night I added the Dark Earth.
Had a real issue develop which really hampered my progress. As stated before I used an enamel paint for the lowers thinned with lacquer thinner. Normally I have no problems after cleaning the airbrush but there must have been a little residue inside the airbrush as when I started using the acrylic paint, things turned to globs of crud. So completely broke down the airbrush for a proper cleaning and went back to work.
Sometimes we can be so smart.
So last night I added the Dark Earth.
Had a real issue develop which really hampered my progress. As stated before I used an enamel paint for the lowers thinned with lacquer thinner. Normally I have no problems after cleaning the airbrush but there must have been a little residue inside the airbrush as when I started using the acrylic paint, things turned to globs of crud. So completely broke down the airbrush for a proper cleaning and went back to work.
Sometimes we can be so smart.
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Re: Jeff's Texan with an accent.
Been there, done that.....
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Re: Jeff's Texan with an accent.
and mePaulBradley wrote:Been there, done that.....
My work bench is starting to look like Portsmouth Naval Dockyard.
Re: Jeff's Texan with an accent.
Should look good when done.
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Re: Jeff's Texan with an accent.
Well, you did get to fully clean your airbrush. Now you don't have to do that later.jssel wrote:Had a real issue develop which really hampered my progress. As stated before I used an enamel paint for the lowers thinned with lacquer thinner. Normally I have no problems after cleaning the airbrush but there must have been a little residue inside the airbrush as when I started using the acrylic paint, things turned to globs of crud. So completely broke down the airbrush for a proper cleaning and went back to work.
Sometimes we can be so smart.
Coming along great, Jeff. Love the smoothness of your paintjob!
Confused as always, and somewhere in hiding on the Scandinavian peninsula...