*** 'Nick' the Dragon-Slayer - DNF ***

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Re: 'Nick' the Dragon-Slayer

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That's a fair amount of filler at the root Martin but it looks like you took care of it, trundling along nicely with this.

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That's a great choice, Martin. Very different and an attractive plane. That cowling panel looks perfect.

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You are doing a cracking job there, I feel a refurb,coming on,or is that just another flight of fantasy?
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Looking good. Cowling came out nice...I hadn't realized that this was such a petite little thing.
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No pics, I'm afraid but I've masked off the various openings and done a couple of rounds of filling and sanding. I am now in a position to mask the white bands and paint the leading edge stripes yellow (hopefully tonight), although I'm pretty sure the cowlings will need another round of filling and sanding. I can also assemble the landing gear.

After that, I have to wait for my Tamiya IJAAF dark green and light grey to arrive.

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I hate waiting on supplies.
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An interesting subject Martin.

Looks like you're progressing well, keep it up :)
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Chris wrote:I hate waiting on supplies.
Chris,

So do I! However, I had a pleasant surprise tonight as the paints arrived. Latest progress is as per the picture below. I have masked the white bands for the Hinomaru, painted a couple of coats of yellow on the leading edges and a couple of coats of Tamiya IJAAF Grey on the wingtips and rear fuselage / empennage. I now need to wait until the yellow has dried for masking - then it's on to the main part of the structure in grey.

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I don't know how much more I'll get done tomorrow as I'm packing tomorrow night to go away early on Sunday. Not back until next weekend.

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Its kicking butt now Martin!
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Chris,

Well, I'd go so far as to say, "prodding buttock"! :ha:

I got the yellow leading edges masked tonight and I have been gingerly applying Tamiya's grey paint (actually more a grey-green; like a dark Sky colour) by brush tonight. I've thinned it quite a bit and added a couple of drops of washing up liquid to act as a flow enhancer. It still doesn't flow as nicely as Xtracyrlix, but some of that is probably due to the excessively matt primer I used. The trick seems to be to apply it quite "dry" on the brush. Anyhoo, the grey is basically done. I'm not going to get too bent out of shape by some of the crudities in my construction highlighted thereby. It'll do as is.

Green blotches next weekend hopefully!

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Oooo colour, and blotches to come, awesome.
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Jagewa wrote:Oooo colour, and blotches to come, awesome.
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Jim,

They're still to come, I'm afraid. I got home tonight fully intending to blotch to the max, but I still wasn't happy with the filling around the cowlings and the tailplanes, so they've had another coat of filler. Hopefully touch up will be tomorrow, followed by blotching.

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I haven't got enough beers in, to get blotched to the Max :ha:

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She's looking very nice, Martin. :)
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Prisca wrote:She's looking very nice, Martin. :)
Thank you, Sissel.

I have patched up the IJAAF green-grey, but it looks a bit green to me, so I'm overcoating with a couple of very thin coats of light gull grey. Blotching next.

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