Splash's vacform CH-37 Mojave
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A bit of colour has brightened up the drab green look.
First coat of orange using a hairy stick has gone on ok a second coat should even out the colour.
First coat of orange using a hairy stick has gone on ok a second coat should even out the colour.
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Nice work. That Glue'n'Glaze is top stuff
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I agree I can see this being used more and more.AndrewR wrote:Nice work. That Glue'n'Glaze is top stuff
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That orange offsets the OD really well...
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Nice work Splash - that looks great. I might have ago with this glue and glaze stuff - does it come in a bottle like clearfix? And I assume you stretch it over the hole?
The Orange looks good and sets off the green
The Orange looks good and sets off the green
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Glue N Glaze comes in a small squeeze type bottle with a very fine applicator nozzle, to apply it you run a bead of glue around the whole edge of the window then gently going around in circles apply more glue until it joins in the middle, surface tension takes over and you have a white window that will set clear over night.Sir T wrote:Nice work Splash - that looks great. I might have ago with this glue and glaze stuff - does it come in a bottle like clearfix? And I assume you stretch it over the hole?
The Orange looks good and sets off the green
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Thanks splash - I'll get some.
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I dragged the glue across the window with a bit of card, and that worked as well.Sir T wrote:Thanks splash - I'll get some.
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Thanks guys - I've just ordered some. I'll do the top windows on my Loach as a test.
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That's starting to look very good. The windows have worked out a treat.
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Sterling work Splash, will keep my eyes peeled for the Glue and Glaze.
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Progress is as we thought might be the case, very slow.
Once the orange had dried I realised it was too bright and was gloss, did you know neither Humbrol or Tamiya do a matt orange?
Today I found a bright matt orange from the Games Workshop range so I can give it another go.
I have started work on the U/C I'm using a mixture of plastic rod and aluminium tubing and will probably start on the head tonight, looking at the pictures Simon sent me, its an odd looking rotor head, at one stage I thought about cheating and using a Seaking rotor head but when I tried it looked far to small so its back to plan "B" and try to scratch build it.
Photo updates when I have something to show.
Regards Splash
Once the orange had dried I realised it was too bright and was gloss, did you know neither Humbrol or Tamiya do a matt orange?
Today I found a bright matt orange from the Games Workshop range so I can give it another go.
I have started work on the U/C I'm using a mixture of plastic rod and aluminium tubing and will probably start on the head tonight, looking at the pictures Simon sent me, its an odd looking rotor head, at one stage I thought about cheating and using a Seaking rotor head but when I tried it looked far to small so its back to plan "B" and try to scratch build it.
Photo updates when I have something to show.
Regards Splash
My work bench is starting to look like Portsmouth Naval Dockyard.
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When you scratch the rotor head can I suggest that you use overlying pieces and then trim them down, it's much easier to accurately match the angles if they are a couple of inches long than half an inch. When people mention scratch building my brain immediately starts trying to work out the problem
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That's a cunning plan I like that CheersJamesPerrin wrote:When you scratch the rotor head can I suggest that you use overlying pieces and then trim them down, it's much easier to accurately match the angles if they are a couple of inches long than half an inch. When people mention scratch building my brain immediately starts trying to work out the problem
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I worked on the Rotor Head last night but I'm having problems downloading my images.
To make the head I have cut out two discs the size of the Rotor Arms and marked the 5 angles, I then like James said on both discs I added five long strips rotating out from the centre when they set, I cut out the triangles between the arms and trimmed the arms to length. I then joined the two star shaped remaining bits together using lengths of round and square scrap.
This has given me the basic shape that I can add small bits of detail to make it look fussy.
Regards Splash
To make the head I have cut out two discs the size of the Rotor Arms and marked the 5 angles, I then like James said on both discs I added five long strips rotating out from the centre when they set, I cut out the triangles between the arms and trimmed the arms to length. I then joined the two star shaped remaining bits together using lengths of round and square scrap.
This has given me the basic shape that I can add small bits of detail to make it look fussy.
Regards Splash
My work bench is starting to look like Portsmouth Naval Dockyard.