Andrew's Swedish Klemm *Finished*

In honor of all those ol' training aircraft - the home of many a foundering fledgling oblivious that while the IP was attempting to show a calm, reassuring demeanor, his hands, tightly clutched onto some aircraft part, were slowly tearing it to pieces .... Many of us have been there .... The GB runs 1 to 29 Nov, and your host is Old_Tonto.
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A little bit of grey paint to check the seams. Pretty good in most places. The wing seams might need a bit of work.

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Sand primer on the Klemm.

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Vallejo yellow, and orange paints need this to give good coverage. And there's a lot of orange to put down!
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And here's the first coat of orange.

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Two coats over the sand primer usually gives a nice finish.
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Good Lord! That's going to be very......ummm Orange!!!!!!
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That is going to look good.
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iggie wrote:Good Lord! That's going to be very......ummm Orange!!!!!!
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I've used Vallejo Air Tank Green for the fuselage.

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Upper surfaces look good.

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One of the tailplanes fell off, but was easily glued back in place.

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But then! :omg

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Two huge chunks of paint came off with the masking tape. It came off a new roll of a generic green tape I get on eBay. The 2mm width stuff is very low tack, just like Tamiya tape. This new 10mm wide roll seems to have much stronger glue on it - sufficient to pull off the paint and acrylic primer in one piece.

Fortunately, it's all underneath :ha: so a reprime and respray will be easier.
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Oh that's a bummer :shock:
Good luck with the touching up..... :lol:
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Repair on the undersides

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That's two coats of primer.

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Orange coming up next.
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First coat of orange on the repaired area
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I'm also painting up the pilot figures.
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Good recovery :)
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Ratch wrote:Good recovery :)
Not perfect, but it's underneath, so it's good enough :grin:
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After a second coat of orange on the damaged areas, the Klemm is ready for some undercarriage parts.

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One of the kit undercarriage legs is short shot :roll:

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New legs are being scratch built from some polystyrene rod.

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That does look very nice. Good recovery on the peeling paint.
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A late evening decal session

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The decals were very well behaved, if a little thick. The ski undercarriage has been primed, but needs painting green.

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