Last but One and Last but Two: F45 & FR46 *BOTH FINISHED*

[DavidWomby]

Tailectomy completed. Actually two of them as I decided to do the F45 too. Here's the last pic that shows all their mongrel attributes before they get primed.

F45 - Frog XIV fuselage and tailplanes, Hawk F22 wing, Special Hobby rudder courtesy of Kitaholic.



F46 - Hawk F22 fuselage and wing, Pegasus F22 fin, Special Hobby tailplanes and rudder courtesy of PurpleThistle.



Hopefully priming won't reveal too many flaws needing attention.

David

[Martin R]

Cracking work, David. Looking forward to seeing how these turn out.

Regards

Martin

[DavidWomby]

They are both primed now and I have had several rounds of PSR trying to smooth out the wing roots and some intransigent seams. I also decided I should do something about the somewhat undersized wheel blisters on the upper wings from the Hawk kits. Not sure how this will end up but here's first attempt which is now drying. It's paper cut to shape, pressed down over the existing bulges then removed and attached with lavish helpings of white glue. I've just primed it here and shown the original wing (on the left) for comparison. It seems to have worked but it may take a few more coats to stop paint seeping into the paper when the colour coats go on.



It's funny how I'll get fixated on 'having to' correct something like that when the kits are so old and basic in the first place and other things, like no wheel wells, don't bother me.!!

David

PS - I also updated thread title to reflect an F46 instead of the original FR46 planned.

[splash]

I love it when people are so resourceful, that old school paper and PVA glue trick, is right up my street. Youngsters today with their shake and bake kits, don't know what they are missing.

Keep up the great work David you will soon have these old kits knocked into shape.

[Stuart]

Great work David! And I agree with Splash - great idea using paper and PVA glue. I've never heard of that one before!

[Purplethistle]

I love it when people are so resourceful, that old school paper and PVA glue trick, is right up my street. Youngsters today with their shake and bake kits, don't know what they are missing.

' Paper and PVA glue'?!!! Bluddy luxury! when I were a lad it were rolled up newspaper and old chewing gum.....if we were lucky!

[Stuart]

I love it when people are so resourceful, that old school paper and PVA glue trick, is right up my street. Youngsters today with their shake and bake kits, don't know what they are missing.

' Paper and PVA glue'?!!! Bluddy luxury! when I were a lad it were rolled up newspaper and old chewing gum.....if we were lucky!

Can I hear the Hovis music in the background....

[Purplethistle]

Seats?!!! .....all we 'ad were a couple o' pegs sticking out 't side walls o' 't fuselage.....and grateful for 't we were too!

[splash]

Chewing gum you had chewing gum, by gum you had tit eeeezy, we was lucky if we get a lump of burn coal to chew on.

[Stuart]

There we were, 8 of us to a shoe and nowt but a brick between us...

[DavidWomby]

Well, now everybody has got their "Monty Python" wannabee moments out of the way, back to our regularly scheduled programme already in (slow) progress.

I am using Tamiya XF-21 for the sky but it was WAY too dark. Even after adding a ton (no I didn't measure it) of white and airbrushing the two Seafires, I am still thinking it's too dark.



Here they are in the paint shop.



Nice contrast of fins/rudders.



David

[novokits]

Good color, no doubt. Just for support:

waiting continue.

[DavidWomby]

Thanks. That's a fantastic looking F45 there, Oleg.

David

[novokits]

Oh no, David! This is just Special Hobby kit. I see on your build and earlier how Splash make Seafire XV from Frog Spitfire XIV and make proposition for one producer for enlarge assortment - from Spit14 make Seafire 15 with only one new detail, but learned that I was wrong.

top - SWORD Seafire XV fuselage

And then make "corrections" in original instruction leaflet.

But who will cut and reduce fuselage? Project cancelled. And here I seen your Mk.45 but no more propositions for..))) Sorry for flood.

[DavidWomby]

I am beginning to understand that Splash was right about paint the grey first then mask it and paint the sky. The masking on the F45 is turning out to be a challenge!!

David