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Re: Migrant's Tintin Mosquito
Posted: May 16th, 2017, 6:22 am
by iggie
Looks good so far!
Re: Migrant's Tintin Mosquito
Posted: May 17th, 2017, 6:12 pm
by Migrant
Re: Migrant's Tintin Mosquito
Posted: May 17th, 2017, 7:52 pm
by iggie
That camouflage had come out very nicely indeed!
Re: Migrant's Tintin Mosquito
Posted: May 17th, 2017, 8:05 pm
by splash
Smooooooth
Re: Migrant's Tintin Mosquito
Posted: May 18th, 2017, 1:51 am
by gnomemeansgnome
Nice.
Re: Migrant's Tintin Mosquito
Posted: May 19th, 2017, 5:19 pm
by Migrant
Thanks guys
After a couple of gloss coats I was looking forward to put the
Blue Rider decals on. They provide two identical sheets, but unfortunately forgot to include the fuselage and tail serials, although they're clearly shown on the instructions.
I tried applying one of the wing roundels first. It took about 10 minutes to separate from the backing sheet, and when I finally placed it on the wing it was clearly much too big, as well as the white underlay being out of register. Also, I didn't like the arabic script numerals: compared to Hergé's illustrations the decal artwork is much too chunky and regular. All in all, a complete waste of money IMO, so I've had to create them myself. Here's a comparison with the kit's script and my version, with the additional serials:
Unfortunately my ALPS printer is broken so I have no way of printing white, which meant I had to mask and paint the white underlays for the new decals to go on.
After some measuring and comparing with the book drawings (and admittedly Hergé's Mosquito illustrations differ slightly from frame to frame) these are my estimations of the correct sized roundels compared with the
Blue Rider sheet:
Re: Migrant's Tintin Mosquito
Posted: May 19th, 2017, 7:11 pm
by VickersVandal
Wow, that's pretty bad. I have a couple of blue rider Tintin decal sheets. They looked good at first glance but this is quite disappointing.
Good job on the decal redesign.
Re: Migrant's Tintin Mosquito
Posted: May 19th, 2017, 11:30 pm
by Migrant
Re: Migrant's Tintin Mosquito
Posted: May 20th, 2017, 3:37 am
by Purplethistle
Wow! That photo with the Mossie posed in the story frame is superb!!!. The whole build has been fascinating, especially how you overcame the decals issue, but that one that brings the page to life....I love it!
Re: Migrant's Tintin Mosquito
Posted: May 20th, 2017, 5:41 am
by Clashcityrocker
That is a great looking Mosquito, and the pic in the story
really brings it to life.
Nigel
Re: Migrant's Tintin Mosquito
Posted: May 20th, 2017, 8:34 am
by iggie
Excellent build and the final shot in the comic frame is awesome!
Re: Migrant's Tintin Mosquito
Posted: May 21st, 2017, 2:35 pm
by VickersVandal
My brain just melted...
Wow. I tell you what, sir...wow.