Seafire 17 ****Finished*****

Post by **splash** » March 16th, 2016, 9:29 pm

Clashcityrocker wrote:That needs a new adjective. What about Splashtastic?

Nigel

Post by **splash** » March 16th, 2016, 9:35 pm

At last I have found a problem with the kit, but surprisingly it's not the kit but the decals

The two red stripes on the wings are slightly out of register and have a very slight White edge, to sort it I have masked it and given a quick blow over with red.

Martin R · Post by **Martin R** » March 16th, 2016, 11:44 pm

Splash,

Fortune clearly favoured the brave, there!

Regards,

Martin

ronbow · Post by **ronbow** » March 17th, 2016, 1:28 pm

Close call Splash!

DavidWomby · Post by **DavidWomby** » March 17th, 2016, 7:02 pm

Jeez. If I tried that the masking would rip up the decals with it! Or had you overcoated them beforehand? Anyway, great rescue.

David

Kitaholic · Post by **Kitaholic** » March 17th, 2016, 7:08 pm

Some stunning work going on here. If you start showing off with AFV's next then I'm giving up

Post by **splash** » March 17th, 2016, 7:32 pm

dwomby wrote:Jeez. If I tried that the masking would rip up the decals with it! Or had you overcoated them beforehand? Anyway, great rescue.

David

I had given the decals a coat of Tamiya gloss clear before attempting the masking, I think the trick that did it, was using thinned paint and using low pressure and several fine coats so that the tape only needed to be rubbed down lightly.

Kitaholic wrote:Some stunning work going on here. If you start showing off with AFV's next then I'm giving up

You can blame the UAMF for that, my skills have only got to this level by following what others have do on this forum, if it was not for the support and advice from all the members I would have given up the hobby years ago. My builds four years ago had seam lines and no weathering, it's just down to watching how others do things and not being afraid to try new techniques and not getting upset when things don't work, just learn from your mistakes.

Regards Splash

Gadfly · Post by **Gadfly** » March 18th, 2016, 8:47 am

Looking good.

I got this kit Yesterday it was on Offer at a LMS I popped into. Someone was reducing their stash and they were selling it OBO.

It's very nice. I sprayed a bit of interior green around while I had some in the Airbrush from working on my Vb and also drilled out the lightning holes in the seat framework and opened up the exhausts.. I need to continue with the Vb but I'll think I'll do this next..

Nice work and looking forward to seeing it progress.

Cheers
GF

ronbow · Post by **ronbow** » March 19th, 2016, 1:07 am

I wish my skills would improve like that! at the moment my skills seem to of abandoned me.

Your doing a cracking job my friend.

Post by **splash** » March 20th, 2016, 2:34 pm

It's getting close to the wing fitting stage, but first the canopy needs another coat of grey.

Stuart · Post by **Stuart** » March 20th, 2016, 9:06 pm

That is looking excellent Splash!

iggie · Post by **iggie** » March 20th, 2016, 10:09 pm

Looks georgeous Splash!

Post by **splash** » March 20th, 2016, 10:26 pm

The carpet monster has struck, the little bigger has stolen one of my wing fold support struts straight off the sprue.

As its a simple pole I will reproduce a pair out of brass tube to give it some strength.

Martin R · Post by **Martin R** » March 20th, 2016, 11:01 pm

Looking good, Al. Good call on the brass: as you say, it should give some strength to the folded wing assemblies.

Regards

Martin

ronbow · Post by **ronbow** » March 20th, 2016, 11:11 pm

That's looking great Splash! I have one started but I am toying with the idea of trying to make the wings movable. I like the idea of using the brass.

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