Italeri 1/48 Arado Ar 196 A **DONE**

[PaulBradley]

Cracking progress, Narayan.

[peanutpatrol26]

looking great so far.cant wait to see the finished aircraft.

[Narayan]

For the aircraft itself I just had to attach a few small parts to the underside.



It's now ready for a coat of primer.





Meantime I have put the trolley together. The underside has already been painted and the top got it's first coat today. I also painted some parts of the floats.



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Narayan

The rifle is the first weapon you learn how to use, because it lets you keep your distance from the client. The closer you get to being a pro, the closer you can get to the client. The knife, for example, is the last thing you learn.

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2012 20:05 2009 19:16
2011 11:10 2008 16:03
2010 44:12

Overall 193:51

[Narayan]

Following the priming I have started to paint the underside of the aircraft. I've also joined the floats together. That's me done for the night, I'll take some pictures tomorrow when there is more natural light.

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Narayan

Last night, Darth Vader came down from planet Vulcan and told me that if I didn't take Lorraine out that he'd melt my brain.

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2012 20:05 2009 19:16
2011 11:10 2008 16:03
2010 44:12

Overall 193:51

[Narayan]

This is where things stand this morning.



I prefer to use a white primer. I've had issues with grey primer before particularly when using a red or yellow coat over it. So Halfords white primer does the job for me.

Not the best masking around the cockpit



The trolley requires a final coat and the tyres need to be touched up. The floats are undergoing painting at the moment.



That's all for now.

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Narayan

May I kill him?

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2012 20:05 2009 19:16
2011 11:10 2008 16:03
2010 44:12

Overall 193:51

[PaulBradley]

Very good progress there, Narayan - this should look great on the trolley.

[Narayan]

The underside has had it's second coat. The prop has been painted and my least favourite job - masking the canopy.







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Narayan

The force is with you, young Skywalker, but you are not a Jedi yet.

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2012 20:05 2009 19:16
2011 11:10 2008 16:03
2010 44:12

Overall 193:51

[Martin R]

Narayan,

Wow! Looks like you're nearly finished. Watching with interest.

regards,

Martin

[beany]

Wow, you really are thundering along with this one mate - great job. I hear what you say about masking canopies, and yet perversely I feel that using pre-cut masks to be "cheating" somehow and won't let myself use them - a view that may well changes as I'm getting older and generally less tolerant and developing a keen "life's too short" attitude!

Cheers
Al.

[PaulBradley]

One thing about the Ar196 canopy is that it is almost all straight lines, albeit a lot of them! My least favourite task is masking a canopy with a lot of curved edges.....

[Narayan]

I must admit this wasn't the worst canopy that needed to be masked. As you said Paul it's all straight lines.

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Narayan

Wait a minute, Doc. Ah... Are you telling me that you built a time machine... out of a DeLorean?

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2012 20:05 2009 19:16
2011 11:10 2008 16:03
2010 44:12

Overall 193:51

[Old_Tonto]

This one is storming along Narayan, can't wait to see it completed.

[Narayan]

Thanks guys.

I've applied the first coat of yellow to the underside. There will be another coat or two of this required however in the meantime the topside is ready for a lick of paint.





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Narayan

The way I see it, if you're gonna build a time machine into a car, why not do it with some style?

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2012 20:05 2009 19:16
2011 11:10 2008 16:03
2010 44:12

Overall 193:51

[Narayan]

The third coat of green has been applied and is drying as I type. The yellow underside will require another coat then a few parts need to be touched up before I can move on to the klear stage.



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Narayan

He's experienced about as much pain and suffering as anyone I've encountered, give or take, and he still has Hell to look forward to.

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2012 20:05 2009 19:16
2011 11:10 2008 16:03
2010 44:12

Overall 193:51

[ara398]

Outstanding job Narayan!

This is why I airbrush... unlike Narayan, I can't brush paint large areas for squat!

Regards,
Adrian