Work in progress

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May 16, 2014
Working on details. First airbrush after the break.
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May 17, 2014
Airbrushing details...
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May 17, 2014
...like stick grips.
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May 25, 2014
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May 25, 2014
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May 25, 2014
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May 25, 2014
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May 25, 2014
Note to self: Mr. Cement S floods everything. Anyone fancy my fingerprints?
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May 25, 2014
I'm kinda afraid of sanding with those gear legs on, but there's no other way to seal the wing without them.
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May 25, 2014
Dang! I need some putty. Aside of that wing joint it fits very well.
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June 1, 2014
Fitting the canopy.
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June 1, 2014
Fitting the canopy.
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June 7, 2014
Interior color applied to the clear parts.
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June 7, 2014
My first surfacer ever.
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June 8, 2014
I decided to apply some putty to cover sunken areas as well as some minor scratches and the memorial of my first encounter with Mr. Cement S.
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June 8, 2014
I decided to apply some putty to cover sunken areas as well as some minor scratches and the memorial of my first encounter with Mr. Cement S.
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June 14, 2014
Mr. Surfacer 1000 before Alclad 2 microfiller.
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June 14, 2014
Mr. Surfacer 1000 before Alclad 2 microfiller.
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June 14, 2014
Sunken area repaired with Mr. White Putty.
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June 14, 2014
Sunken area repaired with Mr. White Putty.
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June 15, 2014
Three layers of black microfiller Alclad 2.
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June 15, 2014
Three layers of black microfiller Alclad 2.
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June 15, 2014
Three layers of Semi Matt Aluminium Alclad 2.
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June 15, 2014
Three layers of Semi Matt Aluminium Alclad 2.
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June 15, 2014
Three layers of Semi Matt Aluminium Alclad 2.
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June 15, 2014
Three layers of Semi Matt Aluminium Alclad 2.
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June 15, 2014
Three layers of Semi Matt Aluminium Alclad 2.
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June 17, 2014
Masked.
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June 17, 2014
The Result.
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June 17, 2014
Oops!
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June 17, 2014
The Result.
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June 17, 2014
The Result.
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June 17, 2014
The Result.
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June 17, 2014
The Result.
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June 18, 2014
Repairs, lights, clear gloss coating.
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June 18, 2014
Repairs, lights, clear gloss coating.
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June 18, 2014
Repairs, lights, clear gloss coating.
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June 18, 2014
Repairs, lights, clear gloss coating.
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June 19, 2014
Enough with the repairs. Time to put some decals on!
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June 19, 2014
Enough with the repairs. Time to put some decals on!
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June 19, 2014
Enough with the repairs. Time to put some decals on!
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June 19, 2014
Enough with the repairs. Time to put some decals on!
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June 19, 2014
Decals up!
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June 19, 2014
Decals up!
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June 20, 2014
It is done!
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June 20, 2014
It is done!

Comments

1 16 May 2014, 17:32

Dave Flitton
Nice start

16 May 2014, 19:29

David Lengyel
About the time to start the assembly 🙂

17 May 2014, 19:51

Stefan Schneider
I am in!

18 May 2014, 07:51

Aaron Liles
Nice start David. It's a fun kit to build

22 May 2014, 22:30

David Lengyel
More pictures coming over the weekend, hopefuly 🙂

23 May 2014, 06:29

David Lengyel
Some progress as promised 🙂

25 May 2014, 22:28

M.Julian Marles
cool looking wingy thing!

25 May 2014, 22:39

Aaron Liles
That's coming along nicely David.

30 May 2014, 10:37

David Lengyel
Well, there's the tricky part - primer 🙂

30 May 2014, 11:11

Aaron Liles
Ah... Are you still going for the black base for the alclad?

30 May 2014, 12:35

David Lengyel
Yes. I need to sand off the putty first though.

30 May 2014, 13:15

David Lengyel
Some progress 🙂

7 June 2014, 11:40

Aaron Liles
That's looking nice a clean David.

7 June 2014, 20:49

David Lengyel
Well, just from a distance. There are minor drops on the flaps and on the fuselage from below. I also don't like fitting of the canopy, but it's a hard to reach area, so I would have to let it go 🙁

8 June 2014, 05:58

David Lengyel
Now it looks better.

14 June 2014, 19:07

Aaron Liles
The sunken areas on the kit flaps are quite noticeable aren't they? but thankfully clean up easily. You've done a cracking job on the surface prep 🙂 . I note that you have the eduard mask for the canopy, is that it in the photo? (I imagine it would be). I've never used pre-cut masks before but bought a set to use on an S-61 which I'm hoping to build in the future. Are they straight forward to use? I would imagine they are fiddly but less so than trying cut your own.

14 June 2014, 21:36

David Lengyel
Frankly, I didn't notice them until there was a first layer of surfacer. I was sort of upset because it's a problem when it comes down to metal finish - sloppy work on surface preparation provides a massive backfire later. Well, I think I sort it out eventually. Thank you for your compliments Milk 🙂

There are Eduard's masks indeed. They're really easy to use. It fits well, one just have to be as accurate as possible when applying the masks on the clear parts. I should do more dry fitting before I glued the clear parts though. That's only big drawback of this build so far.

14 June 2014, 21:47

David Lengyel
Masked, painted, unamasked... oops!

17 June 2014, 08:22

Gordon Sørensen
Looks good!

17 June 2014, 20:06

Clifford Keesler
Looking good.

17 June 2014, 21:23

David Lengyel
Thank you guys. Some minor progress. I've repaired some flaws, but some are still present. I think I will let go the upcoming contest and repair this stuff instead.

18 June 2014, 06:40

David Lengyel
Time to put some decals on. I will do better next time.

19 June 2014, 06:14

Aaron Liles
Excellent stuff David; she's looking brilliant. For such a small kit there are a lot of stencils to add!! Although I think there are a lot less in this scheme than the dayglo one.

19 June 2014, 07:07

David Lengyel
Exactly Milk, there's just like 1/3 of the decals compared to the other marking. There's a great walkaround by the way modelplac.cz/pages/walk/vampiret11.htm And as always, thank you for the compliments 🙂

19 June 2014, 07:09

Nikolajs Negeriss
Good work so far! Nice to see your attention to the paint job quality. That's important for metal finishes 🙂

19 June 2014, 07:24

David Lengyel
Thank you Nikolajs. Decals are up. Could be better tho.

19 June 2014, 21:14

Albi Hitz
Like it! Nice work!

19 June 2014, 21:24

Aaron Liles
Yep, like it too. One of my favourite parts when modelling are adding the decals as it brings the kit to life (it also means that its not far from finished 😄 )

19 June 2014, 21:41

David Lengyel
I'm done with this one. First model after 15 years long break. OOB build took me 61 hours.

20 June 2014, 22:04

Fox One
Very, very good. 👍 Looks awesome. Superb paint Job. First model after 15 years? You are kidding 🙂

20 June 2014, 23:09

David Lengyel
Thank you Fox, I appreciate your compliments 🙂 I'm not kidding, it was really such a long break. I just had great mentors.

21 June 2014, 05:58

Jens
👍 👍 👍 gefällt mir sehr gut 👍 tolle Arbeit 👍

21 June 2014, 06:46

Stefan Schneider
Congrats David! Very nice result!

21 June 2014, 07:01

Nikolajs Negeriss
Very nice model! My sincere Congratulations! 🙂

21 June 2014, 07:11

Glenn
neat work!

21 June 2014, 07:19

Philip De Keyser
Great Result David, how was the fit? Hopefully won't be your last work that we can admire 👍
Greetz, Phil

21 June 2014, 07:38

Aaron Liles
Excellent job David. Very nice indeed.

21 June 2014, 07:43

David Lengyel
Thank you guys for such a nice words and comliments. I just came back from my first model show competition and this Vampire was award winning model. I am in awe. There were much better kits in my category, so I was really surprised 🙂

@Philip OOB fitting was generaly good. I had to sand off a bit on the right gondola and put some putty in the seam between wing and fuselage on the underside and on the elevator. It's a wonderful kit, easy to assemble.

21 June 2014, 19:34

Philip De Keyser
Congrats with your award for this beauty, thanks to explane the fit of this kit, do you have take pictures of the show?
Greetz, Phil

22 June 2014, 11:45

David Lengyel
Actually I do, I will upload them ASAP 😛

22 June 2014, 12:28