Building

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January 4, 2018
Just got started. Removed the pieces from the tree, mounted them in toothpicks with blutack and painted them mouse grey matt (Revel 36147) with a paint brush as it was the only matt grey I have.
2
January 4, 2018
I mixed red and yellow to achieve matt orange for the space suits. I painted the details on the cockpit black with sort-of-dry-brushing.
3
January 4, 2018
Assembled the cockpit. I sanded the parts where I was gluing as I was using Revell Contacta and it's my understanding it needs to contact the plastic to fuse them together. I used CA for the pilots.
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January 4, 2018
Assembled the cockpit. I sanded the parts where I was gluing as I was using Revell Contacta and it's my understanding it needs to contact the plastic to fuse them together. I used CA for the pilots. I don't think I should have painted the seat belts.
5
January 4, 2018
Assembled the two big halves of the airplane with too much Revell Contacta glue.
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January 4, 2018
Assembled the two big halves of the airplane with too much Revell Contacta glue.
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January 4, 2018
Evaluating masking the cockpits instead of the windows.
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January 4, 2018
Evaluating masking the cockpits instead of the windows.
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January 4, 2018
Evaluating masking the cockpits instead of the windows.
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January 4, 2018
Evaluating masking the cockpits instead of the windows. I put some paper tissue inside to push the tape against the sides and keep it in place.
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January 4, 2018
Evaluating masking the cockpits instead of the windows.
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January 4, 2018
Making the cone shorter, 9.2mm shorter for mach 3.2.
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January 4, 2018
Making the cone shorter, 9.2mm shorter for mach 3.2.
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January 4, 2018
Making the cone shorter, 9.2mm shorter for mach 3.2.
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January 4, 2018
Adding the exhausts. I'm not sure what's the best way to make them look like they are at full throttle.
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January 4, 2018
The landing gear doors will need their hinges removed to be glued closed.
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January 4, 2018
Closed landing gears.
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January 4, 2018
The front landing gear will be more challenging as I have to cut them longitudinally (instead of removing a small hinge).
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January 4, 2018
It's really annoying how they add captions on the outside, right next to some raised detail.
20
January 4, 2018
Nose cone, inlet cones and front landing gear (closed). I need better lighting.
21
January 4, 2018
All pieces glued in.
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January 4, 2018
Trying to hide the crimes, making new ones. I'm disliking raised details, sanding them off it'll be painful.
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January 5, 2018
First time applying primer.
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January 5, 2018
Trying to make that washed-off grey to paint the SR-71 by using a piece that I'm discarding.
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March 8, 2018
The washed-off gray looked horrible, so, I didn't even took a pic of it and painted it mat black
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March 8, 2018
I think the cockpit turned out quite well. Last glimpse before covering it with the canopy.
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March 8, 2018
I think the cockpit turned out quite well. Last glimpse before covering it with the canopy.
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March 8, 2018
Using chalk pastels for the washed off gray. Didn't work, the mat transparent cover dissolved it
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March 8, 2018
Using chalk pastels for the washed off gray. Didn't work, the mat transparent cover dissolved it
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March 8, 2018
Fresh decals.
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March 8, 2018
Decals and after this, weathering using sort of dot-filter with oil paints.

Comments

6 4 January 2018, 11:34

Alexander Grivonev
A warm welcome back to scale modeling!

4 January 2018, 11:45

J. Pablo Fernández
Thank you Alexander.

4 January 2018, 11:48

Spanjaard
welcome to SCM and welcome back to the hobby.
SR71? Nice choice 🙂 you have one to look at not too far from you...Duxford is great if love airplanes 🙂

4 January 2018, 12:32

Konrad -
Cool Choice! I've got the same one from Hasegawa. Looking forward to see yours finished! Have fun 😉

4 January 2018, 12:52

J. Pablo Fernández
Spanjaard: I just learned that there's one in the UK, so, I'm definitely going to visit. I remember seeing one in Florida and the day I visit, for some reason, the fence around it was gone and I didn't even know I wasn't supposed to walk up to it and touch it, so, I did. This was in the 90s. When I went back, it was fenced around.

4 January 2018, 13:49

David Thor
Welcome back to the hobby!

4 January 2018, 14:02

Spanjaard
you were really lucky! you can get close to the one in Duxford, but guards may not be probably like if you do touch it 😉
The collection is fantastic. I was there from opening to closing time to get as much detail pictures as I could....but even without the camera, I would have spent the whole day there.

If you have not seen it, RAF museum London should be quite good too. I was there 10 years ago, but I think they have changed it later. they seem to have now a B-17 that i do not remember seeing in '07, and the Me-262 (my favourite) is now in Cosford RAF museum.

4 January 2018, 14:10