PBY Catalina Airfix
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1 10 June 2015, 20:37
Choppa NuttaI can't believe how much weight I needed to get this to be definitely not a tail sitter !!
16 pence and ounce of Plasticine ! Chunky ! 🙂
Still though the painted on detail cheap trick kind of works, saved me a fortune in photoetch !! 😄
13 June 2015, 22:55
Choppa Nuttayeah it's a dog alright !! 🙂
the interior was so bare it was like a canvas, so I thought I'd have a go at painting on the details rather than scratch building them, a cheap trick but once closed up it should give an ok impression of an interior 🙂
13 June 2015, 23:54
Marc SchimmlerJust a word of waring. Plastine can contain softeners that "could"destroy the polystyrene ... Had my share of experience ...
14 June 2015, 09:25
Choppa NuttaCheers chaps 👍
Mark, I didn't know that, I've been using plasticine nose weights for a while now no problems as yet but I'll keep an eye for it now 🙂
But I did give the surface a couple coats of paint, a clear coat and where the plasticine touches a layer of Revells Contacta, that should it back for a while I would hope 🙂
Mind you I did put a fair bit in the leading edges of the wings with the plastic unpainted, well as Derek put it, too late to change, Ka Ching ! 🙂
The Plasticine Rot Experiment has begun !!
I'd best keep the paint job nice and simple then 🙂
14 June 2015, 17:58
Marc SchimmlerI can only guess, but there are real differences in the quality. Artist quality is sulphur free. The paint should do the job.
14 June 2015, 18:24
Choppa NuttaArtist quality ? I bought the branded Plasticine stuff, is that the same thing ?
It's the nicest to use that I have found so far, didn't think there might be an artist quality version of it..
14 June 2015, 18:34
Marc SchimmlerJust checked.
There are different recipes.
Seems like the US version also includes petroleum jelly ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasticine
14 June 2015, 18:43
Choppa Nutta.
Looks like Newplast is the way to go !! 🙂
Much cheaper too !!
artifolk.co.uk/craft..ng-material-500g.htm
14 June 2015, 19:09
Cristian BordinaSo far, really wonderful Choppa. You made a great job with the interieurs. Mine (I've done it 5 years ago) unfortunately must be supported by a transparent stick under the tail....and all for save my cents ;D
15 June 2015, 13:19
Stephan Ryllvery nice choppa 👍
- I had this kit back in the 70th..... i can tell you - it didn´t swim in the bath tube for long 😄
15 June 2015, 13:39
Choppa NuttaWhy was that Steve, was it better off in the sink ? 😄
But thanks gents, glad you like so far, it's probably down hill from here though haha 😄
15 June 2015, 14:08
Stephan Ryllthe hull wasn't glued good enough 😄 - as far as I can remember back in the 70th glue came in a bulky tube - which gave you too much or to less glue or the tube got broken and everything was overglued ;D
15 June 2015, 18:53
Choppa Nuttayeah the bright blue plasticine really does give it that realistic finish ! haha 😄
16 June 2015, 01:06
Choppa Nutta.......You are way to kind Marko, no really, I cheated !!
All that detail is largely paint onto a flat surface with some felt pen drawn over the top,
impressionist modelling one might say😉
But I do appreciate your encouragement 😄
18 June 2015, 15:04
Derek HuggettAnd I thought the 'impression' was that left in the plasticine! Seriously though, it looks brilliant! Will this be the 'next thing' after graduated shading?
18 June 2015, 17:11
Marko PaakkanenI see at details are painting.. but that detailing give lot --but i think at its much better than empty wall.
Good work.
18 June 2015, 17:22
Choppa Nuttayeah it was like this huge empty cavern with big windows looking right into an empty box !
awful kit really, didn't fancy the faff of scratch for this one, I thought I would try and polish the turd another way 😄
as ACDC used to say "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" 😄
anyhow cheers guys ! 🙂
18 June 2015, 19:14
Choppa Nuttaall you can eat buffet ! 😄
all closed up now, just masking the windows
25 June 2015, 20:25
Clifford KeeslerLooks good. The Mig -29 is finally almost finished, there are some new pictures of it up,and before you say anything I know they suck, I did something to my camera and can't figure out what I did. I have tried taking it back to the default settings but that doesn't change anything.
25 June 2015, 21:17
GlennLookin' Good Choppa, I need to stock up on more "Turd Polish" for all of the Mach 2 and Sharkit kits i have. Lucky i don't have many.
27 June 2015, 04:32
Christian BruerMissed this so far, wow, nice work on the interior. A good idea to paint it and your painting was like the painting of an artist and makes it close to 3D. Very nice work Choppa!
28 June 2015, 08:16
Choppa Nutta.
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Thanks ever so much guys, hugely appreciated feedback, you are literally too kind 🙂
I'm just stuck on the shockingly poor fit of the canopy at the moment,
even the turd polish is gonna struggle with this one ! 😄
28 June 2015, 14:19
Gordon SørensenInterior looks great Choppa! The seam Lines on the fuselage were horrible on my kit. Still in the fill-sand-fill stage.
2 July 2015, 17:57
Choppa NuttaCheers Gordon, yeah me too, canopy fit is awful too...
if I do another I'll try the Academy one 🙂
The latest pic is the scheme I am going for but not quite so new looking 🙂
2 July 2015, 19:04
uncle chop chopGood job i had this kit but i got the shits up, looks like u can polish a turd well done
20 July 2015, 23:34
Choppa NuttaHaha not really, cheap Airfix kit and 16 pence !! 😄 😄 😄
Cheers for the encouragement chaps,
another kit I need to rescue from the dust of the unfinished kits 🙂
7 April 2019, 12:03
