Work in progress
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Working on details. First airbrush after the break.
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Airbrushing details...
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...like stick grips.
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Note to self: Mr. Cement S floods everything. Anyone fancy my fingerprints?
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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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Dang! I need some putty. Aside of that wing joint it fits very well.
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Fitting the canopy.
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Fitting the canopy.
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Interior color applied to the clear parts.
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My first surfacer ever.
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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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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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Mr. Surfacer 1000 before Alclad 2 microfiller.
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Mr. Surfacer 1000 before Alclad 2 microfiller.
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Sunken area repaired with Mr. White Putty.
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Sunken area repaired with Mr. White Putty.
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Three layers of black microfiller Alclad 2.
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Three layers of black microfiller Alclad 2.
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Three layers of Semi Matt Aluminium Alclad 2.
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Three layers of Semi Matt Aluminium Alclad 2.
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Three layers of Semi Matt Aluminium Alclad 2.
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Three layers of Semi Matt Aluminium Alclad 2.
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Three layers of Semi Matt Aluminium Alclad 2.
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Masked.
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The Result.
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Oops!
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The Result.
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The Result.
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The Result.
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The Result.
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Repairs, lights, clear gloss coating.
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Repairs, lights, clear gloss coating.
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Repairs, lights, clear gloss coating.
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Repairs, lights, clear gloss coating.
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Enough with the repairs. Time to put some decals on!
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Enough with the repairs. Time to put some decals on!
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Enough with the repairs. Time to put some decals on!
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Enough with the repairs. Time to put some decals on!
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Decals up!
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Decals up!
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It is done!
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It is done!
Comments
1 16 May 2014, 17:32
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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I'm done with this one. First model after 15 years long break. OOB build took me 61 hours.
20 June 2014, 22:04
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Very, very good. 👍 Looks awesome. Superb paint Job. First model after 15 years? You are kidding 🙂
20 June 2014, 23:09
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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
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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
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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
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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
Album info
OOB build.