Fairey Barracuda Mk.II (FROG\NOVO\ARK)

I made a rough imitation of a double radiator out of a piece of plastic and a cocktail tube, in the kit there is just a hole in the fuselage in this place.

I made another version of the front air intake, this time from a shrink tube and a piece of plastic with an imitation grille (rolled over the plastic with a corrugated handle of a model knife). It seems to be more similar to the original

I hope this is the final version of the main air intake, it requires a little painting work. I also cut holes for the carburetor air intakes. The halves of the case are not glued together, I just want to understand how it will look when put together

I assembled the fuselage, closed a huge hole under the cockpit hood, the imitation is quite rough, but better than nothing

A very meditative activity 🙂

Slowly "getting on the wing".

I applied a primer. The release of the "Fallout" series just "torpedoed" work on the kit. 🙂

We painted "Sky Type S" (Ammo MIG) on the bottom and "Dark Slate Grey" (AK 3rd Gen) on top. There are no problems with the paint from Miguel, everything is OK. However, the AK paint constantly clogs the nozzle. It may be because I bought the bottle in winter and it was frozen.

I tried to apply camouflage without a mask - it turned out so-so.

Most of the journey is behind us.

I applied the decals. There were some minor painting works left to correct some faults.

Damn it! When I was removing the paint mask, the side window fell into the fuselage. And now what should I do?

The torment with the window. Read more in the comments.

Well, if you don't look closely, that'll do. 🙂

The project is finished. I enjoyed it.

Comments

29 27 March, 09:50

Sergio Ordonez
I will follow with great interest: I screwed this model many years ago.

28 March, 07:41

Duster_d
Sergio, don't expect too much, it's going to be mostly OOB with a few tweaks. Besides, I'm quite a beginner, my skills are at a fairly low level.

28 March, 14:11

Sergio Ordonez
I am totally sure you will solve it in a fine and accurate manner. Many years ago I was a young one with no hability. Now I am an old Man with no good hands and eyesight. Trust yourself, you will do fine.

28 March, 18:30

Duster_d
Thank you for the kind words, Sergio!

29 March, 12:48

Nicolas
I'm following.

29 March, 18:33

Duster_d
Damn, every time I take an old FROG-type model and say to myself, "So, now it's definitely going to be an assembly out of the box," and every time some kind of revision begins with the words "no, well, I can't keep it like this" 🙂

5 April, 20:18

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

5 April, 21:33

Finn
I'm in

7 April, 12:10

NLAWScametovisit
a deeply relatable experience, Duster.

7 April, 12:57

Duster_d
I used two types of liquid masks: liquid latex for the hood of the cabin and the lower flat windows, and the legendary Soviet glue BF-6, tinted with ink from a ballpoint pen, for the lower convex windows.

8 April, 13:17

NLAWScametovisit
The liquid mask goes over the tape?

8 April, 13:33

Duster_d
NLAWScametovisit, liquid mask on the cockpit hood is only in the area with a large curvature, in the tail, I marked the clear boundaries with blue thin tape, and filled the rest with latex. The rest is either a tape or a liquid mask. Sorry for my "powerful" English 🙂

8 April, 13:40

NLAWScametovisit
oooh! That makes a lot more sense! Thank you!

8 April, 17:31

Duster_d
Regarding the situation with the side window, can we leave things as they are? I don't want to cut into the fuselage too much. I can't reach it from above, even if you removed the cabin roof, because I installed a horizontal partition there.

24 April, 03:30

Matti Thomaes
can't you catch the window through the opening with a toothpick and some sticky stuff and pull it back into place?

24 April, 04:33

Duster_d
Matti Thomaes, thanks for the advice! It may help when i install the glass back in place. I managed to get the glass out with tweezers only. Inside the fuselage, it was necessary to fix the platform on which the gunner's seat stood and glue it. And then somehow install the glass from the outside through the hole to the inside. I'll try to do it in the evening after work.

24 April, 05:01

Guy Rump
What I have done in the past is use canopy glue to cover the whole hole i.e. create a window. When it dries it looks like a window. Different canopy glues produce different results. I then use Klear to provide a shiny cover on the "window".

24 April, 07:38

Duster_d
Guy Rump, oh, yes, when I started this "Barracuda", I had the idea to use a similar technique to simulate a flat window. However, I decided that I would try it on another model in the future, so I'll start by trying to insert a complete window.

24 April, 09:03

Duster_d
In short, I had to open the "barracuda's" belly. The glass had fallen in again, and there was no way to retrieve it. Plus, the glass had become completely clouded from glue when I tried to glue it from the inside. I cut a new piece of glass out of a very thin piece of plastic and glued it using cyanoacrylate adhesive. When everything dried and hardened, the window frame would need putty and repainted. I would also need to deal with the barracuda's belly - sanding, putty and painting it.

ps: It was just necessary to install new glass from the outside without opening the fuselage. This would have been more accurate and with fewer losses. "In hindsight, we are all wise," as we say. 🙂

24 April, 18:23

Nicolas
Congrats, the model looks realy nice.

27 April, 05:46

Duster_d
Thanks, mates, for your likes and comments. I really appreciate it!

27 April, 15:24

Guy Rump
Very nice build. 👍

27 April, 20:02