Grunau baby IIB

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1 26 April 2017, 06:50

Erik Leijdens
A nice little kit for the sake of fun!

26 April 2017, 06:51

Gordon Sørensen
Looks like a nice build. Seems to be a more and more glider kits being released.

26 April 2017, 14:03

Erik Leijdens
Indeed it is Gordon.

Started masking of the thinner parts. The only job on this kit which is time consuming

26 April 2017, 22:17

Bart Goesaert
looking good so far. Are these mask's included in the kit?

27 April 2017, 06:46

Kees Kleijwegt
Very nice Erik 👍
Seems like a nice little quick build, apart from the masking perhaps😉

27 April 2017, 09:13

Erik Leijdens
Thanks mates. No Bart, they are not included. They are released by Fly too though.

Congrats with the King Kees!!😄

27 April 2017, 09:33

Kees Kleijwegt
You too Erik! 🙂

27 April 2017, 09:41

bughunter
Such masks seems to be a good idea. What is your base color under the masks?

27 April 2017, 18:36

Erik Leijdens
I sprayed a base color in light grey. When masking is done I will spray the whole aircraft in Gunze 85, segel farbe. After I have removed the masks I will give the light grey parts a small filter of the same Gunze 85. Hope it will give the some sort the effect of thin parts...

27 April 2017, 18:55

Choppa Nutta
Ok Erik, you got me with this one 🙂
nice bit of masking
I can imagine it being effective 🙂

27 April 2017, 19:17

Choppa Nutta
It would be interesting what one could do with the wings etc. made from clear plastic for that translucent effect 🙂

27 April 2017, 19:19

bughunter
Hmm, try this before! I don't like Gunze 85 Segelfarbe/sail color for such tasks. In my opinion Gunze Radome looks much better as linen.

27 April 2017, 21:13

Erik Leijdens
Ok thanks for the heads up bughunter, have radome in the stash too. I have read somewhere that it actually should be RLM05, but not really sure about that.

27 April 2017, 21:51

Erik Leijdens
Masking done. Up to finding the "correct" colour now..

28 April 2017, 20:44

Stephan Ryll
Lookin nice so far Erik 👍
May this link will give you an idea about the right color

fotocommunity.de/pho..rickymartin/17308936

30 April 2017, 08:01

Erik Leijdens
Thanks Stephan! I think I go for Gunze aqueous Radome 👍

30 April 2017, 09:18

Erik Leijdens
The baby received it's coat of "canvas" Gunze aqeous 318.. The masks came of very easy, no paint has crawled under them and the light grey primer coat was not damaged so the quality is quite good👍. Now I will spray a light filter of the same Gunze 318, hopefully it will look like thin canvas on the light grey areas.

1 May 2017, 19:40

Erik Leijdens
Think it worked... Like to hear opinions 🙂

1 May 2017, 20:30

bughunter
Good craftmannship! After seeing Stephans photo I would do the underside with a white primer, so that it imitates the light between the ribs. On the upside the ribs are brighter, from down they are darker.

1 May 2017, 21:03

Gordon Sørensen
Looks very good, Erik. The filter result is very nice!

1 May 2017, 23:59

Erik Leijdens
Thanks mates! I did use a light grey primer Bughunter but I must admit that my pictures don't show how it looks for real. Think I need to adjust my camera setting.

2 May 2017, 04:26

Bart Goesaert
maybe you can add a bit to the effect by using this method: see possible treatment of lozenge decals: uschivdr.com/downloads/

2 May 2017, 06:17

Kees Kleijwegt
Looking very, very nice Erik! Great job on the masking and filter 👍

2 May 2017, 07:07

Choppa Nutta
nice and subtle effect 🙂

2 May 2017, 08:28

Erik Leijdens
Thans mates! Will look into it Bart👍

2 May 2017, 16:06

Stephan Ryll
Very nice result Erik! 👍

3 May 2017, 17:14

Erik Leijdens
Decalling and small PE bits done! This one is ready for a satin clear coat.