Fouga Magister WIP
This is all there is in the box
1975? I was born a year later?
The rear of the dashboards had a nasty ejection mark. Filled with some flash and glue
What will this become?
Glued in position
It's the airflow director thingies. Verry fine like this
Scribed the ailerons on the right. Left is to be done
Where will that large mast go?
Scribed the edge between wing and tank on the right. Left to be done
No decals for the dash 🙁
Primed the pilots & handlebars white
Primed the cockpit, dashes and fuselage interiors black
Prepped the dash with silver, for a more luminous effect
Painted some Red, Green and Blue on the dashes, painted the seats and gave some shine to the pit
Painted the jockeys
Painted the pilots and their helmets
Fuselage closed. Wings are on.
Pilots added. Canopy masked & closed
All bits and pieces glued on.
Alclad II Black gloss primer!
Aclad polished aluminium painted
Masked using Kerry's magical Film
Tamiya tape
Decals on
Decals on
Nose handles on, satin varnish appied & demasked
Almost done
Comments
3 August 2018, 12:29
CuajeteNice progress.
Martin, SH means "Special Hobby":
1. scalemates.com/kits/239486-s..h72284-fouga-cm-170-magister
2. scalemates.com/kits/1088305-..h72373-fouga-cm-170-magister
3. scalemates.com/kits/942953-s..-sh72323-fouga-cm-175-zephyr
4. scalemates.com/kits/1133173-..08-fouga-magister-simple-set
25 September 2018, 11:19
Łukasz GlińskiGracias Cuajete, that was exactly what I meant 🙂
But I just found, that the Valom's kit got the Irish roundels included, sorry 🙂
25 September 2018, 11:44
Martin OostromDuh, should have known that.
Actually, this was another impulse buy at a hobby shop. Never researched the kit.
25 September 2018, 12:40
Martin OostromNearly forgot to add the pilots when glueing the canopy. Just in time I opened her up to get them in. Phew!
30 September 2018, 15:49
Martin OostromI just hope they're still visible after painting Lode. The Fouga has a big canopy, so something should be….
1 October 2018, 13:45
Martin OostromSprayed Alclad polished aluminium today. It IS shiny! Can't wait for the next steps 😄
2 October 2018, 13:33
Martin OostromI'm thinking about finishing her with a satin varnish: not as shiny as new, but well maintained. Any thoughts?
10 October 2018, 16:57
Bart Goesaertlooking good, the dayglow seems a bit strange, but otherwise a golden oldie in a very nice build...
11 October 2018, 06:58
Peter HardyI will pass on my thoughts when it is finished and has no shark mouth decorating it's nose!
11 October 2018, 08:04
Łukasz GlińskiNice result, I'm always jealous of such sharp lines 🙂 But shouldn't it be hi-vis orange instead of red?
11 October 2018, 19:05
Martin OostromNo Peter, I better just quit this hobby. Nothing will ever be done properly 😉
RE: the colour. The manual calls for Humbrol 209 Fire Orange. I don't have that one. I use several conversion charts, some of them give Gunze H98 as an alternative, which I also don't have. I found one chart only which gave bright red as an alternative. So I use Ammo's Clear Red over the aluminium. Not exactly hi-vis orange or Fire Orange, but with my paint, the closest I could get.
Łukasz, Kerry Cox introduced us to Parafilm M: Painting Swirls on propeller spinners using Parrafilm"M". | Album by RedRoo For this type of masking it gives a real sharp edge. It just needs something to 'bite' into. Like some panellines, or a canopy.
11 October 2018, 22:01
Donald Dickson IIMartin, interesting subject. one I have never seen before. Very cool. 🙂
Parafilm is awesome, IF you use it in the right circumstances. I use it primarily for masking canopies, though it works fantastic when you have to fix a paint screw up after you have gotten all the decals on and set. It cover the decals perfectly and wont lift them off. I find it needs to be stretched before using, and some buffing it down to make sure it has a good seal at the edges.
11 October 2018, 22:53
Martin OostromYes indeed!
Today I applied all the decals, added the handles on the nose, gave this girl her wheels.
After the satin varnish the canopy was demasked.
After three days of curing the red still coloured my brush while applying the decals. Strange but true.
To do: Add the clear piece in the nose, clean up the canopy, repaint the exhaust.
13 October 2018, 15:38
Daniel KlinkTadaaaahh! Another old Mule äh tool brought to an absolute convincing result by you Martin 👍
13 October 2018, 16:05
Donald Dickson III rather like that red instead of the orange. 🙂 Looks good. 🙂
Oh, another thing I do with the parafilm on canopies is use a little liquid mask around the edges. Simply because I always mange to pull it up if I dont.
13 October 2018, 17:18
CuajeteI don't know if the red is correct, but I like very much that metallized red.
13 October 2018, 18:38
Martin OostromI'm positive the red ain't right. But I like it as well 👍.
Thank you all for your kinds words.
13 October 2018, 19:55
Spanjaardright or wrong is a subjective matter.... you can probe that others where painted in orange, but it is hard to demonstrate there was never one in red 😛
13 October 2018, 19:58
Peter HardyI have never heard of the Fouga Magister before, no surprise there, but there is so much visual interest in such a tiny plane. Top job Marty! Love the metalised red as well. Might have been option "C" but has worked out very well. Congrats on a small but significantly shark-mouthless aeroplane.
13 October 2018, 21:44
Martin OostromThank you gents. Peter, I like your C option. I'll keep that in mind for whenever I deviate from the beaten path again. Probably each next build 😉
Spanjaard, you're so right. I can't help it nobody ever took any pictures of the Magister with the red paint.....
As is my custom I created an album for the completed model. It can be found here: Fouga Magister Completed | Album by Mahoo76 (1:72)
14 October 2018, 14:16
Martin OostromAgain thanks. Havar it just is a unique looking plane. Low slung, the V-tail, the large boxy canopy. Just special.
15 October 2018, 05:29
Album info
Once more I'm relegated to the kitchen table, instead of my building cave. Not the kids or the wife this time, but the heat evicted me.
