Fiat CR.42 plus photo etch.

[Sherman 18]

Yes looking very nice.

 

[phantom II]

Thanks Sherman. I'm gonna try to do it justice ! B)

 

[Sherman 18]

Thanks Sherman. I'm gonna try to do it justice ! B)

Well man that you are.

 

[Adam]

That is looking good. That engine is sooo tiny!

 

[phantom II]

Hello everyone I finally got back to this and as I promised MP we have some new control horns. A small improvement in to my eyes.

After making those correction it was given some legs to stand on.

Finally, we arrive at to the fun part of the build. day one of painting !

Not very visible, but at least not it looks like silver dope instead of gray plastic.

And now for some colors. Some identification stripes.

 

[phantom II]

thank you for looking. Comments are welcomed . B)

 

[MrT]

Oh man I didn't realize how small the model was. Great work!!!

Terry B)

 

[Iron Mike]

I thought you said it was going to be a pain to paint?? Looks great to me!

 

[BigDog]

Oh man I didn't realize how small the model was. Great work!!!
Terry B)

Yes... "small" being the keyword here! hmy: But not ony that: wonderful detailing and a great paint job to follow along, which has already started... this will be a very cool model, IMO!

As always, I'm following closely, Chris! :dude

Cheers and thanks for sharing! B)
Fernao

 

[phantom II]

Thanks for your kind word guys but the fun has just begun. B)

 

[reconron]

Hey Christian,are that clamps from a 'helping hands'tool you are using?
If so,I didn't realize you could use them unscrewed in that way.[simple but good idea].

Greetings,Ron.

 

[moon puppy]

Looks good Chris, nice update. The Control Horns look spot on. You can get in there and paint with the wings installed?

 

[phantom II]

Hi ron,
It's the same clamps as the one from the helping hands. I bought a whole bag full of them and I use them quite a lot. Same with tooth picks I superglue them to item so I can paint them more easily.

Cheers, Christian B)

 

[phantom II]

Hi Bob,

looks like I'm gonna have to ( I hope ). That was not part of the original plan but you know how it goes with the best laid plans of mice and men . I'm probably on the G revision by now.

 

[Tim A.]

Was at Hobby Lobby last night and showed the wife some planes in the scale your working with and told her I'd like to attempt one one day. She said "WOW! you should try one but.... isn't he older than you?" :huh: I have no idea what she meant :hmmm
Anyway looking really nice Christian

 

[phantom II]

Using my woman deciphering skills, ( such as they are ) I would say she meant tou should build something smaller still. ( Good luck )

Cheers, Christian B)

 

[Tim A.]

I was thinking she meant I'd better stick with what I'm doing untill I grow up :laugh:

Tim

 

[phantom II]

Hello everyone,
this was supposed to be about having fun painting but instead it turned out to be how much time can one spend masking off two even squares with a steel rule on something that will not stand still. Hopefully tomorrow will go better and we can shoot paint.

Just where are the decal gods when you need one ?

Cheers, Christian

 

[moon puppy]

Looks square to me. guess you're gonna squirt some paint today?

 

[phantom II]

Hello everyone,
another small update. Finally got past the point of pushing string uphill. The first color of the insignias are painted on.

Thanks for looking. More soon.

Christian