Wingnut Wings Moon Pup

[moon puppy]

To pickup where I left off, the Moon Shine is in place and settled down nicely

As you can see, some rigging has gotten busted up and I need to repair it, also I have to finish up with the lights and the landing flare dispenser that hangs off the bottom. Planing on a wash and a few more decals of the stars on the starboard side.

 

[randy_ditton]

MP, Now this is a plane! Great build and an awesome paint job.


Randy

 

[mlp]

Looks great, Bob - very good. The NMF looks superb

 

[Iron Mike]

Hey Bob! The Moonshine is looking good! I like what you've done with it! Good to be back at the bench?

 

[moon puppy]

Thanks Mike, that rigging is bugging me, all that stuff busted loose just sitting there. Back at the bench? I wish! work work work...work work work...work work work...

 

[jknaus]

Looks good Bob. Really like the scheme.
James

 

[phantom II]

Hi Bob,
The Pup really looks good.
Sorry to hear that your pup is sitting there disintegrating but that's always been my experience. Just adds to the reasons why I don't enjoy them that well.
My Swordfish is the first one I have built where none of that has ever popped off. We must be missing something.

Cheers, Christian. B)

Kind of figured GM would take their sweet old time. Glad you have alternate transportation.

 

[MrT]

Bob a really great looking plane.

Terry B)

 

[dirtball]

Havent checked in for awhile. Very nice birdie you have there MP.......Harv

 

[moon puppy]

Today I sat down and fixed the rigging. I was going to give the tops of the wings a neutral wash, and I did start. Then I notice the tip of the starboard lower wing was tacky, I pulled a brush over the finish and saw to my horror the black paint pealing up. The finish is ruined.

I have no idea what happened. Paint came up all the way down to the surface of the plastic. Even the primer was gone. Oddly, the decal stars remain, this tells me something split on the surface and the decal carrier film obviously repelled it.

Mr. Surfacer primer, acrylic black, several coats of that, then an acrylic clear coat, then a couple of oil based washes on top of that. Mind you it was only the tip of the wing back maybe one rib.

I would be interested to know your best guesses of what it could have been, but I'm not going to fix it now.

 

[Iron Mike]

Gremlins??

 

[mlp]

Sorry to hear that. I have no idea what happend - even mr. surfacer - no idea, sorry.

 

[reconron]

Sorry that this happend to your great build.

You used a couple of washes,so maybe you put on the washes too long for time,too heavy,so it could still attack the layers beneath.
There are also acrylic washes,maybe you could use them insted of oil based washes.[but I never was very happy with there results]

Hope you can still save your build,Bob.

Greetings,Ron.

 

[BigDog]

Sorry to hear that Moon: that is one beautiful build and it breaks my heart to know something on it is ruined... Unfortunately, due to a total lack of experience in these matters, as much as I want to I can't help you here...

Hope you can get it right!

Cheers! B)
Fernao

 

[moon puppy]

I may throw a tarp over it and put it on a grass base with some saw horses or something around.

 

[jknaus]

Shouldn't of eaten beans before you started working on it :laugh:
Tarp sounds like a plan. Maybe some shears a pot of paint and a folded up tissue paper representing new cdl.
James

 

[Kreighshoer]

oh crap!

your kit was cursed by a maori medicine man, that i'm sure of!

good idea with the tarp, that should do it!

 

[Brokeneagle]

B) Cool paint job and a geat looking model MP.

 

[moon puppy]

oh crap!

your kit was cursed by a maori medicine man, that i'm sure of!

good idea with the tarp, that should do it!

You think it was the ancient Indian Burial Ground curse again?? I need to find something to bury to appease those old guys. They are reakin' havoc on my models now.


Thanks Ian! Glad to see you posting again.

 

[moon puppy]

OK, so I haven't completely given up..

had some black paint in the Sotar today so I figured what's the worse that could happen??