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All Righty ... What's on the bench today?
- Thread starter panzerace007
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Swordsman
Active member
The photo ... is from the latest issuue of Narrow Gauge & Shortline Gazette ...
That's cool, so what kinda decal paper you using? Have any issue with the toner bleeding on the decal?
Gator
Well-known member
Bob, I use Papilio Inkjet Clear Waterslide Decal Paper. I tried to get the website to load but they are having problems right now. You can find it on Amazon also. Never had any problems printing. I use the "glossy presentation" setting on the HP LaserJet in my office at work.
Gator
Well-known member
Thanks Gerry. Just a fun little build. I'm also building the skid steer from 'Planes Fire and Rescue". I'm going to decal that one up like the ones at work.Looks Good Gator ...
Yeah that setting would lay down thicker toner. I ran inkjet decal paper through the laser printer and got a nasty surprise, maybe the fuser was too hot for it, I was worried I was going to have to replace it.
I got a HP M276, last time I made decals it was monotoned. Need to find something to make some color ones. :hmmm
I managed to get the hood decal on my Chevy Lumina & got the body masked& waiting for paint :geek But, wouldn't ya know it, it's triple digits out in the garage
I'll just wait until tonite or, first thing in the morning... :drinks
Duke Maddog
Well-known member
James, every time I see someone saying that, I'm always thrilled to be building only 1/72 scale armor.... :tomato :yipee
Okay people, brace yourselves. This is gonna be a big update....
I'll start out with a little work I had to do on Annie's gun. I was about to re-touch up the paint on the main gun when I saw a big glue splash on the side of the breech block. Here it is right after I started to sand it off:
I've since sanded that down smooth and shot paint on it. Just waiting for it to dry.
Next I completed the painting and decaling of the F-18 cockpit so I could finally assemble the whole fuselage like this:
After that, it was real easy to add the wings and tail surfaces:
After this I should be able to add the canopy, mask it off and start shooting paint.
After all that, I decided to have some fun. I pulled out my Headless Horseman and started to detail more of it. I painted the horse's eyes red, painted the saddle blanket, as well as completed the sword hand and mounted it on the model; among other things. I gave his white shirt a dirty brown wash, touched up a few things and set it all up:
Look out, he's coming for your head next....
Later on I found his cape and after a few more additions and touchups, I put it all together again to see how the final thing will look when I'm done:
I still have a few more things to do for this, most notably the base of the tree and then add a Jack-'o-Lantern to the base next to the sign. I should be done in a few days I think.
Finally, I went to work in a big way on the Saturn V. First off, I figured it was time to finish up the LEM and Command Modules. I started out by masking the (already black-painted) LEM in preparation for the silver color:
Then I looked at the color call outs (such as they are!) on the instruction sheets. It called for a 'bright silver' color on this and the lower part of the Command Module. I figured the brightest silver I could use was Chrome. So, I went ahead and masked off the white panels on the Command Module next so I could shoot both at the same time:
You can see how difficult that was, trying to get every square properly masked off, but I succeeded...
Next I pulled out my Chrome Silver and shot these two:
They looked pretty good to me:
While these two were drying, I went ahead and shot some Tamiya Bare Metal Silver on the capsule, since it called for a different color silver:
While everything was drying, I went ahead and puttied the crack that I'd gotten in the clear part that the LEM sits inside of at the top of Stage III. This was after I'd c=glued the lower clear part to it so it would be more sturdy:
I should be able to have that all sanded and repainted tomorrow...
I had also finally finished painting all five main engines on Stage I. Man that was time consuming! Here they are dry-fit into place:
This is a view you do NOT want to have when this thing fires up!
After all that time, I was able to finally add all the retro rockets, sensors, doodads and thingamajigs to the outside of the LEM and Command Modules. These two are now completed:
Command Module:
LEM:
Now all I have to do is complete the white on all these stages, add a clearcoat and then mask these off for the black so I can complete this model:
This is where I am now, and for five hours I fought and struggled to get that rocket body done in a clean and smooth coat of white. So far, I've not been successful. I can only hope that I can get that done before the Nationals!
Okay, that is my long and tedious update, you can all wake up now. Thanks for looking in, comments are welcome.
Okay people, brace yourselves. This is gonna be a big update....
I'll start out with a little work I had to do on Annie's gun. I was about to re-touch up the paint on the main gun when I saw a big glue splash on the side of the breech block. Here it is right after I started to sand it off:
I've since sanded that down smooth and shot paint on it. Just waiting for it to dry.
Next I completed the painting and decaling of the F-18 cockpit so I could finally assemble the whole fuselage like this:
After that, it was real easy to add the wings and tail surfaces:
After this I should be able to add the canopy, mask it off and start shooting paint.
After all that, I decided to have some fun. I pulled out my Headless Horseman and started to detail more of it. I painted the horse's eyes red, painted the saddle blanket, as well as completed the sword hand and mounted it on the model; among other things. I gave his white shirt a dirty brown wash, touched up a few things and set it all up:
Look out, he's coming for your head next....
Later on I found his cape and after a few more additions and touchups, I put it all together again to see how the final thing will look when I'm done:
I still have a few more things to do for this, most notably the base of the tree and then add a Jack-'o-Lantern to the base next to the sign. I should be done in a few days I think.
Finally, I went to work in a big way on the Saturn V. First off, I figured it was time to finish up the LEM and Command Modules. I started out by masking the (already black-painted) LEM in preparation for the silver color:
Then I looked at the color call outs (such as they are!) on the instruction sheets. It called for a 'bright silver' color on this and the lower part of the Command Module. I figured the brightest silver I could use was Chrome. So, I went ahead and masked off the white panels on the Command Module next so I could shoot both at the same time:
You can see how difficult that was, trying to get every square properly masked off, but I succeeded...
Next I pulled out my Chrome Silver and shot these two:
They looked pretty good to me:
While these two were drying, I went ahead and shot some Tamiya Bare Metal Silver on the capsule, since it called for a different color silver:
While everything was drying, I went ahead and puttied the crack that I'd gotten in the clear part that the LEM sits inside of at the top of Stage III. This was after I'd c=glued the lower clear part to it so it would be more sturdy:
I should be able to have that all sanded and repainted tomorrow...
I had also finally finished painting all five main engines on Stage I. Man that was time consuming! Here they are dry-fit into place:
This is a view you do NOT want to have when this thing fires up!
After all that time, I was able to finally add all the retro rockets, sensors, doodads and thingamajigs to the outside of the LEM and Command Modules. These two are now completed:
Command Module:
LEM:
Now all I have to do is complete the white on all these stages, add a clearcoat and then mask these off for the black so I can complete this model:
This is where I am now, and for five hours I fought and struggled to get that rocket body done in a clean and smooth coat of white. So far, I've not been successful. I can only hope that I can get that done before the Nationals!
Okay, that is my long and tedious update, you can all wake up now. Thanks for looking in, comments are welcome.
Swordsman
Active member
Thanks Gerry. Just a fun little build. I'm also building the skid steer from 'Planes Fire and Rescue". I'm going to decal that one up like the ones at work.Looks Good Gator ...
Looks very good gator ...waiting to see the forklift ... :woohoo:
Headless Horseman looks fantastic Mark
