It's a duck !

[phantom II]

Paul, that's the first place I saw for the tape. Jamesk and Saul always seem to have more answers though.

Yes, there is plenty of rigging to do but I'm waiting for a good coat of Future before drilling the holes.
It certainly won't be as fancy as what you guys do with the larger scales.

James, don't let my craziness fool you . I enjoy a good challenge and I did after want a Duck
As long as I win in the end I'm happy . I just don't think that I would want all my build to be this challenging. I'm also relieved I did not have to build the Airfix one .HOHOHOHO !

Well, need some rest. The fund raiser tomorrow will be a marathon ( we hope )

Thanks for the comments and for looking

Cheers, Christian B)

My biggest fear is that Sword will release one as soon as I am done .

 

[moon puppy]

My biggest fear now is someone like Sword releasing one now that I am almost done. I

That's why I haven't started my P47, soon as I do Tamiya will have one with all the bells and whistles.

 

[dukwhunter]

Good looking Duck there Chris !!!

Can't wait to see some paint on it !

 

[AndyFettes]

Im loving this and I also cant wait to see some paint

 

[matrixone]

Its looking good in the primer...all the hard work is now starting to pay off.

Matrixone

 

[phantom II]

Late night edition . . . After the first primer coat, I had to fix a few small flaws but none the less, a second coat of primer was required.

A coat of Future followed this AM. Really does not look too bad considering the amount of work done on it .

While watching the Future dry, I primed the rudder with white Vallejo .

Looking at it against the decals revealed that the decals were too tall for the rudder, so out came the tape and the steel ruler.

Shortly there after it was ready to install .

Close your eye MP . I know you don't like this stuff !

and voila, the Duck has tail feathers .

Since the paints did not arrive today I decided to remove the cardboard cover and make a plastic plug s to mount the engine .

Off to work on the engine now

Thanks for looking . Cheers, Christian B)

 

[MrT]

 

[jknaus]

Nice Chris. Those stripes really catch the eye. Loving it
James

 

[SA Dave]

Love the stripes :gogo

 

[moon puppy]

Late night edition . . . After the first primer coat, I had to fix a few small flaws but none the less, a second coat of primer was required.

A coat of Future followed this AM. Really does not look too bad considering the amount of work done on it .

While watching the Future dry, I primed the rudder with white Vallejo .

Looking at it against the decals revealed that the decals were too tall for the rudder, so out came the tape and the steel ruler.

Shortly there after it was ready to install .

Close your eye MP . I know you don't like this stuff !

and voila, the Duck has tail feathers .

Since the paints did not arrive today I decided to remove the cardboard cover and make a plastic plug s to mount the engine .

Off to work on the engine now

Thanks for looking . Cheers, Christian B)

No problem with the red, it's the clean up that bugs me!

Looking good Chris :coolio

 

[phantom II]

Bob, the red seemed interminable when I used Humbrol and the siphon style Badger .

Now. with the Iwata and the the Tamiya paint it's clean in around thirty seconds. Same with the Vallejo's

Silver use to be my other paint nightmare . No more, just a little Windex and an old paint brush.

Cheers, Christian B)

 

[moon puppy]

yeah my read is enamel also, need to get some Vallejo, easy clean up.

 

[phantom II]

Tamiya xf-7 + 91 % alcohol

 

[Iron Mike]

Nice work, Chris!

 

[Paulw]

Love those stripes Chris

 

[matrixone]

Nice work on the stripes on the rudder.


Matrixone

 

[phantom II]

Well, definitely nothing earth shaking tonight . Got both the gray and the blue on the airframe.

Really does not look much different yet. The two colors can barely be perceived on the cowl.

A you can see, the float braces did not survive. I need to come up with a better plan. :hmmm

The paint went on very thin and requiring many coats but the finish is quite nice . I'll abuse it latter !

Cheers, Christian B)

 

[SA Dave]

Looks cool to my eye :coolio

 

[paddy]

Tamiya xf-7 + 91 % alcohol

I dont know what has happened to Tamiya paints ? I cant brush them at all now, they drag by the second stroke but as you say with a load of thinners they spray really well. The Ducks coming on a treat

 

[moon puppy]