NOVO 1/72 Gloster Whittle E28/39 Pioneer

[Heavens Eagle]

You're getting there Chris. What you started with was a disaster and you have made some serious progress on it.

 

[paddy]

I agree with Paul , This really shows you dont need to spend much to have a bit of fun

 

[moon puppy]

Testors Metalizer Sealer

Wooo, you still have some of that stuff!

You got this

 

[centaur567]

Go man go!! Gary S.

 

[Rhino]

Lazarus is coming out better than I expected. One little bit of tape on the canopy pulled off during demasking and there are only a couple of spots to touch up on the trainer lellow paint. That little gap at the back of the canopy shouldn't be much of an issue.
He may make the 31 March deadline after all!

We went to Hob Lob to get cute buttons for My sweetie's great grandbaby crochet project, so I pick up some more Testors clear gloss. We'll see how this compares to the very rare Metalizer Sealer. "Flammable" "Poison". That's just my game!

 

[paddy]

. "Flammable" "Poison". That's just my game!

Good stuff, can i suggest a slice of lemon to take the edge off ?

 

[Rhino]

The Floquil green paint remains a bit sticky, so no clear coat or decals yet.



One of "Lazarus" other "sins" is a broken kit landing gear leg. If you have a moose-footed friend, do remind them not to tread on their model kits.
The kit gear leg measured .0463 in diameter. A piece of .040 copper will suffice. A bit of trimming, careful boring and drilling and a teensy bend should get this landing gear back into good graces.
My hope is that this is sturdy enough to hold the little lead-weighted E28/39's girth.
She's looking less and less like a chocolate Easter RAF airplane, yes?

I "gain paint". I wonder if anyone else does. Mixing a few drops of paint and thinner, airbrushing my small model articles, and returning the paint left over in the cup to the bottle, sometimes "breaks even" or shows a tiny increase in paint quantity.
I may be taking "Waste not, Want not" a bit too seriously. Eventually the paint bottle is thinned enough to airbrush without adding thinner. BONUS!!
Do you men shoot the leftover color into the cleaning station, or save the leftovers?
Hob Lob still carries the original Testors enamel paint. I began modeling with these, and seem to have come full circle to my much earlier childhood for a few shades.

 

[moon puppy]

 

[Heavens Eagle]

I do occasionally go to HL for some old Testors paint. The small bottle is the only size the Zinc Chromate Yellow ever showed up as. Go Figure!
This wee little beastie is looking good Chris! Keep it up!

 

[Rhino]

Between the late start and plastic surgury, the bus, the school, Tooties's funeral and the slow curing of my favorite paints, this is as far as I have gotten in the allotted time with Lazarus.
The clear coat is on, and decals commence shortly.
I concede defeat this go round.

 

[Rhino]

"Dear Clear Prop,
Eat a Baggadix! The numbers on your decal instructions and the numbers on your E28/39 decal sheet show NO correlation whatsoever. Couple this with the fact that the register and thickness of your decals make Tamiya and even old Monogram kit decals look dainty by comparison. 3 generous sloshings of Solva-Set decal solution hardly phases them.
What did you print these with? Latex Exterior paint?
Regards,
Every Model Maker."

You've been warned.

 

[Heavens Eagle]

I have had a couple of kits where the decals were impervious to anything that you would normally use. One was an MPC kit back in the early 80's a 1/24th scale Stuka (Airfix). The other kit was the Italeri 1/12th scale F 16 cockpit. On the F-16 I was able to place the decals and make them stick, but Micro Sol wouldn't touch them. I ended up "VERY CAREFULLY" flowing some Testors liquid glue just under the decal to melt it down. Worked like a champ but was quite scary.

 

[Rhino]

After an overly generous Solav-Set bathing of the thick, awful Clear Prop decals, things are progressing on the Novo 1/72 scale Pioneer build.

Real Life got in the way of finishing this build in time to qualify for the Modeler's Alliance March "Micro Modelers Month" finish line, but whaddyagonnado? Real Life happens, and it happens all the time.

I would comment the dinky single color stencil decals were better than the chunky multi-color insignias.

One may find nearly every 1/72 Clear Prop kit I have bought for sale on tlarmodels.com for this reason alone.

I'll build an old Turd model, but I insist on quality decals. Clear Prop can clearly kiss my Rebel dick!

We've quite the Midwest thunderstorm booming over our heads just now. Ah, spring!

 

[moon puppy]

Good save Chris!

 

[Heavens Eagle]

You are getting there Chris!