Wingnut Wings Moon Pup

[jknaus]

Hey MP, just looking again and I hate to tell you, you got dust bunnies all over the plane. They really show up on the black.





:evil:



James

 

[moon puppy]

I'll take lower resolution pictures for now on...

 

[moon puppy]

Bob,
Try not to gloss up the prop. Give it a satin finish for scale effect.
The real thing would of lost its shine fairly quickly. The sandpaper effect caused by the elements and prop-wash.

Von Buckle

Thanks! I still think I'll do that dope wrapped look.

 

[randy_ditton]

Hi MP, Have to comment on the paint job, AWESOME!!! The best black application I've seen!!!

How did you do the stars? Randy

 

[moon puppy]

Thanks Randy, Laura did the coaching on the paint job, never even though of painting black in shades of grey.

I cut the stars off the sheet in batches of maybe 15, flooded the surface and just rolled them off. Then wicked the excess water off and slapped some solvent down. There's only two spots where a pattern will be applied. Big Dipper and Little Dipper are on either side of the cockpit.

 

[Sherman 18]

I'm liking it. The rigging, paint, details, and prop is looking great!

 

[moon puppy]

Did you hear it...?

Did you hear the blood curling cry that would make a sailor blush?

No reason you didn't in the crisp winter air.

Just finished rigging the last line on the landing legs...took the torch and heated up the sewing needle I"ve been using to tighten up the lines...last line and I was going to come get the camera to show off...snap...the line is gone...turned out the lights, party over. Came back up to the house to watch the history channel...

[bangs head on desk]

 

[Iron Mike]

D'oh! :gogo That stuff usually happens to me!!

 

[moon puppy]

And the history channel was boring...Netflix time.

Ill do it again but it was on the most cantankerous side, that corner is going to be ugly before it's over.

 

[dirtball]

Calm down, walk away. Tomorrow is another day.You'll get it finished and it WILL look stupendous!........Harv

 

[moon puppy]

Thanks for the encuragement Harv. That's exactly what I did. put the tools down, made sure the pup wasn't going anywhere, turned out the lights and turn on the TV. It'll all be there tomorrow. Down to ten days to finish this so I can clear the deck for the B1.

 

[dirtball]

A B1? Really? What scale? Oh I cant wait. Maybe the F4F will see light again, too........Harv

 

[phantom II]

Gee Bob, just when I though you were having such a good streak too. Do you know where the turnbuckles are ? Hats off to you, it looks gorgeous.

Cheers, Christian

 

[Tim A.]

Well.......I'm tapping the pen on the table and holding my breath for the finish shots

Tim

 

[moon puppy]

opps...got distracted. I'll slip down there and get some shots.

 

[moon puppy]

A little explanation of the Moon. When I applied it a while back it was not what I expected. totally void of the grey color for the outline and seas of the ol' man in the moon.

sent this shot of it to Rowan and he sent out a new set.

Just haven't cleared the pond yet, Christmas traffic and all. Keep hoping it'll be in the mail box any day now, but so far, no joy. I lifted the bad decal with 3M tape to find the missing grey on the underside of the white color. Seems someone at the printers got the sequence of colors backwards I guess.

So here's where we're at now. not much more to do and a lot of days off till January!

 

[dirtball]

HOLY BAT, SH*T MAN! Great work MP. Hope you get it squared away!............Harv

 

[Iron Mike]

That is lookin' awesome, Pupster! Where's der vheels??

 

[jknaus]

That is lookin' awesome, Pupster! Where's der vheels??

He left it parked in a bad part of town. Steering wheels gone too, just a stick left.

:laugh:

James

 

[Iron Mike]

That happened to my Brummbar! hmy: No concrete blocks in sight, might have been aliens??