Spirit of Saint Louis
The pice of the motor was a chunk of plastic
I decided to remove the molded cylinders to replace them with resin ones from a corsair motor kit
The resulted pice
The black base for alclad is done
For the nose I used polished aluminum from alclad
The rest of the kit is assembled
The molded markings on the wings were painted the ones on the nose and tail were covered with super glue from the beginning
A mixture of aluminum plate and stainless steel from metalizer is applied for the hole model
After sealing for decals with sealer from metalizer, the alclad on the nose lost power, so a little touch up was made
For the special metal appearance I made and printed a pattern to simulate it. Here is after it's application.
All decals done
Now time for the new cylinder with its cabling
Job done!
Komentáře
17 May 2015, 05:39
Kerry COXAn ugly duckling into a beautiful swan. !!!
What a transformation.!!
I really need to know if the "Machined metal" look on the nose is a decal, or the actual 'texture' of the mould please ????
This is just amazing. I love her. !!
17 May 2015, 06:21
Łukasz GlińskiGreat result out of such a simple kit.
Must be decal or some tricky painting/polishing IMHO - on pic 5 it's not yet visible.
But I'm interested in the details of that technique too 🙂
17 May 2015, 07:40
Eduardo ArguijoHelo guys, thanks for your comments, I am really glad you liked it. As you implied, the metal texture of the nose is in fact a decal I made, if you are interested, I can send you the patern for you to print on clear decal film.
17 May 2015, 13:28
Kerry COXJust what the doctor ordered, as I am looking for that machined metal look for the mounting plate for my "Wasp" I am currently building.
17 May 2015, 14:00
Hanno KleineckeClean , accurate and highly detailed ! You can hardly squeeze out more than that in this scale, superbly done !
17 May 2015, 16:19
Kerry COXEduardo, I am back to see how your "Spirit" turned out and to take a better look at all you albums as part of my "Grand Tour", visiting all the mates on my :Mates list" and having a good look at all the albums to see what sort of things everyone does.
From the looks of what you have posted, I am most impressed with all you have done mate.
But I do like what you did with that "Chunk Of Plastic", turning it into a real masterpiece.
Your an other of the talented ones I am glad to say I put on my mates list.
Love your models.
Cheers.
Now I am off to the next on my list. 🙂
23 July 2015, 00:26
Album info
This is the walk through build up process
