Napier Heston Type5 Racer - Done
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33 20 October 2023, 17:13
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Started this rare resin kit which I bought at a flea market couple months ago. Can't wait to bring it alive..
11 February, 10:16
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Servus Jürgen, ich kannte dieses Flugzeug bis jetzt gar nicht - man lernt eben nie aus. Es sieht so aus, als ob du da einiges an Spachtelarbeit vor dir hast. Gutes gelingen!
11 February, 10:29
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Watching for sure! I have the same kit in my stash - and its quality is comparable... save the spinner, which consists half of resin and half of an air pocket :/ Keep my fingers crossed 😉
11 February, 10:31
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Hi mates - thx for you interest.
And Yes, Stefan - putty will be needed. Plenty of.
18 February, 09:49
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old fashioned short run resin kit, have not seen one like this for a while. tons of work, but you will get a fantastic almost unique piece!
10 March, 08:12
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That looks like a lot of work to me, fingers crossed that it will be a nice result despite everything. The example is definitely worth the effort.👍
17 March, 18:59
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It reminds me a lot to Dujin's Loire 210 that I have. Horrible resin full of bubbles, bent parts and other imperfections. A lot of work to do.
You're doing a great job, Juergen!
17 March, 19:36
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Hi Duster_d - that is a tricky question. At the end I guess it is less question of what is more difficult rather than a question of "how many hours I am willing to spend" to get this kit in shape.
Vaccu definetly is eating up more of the time.
I like both ways as they cover a sometimes really rare aircraft types.
20 March, 18:16
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So this tiny resin kit is back in the workbench. As expected - a lot of imperfections need to be reworked on the surface. Had some starting issues with the new A-Stand colours I used for the first time.
12 May, 12:51
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Great work so far with the kit!
You have handle the poor resin with excellent skill👍🏻
12 May, 14:45
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You've done fantastic job with these pieces of resin, Juergen! Keep it up!
12 May, 15:24
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Thank you gentlemen - your comments are needed to keep the motivation up (usually I like the challenges of old and/or short-run kits, but this one is exhausting me a bit). 🙂
12 May, 16:23
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... it seems, however, that your are passing the test with flying colours...! 👍 👍 Great work, as everyone agrees!
12 May, 17:08
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Thank you Alex, Bas Tonn & Cujete for your cheers! Rarely cheering was neeed more than with this kit 🙂
👍
17 May, 15:03
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Following along. Takes guts to tackle a resin kit and this one seems particularly challenging 👍
17 May, 15:47
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What a ugly bunch of resin parts, but you managed to convert them in a glossy piece of metal 👍
I thought A-Stand is a re-branded Alclad? I love the Alclad Primer on plastic as it bites into the surface but had not so good experience on resin. Same result during removing masks 🙁 I got a recommendation from a resin figure painter to use Mr. Paint primer and this one works ok for me so far (but do not has the micro filler as Alclad).
17 May, 16:07
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thx Alec & Bughunter.
@ bughunter. I was not aware that is is just a rebrand. But I had a different "feeling" on how the paint behave during application and defenitly they smell different. I have to check for the remaining AlClad stuff to make a comparision.
17 May, 20:32
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really curious about that, still got a good number of Alclad bottles, but they will not last for ever....m
17 May, 20:37
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Internet comments definitly say this is a rebrand of the same product. mmh... I just checked my stash. The metalizers smell same but not the primers - for what ever reason (or my imagination is playing tricks?) at least the primer seems to be different (different odor & it took definitly longer to get dry compared to the 2 Mustangs I just recently did with the AlcladII primer). Anyhow...I will look for a new kit to undergo further tests 😉
cheers mates
17 May, 21:13
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thanks Juergen ! i have regretted quite a few times not to purchased some (big) bottles of old alclad gloss primer when they were still available....
18 May, 10:52
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I passed the finishing line.
Thanks for your interest in this resin kit adventure,.. 😉
30 May, 13:21
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Awesome! You're a wizard, Juergen. (I have the same kit in my stash, but these air-pockets... e.g. 1/3rd of the spinner does not exist in my copy...)
30 May, 15:39
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Thank you so much for your likes and for leaving comments of appreciation!
31 May, 14:39