Building
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Just got started. Removed the pieces from the tree, mounted them in toothpicks with blutack and painted them mouse grey matt (Revel 36147) with a paint brush as it was the only matt grey I have.
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I mixed red and yellow to achieve matt orange for the space suits. I painted the details on the cockpit black with sort-of-dry-brushing.
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Assembled the cockpit. I sanded the parts where I was gluing as I was using Revell Contacta and it's my understanding it needs to contact the plastic to fuse them together. I used CA for the pilots.
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Assembled the cockpit. I sanded the parts where I was gluing as I was using Revell Contacta and it's my understanding it needs to contact the plastic to fuse them together. I used CA for the pilots. I don't think I should have painted the seat belts.
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Assembled the two big halves of the airplane with too much Revell Contacta glue.
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Assembled the two big halves of the airplane with too much Revell Contacta glue.
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Evaluating masking the cockpits instead of the windows.
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Evaluating masking the cockpits instead of the windows.
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Evaluating masking the cockpits instead of the windows.
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Evaluating masking the cockpits instead of the windows. I put some paper tissue inside to push the tape against the sides and keep it in place.
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Evaluating masking the cockpits instead of the windows.
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Making the cone shorter, 9.2mm shorter for mach 3.2.
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Making the cone shorter, 9.2mm shorter for mach 3.2.
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Making the cone shorter, 9.2mm shorter for mach 3.2.
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Adding the exhausts. I'm not sure what's the best way to make them look like they are at full throttle.
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The landing gear doors will need their hinges removed to be glued closed.
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Closed landing gears.
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The front landing gear will be more challenging as I have to cut them longitudinally (instead of removing a small hinge).
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It's really annoying how they add captions on the outside, right next to some raised detail.
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Nose cone, inlet cones and front landing gear (closed). I need better lighting.
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All pieces glued in.
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Trying to hide the crimes, making new ones. I'm disliking raised details, sanding them off it'll be painful.
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First time applying primer.
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Trying to make that washed-off grey to paint the SR-71 by using a piece that I'm discarding.
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The washed-off gray looked horrible, so, I didn't even took a pic of it and painted it mat black
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I think the cockpit turned out quite well. Last glimpse before covering it with the canopy.
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I think the cockpit turned out quite well. Last glimpse before covering it with the canopy.
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Using chalk pastels for the washed off gray. Didn't work, the mat transparent cover dissolved it
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Using chalk pastels for the washed off gray. Didn't work, the mat transparent cover dissolved it
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Fresh decals.
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Decals and after this, weathering using sort of dot-filter with oil paints.
Kommentit
6 4 January 2018, 11:34
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welcome to SCM and welcome back to the hobby.
SR71? Nice choice 🙂 you have one to look at not too far from you...Duxford is great if love airplanes 🙂
4 January 2018, 12:32
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Cool Choice! I've got the same one from Hasegawa. Looking forward to see yours finished! Have fun 😉
4 January 2018, 12:52
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Spanjaard: I just learned that there's one in the UK, so, I'm definitely going to visit. I remember seeing one in Florida and the day I visit, for some reason, the fence around it was gone and I didn't even know I wasn't supposed to walk up to it and touch it, so, I did. This was in the 90s. When I went back, it was fenced around.
4 January 2018, 13:49
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you were really lucky! you can get close to the one in Duxford, but guards may not be probably like if you do touch it 😉
The collection is fantastic. I was there from opening to closing time to get as much detail pictures as I could....but even without the camera, I would have spent the whole day there.
If you have not seen it, RAF museum London should be quite good too. I was there 10 years ago, but I think they have changed it later. they seem to have now a B-17 that i do not remember seeing in '07, and the Me-262 (my favourite) is now in Cosford RAF museum.
4 January 2018, 14:10
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welcome back to the hobby ,,,, Blackbird looks good so far ,,,, following
4 January 2018, 15:20