Sea Cobra
Not something you'd call an engineering marvel...
Humbrol 105 behaved very well during spraynig
Instruction shows only placement of part of the included decals
The decals (though very old) went on extremely well
But the the problem s begun - second layer of GX100 here
Thinned the paint a bit more - no change
The paint didn;t want to flow under 1 bar, hmmmmm...
And here's the culprit, dunno what it is but it was blocking the nozzle.
And when I thought it's the last step - UV cut flat varnish...
... it reacted with the Humbrol (which was sealed with GX100) 😠
Kommentit
16 February 2019, 08:53
Bart Goesaert
Looking good, there is also a nice cockpit in resin, when you can find it
Looking good, there is also a nice cockpit in resin, when you can find it
18 April 2019, 04:36
Łukasz Gliński
Hi Bart, thanks, but I decided to stay with the contents of the kit 🙂 Currently it's already sprayed green, but the enamel has to dry before I continue 🙂
Hi Bart, thanks, but I decided to stay with the contents of the kit 🙂 Currently it's already sprayed green, but the enamel has to dry before I continue 🙂
18 April 2019, 08:31
Łukasz Gliński
Sorry to dissapoint you, but the Cobra landed in the trash bin tonight. It went fine till I started sealing the kit using GX112, then it reacted with the Humbrol under the gloss varnish and started to peel off everywhere 😠 Maybe one day I'll build another one, but for now I'm moving on to other kits. In case you want to check the details, I added the pics and captions from todays fight.
Thanks and take care!
Sorry to dissapoint you, but the Cobra landed in the trash bin tonight. It went fine till I started sealing the kit using GX112, then it reacted with the Humbrol under the gloss varnish and started to peel off everywhere 😠 Maybe one day I'll build another one, but for now I'm moving on to other kits. In case you want to check the details, I added the pics and captions from todays fight.
Thanks and take care!
20 April 2019, 21:09
Łukasz Gliński
Either GX100 gloss layer was too thin or I sprayed too much of GX112. I'll retest it soon on some unused parts.
Either GX100 gloss layer was too thin or I sprayed too much of GX112. I'll retest it soon on some unused parts.
26 April 2019, 13:18
Łukasz Gliński
Well, nope, I do it only for the rare kits (e.g. Avanti or Electra). This tooling is freely available either from Aeroplast or Italeri, so I'll build one of them would I ever like to come back to this topic😉
And I have another single-engined Cobra in my stash too, so I decided it's not worth it.
Well, nope, I do it only for the rare kits (e.g. Avanti or Electra). This tooling is freely available either from Aeroplast or Italeri, so I'll build one of them would I ever like to come back to this topic😉
And I have another single-engined Cobra in my stash too, so I decided it's not worth it.
28 April 2019, 19:54
Łukasz Gliński
😄 Maybe one day I'll come back to SeaCobra, maybe even after my imminent USS Interpid visit😉
😄 Maybe one day I'll come back to SeaCobra, maybe even after my imminent USS Interpid visit😉
24 May 2019, 19:24