Spirit of Saint Louis

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May 17, 2015
The pice of the motor was a chunk of plastic
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May 17, 2015
I decided to remove the molded cylinders to replace them with resin ones from a corsair motor kit
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May 17, 2015
The resulted pice
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May 17, 2015
The black base for alclad is done
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May 17, 2015
For the nose I used polished aluminum from alclad
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May 17, 2015
The rest of the kit is assembled
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May 17, 2015
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May 17, 2015
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May 17, 2015
The molded markings on the wings were painted the ones on the nose and tail were covered with super glue from the beginning
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May 17, 2015
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May 17, 2015
A mixture of aluminum plate and stainless steel from metalizer is applied for the hole model
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May 17, 2015
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May 17, 2015
After sealing for decals with sealer from metalizer, the alclad on the nose lost power, so a little touch up was made
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May 17, 2015
For the special metal appearance I made and printed a pattern to simulate it. Here is after it's application.
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May 17, 2015
All decals done
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May 17, 2015
Now time for the new cylinder with its cabling
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May 17, 2015
Job done!

Comments

17 May 2015, 05:39

Kerry COX
An 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 Gliński
Great 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 Arguijo
Helo 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 COX
Just 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 Kleinecke
Clean , accurate and highly detailed ! You can hardly squeeze out more than that in this scale, superbly done !

17 May 2015, 16:19

Eduardo Arguijo
Thanks hanno!

18 May 2015, 05:42

Kerry COX
Eduardo, 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

Eduardo Arguijo
Thanks kerry, i am very glad you liked it

14 September 2015, 12:17

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