Re: NYLON GAG MK 1?
Evenin All,
Had a very busy weekend on the MK.1
The painting continues, lets have a look see
I did some prep for the hitch 'dumbell'
This is going to be painted with Alclad chrome so first i had to get all the pieces together
A washing up bottle lid, two vodka pouring spouts, hollowed out and put back to back and two clear christmas tree decorations, one with a hole all the way through and the other with just a hole one side.
I then sanded the balls to remove seam lines and give them a uniform finish.
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Then hit them with primer, Mmmmmmmmmmm primer
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And finally with Alclad gloss black
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I then did a bit of detail painting of the pump assembly on the top of the wing.
I first masked of the area
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Then painted the whole thing with Titanium silver, i then picked out the details with gold, black, copper, steel and chrome silver
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Next was the main wing top panels but first i had to attach the rear flap assemblies, i did this with some tiny screws. I was during this process i discovered that i had lost one of my small assemblies designed to hide the large screw that holds the engine fairing on. i looked everywhere but couldn't find it so i had to make some new ones from tubing and some styrene detail pieces and a tank track
After i gave it a coat of flat black it blends in ok, you can see the screw but it doesn't look to bad
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Then it was on with the main panels, the idea was to mask off different sets and hit them with a different process and colour combo each time.
I first did some of the flap control details.
Mask
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Paint with A mix of Titanium silver some gold with a splash of chrome silver
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Next set,
mask
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Paint with metallic grey around the edges and over the pipes, that were also masked, followed by chrome silver in the middle working out then a very light dusting with steel and silver mix then another edge pass and i also picked out some details with flat black
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Remove masking
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Next set,
Mask
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Paint with metallic grey mainly on the front and outer edges of the panels and again over the pipes and flat aluminium in the center working out
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De-mask,
It looks very harsh in the pictures but in real life its a very subtle look with a slight difference from one set of panels to the other
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Then it was on to the leading edge of both the main and front wings with a few panels on the engine fairings and around the side intakes
Mask and first coat with Alclad gloss black
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Then a layer of Alclad chrome.
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Then this morning i removed all the masking and put the cockpit and radar assemblies on.
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Did a few panels with different shades (mainly to hide a few sections of over spray) and finished the rear flaps with matallic grey edges and flat aluminium centers with a bit of shading with flat black.
And this is what i've got now.
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Next is to hit a few random panels with a brown wash mix.
But thats next time
Stay tuned my friends
Take care
Gagster
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