Not again, haven't we had enough watching him struggle with Eduardarrrgghh

Undercarriage piped up and done as well as the prop and spinner. 

Interior of wings and coolers finished. 

Cockpit and exhausts done. 

 

Not going well together with me 'n' Eddie probably a bit more of me as usual. Anyway had to scrape away a lot of plastic from the wing root on the portside to get rid of a massive step and the top of the female part of the undercarriage plug, there is still a slight step. But I am not going in with sanders as I would lose detail. All that just to get a fit and the dihedral. 

I laud Edward for the detail, but because of said problems shown in the previous snap, there is a misalignment of the centre line. I could sand it out, re-scribe and re-rivet. Life's to short, as long as I turn out a reasonable looking, fairly accurate model then I'm happy and that's what counts.  

Masking part one completed. 

Ready for primer. 

Primed. 

Mistakes and imperfections shown up under the primer to be rectified. 

Sand, sand, sand, prime, sand, sand prime, sand, prime, prime, sand, sand, ooh paint! Sand, sand, sand, prime. Buggerit! I'm going T'Club fer a Pint. . . . . . Or three, four, five. 

Yellow nose/tail done and spinner/prop finished plus interior RLM02 too. 

Some masking to do, then onto the main painting. 

RLM76 Applied to the appropriate areas. 

 

Trust me, to pick a scheme that needs a lot of masking. 

 

RLM74 and RLM75 Applied. 

Preliminary camouflage put down, some tidying up to do and then doodling/noodling the mottling. 

This is mocked up at the moment. Areas need touching/cleaning up. Mottling finished just varying shades of RLM74 and not that accurate if you look at the pattern on the teaser, but I'm happy with it. I found the portside painted radiator flap I had been looking for. For a week! I don't know why it was in our bedroom. 

 

Varnish, decals and a preliminary wash next.