I'll start out with the models I got painted first.
The C-46 had been sitting too long so I pulled out the engine cowling parts and shot them with some Olive Drab on the tops:
Later I assembled them; masked them when they were dry and shot the grey undercoat on them. I also shot the grey on the landing gear doors:
I also re-shot a coat of Olive Drab over the whole aircraft since it needed a second coat due to some irregularities I saw and had to fill and sand out:
You can see that I did that before shooting the grey.
Next, I re-masked and shot a Dark Ghost Grey topcoat on my F/A-18 Hornet again to fix the flaked paint:
Nest, I masked off the openings in the Stearman with Silly Putty to prepare it for paint:
It doesn't look like it, but that plane is still grey in that pic. Here it is after I shot the cream color over the whole thing, including landing gear parts as well as wing struts:
That reminded me to try and color match the red on the decal sheet. The one on the right is Testor's square bottle gloss red. The one on the left is Testor's Model Master Insignia Red:
They both look the same in this pic, but I assure you they are both darker in color compared to the decal. Personally, I think I might have to go with Testor's Model Master Italian Red. I'm hoping to get some picked up next week.
Moving on, I also shot a Dark Green over my T-54B:
This is glossy in these pics because I shot a gloss clearcoat over it before I realized I hadn't shot a pic of it after I painted it. I also should have finished the rear end before I shot this... oh well.
Speaking of clearcoats, I also shot a gloss clear over my Diamond T truck...
...and my Huey Hog:
The Diamond T doesn't look very glossy in the pic, but it is as shiny as the Hog. These will be getting decals soon.
Now on to the rest of the fun.....
I pulled out my Madge and set to getting the interior finished so I could get it painted and closed up inside the fuselage. First off, I managed to get all the bulkheads installed on the interior:
I purposely left that Exacto in the pic so you can see how big this monster is.
Now here are all the parts for the pilot's seat:
Now here they are all assembled:
I had to make two of them. Now I got them all installed and that completed the interior of this beastie:
Now I set that aside to dry and went to work on the engines....
What engines? There was only one piece to glue into the center of these cowls, so I cemented them in and got the propellers ready to go on after I painted the center of the cowls:
That was quick, so I pulled out the wings and sanded them a bit; then I started to assembled the empennage for the tail:
After this, the interior was all dried; so I got to work painting it. It is impossible to tell, but I shot a coat of light grey paint on these sections of the interior, as well as the tail which isn't in the pic:
After that dried, I started to paint all the details. These will later be drybrushed to bring them out; even though they won't necessarily be seen again once the fuselage closes up:
There's also some decals for the instrument panel that will go on this too.
Next I moved on to my two SCUDs. First I assembled most of the rear sections where the missile carriage is raised:
You can see there's some pretty prominent seams on these parts that got the Mr. Surfacer 500 treatment. I'll get those sanded smooth before I assemble these parts further.
Next I assembled most of the center section of these vehicles. I left off the outer panels so I could paint the interiors. Most of it won't be seen, but some might be seen through the small, round windows on the doors:
Look at all this sweet detail inside this section:
Too bad it's going to be hidden, but I have no room on my shelves for vehicles with doors swung open. Oh well, some of it might be seen through the little round windows....
Just for fun, here's a shot of everything all snapped together and sitting on the chassis:
These are really gonna look great!
Okay, moving right along, my final project on this post is my M1A2 Abrams SEP TUSK. I started out bypassing the part of the instructions where they say to add all the semi-clear parts to all the windows and periscopes on this model. Instead I went straight to assembling all four parts of the lower hull. Then I assembled the upper hull and put the two together:
Then I went and assembled the main gun:
Finally, since I had the main gun; I needed a turret to mount it in:
Wow, that looks so basic. Time to add all the goodies to this and make it look good:
All that's left to do with this is to add all the windows to the parts that need them; assemble the TUSK portions of the hatches and then I can paint this. I'll add all the breakable fiddly bits later on when this is mostly done. On the lower hull, all that is needed is to add the wheels and tracks and then I can paint it too.
In closing, I'll leave you with a shot of this tank all dry-fit together so far. Enjoy:
That's all I have for now. I'm gonna have a very busy weekend so I doubt I'll get anything more done until next week. Stay tuned for more and until then, comments are welcome. Thanks for looking in.
why so accurate inside and a so poor front engine :( I have two engines from the C-97 to replace the vebplastic kit engines
