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#4512842 - 03/26/20 01:58 PM Re: The more modern Spad, Douglas A1H Skyraider [Re: Ajay]  
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Agreed smile It's a roller coaster of a watch.


Masked and painted the leading edges, i really ended up doing this all ass about face. I should have done these and the still to be done black outs on the wings before glueing them to the fuselage. I also should not have stuck on any of the pylons as all i have done is make it hard on myself for no other reason than my head has been in fairy land for half of this build.

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Same as with the engine cowl, i will wait a few days and then give these a decent cloth rub.

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#4512863 - 03/26/20 04:18 PM Re: The more modern Spad, Douglas A1H Skyraider [Re: Ajay]  
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Had to dry my eyes but still glad I watched it..


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#4513133 - 03/28/20 01:23 AM Re: The more modern Spad, Douglas A1H Skyraider [Re: Ajay]  
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Glad you got to watch it mate.Very coo, although tragic, doco.


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#4513525 - 03/30/20 03:16 PM Re: The more modern Spad, Douglas A1H Skyraider [Re: Ajay]  
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Arggh. I just did a 10 picture update but only hit preview post and then thinking i posted, shut down the pc for the night and then checking it now on my phone as i always do realised what i did. Will re-update tomorrow biggrin


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#4513664 - 03/31/20 08:38 AM Re: The more modern Spad, Douglas A1H Skyraider [Re: Ajay]  
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Ok, let's try again. Pylons, flaps and tail wings on. The flaps needed some sanding to fit, tight, and the flap hangers need some touch up as does underneath the rear wing.

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Tail wheel assembly cut in half and snugged in nicely.

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For some reason i thought i needed to add a skirt to the canopy mechanism... so i modelled this (if you can call it that) out of milliput from a cutaway drawing i have of the plane. I should have just left the mech open but it's done and dusted now. The colour i have started to paint it, a canvasy/khaki type of colour is way off as it should be white so it is still a wip.

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Wing radar warning antennas painted, cleared and ready for decals after she cures.

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Decided against using the supplied decals for the prop. Those things are no fun at all, require fine trimming and just never really fit great, painted looks better and is less work.

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That was last nights failed post, today was decalling. I was going to finish off the canopy rail skirt but i'll dive into that tomorrow with the other small touchup stuff. Started out with the fuselage split decals..

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...that match up with the rear top of the fuselage dive flap

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After initially placing them both, i found you have to overlap them to get a neat fit, this was about as good as i could get regards matching the star and stripes and edges.

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One side done, very nice to have some colour added to all that white and gull grey.

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The tip of the bolt should settle with some Markfit applied. Once the AK decal is fully dry i will slice the clear section down the rudder line and Markfit it as well.

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I managed to split this engine cowl decal removing it as it was overhanging, always read the instructions first kids biggrin

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The reason..i still hadn't joined the cowl flaps to the cowl, looking at the decal sheet i was like..oh..that's why it was too long..

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Attempt two, engine finally fitted and cowl flaps on. Same as the bolt, this should settle overnight. I let it sit like this for a few minutes before rolling the decal out with a cotton bud and then applying some Markfit.

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Opposite side completed.

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And left to settle overnight.

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#4514189 - 04/02/20 07:20 PM Re: The more modern Spad, Douglas A1H Skyraider [Re: Ajay]  
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Awesome Ajay.

Happy Birthday to ya also mate.

I'll have a virtual one with ya later...well real for me.


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#4514254 - 04/03/20 01:04 AM Re: The more modern Spad, Douglas A1H Skyraider [Re: Ajay]  
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Hit the big five o so i am officially an old f art. old_simmer That number that seems impossibly far away when you're a kid building models finally caught me. Cheers mate, look after yourself.


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#4514288 - 04/03/20 09:27 AM Re: The more modern Spad, Douglas A1H Skyraider [Re: Ajay]  
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Ajay the Mona Lisa is a cartoon compared to your work and Happy birthday Mate..This month I'll be 71 being 50 felt like yesterday


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#4514391 - 04/03/20 04:23 PM Re: The more modern Spad, Douglas A1H Skyraider [Re: Ajay]  
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Happy birthday Ajay. I hit that milestone last year, can't remember being happier!


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#4514413 - 04/03/20 05:16 PM Re: The more modern Spad, Douglas A1H Skyraider [Re: Ajay]  
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Thanks guys, the old time...she certainly flies by!


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#4514510 - 04/04/20 12:39 AM Re: The more modern Spad, Douglas A1H Skyraider [Re: Ajay]  
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I have discovered that no matter how hard and fast you run time still catches-up with you.


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#4514612 - 04/04/20 03:32 PM Re: The more modern Spad, Douglas A1H Skyraider [Re: oldgrognard]  
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Originally Posted by oldgrognard
I have discovered that no matter how hard and fast you run time still catches-up with you.

And the grey hair is inevitable... creeping towards my 64th...


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#4514630 - 04/04/20 04:18 PM Re: The more modern Spad, Douglas A1H Skyraider [Re: Ajay]  
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Geez, not sure whether you guys are making me feel better or just older, biggrin
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#4514792 - 04/05/20 04:37 PM Re: The more modern Spad, Douglas A1H Skyraider [Re: Ajay]  
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There's always gotta be that guy that out does everyone else biggrin

Here's to the next twenty Fittop cheers


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#4515426 - 04/09/20 06:36 AM Re: The more modern Spad, Douglas A1H Skyraider [Re: Alicatt]  
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Originally Posted by Alicatt
Originally Posted by oldgrognard
I have discovered that no matter how hard and fast you run time still catches-up with you.

And the grey hair is inevitable... creeping towards my 64th...

Or the lack of hair.


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#4515477 - 04/09/20 01:31 PM Re: The more modern Spad, Douglas A1H Skyraider [Re: KraziKanuK]  
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Originally Posted by KraziKanuK
Originally Posted by Alicatt
Originally Posted by oldgrognard
I have discovered that no matter how hard and fast you run time still catches-up with you.

And the grey hair is inevitable... creeping towards my 64th...

Or the lack of hair.


… or the growth of hair in unwanted places cuss


We`ve really become a bunch of old farts, when I first joined first here was when this other sim-site (forgot the name) had gone pay-ware, I was in my early 30ies back then.

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#4516185 - 04/13/20 04:18 PM Re: The more modern Spad, Douglas A1H Skyraider [Re: Ajay]  
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Clear and weathering. I've noticed with a couple of my kits that the decal softener i use, Markfit, is affecting my paintwork so i'm going to have to change it out for the microsol and microset from now on. More on that further down. I ummed and ahhed a bit about how i was going to tackle the weathering, the underneath and the vertical fuselages streaks on the side make me nervous biggrin I decided to go all in, these birds get dirty.

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The tank and engine oil shouldn't be so bad...


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...it's fuselage that worries me the most, but i'll see what i can do.





Started off with some panel liner after clearcoating and letting it sit for a few days. Once that had set i used two different acrylic engine oil colours that i hope will blend together a bit better once i get to the oil weathering stage.


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The prop decal never fully settled, i worked it about as much as i could before it got to the 'starting to fall apart stage' The tail decal i had to slice to get it to seat neatly around the light fitting.


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Gorgeous day outside so i moved the whole shebang out of the shed and invested in some rums. This whole staying trapped at home is getting a bit barmy.


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Oiled wing compared to non oiled.


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Oil and white spirit mix on

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First wipe over. You can see the Markfit issue here around the decal.

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Second wipe over

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Mostly done. Qtips and the white spirits sorted most of it out. I'll give the whole plane a final wipe down before i do the dull clear coat.

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Lower about halfway through

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Cowling started


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Lower mostly done... and i only managed to break one piece.

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Fuselage sides, just getting to this stage took what seemed ages..the day had well gone and the moon was well up.

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My eyes ended up about as blurry as that last shot so i called it quits for the night biggrin Still a bit of mucking around to go with the oil paint and then let it sit for a few days and settle.


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#4516815 - 04/17/20 07:17 AM Re: The more modern Spad, Douglas A1H Skyraider [Re: Ajay]  
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Flatted out and drying after a hundred and one little touch ups,

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Ordnance and nose finally on.

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Cannon, canopy, antenna to go and i think that's it. I need to clean and reclear the base as well.




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#4517159 - 04/19/20 07:03 AM Re: The more modern Spad, Douglas A1H Skyraider [Re: Ajay]  
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Spruced up the base with a couple of coats of clear and mated the model to it for eternity, barring cats, with some zapagap. My old photo box was too small for this kit so i have had t revert back to a couple of sheets of large card.

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So here is the big dirty girl.


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I had a patch of a few weeks in the middle of this one where i slowed right down and was just procrastinating with it. I managed to give myself an extra shove in the last week and get her knocked out. It felt like i had to switch over to the reserve tank to get home biggrin


Edit - annoyingly i didn't notice the loose rocket pod pylon until i rechecked my photos. Some of them were a tight fit so i didn't glue them if i felt they didn't need it. That one, in hindsight, clearly did. Doh!

Last edited by Ajay; 04/19/20 09:19 AM.

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A marvellous job there!
Before mounting it on base for eternity, are you tempted to hand-fly it round your workroom with a 'skeeeeoow, takka takka takka!"?

Kite looks as though it leaks oil like a 1960's BSA bike!



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