This one is just about finished now...
Earlier today I masked off the clear parts... again. Due to the change in colors the canopy no longer matched the surrounding camouflage. So I had to re spray the frames in RAF Middlestone.
Here in this picture below, you can see that I have already started removing the masking...
The cockpit was given a final bit of touch up paint...
and the exhausts were installed. This involved a lot of trim and cutting work on the kit provided plastic parts. Rather than install the exhaust stacks one by one as the instructions would have you do, I left them complete. I sanded down the backing to almost a paper thin thickness. Then I cut them apart, but left two stacks connected per set. These were much easier to install than individual pipes...
By now the paint had dried on the canopy, so I removed the remaining masking.
and proceeded to glue them in place, along with the pitot tube and the antennae mast.
Then a little more painting was in order on the newly installed bits...
Here's how "Light House Louie" looks at the moment...
A little more weathering details will be done to it, some exhaust staining, antennae cable, and it's completed.
As usual,
comments are encouraged.
