North American LT-6D Texan,aka ”Mosquito” Monogram 1/48 FINISHED!

Started by Marcus Vinicius Teixeira Borges · 65 · 3 years ago
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    Marcus Vinicius Teixeira Borges said 3 years, 8 months ago:

    Got some spare time,and the cockpit is finished and soon it is time to join the fuselages:

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 3 years, 8 months ago:

    Wow! Terrific, my friend @mvtb!
    Looking forward to see the fuselage assembled!

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    Marcus Vinicius Teixeira Borges said 3 years, 8 months ago:

    Kindness of yours my friend...and,as you wished,the fuselage is assembled,plus exhausts and engine:

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    Marcus Vinicius Teixeira Borges said 3 years, 8 months ago:

    Rear instrument panel attached to its cover and wheel covers too:

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 3 years, 8 months ago:

    Nice, tidy work, my friend @mvtb!

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    Marcus Vinicius Teixeira Borges said 3 years, 8 months ago:

    Tks Spiros,battling with the wing-fuselage joint...

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    Marcus Vinicius Teixeira Borges said 3 years, 8 months ago:

    ...which has been covered with plastcard sheet and putty,along with the fus:

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    Marcus Vinicius Teixeira Borges said 3 years, 8 months ago:

    Forward antenna mast installed:

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 3 years, 8 months ago:

    This is some serious filling, my friend @mvtb!
    You are so brave as to install the antenna mast at these early (to me!) stages...
    I usually install them at very very late stages and, if they are already attached, i bravely cut them off! 🙂
    You are doing an amazing job there! And quite good progress, too!
    Looking forward to your next steps!

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    Marcus Vinicius Teixeira Borges said 3 years, 8 months ago:

    Not at all my friend,for it is water based putty...a moist Q-tip will do...

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    Marcus Vinicius Teixeira Borges said 3 years, 8 months ago:

    Q-tip moisted with common alcohol to level the putty without damaging any details:

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    Marcus Vinicius Teixeira Borges said 3 years, 8 months ago:

    Ready for the initial primer layer:

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    Marcus Vinicius Teixeira Borges said 3 years, 8 months ago:

    Primed...as advised used straight from the bottle,but I didn´t quite like it that way as to after spraying cleaning...:

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 3 years, 8 months ago:

    Good morning, my friend @mvtb!

    The primer looks OK from here...

    May I suppose it has a rough texture? Kind of "build up" paint? If so, you can always sand the rough spots (or the whole model, why not?) with 2000 grit or so...

    By the way, this water based putty is nice! I was using a similar stuff back in the 80s, it was very nice and easy to work with. Only drawback that it wouldn't adhere so well onto the surface. I might complimentary start to use it again. Thanks for the inspiration!

    Looking forward to your progress!

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    Erik Gjørup said 3 years, 8 months ago:

    Hey, I have been away for only a day, and you have made such a lot of progress! Sorry to hear about the primer. I seem to like to always thin mine no matter what the label says, but most often I have to sand too.