Thank you gentlemen for the very kind words.
Up next is a new installment. Like Erik mentioned earlier with his foil comments, I decided to make an effort and apply some foil to various parts of the Kikka. One landing gear bay was done as a test to see if it was even possible.
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1. This side is painted
2. Foil applied to this side.
I am happy to say it was not only possible, but now it is completed as well.
The landing gear bays were painted, but they looked too oxidized to me, especially since I wanted to model this one as it looked like during the second and final flight.
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1. Foil has been applied to this side
Not being happy with the results, I applied foil to one side. I like how it looked, even though I used "Matt Aluminum" shade of BMF.
Here you can see the main gear bay now has foil on one side.
The wheels and landing gear doors were also given the same foil treatment.
Our newly adopted cat wanted to help with the picture taking process. Here his paw is gently re arranging the parts for a better picture... Needless to say, my German Shepherd is now upset that she is not in the picture too. Her paws are too big though... This cat showed up about two months ago. We have looked around our neighborhood to find his owner, and finally after we did locate her, she agreed to allow us to keep the cat.
I added some ultra bright chrome to the shock portions of the landing gear oleos. Once this was done, these parts were installed.
Now the Kikka will rest inverted while the landing gear dries. This will also help with compressed spinal column discs. Decals are next...
As usual comments are encouraged.
