Wingnut Wings Bristol F.2b Fighter

[thug626]

Looking at those pics made me realize that the wax paints are gorgeous, but do not hold up to repeated handling. Touch ups to be done.

[panzerjager2]

Dave you did all that detail, and still had time for family and life stuff...WOW.... and II'll repeat it for those in the back row...WOW 

PJ2

[thug626]

Thank you PJ2 for the compliment my good man. The engine was done in fits and starts. The ignition harness was done today. Both sides would have been done had I not screwed up the first run. Oh well! I good practice run I guess.

[panzerjager2]

Dave I had a friend who liked to say, "it's not an official trip/journey unless you do at least one turn around or do over"..... words my modeling career has lived by... LOL 
PJ2

[wbill76]

Got some nice detail going on with that powerplant Dave!

[thug626]

Thank you kindly PJ2. Time at the bench of late has been at a premium. I did get the wiring harness finished last week. Other than that, not much progress lately.
Good evening Bill. Thank you for the compliment. I would love to hear one of these running in person. I don't know if there are any running. Vintage Aviator Ltd has some very nice power plants running.

[thug626]

It's been a long while since I posted. Between an Alaskan motorcycle trip (not to mention the logistics involved before and after the trip), my wifes work schedule and getting the twins off to separate colleges.....it's been a bit busy at this end.
Progress at the bench is picking up speed. I got a couple of small things done up last week. Yesterday was a good bit more.
The oil tank is mounted. It's mounting brackets were apparently wooden, so they got painted first.

I masked off the fuselage and laid down some Ghost Grey. The gunners deck isn't finished yet, as there a some areas to be painted to represent wooden panels.

Though the wheels are mounted, they are far from done. No point in weathering them just yet, as there is a lot of handling yet to do.

Much of the progress yesterday was devoted to painting the struts. Simple pieces, but a few steps to get them to look right.
- Primer coat
- Base coat
- Light dusting of IDF primer grey
- Lighter base coat.
- Tamiya clear orange thinned way down and shot at about 8-10psi.
- Satin clear coat
- MIG 502 oil paint to help with color and wood grain.
Mind you this strut is atypical as it has the pitot tube on it. The rest of the struts a just struts. This is one still has some detail painting to go.

Last but not least....the prop. This only has the base coat on. None of the wood effects have been applied as yet. I wanted one with the four bladed prop, and the one I chose will have red markings on the blades. Unfortunately, the prop boss will be covered with a small spinner.

[wing_nut]

Airplane porn, pure and simple.

[thug626]

Good morning Marc. I love it! Thank you kindly.

There was progress made the other day. Today there probably will not be any as we need to get the last twin child supplied for college. Our bank account has run whimpering into the hills....
The pitot strut is painted up. By the looks of the unforgiving digi cam...there is touch up painting needed.

I had gotten the upper wing pre-shaded and painted. In the process I had almost gotten ahead of myself. More on that later. The rig the wing is in is the transport rig for my Tigercat, and for the TIgercat to come.



You can better see the pre-shade on the upper surface in this pic.


I was getting ready to rig the upper wing when I realized that detail painting and weathering the underside of the upper wing, and upper side of the lower wing was going to be far easier before the rigging was in place. I'll be using the flat elastic string from Wingnut Wings for the aerodynamic wires.

[Leon]

Nice progress Dave! The wing looks good.

[deafpanzer]

Looking real good!!!

[Deleted]

Great to see this one again Dave , you’re making great progress too 

[adt70hk]

Very cool indeed!!

[panzerjager2]

As always, your work is off the chart AWESOME.....  
PJ2

[thug626]

Good evening everyone. I haven't left. There's just been a lot landing around us again. At the end of it all we are whole and upright.

A good bit of progress at the bench the last couple of days. Seam corrections, weathering, and the mounting of the top wing. The top side is rigged. It's not yet rigged to the lower wing. The eyeballs need a break after that bit of work.
The light hit the upper deck just right, and revealed a seam that had not been properly taken care of. Well damn! So, I broke out the Vallejo putty and ran a mini trowel in two layers to correct it.

After wet sanding with 1500 grit both top and bottom. Yeah, the bottom had some rough spots. I figured if I was at it.....

Here's what resulted out of the redo. Large flat expanses of plastic with a seam line have always given me fits. At 51 years of age it looks like I've finally figured it out.
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I picked up this masking medium at the LHS. This is the first part I've ever tried it on. It has some fine detail and odd radiuses.

Here's the result of the masking. There was no touch up needed. I'm sold!


I started on some weathering where it would be difficult to get to once the top wing was mounted and rigged.


Top wing mounted today.

The gunners deck was painted with Vallejo and weathered with MIG 502 oils

The next series of pics will explain why my Mk.I eyeballs need a break for the day. The rigging is flat elastic line from WnW and the black line is fine EZ Line.




Thank you for your patience everyone. All constructive criticisms are welcomed and encouraged.

[TRM]

Patience of a saint with all of that rigging! Looking fantastic Dave!

[`Boots`]

Stunning work as per usual Dave.............rather you than me with the rigging tho

[deafpanzer]

I would have lost my mind working on those riggings! Looking real good Dave!

[thug626]

Good evening all.

T I'm not so sure about the saint thing. Damn near launched it today. Started on the rigging and the CA was sticking to everything but the line.
Boots Done with working on the beast for now. Enjoying a beer at the moment.
Andy Damn near lost my mind. The CA was behaving oddly tonight. Sticking to everything but where I wanted it to.

Here's as far as I got this evening. The CA was weird tonight. Accelerator didn't matter/work. Obviously I got the CA to work in a couple of spots.

[panzerjager2]

It does have a cool ring to it "Saint Thug(Dave) of Modeling"....... or even "Saint Thug" model master......   Stunning work I love the detailing
PJ2

[thug626]

Good afternoon PJ2. Sorry for the delay. I had to step away from the winged beastie for a bit. I was eyeballing it on the bench today, and it's time to give the rigging another go. "Saint Thug".....I've been called many things, but never a saint. Thank you for the compliment my good man.

[Leon]

Nice start on the rigging Dave! Looking good so far. As for the CA,i hear you on not behaving when you want it to.

[thug626]

Good evening Leon. Well I tried the new CA.....still having issues. Including a broken line now. Ugh!

[thug626]

Today, I decided to have another go at the rigging for the beast! I decided to start with the cabine rigging, as one of those lines broke during my last go. When I glued the two lines with gap filling CA, they stayed put. Two for two. So, I opted to proceed with the rest of the rigging. Every line stayed put with one attempt. I used accelerator in a few spots, and even the spots where I did use it, the line stayed put. I'm not sure what was so different about today, but it worked. Temperature and humidity were not all that different from when I glued the lines to the bottom wing originally.

As you can see the engine, radiator and gun tube have been mounted.


What took a few weeks to get done on the port side was completed in about 30 minutes on the starboard side.




The old point and shoot digi cam was having fits trying to find a focal point with this pic. Perhaps a SLR digi cam for birthday? The engine will not remain this pristine. The weathering process has yet to start there. The black line you see in the foreground is the drift line. It runs from the forward portion of the engine bearer to the bottom side of the upper wing. It keeps the wings from drifting aft....as in off the airframe.

[panzerjager2]

Dave I have said it before and I'll say it again...... VERY VERY IMPRESSIVE WORK 
PJ2

[thug626]

Thank you very much PJ2. Today will be some touch up work, satin clear coat, and hopefully the mounting of control surfaces. The latter wil have to cure for at least 24 hours before I mount any control lines.

[Leon]

Nice work on getting the rigging done! Engine looks good.

[panzerjager2]

A small question........... nothing about techniques or "how to"... Just wondering, what do you do with a master piece when your done?? 
PJ2

[TRM]

Amazing work Dave!!

[joelsmith]

Dave, in your "avatar" what are the exhausts attached to?