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Post by tcoat on Feb 10, 2024 0:00:41 GMT -5
I looked at dozens of pictures and never saw any of these! The staining goes way further aft than I would have thought. The exhaust sure made a mess of these birds!! Guess that is what happens when you pump the exhaust out directly against the skin! |
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Post by TJ on Feb 10, 2024 5:16:09 GMT -5
Yeah, I have some potato quality photos in my references that I went off of. Including a couple of those same ones. So I went over the top of the wings and some on the side of the nacelles in that pattern. Of course, I weathered mine lightly so it was more of a recently painted bird. I only have that same photo from the bottom but you can sort of see it on the side in this last one. I looked at dozens of pictures and never saw any of these! The staining goes way further aft than I would have thought. If you look at Pacific theater Allison Mustangs the exhaust staining is about the same. My references say that they leaned the fuel mixture to get the most range . I would assume they did the same with the Widows |
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Post by jmarc on Feb 10, 2024 8:34:20 GMT -5
PPPPPPPPPPPretty neat so far .. keep it up !
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Post by tcoat on Feb 10, 2024 8:40:14 GMT -5
I looked at dozens of pictures and never saw any of these! The staining goes way further aft than I would have thought. If you look at Pacific theater Allison Mustangs the exhaust staining is about the same. My references say that they leaned the fuel mixture to get the most range . I would assume they did the same with the Widows Oh no doubt. Doesn't help that those radial engines burned and spewed oil at a rate measured in GALLONS per hour each. At that rate they were practically two stroke and had to make a mess. |
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Post by brandonk on Feb 10, 2024 11:21:29 GMT -5
Man, you are moving right along on this one. She looks fantastic.!!
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Post by tcoat on Feb 10, 2024 13:14:00 GMT -5
Coming together. Next up those pesky exhaust stains.  |
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Post by jeaton01 on Feb 10, 2024 13:44:03 GMT -5
Glass looks very good, Tony. You are almost to the finish line.
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Post by lyle on Feb 10, 2024 14:30:40 GMT -5
looking quite the part and very good.
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Post by kyledehart5 on Feb 10, 2024 20:23:05 GMT -5
Great work! That’s exceptionally nice.
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Post by tcoat on Feb 11, 2024 10:56:56 GMT -5
Glass looks very good, Tony. You are almost to the finish line. Well it looks ok from 3 feet away but falls closer examination. I tried an experiment with dipping the clear in Rejuvenate floor finish to see if it will work as a replacement for Future. It seemed great until I started pulling the masks off and it flaked off with it. Ended up with a dirty looking canopy with some gaps in the framing. I will be leaving it as is though since this whole build was just to see how the kit went together anyway. I will save the little Future I have left for canopy/glass dips and use the Rejuvenate for my tinted washes and decal sealing.  |
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Post by deafpanzer on Feb 11, 2024 11:03:45 GMT -5
Glass looks very good, Tony. You are almost to the finish line. Well it looks ok from 3 feet away but falls closer examination. I tried an experiment with dipping the clear in Rejuvenate floor finish to see if it will work as a replacement for Future. It seemed great until I started pulling the masks off and it flaked off with it. Ended up with a dirty looking canopy with some gaps in the framing. I will be leaving it as is though since this whole build was just to see how the kit went together anyway. I will save the little Future I have left for canopy/glass dips and use the Rejuvenate for my tinted washes and decal sealing. I think I am in love... when can I meet her?  Great work so far!!! I wonder how hard it is to find the original Future out there now. I still have about 4/5 of bottle left and let me know if you need more.  |
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Post by lyle on Feb 11, 2024 11:04:19 GMT -5
Looks great for such a difficult kit. Heck, looks great, period.
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Post by tcoat on Feb 11, 2024 11:16:20 GMT -5
Well it looks ok from 3 feet away but falls closer examination. I tried an experiment with dipping the clear in Rejuvenate floor finish to see if it will work as a replacement for Future. It seemed great until I started pulling the masks off and it flaked off with it. Ended up with a dirty looking canopy with some gaps in the framing. I will be leaving it as is though since this whole build was just to see how the kit went together anyway. I will save the little Future I have left for canopy/glass dips and use the Rejuvenate for my tinted washes and decal sealing. I think I am in love... when can I meet her? Great work so far!!! I wonder how hard it is to find the original Future out there now. I still have about 4/5 of bottle left and let me know if you need more. If you mean the Hussy herself she is over 100 years old by now!  Future has been gone 2 years now so it is impossible to find. I am going to grab some of this one to try next.  |
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Post by jeaton01 on Feb 11, 2024 13:29:05 GMT -5
I think I will try using Tamiya's Acrylic gloss clear when my bottle of Future runs out, or the Alclad II ALC-600 Aqua Gloss Clear. But lately I haven't been using anything.
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Post by Steve Zuleski on Feb 11, 2024 14:47:04 GMT -5
I think I am in love... when can I meet her? Great work so far!!! I wonder how hard it is to find the original Future out there now. I still have about 4/5 of bottle left and let me know if you need more. If you mean the Hussy herself she is over 100 years old by now! Future has been gone 2 years now so it is impossible to find. I am going to grab some of this one to try next. Well, hey, she's still a beauty, eh? Well, at least to someone, right? So guys, why did Future floor wax go away, chemical issue, I don't remember. |
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Post by tcoat on Feb 11, 2024 16:18:22 GMT -5
If you mean the Hussy herself she is over 100 years old by now! Future has been gone 2 years now so it is impossible to find. I am going to grab some of this one to try next. Well, hey, she's still a beauty, eh? Well, at least to someone, right? So guys, why did Future floor wax go away, chemical issue, I don't remember. Little on the skinny side for most I think. Future just went away due to lack of sales. Not enough linoleum floors left I guess. It didn't work well on the new laminates and vinyl's. |
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Post by Steve Zuleski on Feb 11, 2024 16:23:16 GMT -5
Well, that makes sense.
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Post by tcoat on Feb 11, 2024 16:43:44 GMT -5
Step one of exhaust stains. Very light grey airbrushed as per all the pics. Top gets all the way back to the tail  Bottom pretty much just the sides and a little on wings  |
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Post by kyledehart5 on Feb 11, 2024 19:47:02 GMT -5
I think I am in love... when can I meet her? Great work so far!!! I wonder how hard it is to find the original Future out there now. I still have about 4/5 of bottle left and let me know if you need more. If you mean the Hussy herself she is over 100 years old by now! Future has been gone 2 years now so it is impossible to find. I am going to grab some of this one to try next. I have the green bottle and it seems to work much the same as future. However I haven’t tried to mask over it yet. |
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Post by kyledehart5 on Feb 11, 2024 19:48:35 GMT -5
Excellent. Loving those exhaust stains.
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Post by tcoat on Feb 11, 2024 20:13:59 GMT -5
Excellent. Loving those exhaust stains. Second layer to give variation.  Next layer will be more or less the first layer again but slightly lighter grey. |
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Post by brandonk on Feb 12, 2024 10:25:48 GMT -5
Exhaust staining scares me to death. I'm afraid I'll screw up all my hard work to that point. Your work looks great. You're braver than I am.
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Post by tcoat on Feb 12, 2024 10:49:54 GMT -5
Still two more stages to go. With how dirty these things are in pictures I have little fear of screwing anything up. Just add more and still be in the realm of realistic! If the Hussy could talk she'd be all like...  |
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Post by tcoat on Feb 13, 2024 20:00:09 GMT -5
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Post by kyledehart5 on Feb 13, 2024 20:13:53 GMT -5
Properly grungy now!! Outstanding look
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Post by tcoat on Feb 13, 2024 20:21:30 GMT -5
Properly grungy now!! Outstanding look Just needs some random dark streaks. Think I will do the oil dot and drag method for them. |
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Post by kyledehart5 on Feb 13, 2024 20:34:50 GMT -5
Properly grungy now!! Outstanding look Just needs some random dark streaks. Think I will do the oil dot and drag method for them. I am clueless to what that is but I look forward to seeing it. |
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Post by tcoat on Feb 13, 2024 20:40:19 GMT -5
Just needs some random dark streaks. Think I will do the oil dot and drag method for them. I am clueless to what that is but I look forward to seeing it. |
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Post by kyledehart5 on Feb 13, 2024 20:51:28 GMT -5
I am clueless to what that is but I look forward to seeing it. Excellent. I have some of those oilbrushes I haven’t really had a spot to try them out yet. Definitely going to have to give that a whirl. |
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Post by stikpusher on Feb 13, 2024 21:34:50 GMT -5
Not too much more left to do on this one! The exhaust stains look really good!
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Great work so far!!! I wonder how hard it is to find the original Future out there now. I still have about 4/5 of bottle left and let me know if you need more. 
