Wessex Wreck - Finished 22nd April

[406 Silverado]

Always a good sign when the primer is on.

[Deleted]

Mark,  thanks again buddy   You've sure got the paint and polish off to a real fine art, your F1 is beautiful 

Thanks Boss,   filled a few gaps and sanded it all back again last night   More primer to go on now 

[bullardino]

Steve, I really like the result. Why does the primer look pink, bTW?

[Deleted]

Feb 13, 2013 13:32:30 GMT -5 bullardino said:

Steve, I really like the result. Why does the primer look pink, bTW?

It's those stupid energy saving bulbs and me being too lazy to change the white balance on my camera


not sure how much energy I'm actually saving though as I've had to put up a fitting with 5(no joke) bulbs in it just to get some light I can work in   Still keep the politicians happy while they swan around in 5.0 litre cars and jet planes     

[venom1]

No problem buddy, no offence taken!

Amazing the difference once you get a bit of primer on, hey? I reckon this is gonna be another corker matey! Lookin forward to the painty type stuff!

Cheers,

Sam

[Deleted]

Cheers Sam, with any luck, painty stuff is going on this weekend 

[deafpanzer]

YYEEEAAAHHHH It got primer on! Looking great! Am I seeing pink... not red? You had to do it just to make Dicky or Gary happy?

[wouter]

totally agree with Andy, nice to see some pink primer coming on! Next the rusty stage I reckon? Love those drilled out dials as well mate!

Cheers

[fightnjoe]

steve you are making this look so easy. she looks the part so far buddy. nice touch with the missing dials.




joe

[Deleted]

cheers Guys

Mark, yep a trip the the DIY store for some bright blubs is on the cards real soon!

Andy & Wouter, don't knock the pink army 'til you've tried it  I've just read about it though

Jo, it's easy to leave bits off.. it's just knowing which that I find hard

Progress update,
a spash of white primer to lighten the top, then dark grey pre-shade for the panel lines and lower undercurve



Then, used MrD's trick of sponge to fill the window holes and gave her top a coat of yellow, I'll leave this to harded overnight then the blue will go on the bottom



ACW as ever

[bullardino]

Great start on the painting

[deafpanzer]

Looking good... I enjoy building helicopters that I promised myself to do one every year if possible.

[Deleted]

Thanks Luigi , long way to go yet, got to pull the decals down to the same fade as the paint 

Andy , go for it, I'm quite taken by the robustness of the utility heilo 

Feb 16, 2013 15:09:45 GMT -5 @dickyf said:

Nice job Steve, great work in all respects...BTW I usually use Victoria Sponge fella

Thanks MrD, tried it but the jam got me fingers sticky  

[`Boots`]

Cor mate that is looking wicked...........colour contrast is excellent and will weather together very nicely indeed.............you still doing the UJ front bro??, keep it rolling fella coz this is gonna be another corker!!!.............i like the little detail of loose fitting the panels for realism mate, thats a nice touch

[406 Silverado]

I like where this is going.

[fightnjoe]

i think the hardest part of a wreck is to know what and where the damaged and missing pieces should come from.

you have this mastered it looks like.


very nice paint work as well.



joe

[Leon]

Steve nice to see some paint.Keep it coming.

[bbd468]

Hey Steve, Got some colorations on i see. Im really interested in the process you have going here ill pay closer attention so i can learn some trick or two.

Gary

[Deleted]

Thank you kindly  

Boots, I've looked real hard at how to do the UJ on this one and to be honest it's why I started it, but now it's together I've found the nose is only 3/4 inch across and I've not the patience to mask one up at that size    Next time eh? 

Thanks Boss, it's changed plan slightly but it's going somewhere! 

Joe,  you're right! Leaving bits off is the hardest part of a wreck build IMHO, not sure I've got it totally right here yet... But I've a plan 

Thanks for the support Leon , glad to have you here 

Not sure there's much you can learn from my builds Gary    I'm trying to learn from yours! I'd love to be able to paint like you do buddy 

[wouter]

now that looks cool so far Steve, lovely preshade, and it shows nice 'n subtle through the yellow. Looking forward to the blue application

Cheers

[Deleted]

Sorry, Mark, posts crossed there buddy, it's Tammy paint straight from the jar, it's a bit dark for where I'm going but that'll allow me to lighten the whole thing up, decals and all, to give the faded look... I hope 

Thanks, Wouter , blue going on later this afternoon.... Dog walking to do first 

[406 Silverado]

Shuld be very cool, no matter what direction it heads.

[Deleted]

Thanks Boss

here's where we're going then, Yellow / Blue Fleet Air Arm colours. Yellow over blue.

photo for ref only.

and here's where I am



Some of the hole and gaps are masked up but you get the idea. Next a good gloss coat ready for decals
As mentioned before, these colours are darker than the ref pic. The plan is to add the decals (which are bold and bright ) then tone the whole thing down.. or should that be up
Any clues on how to do this? I'm all ears  ... ACW

[Deleted]

Looking good,Mr M ,the ref piccie looks like the one that used to be at Lasham airfield?

[Deleted]

Thanks Chris   yep I think you're right, it's XM833. 

[Deleted]

....I said USED to be....non of those old a/c are there anymore!

[bbd468]

Excellent paint work Steve! Keep on rockin!

Gary

[venom1]

Lookin great Steve! You have inspired me to get back on my Wessex, so I am in the process of masking and preparing for paint. Hope mine turns out as cool as yours is looking!

Cheers,

Sam

[bullardino]

Great job, again

[Deleted]

Thanks Gary,  shaping up now 

Sam, go on, get that Wessex going again, you know you want to 

cheers Luigi  

Thanks for the advice Mark   I've been reading up on the technique and it seems to work best on Matt finishes. So the way to go is decals, flat coat then the fade as you describe.
So tonight I applied the decals with a bucket of Sol , need to wait for them to flatten out now
Glazing is also in, I'll leave this unmasked for the flat coat. The first step in producing UV weathering effect.
Photo update tomorrow