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After last springs mishap Bill has repaired most of the damage and is ready to
continue the project. |
Rebuild of the center pod is moving along, am trying F4U5's
(Jeff help please!!!) covering method, boy have I got a lot to learn. I am not
real pleased with my results but this is my first try, and covering is not my
strong suite to begin with. Problem may be in the cloth I am using, I'm using
SIG coverall but not to their instructions. I am making improvements as I go but
still am not persuaded enough to use on the Ziroli when I get back to it. This
Pic shows pod with bare covering, |
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First coat of primer, wow lots of sanding and filling yet to do. |
Although it is hard to see in these pics, I
have experimented with some panel lines. I have some 3 views and one actually
shows a P38 with this shape nose, the F-5 photo recon version, may have to add
the camera windows. |  |
To
make the panel lines I am just drawing them on the primer with a sharp pencil
and a straight edge. At this time I have primed and sanded of the primer off about
4 times trying to get it smooth (even), have just about given up on that notion
for this piece and will have to try a different method of laying the cloth on
different pieces, most of my difficulties are from wrinkles in the cloth and overlaps
on the edges, as for this piece I am going to experiment some more with the panel
lines (this is a trainer project), I think I will spray some black into the lines
and then use some tape to cover them and apply 1 or 2 more coats of primer. Now
where can I find some of that world famous Chart Pac tape??? |
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base coat of Aluminum has been applied, some gray for the windows and the yellow
nose stripe. Have been going through some photo books of late and not finding
a particular subject to duplicate (this is scale so what does it matter anyway)
I have just borrowed from several schemes to paint this. Just trying different
techniques I guess. |
The anti glare panel has been painted as well
as most of the khaki. I base coated in aluminum because I wanted to try some weathering
however in recent reading I have discovered that P-38's had a black undercoat,
lesson learned do research first. The red stripe has been added and aside from
touching up a couple of boo boo's (hide as weathering?) the center pod is pronounced
done. I will tackle the weathering after the rest of the project is painted. |  |
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pronounced the center pod done I have moved on to the booms. I permanently attached
the fin and have done some filling and sanding. Removed the landing gear and built
a stand to hold the booms during the covering and painting process. Trying a different
technic on this one. Since I am using Koverall I got out the Stix It and the covering
iron and applied according to directions, WOW all the wrinkles are gone, should
require a lot less filling and sanding than the center pod needed |
| After ironing down the covering I applied
a coat of envirotex thinned 50% with acetone and let set overnight followed by
a second coat of envirotex thinned 30% to fill the weave. Will have to leave this
set 72 hours to cure before sanding. Just a close up to show how smooth
the cloth has gone down. Although you can see the lines of the repair from the
accident through the covering, the surface is smooth, once the paint is applied
these line will disappear. Has it been 3 days yet? I'm on a roll and want to keep
agoin' |  |
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2 coats of envirotex, 3 coats of polycrylic, sanded and panel lines drawn and
taped out, hey is that scoop real or is it Memorex? |
| 1st coat of primer laid down, will soon
find out how much sanding and filling left to do |  |
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| Starboard
boom is painted except for the wing hatch, have worked a little on the engine
installation, servo mounting, trying to decide if I want to try to build a scale
exhaust system or if I want to just use Bennett mufflers for this.
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close up of the repaired area shown in an earlier pic, panel lines are visible
but repairs are not |  |
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| Boom
#2 painted and panel lines be marked out on the tail
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| Panel lines for the rudder on boom #1 |  |
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little flash of color |
Turbocharger detail being laid out |  |
 | The
crewchief checking the wing over, almost out of excuses for not working on it |
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