Re: NYLON GAG MK 1?
Ello Chums,
Thanks again for the great comments, glad you like the lighting.
This last week i've concentrated on adding a bit of detail to the front intakes, painting and weathering the intakes and weathering of the engines.
Also i've attached the engine fairings to the main body.
Front intake with some simple detail additions, wanted to keep these fairly clean
Then gave them a coat of black primer then a top coat of Metallic grey and titanium silver
Then gave the whole thing a black pastel wash, with more intense colour at the front of the intake, then a heavy drybrush with crome silver
Gave the deflectors and the engines a pastel wash with black and a light wash with brown, then a very light drybrush with crome silver again.
Later i will do some more streaks and dirt with oils but for now i'm happy with the look.
Then did a rough assembly of the engines just to see whats what.
And with a fairing.
Next i covered the last of the exposed card board on the bottom of the fairings using 1/2mm (0.020) styrene sheet.
Let them dry overnight then shaped and rough sanded them
Recessed 1/4-20 unc nuts into the top of both fairings after a long and boring process of trial and error with the final location.
Covered these nuts with top plates for each fairing after gluing the nut in position
Fixed small aluminium brakets i found in my hardware stash to the wooden wing supports
Then attached the fairings for a test run
Finally painted and fitted the actuators to the back of the engine deflectors
Next is permanently fixing the fairings to the wings with a bit of a deflector at the front, will do a few mock ups in cardboard first.
Thanks for looking
Comments welcome
The Gag
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