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XN923 · Bronze Star Joined: 16 May 2008 Posts: 1175

Lovely. Shows off nicely what an attractive aircraft the Vanguard was. Looking forward to seeing this in the attractive BEA livery, never been a big fan of BA's colours.

Lincolnlanc · Posted: Sun 31 May 2009 12:46 pm Post subject:

Yeah, looking forward to seeing the final scheme. Well done .. i shall be watching
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Paula & Dan · Posted: Mon 01 Jun 2009 10:50 am Post subject:

Sadly I'm now stuffed on this build for a fortnight - I'm in Hong Kong til Sunday and then Manila til the following Sunday so I can't finish in time. Still, next step is the lovely, rich red of the wings...

Dan
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Paula & Dan · Posted: Sun 28 Jun 2009 18:02 pm Post subject:

There has been a bit of slow progress on this since I last posted a long time ago... a month ago, in fact!

The wings have been redded using Revell enamel and the engine nacelles and the leading edges have also been silvered with H11. The whole thing just needs a bit of a tidy up now before Klear and decals but I won't get that done for a long time as Paula and I are off on hols from Wednesday and we have alot to get done in the meantime out there in the real world....

Anyway, here's the progress:

Dan
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Ratch · Posted: Sun 28 Jun 2009 18:07 pm Post subject:

Looks good

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Paula & Dan · Posted: Sun 28 Jun 2009 18:16 pm Post subject:

Paula having finished her Trimotor and posted her pics has inspired me to pull my finger out

Dan
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TimJ · Posted: Sun 28 Jun 2009 20:20 pm Post subject:

Nice work so far.
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Badwolf · Posted: Mon 29 Jun 2009 21:51 pm Post subject:

Nice paintwork.

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Heinkel51 · Posted: Tue 30 Jun 2009 02:23 am Post subject:

Nice finish on that paint work

jhl1908 · Posted: Tue 30 Jun 2009 06:01 am Post subject:

Stunning!

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Paula & Dan · Posted: Mon 20 Jul 2009 21:06 pm Post subject:

I haven't forgotten about this - in fact I just spent a few minutes touching up some of the spots where there had been some bleeding going on. To all intents and purposes it's now ready for a coat or two of Klear and for me to get the landing gear on.... I'll do that and get the decals on before I add the props so they don't get in the way.

Dan
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Ratch · Posted: Mon 20 Jul 2009 21:36 pm Post subject:

I knew you'd not forgotten about it

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Paula & Dan · Posted: Tue 21 Jul 2009 18:29 pm Post subject:

Nose black, landing gear and gear doors on:

I've since painted the main gear doors silver.

Ready for Klear now.

Dan
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Paula & Dan · Posted: Wed 22 Jul 2009 19:50 pm Post subject:

1st coat of Klear on...

Dan
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Paula & Dan · Posted: Sat 01 Aug 2009 18:20 pm Post subject:

Hmmm – grumpy Dan.

This is as far as I’ve got with the Vanguard:

As you can see it’s actually quite a long way. I’ve just added the decals – well some of them. There are two sheets and I’ve applied all of the first set of decals from the sheet of clear decal paper. The trouble is that the second sheet is supposed to be printed on white decal paper – such things as the registrations and the “BEA” logo for the wings. The sheet even says “white decal paper” on the top. Except it’s not. It’s clear.

Which means that the logo doesn’t show up on the red wings and nor does the registration on the inky black.

So now I have to go around the aircraft, figure where these decals should go, mask off and paint the areas white so the stencilling will show through.

Honestly, it’s days like the last two, what with this and my clumsy feet on the beemer last night, that just make you want to pack it all in!

Dan
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Sgt.Squarehead · Posted: Sat 01 Aug 2009 18:36 pm Post subject:

Chill pill dude.....It's close to the finish and it's looking good!

I'd love one of those 'fangly-decal-printing-thingies' that can print in white.....For all the faffing you have to do with clear or white decal, you might as well just make your own masks and spray.

These things (like eensy weensy single track links with GIGANTIC sprue gates) are sent to try us!

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Paula & Dan · Posted: Sat 01 Aug 2009 18:39 pm Post subject:

jhl1908 · Posted: Sat 01 Aug 2009 18:44 pm Post subject:

Great looking Vanguard!
Why do vintage schemes look so much better than our temporary paintwork?

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Paula & Dan · Posted: Mon 03 Aug 2009 16:35 pm Post subject:

So I masked up, using 6mm Tamiya tape on the wings where the masking sat only over paint and Jammydog tape, extremely thin and supposedly great for masking compound curves (given to me as a free sample by models2u), over areas that already had decals sealed in.

I've added three coats of white and this evening removed the masking and again sealed the white in with Klear. There's a wee bit of bleeding but not too bad and likely to be covered up by the decal anyway.

Dan
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Ratch · Posted: Mon 03 Aug 2009 19:08 pm Post subject:

Fingers crossed Dan

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