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Building an Upgraded Kingfisher
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Panel Lines and Painting |
A number of raised panel lines were lost when sanding
the lower fuselage. My technique for replacing them is simple. Place 2
lengths of masking tape side by side about 1mm apart where you want to
replace a line. Then take some Squadron putty and smear it along the gap and
let it set. Once set you can remove the tape and give the putty a quick
sanding with 400 grit. You can see the lines a little in the photo but don’t
worry-they’re all there.
Since I had the Squadron Vacu-formed canopy I used the kits canopy to mask
the interior for painting. The first area painted was the upper wings. These
are gloss yellow and this wraps around the leading edge to about 8 scale
inches. I then masked for the fuselage stripe. This area was first painted
white and allowed to dry completely. Then a coat of insignia red was applied
over that. Once that was dry the stripe itself was masked in preparation for
the aluminum paint. I masked the wing upper surface with masking tape and
paper shields and the lower wraparound area was taped off. For some reason I
always begin with the lower fuselage? There was no exception here. At this
point the floats are not permanently articled and the main float was painted
separately. Once one side was dry I turned it over and painted the other (
Wow, what a surprise!) The no skid on the float was supplied as black decal
trim film and the prop warning stripe was placed. Now the float was
permanently attached to the aircraft. The float beaching gear is from
Monograms kit and keeps the painted plane off it’s float. The cowl received
the same treatment as the fuselage stripe and was painted aluminum at this
time also. Once the aluminum has dried I removed the kit canopy and the
masks from the wings and red areas. The entire kit was given a couple of
coats of future to seal, gloss and blend everything together. Once the
Future has dried for 2 days I began applying Aeromaster’s decals. What can I
say? Aeromaster makes some of the best decals available and I had absolutely
no problems with them at all. Copyright ©2002 - Text and
Photos by Mike Taylor (modelguy2) . All Rights Reserved. |
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