MFH 1/12 BT52b

[caterhamnut]

Thanks mate.

I had another amateur hour moment the other evening. I had been wiping the bodywork down with a rag and a little bit of windex, getting rid of decal residue and finger prints before clear coating...I had also been using a similar tissue to clean some paint off the airbrush - using very strong paint stripper formula I guess.
You can guess the rest - 'ooh, a finger print' - picks up rag, wipes bodywork - umm, seems to have gone sticky......ARGHHHHHHH Almost took out the side decal and blue paint. You can see a very small black mark on the left of the cockpit side, in the white decal, just above the red pinstripe it almost removed as I tried to rescue - luckily the clearcoat hid most - that is 2 major almost-**** ups with the painting and clearcoating process. I blame my crowded, temp. set up.....got to be more careful!

[daveyman]

We've all done it, you're not alone.

[allnie]

It is NOT easy to build a complex 1/12 MFH without making one or more mistakes. It is very hard to avoid that. Part of the challenge.

[lala40l]

We've all done it, you're not alone.

In this stage I would always wear nitrile gloves, just to prevent things like this.

[jmpsebring]

Been busy getting other things done for a while, This is absolutely beautiful!

[jaydar]

We've all done it, you're not alone.

In this stage I would always wear nitrile gloves, just to prevent things like this.

X2

[daveyman]

The main factor in getting rid of errors like that is not to rush, think before grabbing hold of pieces.

[caterhamnut]

...or picking up the wrong rag!

[Eagle50]

All I can say is WOW!

Cheers, Chris

[caterhamnut]

A few updates...

Test wing fitting!



Started adding wires. I think this will be easier when the engine is joined to the bulkhead (before fitting the floor) as the cables/wires/pipes will have somewhere to go...





Primed and colored the wing elements. These are resin, and required just about no work before spraying...



Very light first coat of blue - just a dust really...



Then quite a few more to get to the dark blue...





Added some vents to the main upper bodywork...







Some other details...







Some - this is cool. Carbon disc spray from Zero. (Not actual name, I'll check and add pic) - sprayed onto the white metal discs for the BT52, and it really does look like carbon - no post work at all, exactly as sprayed.





More later...