Andrew's Airfix Ford Trimotor **DNF**

[AndrewR]

That red came out well. Red, orange and yellow are always tricky customers.

All of the Vallejo red, yellow and oranges work extremely well with their sand coloured primer.

[AndrewR]

The red was masked and the silver-grey applied.


I'm pleased with that result. Easier than I expected. I just used several strips of masking tape to go around the arc.



This means that I should be able to do some assembly work over the weekend.

Cheers

Andrew

[Stuart]

Looking good Andrew!

[AndrewR]

The fuselage gets assembled. It wasn't too bad,but there's going to be a little gap over the wings, which is annoyingly prominent





The wing is just dry - fitted for now.







As expected, nothing much can be seen in the passenger cabin!

[VickersVandal]

That gap will be annoying to fill. Corrugated skins are a curse. I'm finding the same issue on the Junkers.

Those poor undercarriage struts are looking a bit sad!

[Clashcityrocker]

Nasty and frustrating join Andrew. Probably no easy way to fix it either.

Nigel

[AndrewR]

Nasty and frustrating join Andrew. Probably no easy way to fix it either.

Nigel

I have a cunning plan!

[VickersVandal]

So cunning you can brush your teeth with it?

[AndrewR]

So cunning you can brush your teeth with it?

So cunning that you can pin a tail on it and call it a weasel.



I may have to model the little known Wild Weasel variant of the Trimotor...



A little sanding on the Vee in the wing improved things.



I also have the wing canted up a degree or so. There's a little gap now near the cockpit windows. This is much easier to fix, and less visible than the top of wing gap, so it was an acceptable compromise.

[AndrewR]

[PaulBradley]

Acceptable, indeed! Good work. Do you use Perfect Plastic Putty, by chance?

[Barry]

If it makes you feel any better, the original had the same problem.....they just left it.

[AndrewR]

Acceptable, indeed! Good work. Do you use Perfect Plastic Putty, by chance?

I alternate between that and Vallejo Acrylic Putty. At the moment it's the Vallejo stuff. They are extremely similar.


@Barry Yes, I will sleep much better now

Hopefully I will get some primer and maybe even a top coat on tomorrow.

Cheers

Andrew

[AndrewR]

Here's the primer:



And then a coat of the silver grey mix:





The cowling rings look like they need a little smoothing before I try to paint them!

[AndrewR]

Engine pods now refinished as I could see the seams.



The nose has been smoothed over, reprimed and given another coat of red.



The engine and prop assemblies are largely finished. A sepia wash over the cylinders is the last bit. We also need white tips on the props.

I should be ready to put the undercarriage on and assemble the engine pods now.

Cheers

Andrew