Fett_Ish
Sr Member
Hey DD, thanks for the offer, I am going to hit you up when I get to my PL Refit for those paints and techniques. For this I wanted just a simple flat/shiny.
I am actually backing off that now as I have spent so much time fixing my errors and cleaning up the wings I think I am going to just spray them a satin black,haven't decided,but this model whooped me. There are some warps in the wings that are not fixable as the curve only occurred on one side so if I straighten it out the other side would be curved. The top and bottom of the wings are not parallel so they will never be straight so I have to give up on that.:cryI did a whole bunch of cleanup on the wings. Every corner was re-built with putty and styrene to get nice sharp edges.I also was able to raise one side up to bring the two wings closer to parallel,but I had to cut some parts off for that,which won't be visible unless I point it out. They went under primer yesterday and I imagine I will have pics up in a few days (or couple weeks:rolleyes) of the finished Tie.
If I had it to do again I would get hero wings and get Koolshade someday in the future so that I could have the opportunity to straighten out any warps. I would create my own armature as now I am worried about sagging.
All the things I had to deal with here are normal for a resin kit. I would just caution builders to modify the resin armature (if needed) before making mods to the fuselage,and also check your wings for fit and orientation to get the good parts of the casts facing forward. My wings are in the proper orientation but would have fit better if I switched mine around and better parts of the castings would have shown. Pics soon if anyone cares.:$
I am actually backing off that now as I have spent so much time fixing my errors and cleaning up the wings I think I am going to just spray them a satin black,haven't decided,but this model whooped me. There are some warps in the wings that are not fixable as the curve only occurred on one side so if I straighten it out the other side would be curved. The top and bottom of the wings are not parallel so they will never be straight so I have to give up on that.:cryI did a whole bunch of cleanup on the wings. Every corner was re-built with putty and styrene to get nice sharp edges.I also was able to raise one side up to bring the two wings closer to parallel,but I had to cut some parts off for that,which won't be visible unless I point it out. They went under primer yesterday and I imagine I will have pics up in a few days (or couple weeks:rolleyes) of the finished Tie.
If I had it to do again I would get hero wings and get Koolshade someday in the future so that I could have the opportunity to straighten out any warps. I would create my own armature as now I am worried about sagging.
All the things I had to deal with here are normal for a resin kit. I would just caution builders to modify the resin armature (if needed) before making mods to the fuselage,and also check your wings for fit and orientation to get the good parts of the casts facing forward. My wings are in the proper orientation but would have fit better if I switched mine around and better parts of the castings would have shown. Pics soon if anyone cares.:$
