Moonraker Shuttle; Take two
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PHArchivist
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Did the final balancing of the ship, so now I can close it up with the cargo bay doors. I have one installed, waiting on some foam to cure prior to adding the second.
At that point, should be timre to primer the ship.
At that point, should be timre to primer the ship.
PHArchivist
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Closed up the ship yesterday. Both cargo bay doors are now installed. Need to sand and finesse the mating seams, then primer the shuttle so to continue the "massaging" process.
PHArchivist
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Continuing with finessing the fit issues. The cargo door fit was less than perfect, requiring a bit of sanding to mate flush with the adjacent surfaces of the fuselage. It is however molded in fairly thick styrene allowing enough material to work with.
PHArchivist
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I went ahead and added some filler to compensate for fit issues. Will bew able to sand and primer tomorrow.
PHArchivist
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I Mya have the last coat of primer down... Body is getting VERY smooth now... Here's a shot:
PHArchivist
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HUGE step accomplished today.
With some help from fellow builder and artisit extrodinaire, QuartZ, we got the vertical stabilizer mounted to the ship. Final sanding of the primer, then its color coats and detail painting.
With some help from fellow builder and artisit extrodinaire, QuartZ, we got the vertical stabilizer mounted to the ship. Final sanding of the primer, then its color coats and detail painting.
PHArchivist
Master Member
We have color. After much more time than I anticipated, I got the body "straight", and wet sanded with the first color coat aplied. Yea.
PHArchivist
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Here's a progress pic...
One more coat of base coat tomorrow. Clear Flat Wednesday. Next is the black, then on to the orange.
One more coat of base coat tomorrow. Clear Flat Wednesday. Next is the black, then on to the orange.
Lynn TXP 0369
Sr Member
Looking very good bud..
Lynn
Lynn
PHArchivist
Master Member
Another huge step accomplished over the weekend and today -- we now have a black and white shuttle. Well, its more BROWN and white, as it should be. 
MonsieurTox
Master Member
Nice ..
Beagle Bill
Sr Member
Looking good. :thumbsup I really like the brown/black you used. I'd say you nailed the color of the original miniature.
Bill
Bill
PHArchivist
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Cool. Glad you noticed. Its more noticeable in person. Its black with an overspray of burnt umber.
And for those nto as familair, kevoris is totally correct -- the original is not truly black; more a deep chocolate brown.
Looking good. :thumbsup I really like the brown/black you used. I'd say you nailed the color of the original miniature.
Bill
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Cool. Glad you noticed. Its more noticeable in person. Its black with an overspray of burnt umber.
And for those nto as familair, kevoris is totally correct -- the original is not truly black; more a deep chocolate brown.
PHArchivist
Master Member
I made a discovery today that will make this one all the more accurate...
See if you can tell a difference.
See if you can tell a difference.
The Mantis
Sr Member
It would be cheating for me to tell the difference but damn, does that look good.
PHArchivist
Master Member
Cool. So you can see compared to the screen-cap how the point of the band reaches farther up on the fuselage than on mine... The orange will also be a tad wider at the wing tips, as it should be.
paulcarson
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Thats great. Now get that thing painted already. :lol
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