Repair after Inspiration Pyro/Inpact Bristol Bulldog 1/48th

[Bigkev]

Hi All,
Just back from visiting the Shuttleworth Collection and seeing the Proms Night, aerial displays to orchestral music.........Fantastic.
I was taken by the beauty of some of the Biplanes on site and displaying and thought back to my Bristol Bulldog in 1/48th by Inpact/Pyro.
It suffered from some poor decals, especially on the wing uppers, and a little damage has occurred, so a little repair and paint job ahead. 

As a result I intend to repair the wing and bracing and repaint the whole upper wing including the markings.

So far I have copied the blue chevroned bar on the upper wing and made copies of the roundels, sizes, colours, etc.
The wing tanks are in natural metal and these were painted in Alclad II in the first instance so I have masked these prior to stripping the upper wing with some Expo Stripper.

I have done a test with some Tamiya AS-12 Silver from a spray can and I am reasonably confident that I can get a close match to the original 'Silver' and other colours as I go along. I have tested it on some scrap and against the current paintwork, as can be seen in one of the photo's.

The model will be rigged using 'infinity' rigging thread, and some of the missing control wires added at the same time, fingers crossed. 

Some pictures of the above :-

[zak]

Good luck with your rebuild.
I was last at The Shuttleworth Collection 25 years ago, how time flies (pun intended?).

[Bigkev]

They were probably 'New' aircraft then.........hohohoho

[chriswil42]

Looks good Kevin.

[zak]

They were probably 'New' aircraft then.........hohohoho

I shall refrain from any comments!

[kiwichappers]

Very commendable on many fronts Kev, environmental, resource conservation, and most of all it's a nice kit.

A note to Dave; Time flies like an arrow however fruit flies like a banana.

[zak]

Very commendable on many fronts Kev, environmental, resource conservation, and most of all it's a nice kit.

A note to Dave; Time flies like an arrow however fruit flies like a banana.

Thanks for that Francis, my wife spent some of her time in the 6th form at school experimenting on fruit flies, thankfully the experiments did not involve me.

[Bigkev]

They were probably 'New' aircraft then.........hohohoho

I shall refrain from any comments!

Sorry I couldn't resist, cheeky of me I know, I'll try to behave in future

[cph64]

I've never seen that paint remover before Kev, will have to look on the internet for it. Another of your little gems of a tip.

[Bigkev]

I've never seen that paint remover before Kev, will have to look on the internet for it. Another of your little gems of a tip.

Hi Chris,
Got it off Ebay, I think it was £4.99 a bottle.

[Bigkev]

Hi All,
Have now managed to strip the wing surfaces using the Expo stripper. It took a couple of applications to get everything off. The Chrome fuel tanks have been masked to help keep them bright, but may need a quick re-coat once masking removed.
There were a few sinkage gaps in the filler applied during first build and as a result of vigorous rubbing during the stripping process.
I have used some thin masking tape strips to limit the amount of filler to be applied to these gaps/lines. Luckily they fall on 'ribs' so I can blend in the filler to represent these once the filler has dried.
Thanks for looking.

[zak]

You are a glutton for punishment.

[Bigkev]

You are a glutton for punishment.

One of my many traits...........
Keeps me out of trouble though.

[cph64]

Thanks for the shopping location Kev. Looks like you and I are busy using lots of filler on our builds?

[MSea]

We will not ask what the others are Kevin hohoho
Model looking good