Friede again

One final update for today is the latest image I have for my Friede.  The base which comes with the kit isn't done, and all I have to do is give the craft a shot of semi-gloss and I'm calling this one finished. 

Apologies that the lighting isn't very good - 

Friede: another step fwd.

Well, it's been a while. I've been working away on a few kits, but seemed to have forgotten to post. Firstly I mentioned a few failures, and said I would post pics. well, here they are -

This was the primer!  I washed the kit with Purple Power cleaner. The rinsed really well and let it dry. when I shot it with some Tamiya primer it ran like you see as if I just poured milk on it. Also, when I got some thinner and a rag and tried to get the drips off - I found that it was completely dry! WTF! So I then had to get out the sanding sticks to try and smooth it all out again. 

After ward I *was* able to get the primer on, and a nice coat of white. Next step was to paint the capsule. The capsule is split and half is black and the other half is silver. In some images of other Friede models the windows are yellow. So I wanted to mask the windows for a later painting. So anyway, I got the Masking done to split the cockpit and got the silver painted. I waited a few days and then to the masking off and reapplied to to the otherside to get the black. Here it is with a another kit of Luna -

While re-masking I put a little blue tape on just to make sure there was no over-spray on my white. The black went on great. while taking the tape off I see a bit of the blue tape had stuck itself to one of the legs. I ever so gently pulled the tape and it came off with a bit of the white!!!    Arrgggghhhh %^*&^%!!

So out came the sandpaper again, but while wet sanding the white paint kept coming off and coming off. In the end almost all of that leg was back to bare resin.  More primer and more white went on .... Stay tuned.

Success!

This afternoon with a little trepidation I went out to spray the white topcoat on Friede. From my last postings I've had two failures, one with the spray paint and the other I'm guess that I didn't get the mould release off the model well enuff. With a new can of white spray - I was hoping that the second time around would be the charm. And the result was Hooray!  The paint went on without any problems. Some pics tomorrow.

A big Ugh of Friede, plus some new colors

I have no idea what went on with Friede. Firstly, if you remember it was primed and ready for its topcoat of white. I finally got to spraying the white and have no idea what went on with the can. The paint went on like milk- instantly running down the model. Besides that, numerous fish eyes appeared like I was trying to paint on bare, unwashed resin! WTF!
Letting it dry I attacked it with some thinner and nothing... That paint was on there. So next was taking out some sanding sticks and getting rid of the drip marks. That's been done, Plus a rewash and another coat of primer. I found a few more uneven spots which I took care of. I bought a new can of white paint so we'll see what's happens with that in the next day or two.

Re: the new colors. I bought a set of Vallejo Game Colors. I have a few (okay quite a few) smaller scale dinosaur models and the VGC looks like it might fit the bill. I've been watching a few You Tubes vids of "awesomepaintjob" and amazing things happen. I'm sure it's his talent, but the paint goes on great I'll let you know on this too.

A few things...

The spaceship Friede is progressing and no I didn't make it to finish the Friede model in time for the end of February. Just too many things going on - mostly of my own doing. But I'm going to keep plugging along on it and finish that and the Luna for the end of March. That should put me back on track.

I also got my hands on a few jars of premixed washes from Citidel. They are Badab Black, Thraka Green, Gryphonne Sepia, and Devlin Mud. I had been watching their use in a number of You Tube videos and they looked a little too easy. So once they arrived at my door I had to try them. I had a build up of my Krentz Styracosaur that received some critical criticism about brightly colored it was ala Luis Rey. I I decided to try these washes to tone it down a little as it were. The washes work great. Here's the lil guy in a more drab color scheme.

And finally, I've started working on my hobby room again - I really need all my supplies all in one spot. So I had to re-spackle what I paid a guy to do. It got done, but boy did he stink up the job.  So of course that means I also had to repaint. Next comes a rug and then a desk and I think I can get started ..

Friede taking Shape

Not much to report tonight, except that The Fried has her "legs" now. It was a little difficult to get them centered as the lines we were supposed to use to line them up was a little wider that the width of the legs. So you had to sort of wing it so the legs were in the middle of the area between the two marks.  Looks ok to me, tho it won't win any awards. LOL

A Little Primer

With the way the "legs" of Friede are, I gave the insides of them a little primer and white spray as once they are attached I won't get another chance to get the inside painted.

Once the paint dries,  the next step will be to attach the braces for the legs and to attach them on the body.

Friede - The next step

As with all resin kits you need to give them a thorough was with degreaser soap to get the mold release off the parts. Fantastic Plastic suggests  submerging the parts in a soapy water solution for 24 hours. I've always just gave them a wash with some degreasing kitchen soap and an old toothbrush. We'll see how the easier soak works.
So as to show I'm making progress ;-) here's a pic of the parts drying off and showing what the parts look like.

Next step will be attaching the legs and then a shot of primer...

Gonna Try This Again

Busy times have left me little time with trying to do some of my hobbies. But this New Years I made myself a resolution to "try and get one model done every 2 months." so of course Jan. flew by and now I have just a few weeks of Feb. left to get something done. Before I ruin my resolution before it even starts I've picked Fantastic Plastic's Rocketship Friede - http://www.fantastic-plastic.com/RocketshipFriedePage.htm  . From the FP site - -

"In 1927, in the wake of his stunning success with his sci-fi opus "Metropolis," German director Fritz Lang decided his next movie would be a sprawling silent melodrama based on mankind's first trip to the moon.  To make his movie as technically accurate as possible, Lang enlisted the aid of already-famous spaceflight cheerleader Wiley Ley who, in turn, corralled Romanian-born rocket pioneer Hermann Oberth into the project.  The centerpiece of Lang's new feature, "Frau im Mond" ("The Woman in the Moon,") was the spaceship "Friede" (named after the movie's titular character), based on the Modell E rocket from Oberth's treatise "Die Rakete."  An extra stage was added to the E, making the "Friede" longer and more cylindrical than its predecessor, but keeping in place the rectangular "legs" that provided support and aerodynamic stability for the spacecraft."

So we'll see you in a day or two as I will post some WIP pics.