Pt two . . .
Fully masked off now , and three coats of Ford Royal blue resulted in . . .
displayed in all it's glory with the masking removed .
The frames were detached from the skins in places , cleaned out and reglued .
Cabin time . . .
Not too bad some frames were loose reglued those , and took off the handrails , ventilators and windows , filled in the cracks on the cabin roof .
Elected to use 80 grit wet and dry instead of getting the paint off needed a WHOLE lot of elbow grease and time just to remove the shine.
Needed to mask off three times .
Three coats acid etch primer (really gripped on the epoxy paint ) and three coats Ford diamond white.
Started masking off for the Ford Royal Blue side panels and THE CAMERA PACKED UP ! masked off the roof and nacelles and applied three coats of Ford Royal Blue . . .
New camera , cabin completed by then seats back in , figures and glass fitted .
In all it's glory .
All set , everything tests out ok , (Sunday last)
WEEE , not bad for a 45 year old Aerokits model . ( photo by Dave Wooley )
A side view , finished at last ! ! ! (photo by Dave Wooley) looks easy doesn't it ? nearly BINNED the whole thing getting the paint off , luckily I'd hidden all the hammers to prevent that happening . . .
Bill