MUSTARD glider

[Rheged]

The M2-F1 was originally towed behind a 1963 Pontiac.

What UK automobile could one use to tow the MUSTARD glider?

When the Rotabuggy  (flying jeep)  was tested in 1943, a supercharged 4.5 litre Bentley was used.  In the early 1960's, perhaps an Aston Martin DB4  or a Ferguson FF  would do?

[Weaver]

First coat of yellow on this morning. Looked good going on: might or might not need a second coat: we shall see.

[Gondor]

Dijon, Yellow or Colman's?

[NARSES2]

Dijon, Yellow or Colman's?

  

The "Book" has even taken to hiding under a cushion on the sofa 

[Weaver]

Dijon, Yellow or Colman's?

Dunno - it was just some yellow stuff I found in the cupboard. I didn't taste it...

It didn't need another coat. First round of decals is on. Because it's so small, the decals cover a significant proportion of its surface, so because I'm not putting the landing legs on yet for fear of breaking them, I'm going to have to do decals in stages after the last lot (plus some minor paint details) have dried enough to stand being on the bottom while it rests on the mat.

Meanwhile, here's the seat. I was going to say it's finished, but I've just realised that the seat buckles need painting Aluminium. The ejection handles were made from brass wire, then dip-painted yellow. The black was then done with a fine pigment marker, and the grey brush-painted. I made them in one piece, with the ends bent downwards and fitted into a couple of holes I'd drilled.

[NARSES2]

Nice work 

[loupgarou]

Dijon, Yellow or Colman's?

  

[Weaver]

Topside and right side decals on. One of the roundels on the right side tore in the blue ring, so I'll now have to touch that up.

One of the problems I'm having is that this Montana spray paint leaves a very hydrophilic(?) surface finish, that is to say, it makes water (and MicroSet) bead and run off it. This in turn means that decals are either moving about wildly on a big droplet of water, or stuck to the surface with nearly no water under them at all, with no intermediate state of controllably sliding around. This is compounded by the fact that, although they're nicely printed, the Fantasy Printshop decals are VERY thin and thus wrinkle very easy.

I can certainly finish this for Sunday night, but I was hoping to finish on Saturday because there's an event in town on Sunday that I'd quite like to go to. Having said that, I don't know how long said event will go on, so it might be possible to go down there for an hour or three while something's drying.