Darter

[Weaver]

Got a coat of undercoat on today, but the PSR still needed some touch up, so paint proper should begin tomorrow.

[kerick]

Good idea Jon, but I've already decided on an alt-universe story for this one.

Pilot encased in foam/concrete for the shock-absorbing effect, because they hadn't developed sufficiently advanced seat-belt technology? 

Like this?

My wife needs this!

[Rick Lowe]

Good idea Jon, but I've already decided on an alt-universe story for this one.

Pilot encased in foam/concrete for the shock-absorbing effect, because they hadn't developed sufficiently advanced seat-belt technology? 

Like this?

Pretty much exactly like that, yes...
And Sandra was quite ok, in the old-school drive-yourself, no-computer-assist vehicle.
Just goes to show. 

[Weaver]

Overall coat of the final colour now on and drying. It's a Montana clone, so I'm going to put a layer of Plastikote clear over it tonight before attempting decals or overpainting.

[Weaver]

One thing after another...    

The top colour coat didn't cover as well as I'd expected, so I've had to put a second coat on tonight instead of the claer coat.

Should still finish, but all my margin is getting eaten, bit by bit...

[Weaver]

And today's (Thursday's) disaster was: a paint reaction. Only on a few small areas but I've still had to sand it off and give it another coat, which is now drying, instead of doing the detail painting tonight. That means detail painting tomorrow morning, decalling tomorrow night, then clear coat overnight.

Still doable in the time, but I can see the margin being eroded with every new problem.

[kerick]

The paint gremlins are prowling around. Paint something unimportant to you and maybe they will infest that and leave the good stuff alone.

[Rick Lowe]

The paint gremlins are prowling around. Paint something unimportant to you and maybe they will infest that and leave the good stuff alone.

A Good Plan! Something sacrificial that you can strip down later... 

A margarine pot you were planning to use as an outdoor planter? 

[kerick]

Exactly!

[Weaver]

Most of the decals are on now. There's a second layer to some of them that I'll start doing shortly.

The paint gremlins are prowling around. Paint something unimportant to you and maybe they will infest that and leave the good stuff alone.

Sacrificial paintwork - love it.

[kerick]

I was paint small parts yesterday when I noticed one looked funny. My first thought was that the paint gremlins were on the attack. Then I looked at my hands and found a matching paint smudge. I guess it was the big clumsy gremlin!

[Weaver]

Well, it's all together and looking quite nice, if I do say so myself. I'll let it dry overnight and then do pics in the morning.

I'm quite pleased that I've managed to do it with a removeable jet nozzle, so that I can do pics tomorrow before putting it back on it's "lollipop stick" for a final clear coat over the decals.