Hi guys,
This poor project was pushed to the back burner for a while (again...
), mostly due to general life busyness, but I have made a bit of progress.
I added a few rivet/panel lines to the glider and managed to get a bit of painting done, mostly adding a few various dark shades to simulate different panels and the canopy. I still need to figure out some way to paint the windows on the canopy part. I usually use a light blue for windows, but I'm thinking a darker metallic with a transparent green over it might give that thick glass look. Maybe transparent yellow would give that gold-ish stealth fighter window look. We'll see what happens... If it comes out stupid lookin' I'll just revert to light blue!
On the underside I started with some dark metallic color on the "engine exhaust" area and began doing some "blueing" to give it a burned metal look. More to come on that...
Here are a few pics of the glider as it sits right now. The next problem I'm going to have is decals. I've found several outfits that make decal sets for the X-15 and SR-71 (Both black, like the glider), but they all seem to be out of stock at the moment.
Underside with the metallic exhaust area. You can kinda see the beginnings of the blue heat affected area...
That last pic doesn't really show much of anything, but I think it looks cool from that angle!
I should have a bit more time to catch up on a few projects, so hopefully I can get this little rascal wrapped up and in the air soon.
As always, thanks for lookin'!
Mike