The talc in the primer worked well and being a very warm 26c day I had to keep adding thinners as it was drying on the applicator brush.

I went out after dinner and sanded it smooth.

29c tomorrow I will finish the primer and re-mask the rear deck.

While waiting for the primer to dry I started looking at the wheel cover positioning and found I should have cut cut the outer pair across the grain as the first pair with the grain wouldn't bend sufficiently, so used the originals as a pattern for the new ones.



30c tuesday with a bit of luck I will start the hull painting.

Looks precise and exact! Wheather here in south Germany: Raining and windy, temperatur 1° c - but a good day for building at the model in the working area...

Thomas

Thanks Thomas, The heat has arrived unusually early unfortunately they're forecasting an unusually wet summer this combination will be bad for sinuses and allergies with lots of mould around.

Damien....

Have you built/assembled your Clyde Models wheel sets yet?.....if so...would like to see some images please, and any assembly comments you wish to make

Derek

Nothing more than a cursory glance Derek, want to finish Josie first don't have room for two at a time.

Got the masking done used the blue tape for the first time had it for quite some time & never remembered it was in the drawer lol
Outstanding for curves wish I'd used it when I bought it.

A bit more filler was needed had dinner and went back out did the final sanding followed by more primer and tomorrow I'll make a means of marking the water line when done I'll sand with with 600grit paper followed by a tack rag, and she'll be ready for paint.

Pic's of today's efforts.

Another coat of primer on the hull, and the manufacture of a waterline marking tool one carpenters pencil sacrificed and some scrap balsa.

Got the bottom masked off ready for paint unfortunately rain is forecast for the next week with temp's in the mid 20's C and humidity 70% to 90% I won't risk paint bloom.





Mixed the red/dark brown enamel for the bottom and when cleaning up discovered I'd thinned it with acetone not general purpose thinners      and had to throw away 2 airbrush bottles full 1/2hour wasted.

Have both colours mixed and in airbrush bottles.

Darn bother drat it's annoying the faults that show up whilst dry rubbing with 600 wet & dry paper lots more filling  needed talc added to grey primer will alleviate spraying primer again.

No pic's when i took pic's they showed more faults than I'd noticed.

Gave up for today feeling off my other half is just over a few off days looks like she passed it to me.

Looking very nice there Damien, A lot of prep work will be rewarded with a class model.
Robert

Thanks Robert.   

Painting on hold for a few days temps for next few days with 29c today and medical stuff thursday 30c and friday 28c, saturday's a free day 25c then 22c for sunday.

Drat saturday had lunch 17.9 degrees ready to paint and a thunder storm rolls in and dumps a big load of water  radar shows 4 more storms heading our way no paint today.

Massive thunder storm this morning lasted 40mins sun came out every thing was dry an hour later so I got stuck into the superstructure and hull bottom painting, darn even more filling needed, I'll mix the paint with talc for filler so I'll be able to sand it and spray the top coat without re-priming.