back to the protagonist (wip 18)

Hello guys!
After so many weeks dealing with the hangar it was high time I got back to the neglected bird!!
Whether you believe it or not it was July 3rd 2011, exactly one year ago, when I started with the project and the Myrt especially..
Well, I focused on the transparent parts which gave me a lot of headache but an unexpected result as you'll see in the end.
I would also like to apologise for any Greek appearing in the photos..I started with taking off the two back seats and replacing the belts with new ones..

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As for the pilot's seat,the belts of which were replaced too,I made another bungee cord

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The wheels were taken care too..After all that grinding the thin plastic looked very much realistic..

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Well,here comes the beautiful squadron canopy, oh!! and the trouble too!!..

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I learned the hard way that before you mask..

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and paint it..

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you should cut it off..

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I also separated the two rear parts

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and dry fitted everything on the Myrt..

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I sprayed the blue black in the engine area,well..what's left of it!!..

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I washed the model using burnt umber oil..

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and then started the task of putting painted strips on the transparent parts..

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a way I used to apply to all my latest models including the Stuka..

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As for the Myrt and its loooooooooooooooong canopy..

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I didn't quite like the look of it as the adhesive looked messy and masked it on the model!!..

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The result being disappointing, I removed the canopy with no further trouble..

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All the clear parts had a lovely solvent bath

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Then the idea of the aluminium sheet got into my mind

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and you'll see the rest in the pics..

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Here the guy says that the canopy looks better to his eyes..lol!!

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At this point I have to mention that it wasn't arbiratry of me to leave the canopy unpainted since the 1st prototype was far from ready to be tested for flight and this too is shown throughout the model..

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Well, that is all for now guys..Thank you very much for looking at my work!!..

Cheers,

Panagiotis.