Some 1:18 Horten 229 pics...

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Re: Some 1:18 Horten 229 pics...

Post by normandy » Sat Jun 09, 2012 8:21 am

O rings and silly putty are what I used. I think my problem was that the psi on the compressor was set to high.
The O rings sat on a small ball of putty just above the surface of the plane which should have given a soft edge.
Didn't happen :x The test I did on cardboard looked fine.
I may try to soften the green edges with a lower setting and the base coat DAK yellow.

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Re: Some 1:18 Horten 229 pics...

Post by pickelhaube » Sun Jun 10, 2012 6:27 am

normandy wrote:O rings and silly putty are what I used. I think my problem was that the psi on the compressor was set to high.
The O rings sat on a small ball of putty just above the surface of the plane which should have given a soft edge.
Didn't happen :x The test I did on cardboard looked fine.
I may try to soften the green edges with a lower setting and the base coat DAK yellow.

Hopefully with fingers crossed I will have better luck.

I tell you what, she looks good with the solid DAK color. That would look good next to BBI's DAK 109 :D :D :D
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Re: Some 1:18 Horten 229 pics...

Post by normandy » Wed Jun 13, 2012 5:52 pm

pickelhaube wrote:.
I tell you what, she looks good with the solid DAK color. That would look good next to BBI's DAK 109 :D :D :D


Pickel, got any of those BBI DAK 109's Ya wanna sell :?:

Once I get your replacement canopy, I'll post some more pics of both 229's. :D

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