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That looks great even without paint. Nice work
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I have her all painted and will let the rocket dry for a day before the task of applying the vintage decals. Even after avoiding disaster, she still came out looking pretty good for a rocket over 25 years old. You can see how well the Brodak balsa sealer did on the fins with little effort and 3 coats. Since I used pencil to mark the rivet locations, I did not want to use primer and fill the slight indentations so I went with old Krylon flat white, one coat. I followed that with misting coats of Old Krylon Gloss Orange followed by one wet coat. Most of the pencil indentations are still there and I will see how well it worked when I apply the rivet decals. Old Krylon does not make a metallic silver so I went with Rustoleum rust stop metallic silver spray paint for the engine. Did I say how much I love the Brodak balsa sealer?:
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That is cool! Nice job!
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Well it has taken me awhile but she is all done and ready for flight. She is not perfect but remember this is a vintage build with old parts and old decals. The build is pretty simple, minus my mistake in the beginning until you begin applying the decals. The decals are old, fragile and thick, but they are functional. I first sprayed them with Testors glosscote and that holds them together and does not cause damage. The pencil marks I made earlier in the build were slightly visible making that part of applying the rivets easier, that was the only easy part. The decals have to be applied in order as per the instructions and you must wait for them to dry before moving onto the rivets, that's what took me so long to finish. Also all those little dots and looking for the pencil lines does a number on your eyes:jaw: I used Testors decal setting solution to help snug the decals down, I find microscale products don't work so well on these old fragile decals. I broke the decals into multiple sessions, basically stopped when my eyes started doing funny things. The main issues are where the rivets go over the red decals, you can see the clear decal material since it is really not clear anymore do to age, a little on the yellow side with the yellow adhesive. Once all the decals were applied I shot the rocket with Testors dullcote like the instructions say. I also added the clay to the nose and glued the metallic silver engine in place. I cannot believe the clay was still soft and useable. If this were a new kit I am sure the decals would have gone on much easier. Oh well, at least she is done and for me this was the most challenging vintage build to finish with the original decals. I could have cheated and printed out new decals, but that's not fun. Now my next challenge, do I build the Dragon Ship or the original StarShip Nova to go with everyone else that's building the new Nova? Or do I suck it up and start on the Dragon Ship and fuss with rivets again?
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Last three pictures
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That's a beautiful build. Go with the Dragon!
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My vote - Dragon Ship, everyone is building the new Nova.
That is the nicest Excaliber I have ever looked at.
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