9:35 am, Friday, the day started with such promise. I was going to do The Delta Quadrant's Cardassian Galor. I had finished a Keldon weeks ag, sans paint. The only prep work I had done earlier was washed it (part of a mass wash of models on April 16) and pre-drilled a hole for the magnetic stand (again, part of a mass drilling of models weeks ago):
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j25/m ... C_0581.jpg
At 11:27 am things were looking good. Sanding was done, and this casting didn't have many air bubbles to fill. It was ready for assembly:
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11:59 am: I had learned a few things from building the Keldon. One was that the aft disruptor (the tuning fork-like tail) sits so precariously on the edge that the stub tends to break off, so I used the McGyver multitool (a paperclip) to give it more strength. I had also drilled a hole for the forward disruptor using Terry's idea of drilling a wide hole and filling it with AVES so that you don't have to worry about getting the mating hole perfectly aligned with your pin:
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j25/m ... C_0583.jpg
1:14 pm: Assembly is mostly done and putty applied. Magnet has been inserted but not filled in:
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j25/m ... C_0584.jpg
1: 26 pm: Magnet covered up:
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2:14 pm: Assembly done, ready for priming:
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j25/m ... C_0586.jpg
3:49 pm: Primer applied and sanded with 400 grit:
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j25/m ... C_0587.jpg
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j25/m ... C_0588.jpg
5:26 pm: Lost a lot of time because I grabbed the wrong can and accidentally applied a pearl glosscoat on top of the primer. So I had to wait for that to dry before applying the base coat. Of course, you have to allow for that to dry too:
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j25/m ... C_0589.jpg
5:49 pm: Another time sucker - Used a fine tipped point to apply the panel lines. Didn't like the results:
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j25/m ... C_0590.jpg
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j25/m ... C_0591.jpg
8:03 pm: At 6 pm I applied another thin sheet of basecoat before leaving for dinner on date night. That was plenty of time for the paint to dry and I started again when we returned. The panel lines were de-emphasized. Here are the results:
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j25/m ... C_0592.jpg
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j25/m ... C_0593.jpg
8:41 pm: Aaaaand time sucker #3 - I used a dark brown for the panel lines. Didn't like it in the least:
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j25/m ... C_0594.jpg
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j25/m ... C_0595.jpg
10:48 pm: I used a brown wash to de-emphasize the panel lines I drew. Didn't like these results either. But I loved the Soviet Orange over the basecoat, though:
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j25/m ... C_0597.jpg
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j25/m ... C_0598.jpg
11:00 pm: Applied a thin coat of basecoat and went to bed...
7:29 am Saturday: Picked up where I left off:
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j25/m ... C_0599.jpg
9:32 am: I did like the effect on the panels, but needed some more punch. So I used a combination of reddish brown, Soviet orange, khaki brown, light blue and black wash to highlight detail:
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j25/m ... C_0600.jpg
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j25/m ... C_0601.jpg
To be honest, the weathering I did was a little heavy for my taste, but from far away it looks good
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At 10:43 am the glosscoats were dry. I was disappointed it took away some of the more subtle weathering I *did* like. But here it is, again without decals or glosscoat. I failed in getting it done in one day but I figured you guys wanted to see it:
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j25/m ... C_0602.jpg
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j25/m ... C_0603.jpg