Doug Master's C150 in 1/48 - N9828J

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Doug Master's C150 in 1/48 - N9828J

Postby Cap'n Wannabe » Fri Jun 13, 2014 10:44 pm

Getting in early on next year's A/CAM theme, with the Minicraft 1/48 Cessna 150, modeled as N9828J, as seen in that ultimate of aviation classics, Iron Eagle. The first one. With the F-16s and stuff.
First thing I did was to reshape the seats - they look bloody awful out of the box, a bit to big and thick for my liking. I sanded off the raised area around the edge of the seat, which thinned them nicely, cut the middle of the seat back to make them look like two separate seats, and cut the backs down to 10mm high - think I took around 2-3mm off them. Finally, I shaped the corners on the top of the seat backs. I reckon they look about 97.6% better now, and probably a bit more to scale.
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All the C150/152s I've flown have had carpeted floors, which is definitely not represented on the kit. After some head-scratching, I found a roll of self-adhesive medical tape in my box of tricks. This stuff is very thin, and very sticky. Laying a piece over the floor, I teased into the nooks and crannies with a toothpick, then cut off the excess. A bit hard to tell from the photos, but there's a definite texture on the floor now, which should come up alright under a coat of paint.
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And the two of them together..
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Re: Doug Master's C150 in 1/48 - N9828J

Postby hrtpaul » Fri Jun 13, 2014 10:47 pm

Cool work there mate :)
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Re: Doug Master's C150 in 1/48 - N9828J

Postby Tony P » Sat Jun 14, 2014 3:04 pm

Looking forward to seeing this one finished. How will you attempt the markings?
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Re: Doug Master's C150 in 1/48 - N9828J

Postby Cap'n Wannabe » Sat Jun 14, 2014 3:14 pm

TOAM wrote:Looking forward to seeing this one finished. How will you attempt the markings?

The paint job will be carefully masked, although I may make decals for the red checks. As for the white letters....dunno yet!

Edit: I have enough letters from my other bugsmasher kits to do the registration :)
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Re: Doug Master's C150 in 1/48 - N9828J

Postby Cap'n Wannabe » Sat Jun 14, 2014 4:27 pm

Painted the cockpit floor today - really happy with the result. I think the medical tape worked really well!
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Re: Doug Master's C150 in 1/48 - N9828J

Postby tor lives » Sat Jun 14, 2014 11:00 pm

Cap'n Wannabe wrote:Painted the cockpit floor today - really happy with the result. I think the medical tape worked really well!
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That's an outstanding result Damo. I reckon half the joy of modelling is the 'trial and error" approach to problem solving. When it turns out like this there is that real sense of satisfaction. I am looking forward to seeing how Doug's Cessna progresses from here.
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Re: Doug Master's C150 in 1/48 - N9828J

Postby Cap'n Wannabe » Sun Jun 15, 2014 3:18 pm

After mucking about with the front seats, I figured ol' Dougie Masters deserved leather upholstery for being forced to be in such a godawful movie (I firmly believe that he had his character killed off on purpose in the sequel..). With that in mind, a google search turned up some nice patterns, so I set about painting the seats to match..
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I got a bit of bleed under the masking on the RH seat, so I'll cover that with a map, or seatbelts, or something..
The kit comes with a rear bench seat - something I've never seen in person, but found plenty of pics on the interwebs - so they got the same treatment. Dunno if I'll put them in or not, though..
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Once the paint's properly dry, I'll tone it down with a semi-gloss clear coat..
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Re: Doug Master's C150 in 1/48 - N9828J

Postby Cap'n Wannabe » Sun Jun 15, 2014 5:50 pm

IP with bonus overscale throttle and mixture controls..
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Re: Doug Master's C150 in 1/48 - N9828J

Postby tor lives » Sun Jun 15, 2014 6:03 pm

Looking good mate.
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Re: Doug Master's C150 in 1/48 - N9828J

Postby Nillus » Sun Jun 15, 2014 6:12 pm

AND ... Really need to put some staining on those seats. I see you have very correctly removed any buttons from the seats, as pulsing sphincters have bitten them right off. Excellent accurate modelling. :)
The instrument panel is fantastic.!
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