Viper progress

Just test fit of remaining parts (upper and rear engine parts) 

Biggest gap which will need to be filled. The rest of the parts should be ok. 

guns cleaned and holes drilled 

main body closed and I'm adding more parts one by one 

The color of the cockpit is wrong (should be darker grey) but I will not change it now 

finished cockpit 

preparing for base coat 

probably will need to sand the joint wing - fuselage 

coming along very nicely 

PE piping replaced with lead wire 

same for the other side 

canopy in place, seams looking good so far. Ready for a coat of primer 🙂 

found two older picture of the finished cockpit ready to be glued to the fuselage 

and the other side of the cockpit 

Mr. Surfacer 1000 testing. I think that it went well 

seam checking - all the filing and sanding was worth it 

even the worst transition is quite nice in the end 

similar to the other side. 

white base and masked for the engine bits 

 

Yes I know. The engine bits should be more like iron color but I like it so far. 

engine with several different colors of MR Paint metallic colors 

engine bits enhanced with Mr Color buffable Dark Iron 

 

 

everything glued together and ready for decals 

front decals were the worst the side are without any problems 

 

all decals on place. ready for clear cote and wash 

If I should do this kit again in the future - red stripes will be airbrushed instead of using decals. it was nightmare to work with the decals in some places. 

but it looks nice in the end 🙂 I'm happy with the result 

 

matt varnish sealed everything. spacecraft is officialy finished! 🙂 

since this is my (counting in my mind...) third proper plastic model, I'm quite happy how it turned out. (yes there are mistakes I know but I do not care at this point. 🙂 ) 

now let's get the stand painted. Nice details on the front surface... 

... from the inside??? ehm... what? anybody any ideas? 

decals are in place. lower portion was painted MRP-153 Gold. 

not perfect (some cleaning of the gold paint of the "Map" could be better... 

only final coat of gloss and we are done 🙂 

final gloss coat in place (Pledge Floor care) 

I'm quite pleased with the result. This is my first real attempt for the gloss finish. Final photos coming soon. 

final result (more pictures in the DONE gallery)