The paint up is rolling ahead, at least for the moment. That is until I need to start panel lining. The fluid I bought especially for that step has yet to arrive. May take until early March to arrive. Same with the decal setter I need to use for the very next step after panel lining. I do have my old options open to me for doing both, but I bought these new materials expressly because they make the job easier, and do a finer job of it, than my current methods. Seems a shame to spend all that time airbrushing on paint, masking in finer and finer details, spot painting minor bleeds or errors, to just go back to the old way because I don’t have the new fangled *thing* on hand right this second. However, I also want to finish this VF-1 Valkyrie in a timely manner. Now that I am this far in I realize I should have opted for some Milliput and gone back to sanding after I got all the primer on, as I have found some pretty stark nub remnants, and seam lines which ruin the effect. Win some lose some. Learning hard lessons regarding masking, paint bleed, ink dribble, and assembly restrictions i misread, and then had to do minor cutting & reshaping to get parts to fit. Luckily it was for parts that lock together anyway, and you can’t see where I’ve had to chop, cut & weld parts together due to my mistake. I did not realize that certain parts were used to *lock* limbs into their position, so i assumed i could glue, and paint those bits in place, and then reattach the legs after i had completed the painting process in its entirety. Nope! Big no. Gotta look closer at the instructions for any other projects moving forward. D’oh!
It is a bitterly cold Saturday morning. My cough is still with me. In some ways worse, and in other ways better. Coughing is far less regular an occurrence during the day, but when it goes off, it GOES OFF! Blah! Tastes terrible too. That’s new. The coughing fits taste metallic and just kinda off now too. Nose is time, and the sore neck & head ache are gone. I’ll chalk that up to a bad nights sleep. Ear is still blocked. Made a bad ear worse, as far as sound quality & volume levels are concerned. Like hearing everything from way down a hallway. Still sound there, but greatly muffled and muted compared to my other ear. So that’s fun. Wee!
Sun is out for the moment. Just going to go stand in the window to bask in it for a second. Ciao Bella!
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