Jane got me this for Christmas. It’s the Revell version. She was looking for something she would like to see me build and was hoping I’d like it. Love it! We searched online together to find a paint scheme and both went nuts over the Red Bull Stearman.
Red Bull
Now that it’s under construction I’m wondering how to get that design on this little plane! Even in 1:48 it can’t be more than 6” long.
I didnt know that they made a “Red Bull” version of their Steerman. That’s too cool.
A unique WIP! I’ll be following!
Your friend, Toshi
I have the kit of the cowled Stearman, and also intend to build it in Red Bull livery, but a different, older livery. I will be following your build. What do you intend for decals?
Don I’m debating whether to print my own decals or paint it using masks. I ordered the mask material but it’s so small I’m not sure about being able to cut them out cleanly. Any thoughts based on your experience?
Made some more progress today in between home projects on my vacation day, here’s the almost completed fuselage. I’m going as far as putting the lower wing on and then I have to wait on paint.
I’m really liking these Revell kits lately! Check out these wings, no gaps at the edges anywhere. Excuse the excess plastic, I hadn’t cleaned this upyet. I like to wait till the glue dries to make sure i don lose any of the profile.
I found some great side views at a ninety degree angle to the fuselage. Now, this is their older livery, with the red color, but it will work fine to make inkjet decals from. I am worried about wing decals, though. I have been doing inkjet decals for over ten years, so the thought of doing it doesn’t bother me, but I need to find the art work to use. I can do pretty good things with my photo editor, but it is not total magic. And since that red livery is an older one, continued google image searches may not yield any more images.
They have an rc plane with all the decals on it. Grabbed these shots for the wing decals. Do you think they will work?
Nice start, good luck in the decals.
Your friend, Toshi
Do you intend to do the flames by decal or by painting? The silver color may be hard to do with decals unless you have an Alps printer and the proper cartridge.
hmmmm, I’ve never done decals before so didn’t know it would be that hard. Fortunately it’s a bit of a flat silver, but that may not help in the printing process i guess? I had picked up some decal paper and the spray for it to set them on the paper. I haven’t tried it yet and was thinking I’d do it here. I’ll do some test prints of course on plain paper to see what i get. i have to find my photoshop disk now and see if it will install. On windoews 10. I hope so because i hate photoshops new monthly online plan.
any suggestions for a free program that i can use to do the artwork?
There are only two that I am familiar with for free are the Paint that comes with Windows, and GIMP. Paint is quite basic- not sure if it is good enough for your job. GIMP is free, but the help stuff is really basic, and it is not the easiest to use. However, if you have used Photoshop you may be okay with it, or there is a book on GIMP.
I use Corel’s Paint Shop Pro. It is very powerful, better than GIMP, and much cheaper than Photoshop, typically around seventy to eighty bucks (it is frequently on sale). Adobe has a cheaper alternative, for about the same price as PSP, Photoshop Elements. Not quite as powerful as PSP, but close.
Here is a shot of the older RB livery that I intend to use
Love the red Baron! Ive never seen that one before. Should be sweet looking in paint.
Oh Man what a great looking aircraft and well chosen. I can’t wait until you ply your excellent skills on this baby. I’ll be following for sure.[Y]
I help change an engine in one of these. Got a free ride for my efforts
Learmech I bet that was worth it! How hard was the engine to change? 4 bolts and a hoist? LOL
Not to brag or anything…
My ride was free!!! Just for being at the airport, and knowing a guy, who know’s a guy! Even got just enough stick time to put it in my logbook! Sadly, the owner crashed his Fouga Magister (structural failure) at Osh Kosh back in the early 2000’s and is no longer with us.
Also got a ride and stick time in a T-6 (my avatar)…just for building a model of the guys plane.
Free rides in the Yankee Air Forces B-25 and B-17, because I happened to be working at the airport on the days that they came around.
I’ve been working some angles on another. The guy has an L-39…I do the seal coating and crackfill on his driveway and the ramp in front of his hanger…and I’ve got a few L-39’s in the stash…one will be his…and oh yes…I will get a ride in that sucker!!!
I got many a ride in a Stearman when I was a kid. My dad was in the CAP. I was too young to be a cadet, so I became sort of a mascot of the squadron. The squadron received a surplus Stearman from the AAF. Dad took me up in it many times, including doing aerobatics, which he loved.
Making more progress. I have the first coat of primer on. Found the bad spots and did some patch work with my perfect plastic putty, love the stuff! Wet sanded it and purposely sanded it down over the ribs to see if i can get some suttle shading there when i put the blue on.
now I’m going to have to learn to wire it because it’s almost time to put the top wing on. I really don’t see how people attach those little wires [bnghead]
