Hello everybody,
I have been able to overcome what I think was one the most critical points of the B747F cargo set, which was to make the main cargo deck (base shape) and actually be able to create a sort of guide for it to be attached to the fuselage.
I don’t have many photos but I wanted to share one that shows the detail that the deck will have, so far the details are designed with the computer and yet to be placed on the deck itself.
The set will also include decals, so I have been taking note of the different letters and marks that go on the side walls. I noticed some differences between the 747-8F and 747-400F deck systems, the 8F is using some wheels to guide the cargo into the deck, so I may rework that area for the 747-400F set.
As a personal note I would like to say that temperatures and humidity are not helping me to work with everything as I would like to, it is not a personal complain but more a technical issue since humidity makes things harder to work with.
August has been a messy month, so from September I expect to have a more solid schedule and be able to do things in a better order. The change of decals is more work piled to do, but I am sorting that out. Up until now I did not have a catalogue and projects to work with alongside, so I need to set a schedule to designate time for both, keeping the store with items and work with new projects and decal liveries.
I know that if I run to do things, there will be bad results, so I repeat myself that I need to take the time that it takes to do it right, there is no such thing as rush into modeling and specially when you are offering your work to the public, so things must be 100% correct.
Speaking of decals, I have done more tests with them (although not on airline models yet) and I am surprised by the decal thickness, I am currently using a 7 μm decal paper (carrier thickness) which allows for 0 appearance of decal edges, I applied decal softener in my tests, but even without it, decal edges are practically invisible, with softener, there is no way to see where the decal cut is. As soon as I can, I will upload photos of these tests and I am planning to do a full video on the decaling process of an A350 model for a full decal test
Will be representing the Air China’s A350 with the 2019 Horticultural Expo colors, I think this one will be a good decal testbed, since it will have big and small decals, colorful ones, blacks and also white decals.
Best wishes,
Guillem