{"id":1679,"date":"2003-08-21T17:15:08","date_gmt":"2003-08-22T01:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/?p=1679"},"modified":"2009-02-11T17:16:30","modified_gmt":"2009-02-12T01:16:30","slug":"in-progress-%c2%bb-zeta-plus-c1-type-greenplate-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/in-progress-%c2%bb-zeta-plus-c1-type-greenplate-special\/","title":{"rendered":"In Progress \u00c2\u00bb Zeta Plus C1 Type &#8216;Greenplate Special&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"subhead\">7.18.2003 \u00c2\u00bb greenPlate<br \/>\nSpecial<\/p>\n<p>Next up in my que is my MG Zeta Plus C1 Repaint. This<br \/>\none will be known as the Green Plate Special. There is a font that<br \/>\nI have been wanting to use forever for some project. Nothing seemed<br \/>\nappropriate to use it for until now. The font is called &#8220;fontdiner.com<br \/>\nsparkly&#8221;. It&#8217;s a 50s retro kinda look. Very fun font.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I made these decals a few months ago when<br \/>\nI made my Type 100 Afterburner decals. The seafoam blue-green color<br \/>\nscheme fits in with the retro look I was going for. This kit will<br \/>\nalso involve the same tight masking that was used on the Type 100,<br \/>\nbut without the flames.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-GreenPlate\/GPC1Colors2.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"440\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-GreenPlate\/GPSdecals.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"318\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"subhead\">7.18.2003 \u00c2\u00bb strip search<\/p>\n<p>This evening I stripped the kit of it&#8217;s old paint<br \/>\njob. The original kit was painted &#8220;box colors&#8221; and no<br \/>\nseam lines or puttying was done. Since I used Tamiya for all the<br \/>\npaints, I was able to strip the kit using 91% isopropyl rubbing<br \/>\nalcohol. It ate the Tamiya quicker than 409 and didn&#8217;t leave the<br \/>\ngummy residue that 409 always leaves me. Here&#8217;s a &#8220;before&#8221;<br \/>\npic of the kit and a drying parts &#8220;after&#8221; picture.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-GreenPlate\/prog01-before1.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-GreenPlate\/prog03-drying.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"subhead\">7.19.2003 \u00c2\u00bb color update<\/p>\n<p>Made a few minor color changes based on some feedback<br \/>\nand the fact that I colorized this before the shiki, so some knowledgable,<br \/>\nevolutionary, wisdom, changes were made. See above for the new colors<br \/>\ncompared to the old.<\/p>\n<p class=\"subhead\">8.16.2003 \u00c2\u00bb been a while&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Hmmm&#8230; not much of a progress page if I&#8217;m going to<br \/>\nshow the concept, then the near finished kit and nothing inbetween.<br \/>\nI&#8217;m applying the decals now and should be done in a week or so.<br \/>\nObviously, these parts will look much better once I put the flat<br \/>\nclear-coat on.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-GreenPlate\/prog04-decals.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-GreenPlate\/prog05-decals.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"subhead\">8.21.2003 \u00c2\u00bb new and improved<\/p>\n<p>I got a decent digital camera! Here&#8217;s an almost done,<br \/>\nclear, teaser pic.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-GreenPlate\/prog07-decals.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"274\" \/><\/p>\n\n<!-- Facebook Like Button v1.9.6 BEGIN [http:\/\/blog.bottomlessinc.com] -->\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Ffichtenfoo.net%2Fblog%2Fin-progress-%25c2%25bb-zeta-plus-c1-type-greenplate-special%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;font=trebuchet+ms\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height: 30px; align: left; margin: 2px 0px 2px 3px\"><\/iframe>\n<!-- Facebook Like Button END -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>7.18.2003 \u00c2\u00bb greenPlate Special Next up in my que is my MG Zeta Plus C1 Repaint. This one will be known as the Green Plate Special. There is a font that I have been wanting to use forever for some project. Nothing seemed appropriate to use it for until now&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/in-progress-%c2%bb-zeta-plus-c1-type-greenplate-special\/\"><span>Continue Reading<\/span><i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,56],"tags":[65,72,708,128,63,129],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1679"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1679"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1680,"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1679\/revisions\/1680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}