Ages ago, an issue of Fine Scale Modeller had a free enclosure, a small 1/72 Xtradecal sheet with these markings. Being a bit of a tightwad, I did not want to waste them, so I got a Fujimi Spey powered F4M kit. There had also been an article about a texturing technique to replicate the panel distortion seen on many jet aircraft, so I decided to go to town on it and got a PP Aeroparts boarding ladder etch and the Airwaves cockpit interior etch too. I also found some paper RBF tags from PP. I took a buddy pod from another kit too. The cockpit was a piece of cake, just took my time. I brush painted Tamiya blue acrylic, after I had done the bare metal bits with Humbrol metalcote, buffed them up with a mop in my power tool and masked them off. The burnt effect was done by applying the spinning mop to a dark metalcote dried on some scrap plastic, then applied, spinning, to the lighter metalcote already polished. I then gave a couple of cotes of Future/Klear, and then the nightmare of over 100 decals! Then the distortion tricks. After sealing the decals with Future/Klear, apply an even coat of Matt Varnish. When dry, brush strips of Gloss varnish where the panels should belly out, but DO NOT BRUSH OUT. When dry, apply a top coat of Matt varnish. When dry, buff the whole surface in he direction of airflow, with some clean, coarse tissue. Now weathering with pastels, oils, pencils etc. can be done. I scratched some probe guard boxes, and split some red cable insulation lengthwise for the undercarriage ram locks, and just placed them in position. Photo eight shows the ladders and front canopy, with slide locks and mirrors. Note the facing plates on the canopy frames and rails. I really enjoyed this build, great sense of satisfaction.
Posted on: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 19:07:21 +0000
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