Decals revealed and a pin wash applied for the panel lines. Tonight I did a bit of work on the exhaust staining using weathering powders. Trying to find reference photos of how this style of exhaust deposited staining was difficult so I just went with what looked right. Not forgetting the...
I finished this a long time ago and forgot that I hadn’t posted the results on here before despite starting a build thread.
This model was donated to my daughter’s former school and hangs proudly from the ceiling of Lancaster class.
Maskol from Humbrol or equivalent from the likes of mig. For glazing on a periscope lens the edge might be a harder straight line so perhaps masking tape instead.
For clear canopies I use Deluxe Material glue n glaze but there are many different products, even plain ordinary PVA glue.
Helicopters and just about every aircraft are made of aluminium, light alloy or composite material and as Jakko says, no rust. Aluminium does oxidize (corrode) and is evident by white powdery deposits.
Steel parts on aircraft have their uses, nuts, bolts as well as landing gear structural parts...
White camouflage applied over AV chipping solution and maskol covered decals. I tried free hand for the upper/lower demarcation lines - let’s see how that works out later.
That’s a nice kit but of its age. I built one years ago and enjoyed it.
https://www.scale-models.co.uk/threads/ricks-hasegawa-1-72-f-14a-tomcat-sundowners.21482/#post-246045
Chopped up sprue dissolved in Humbrol liquid poly can be useful too. I’ve used it to create a rotor brake handle round nob and for a tail rotor fairin, also for filling larger gaps. As it’s home made you can make it as thick as you like.
Some other great tips her though.
Speckles on! The airframe stencils still need doing though. I used the kit decals, they took a while to lift from the paper. The swastika came from a generic sheet of varying styles for different aircraft.
This is the quiz I set for my local club at Christmas. Have a go if you want. No prizes, just for fun and no cheating! Google's for noodles!
1. Where in a house or building would you find an escutcheon?
2. Between which two countries is the Gulf of Bothnia?
3. In which British city has...