Hi all
So I have been plodding on very slowly with this build.
The spinners and props are assembled and are a great fit - classic
Tamiya (albeit the masking for the yellow tips was a bit out!). You can see from the photos that LPs spinners are lighter than Medium Sea Grey and so I did 50/50 of Medium and Ocean Sea Grey. LP also clearly has some dark tips on the spinners, which the build I have been following says were red, so I've followed that.
The undercarriage is nearly ready to assemble, I dust need to finish off the nacelle oil tanks.
Thanks again to
@Jim R and
@Tim Marlow for their thoughts on Vallejo's Metal Colour Paints. It has the reputation of being a very good - possibly the best - water based metallic acrylic paint (lacquers are not an option for me). I have to say the first go I had (Dark Aluminium to be precise) went
VERY well. Sprayed beautifully through a 0.2mm needle, no dry drip, a surprisingly clean AB cup afterwards and great coverage. I have seen it sprayed in a variety of ways, in my case I went for the ratio I use
Model Air 2:1 paint to thinner/flow aid. Will definitely be using it again!
ATB.
Andrew
These are
very close up shots of the antenna for the air interception radar, as you can see it looks pretty good to my eye - even allowing for dreaded digital zoom, so you can imagine what they look like with a Mark I Eyeball! So Jim, Tim thanks again - although my credit card might have other thoughts on the topic!!