John R... same exclamation I get when looking in the mirror. Thanks bro. Fernando... the guns were fun to build... a bit crude best viewed from a safe distance. Steve... thanks, glad that it has turned out ok. So far it has gone to Shizuoka and back safe.
The struts were next to get attention. I sprayed a base coat of yellow ochre and misted a layer of red brown and concentrated thicker coats to the ends...
Masking the tips I sprayed nato black for the attachment ends...
Same was done for the propeller except I emphasised the wood grains with a paint brush...
On this you will see the slight overlap of the top olive coat surface onto the edges of the underside of the wings...some creepage were attende to later easlily with an eraser.
Hi guys, John and Tim...you're up and early. Great to show this again although it's a first here. The prop is wierd as I still don't know why the tips are grey in color. Perhaps one of you will know.
Not that early Richard, ten to nine here LOL. Don’t know about the prop, but perhaps a visibility thing? It wouldn’t shine or reflect where they were trying to look.....
Cheers
Tim
Hi Tim, could be.
At first I thought they were metal sheaths to protect the blades from being shot off by the Vickers but the Vickers had an actuator rod connected directly to the engine so that possibility was off.