Model Airplane International – September 2019

44 MODEL AIRPLANE INTERNATIONAL - September 2019

KIT BUILD

coat of Microscale Gloss and it was ready for

the decals. These went on over two evenings

with the main marking going on during the irst

evening. The Airix decals were pretty tough

but eventually Microscale Micro Sol had them

settling down. There are some speciic stencil

decals provided for the Swedish aircraft so

check the instructions if you are building this

variant. With the decals on I have to say the

model was looking rather nice. The very large

Swedish roundels looked great against the

silver background.

A wash was applied over the whole model

using Flory Models Dark Dirt, this helped bring

out the surface details and was effective on

the silver and black areas of the paintwork.

Whilst the airframe was nearing completion,

there was still quite a lot of work to do. So,

over the next few evenings I painted the prop,

undercarriage and wheels. I also painted the

Eduard metal drop tanks as I had decided

to it them. The gun bay doors also needed

to be painted and then there were decals to

apply to them and the drop tanks. Once all

the parts were complete, they were attached

to the model – except for the drop tanks.

Eduard’s instructions show these itted with the

Fitting the windscreen needs care, it tends to sit to one side

leaving a step along the lower edge. Check the join where the

cockpit sidewalls are glued to the fuselage as glue squeezed

out here can affect the sit of the canopy.

The lower engine cowling needed a bit of careful filling and

sanding to blend everything in. Lost detail then had to be

re-engraved.

After masking, the windscreen receives black paint for the

upper frames and green for the lower, this will be visible on the

inside of the canopy.

Ready to paint! The flaps are test fitted here, these were removed and painted separately. Painting begins with an overall coat of Mr. Surfacer, this gets rid of any micro scratches in the

surface, essential for a metallic paint finish.

A gloss black coat over the Mr. Surfacer gives a mirror finish, perfect for Alclad II paints to be
applied on to.

Metallics here consist of two shades of Alclad II, Aluminium and Dark

Aluminium plus Mr. Hobby H8 Silver for the ‘painted’ areas.