ADVANCED BUILD
CANBERRA T.17AADVANCED BUILD
CANBERRA T.17A98 Airfi x Model Worldparticles or blemishes marring
the main glazing. Once attached,
it must be held in position to
prevent a step between the
resin and styrene surfaces – any
gaps in the join were sealed with
70.401 Plastic Putty.
Airfix offered a choice of long
and short ‘bullet’ fairings on the
engine fan blades, along with
different nacelles to accompany
each. A study of reference
photos revealed WD955 had an
apparently hybrid installation- fan blades had the short
fairing, but they were in
the nacelle usually
associated
with the long-
type ‘bullet’. The
starboard wing pitot tube
(not included with the kit)
was fashioned from a length of
brass tube.Colour preparations
Readying the model for paint
started with a comprehensive
sanding session with gradually
finer Micro-Mesh pads, due to
the amount of retro-fitting with
various types of plastic and resin.This highlighted several
slight imperfections in
the aftermarket parts,
which were treated by filling
and sanding until there was a
uniform surface. Fine layers of
UMP027 Ultimate Primer Grey
were then airbrushed and left
to dry. The primer revealed
several minor flaws and these
were revisited with filler and
then sanded, after which the
affected areas received anotherparticles or blemishes marring
the main glazing. Once attached,
it must be held in position to
prevent a step between the
resin and styrene surfaces – any
gaps in the join were sealed with
70.401 Plastic Putty.
Airfix offered a choice of long
and short ‘bullet’ fairings on the
engine fan blades, along with
different nacelles to accompany
each. A study of reference
photos revealed WD955 had an
apparently hybrid installation- fan blades had the short
fairing, but they were in
the nacelle usually
associated
with the long-
type ‘bullet’. The
starboard wing pitot tube
(not included with the kit)
was fashioned from a length of
brass tube.Colour preparations
Readying the model for paint
started with a comprehensiveThis highlighted several
slight imperfections in
the aftermarket parts,
which were treated by filling
and sanding until there was a
uniform surface. Fine layers of
UMP027 Ultimate Primer Grey
were then airbrushed and left
to dry. The primer revealed All undercarriage and flap bays received matt white after the airframe had been primed;
these were then masked before the camouflage colours were added.
The primer highlighted several areas with uneven seams, so filler was used to treat these
blemishes; once dry this was sanded with increasingly fine grades of abrasive paper.
Tamiya’s Tape for Curves (87177)
was an ideal guide when re-scribing
panel lines lost during sanding. The light tones of the camouflage colours lent themselves to a pre-shade along the
panel lines, prior to the base shades being applied.
A study of reference photos revealed WD955 had a coloured panel on the wing-tip tanks,
which was added by masking and then painting it black, followed by a matt white topcoat.