Model Airplane International – August 2019

KIT BUILD

62 MODEL AIRPLANE INTERNATIONAL - August 2019

I primed the built

up seat in Alclad

Gloss Black

Base Primer

and left it to dry,

then applied a

basecoat in Alclad

High Speed Silver,

in order to chip the

seat. I then airbrushed

some AK Interactive worn effects medium

onto the seat and let it dry, before painting

the seat in H58 Interior Green. Once this had

dried I dampened the area with water and

chipped the green away using a cocktail stick,

exposing the metal colour. I replaced the etch

seat

belts

supplied

with the kit

with Eduard’s steel

belts. These are a marked improvement

in detail and are very malleable, so easy to

manipulate into shape.

As I said previously, there is always a little

extra detail that can be added, in spite of how

good this kit is. I added extra wiring to the

front cockpit bulkhead. For this I used 0.4 mm

Plastruct Styrene rods. I painted the bulkhead

in Mr. Color C351. Once dry, I used some

Citadel Camo Green for the highlights and a

dark wash using my homemade wash, using

a similar approach to the sidewalls and the

tail section.

The instrument panel and side consoles

are mainly black, so they were masked and

painted Tamiya X-18 Semi-Gloss Black.

Eduard have released, in their BRASSIN

Löök range, a replacement resin pre-painted

instrument panel, but to be honest, the kit

panel has much sharper detail, so after much

deliberation I decided to use the kit parts. I

also used the Barracuda cockpit stencils set;

these really do help bring the cockpit to life,

with all of their switch and placard detail. When

the cockpit was all joined up it looked fantastic!

I glued the cockpit it in place and the

added the various details to both sides of

First step was to build up

the frame for the pilot’s

seat and rear cockpit

bulkhead. I added the

bolts from my RP Toolz

Hexagonal Punch & Die set

and some sheet Evergreen

Styrene.

I used Mr. Color C-351

as a primer coat for the

interior cockpit parts

and also the tailwheel

framework.

I built the seat

up and primed it

gloss black using

Alclad Gloss black

primer and left it

to dry and cure

overnight.

basecoat in Alclad

with Eduard’s steel

belts. These are a marked improvement

in detail and are very malleable, so easy to

manipulate into shape.

As I said previously, there is always a little

Once dry, it was given a base

coat of Alclad ALC-125 High

Speed Silver.

seat

belts

supplied

with the kit

a similar approach to the sidewalls and the

tail section.

coat of Alclad ALC-125 High

Once cured, I sprayed some AK Interactive Worn

Effects Fluid over the front surfaces of the seat.

I then painted the seat using Mr. Hobby Aqueous Interior Green Once the paint had been given a few minutes to dry, I dampened the surface with water before

chipping the edges using a cocktail stick.

a similar approach to the sidewalls and the

I added a dark wash

to the bulkhead using

a homemade mix of

Klear, Tamiya XF-1

paint and water. Once

this dried I drybrushed

some highlights over

the raised detail.