Model Airplane International - June 2018

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And with that, the fuselage halves were

joined. Both my kits had a strange moulded

raised line just inside the plastic’s edge. It

wasn’t a snag as it just sanded off

when cleaning up the seams

but it is a little odd given

the overall fi nesse of

the kit.

After clean up the

separate gun decks

were added. The

upper cowl had a slight

lip when dry-fi t so this

needed to be tweaked

with a sanding stick, but

overall the fi t was extremely

precise. The gun barrels (hollow by

the way) need to be fi tted before the cowl is

glued on but fear not, masking tape will easily

slip under them so painting them after the

camoufl age is not a problem as you can see in

the photos.

The fi nal job was to add the cockpit

coaming. This wasn’t tricky with the 'Weekend'

kit but the BRASSIN resin was a bit of a fi ddle

and I struggled with the instrument panel

A few attempts were needed to get the squares for the nose

markings correct, and I had to cheat a bit, the lower row is

actually slightly rectangular!

What can I say

other than this is

the yellow after

application...!

Yellow on the fuselage

is for the 6 numeral

and masking applied

on the nose to prevent

overspray from the

black as this will affect

the RLM 76 next.

Yep, that’s the black. Actually

it’s Tamiya Rubber Black, Red

Brown and Buff

initially, so I’d be tempted to go with the plastic

part even if I was using the BRASSIN set.

Wings

Most of the parts for the wheel wells were

painted on the runners which works well.

Mr. Hobby RLM 02 being the choice here

followed by Roy’s wash and Vallejo’s satin

varnish. The cannon barrels were cut off to be

added right at the end of the project. Normally

I’d get some of those amazing Master Barrels

but I wanted to see how the kit parts stood

I mentioned the nose guns were easy to mask, here’s the

evidence.

Job done. There’s a bit of overspray in the gun troughs and

elsewhere but that was easily touched up.

With hindsight I wouldn’t spray the black before the camoufl age

again. I don’t normally, but I thought I’d try it this time round. We

have to try these things to refi ne our techniques.

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