Model Airplane International - June 2018

The control surfaces;

elevators, ailerons and

rudder were all oversprayed

with a very heavily thinned

Sky Grey to give the effect

of fading on the fabric

covered areas.

44 MODEL AIRPLANE INTERNATIONAL - June 2018

SKILL LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE

KIT BUILD

The circular red gun ports

were a head-scratcher for

me. I chose an unorthodox

method, using a cut down

cotton bud dipped in red

acrylic paint to apply the

spots.

The undercarriage legs

were supported with

toothpicks while they dried

to ensure they were at

the correct forward rake.

The undercarriage doors

were very easily fi tted with

positive locations.

Some light chipping was

added around high wear

areas like the wing roots

and gun bay doors using

a small piece of sponge

dipped in Silver paint. This

was then toned down with

some pigments brushed

around the same areas.

Here you can see the

aluminium tubing added

for the wing guns and the

pigments that were brushed

into the tyre treads and

around the undercarriage

doors.

The outside frame of the canopy

was airbrushed silver at the same

time as the fuselage. A quick polish

after the masking was removed

restored the clarity and it was ready

to install.

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