Model Airplane International - June 2018

60 MODEL AIRPLANE INTERNATIONAL - June 2018

SKILL LEVEL: ADVANCED

KIT BUILD

Alclad Aqua gloss and let this cure for a

few days.

The next step was decalling. I decided to

move from my normal bench area into the

house to do this. Instead of using my normal

setting solution of Microsol I used Klear, and

found it to be superb. I’m glad I did as the

adhesion was superb. This was when disaster

struck, and thankfully I have no photos of the

mess that was left. After having completing

the decalling process and lifting the kit to

admire it, I dropped it fi rmly onto the fl oor,

breaking the top off the vertical stabiliser,

snapping the resin nose off, damaging

the windscreen joint and also

knocking the wings loose. I

was absolutely

distraught.

I put it

aside for

a few weeks, before coming back to sort

out the mess. Having used the Klear as a

decal setting solution proved invaluable as

the decals styed fi rmly in place whilst I fi xed

the damaged areas, none more so than the

damaged vertical stabiliser as there was a

prominent “Kfi r “decal in place on it.

After a week or so of work I had pretty much

sorted all the damage and it was not

visible, but I was by this stage badly

behind schedule.

Alclad Aqua gloss and let this cure for a

few days.

The next step was decalling. I decided to

move from my normal bench area into the

house to do this. Instead of using my normal

setting solution of Microsol I used Klear, and

found it to be superb. I’m glad I did as the

adhesion was superb. This was when disaster

struck, and thankfully I have no photos of the

mess that was left. After having completing

the decalling process and lifting the kit to

admire it, I dropped it fi rmly onto the fl oor,

Starting to prime the airframe-

I used Mr Surfacer 1200

darkened with a little 1500

Black.

The detail in the resin

cockpit painted in

60 MODEL AIRPLANE INTERNATIONAL - June 2018

Starting to fair the

windshield in. I had

to use Milliput to

smooth the conceal

the joint

Canopy masked

ready for paint

A shot of primer to

check for mistakes

breaking the top off the vertical stabiliser,

snapping the resin nose off, damaging

the windscreen joint and also

knocking the wings loose. I

was absolutely

distraught.

aside for

breaking the top off the vertical stabiliser,

snapping the resin nose off, damaging

the windscreen joint and also

knocking the wings loose. I

was absolutely

distraught.

I put it

Tail masked off and yellow paint added to the

tip. Ive also masked off the bottom demarcation

ready to add Tamiya XF-19

June 2018

the damaged areas, none more so than the

damaged vertical stabiliser as there was a

prominent “Kfi r “decal in place on it.

After a week or so of work I had pretty much

sorted all the damage and it was not

visible, but I was by this stage badly

behind schedule.

June 2018

Masking removed to reveal a

neat paint job

Mr Hobby Aqueous

H305 Gunship

grey added to the

airframe

The next step was decalling. I decided to

move from my normal bench area into the

house to do this. Instead of using my normal

setting solution of Microsol I used Klear, and

found it to be superb. I’m glad I did as the

adhesion was superb. This was when disaster

struck, and thankfully I have no photos of the

mess that was left. After having completing

admire it, I dropped it fi rmly onto the fl oor,

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