Model Aircraft – September 2019

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f you didn’t recognise, the above phrase,

it’s from the motion picture Top Gun,

and that was my feeling when I opened

this Signifer kit. It’s a multi-media model

with the main components in plastic, like

wings and fuselage, but all the rest are resin

parts, and superbly cast resin parts I must say,

but I knew it was going to be a challenging

project from the outset!

As mentioned, the interior was fully

represented with resin parts, and includes a

cockpit section, the wall that separated the

cockpit from the main cabin, a radio station,

seats and wheel wells. The details were great

and demanded a careful painting work that

stared with a coat of Ammo by MIG One Shot

Grey Primer. Then following my references, the

insides were painted in Interior Green, except

from the cabin seats which received a Light

Grey colour and the anti-skid surfaces on the

cabin loor, these were brush painted in a Dark

Grey shade. A Deep Brown wash was then used

to accent all the great details and then some

acrylics were brush painted to give some colour

to speciic parts. Before securing everything

in the fuselage I decided to pin all seats to the

cabin loor, as if any of them became loose

after closing the airframe, that would be a great

problem! Instead of using clear parts cement to

glue the windows I opted by regular extra thin

cement. This should be used carefully to avoid

marring the clear parts but provides a stronger

bond. Again, just an extra care to avoid any

problems later.

Fitting of all resin parts was surprisingly

easy. The interior pieces required some

adjustments but nothing to worry about. The

Manufacturer: Signiier

Scale: 1:4 8

K i t Ty p e: Multi-media

Kit Number: 480001

Grumman JRF-5 Goose

Talk to Me

Goose!

Mario Serelle guides you

through building, painting and

weathering the 1:48 Signiier

Grumman JRF-5 Goose

After removing the resin blocks, all interior

components received a Grey Primer coat

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