Airfix Model World – July 2018

ADVANCED BUILD

FARMAN F.190

ADVANCED BUILD

FARMAN F.190

60 Airfi x Model World

these fitted perfectly into their

circular apertures. These parts

were first dipped in Johnson’s

Klear, then a bead of thin

cyanoacrylate (CA) glue was

run around the outer edges of

the square mounts. Next, the

windows were masked from

the inside with circles of tape

(punched slightly larger than the

exterior diameter, to avoid any

alignment issues), before the

fuselage interior was airbrushed.

The fuselage door was supplied

as a separate clear part, so this

was also painted the interior

colour, after masking the circular

window. One other factor to

remember, was to paint the

underside centre section of the

wing...as this essentially formed

the ceiling of the cabin.

A slight shortcoming of the

instructions was the lack of

colour information for the

interior, and details in general;

on obscure subjects such as

these, that kind of information

is particularly hard to find, so

would have been appreciated.

Ultimately, a beige-green hue was

mixed, which would hopefully

look appropriate for the period.

In the cockpit itself the

instrument panel comprised

a PE front face, a film printed

with the gauges, and a backing

piece...a miniscule resin compass

completed the assembly. Tiny

PE control levers attached to

the sidewalls, while floors

and instrument panels were

painted to represent wood,

via oil paints and a coarse

brush. All seat cushions

then received a coat of

brown paint.

A PE seat harness

was provided for

the pilot, but none

60 Airfi x Model World

the inside with circles of tape

(punched slightly larger than the

exterior diameter, to avoid any

alignment issues), before the

fuselage interior was airbrushed.

the ceiling of the cabin.

A slight shortcoming of the

instructions was the lack of

colour information for the

interior, and details in general;

on obscure subjects such as

these, that kind of information

is particularly hard to find, so

would have been appreciated.

Ultimately, a beige-green hue was

mixed, which would hopefully

look appropriate for the period.

In the cockpit itself the

instrument panel comprised

a PE front face, a film printed

with the gauges, and a backing

piece...a miniscule resin compass

completed the assembly. Tiny

PE control levers attached to

the sidewalls, while floors

and instrument panels were

painted to represent wood,

via oil paints and a coarse

brush. All seat cushions

then received a coat of

brown paint.

A PE seat harness

was provided for

the pilot, but none

The fuselage door was supplied

as a separate clear part, so this

 SBS cast the door in clear resin, which required the porthole window to be masked on
both inner and outer surfaces. Arctic Decals masks were used for this.

 The interior colour was applied to the inner fuselage, bulkheads, and underside of the

wing centre section, as this formed the cabin ceiling when assembled.

 A metal punch was used

to cut circular window

masks for the interior

of the Farman, which

were marginally larger

than the Arctic Decals

exterior masks.

Once the windows had been

coated with Klear and attached

with CA glue, the masks were

pressed into place and the

windows airbrushed.