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PAINTING AND DECALING

I started by masking off the cockpit

for painting using a small piece

of sponge cut from the ones that

come in most Aires resin sets. Then

I applied an overall coat of Alclad

Aluminium, followed by the same

manufacturer’s gloss varnish. Next,

I used Tamiya black liner to pick

out all the panel lines. I am not a

fan of the black line approach to

weathering, but the Tamiya liner

is not dead black and even in this

tiny scale does not leap out at you.

I now turned to painting all

the smaller parts, like the tyres

on the wheels, the gun sight, and

the arrestor hook, all of which

are black or very dark grey.

The decals are beautiful and

settle down well into the engraved

detail. Considering the complex

curvatures and the small scale

this was very impressive.

With all the decals in place

and the engine cowling attached I

applied a coat of Alclad Matt Varnish

to tone down the gloss of the decals;

once dry, my model was finished.

CONCLUSION

In last month’s editorial I said I had

a bit of modelling block, and these

two little wonders were the answer.

Easy to build, simple to paint,

beautiful decals that went on easily

• what more could you ask for!
  The full Sweet range is available
  from Hobbylink Japan and I thank
  them for supplying the review sample


• which to be honest I would never
  have bought based on the box art.
  Visit them at http://www.hlj.com to
  order yours. Now how can I mask
  a Hurricane canopy in 1/144?

“THE FULL SWEET RANGE IS AVAILABLE

FROM HOBBYLINK JAPAN AND I THANK THEM

FOR SUPPLYING THE REVIEW SAMPLE”

66 • JULY 2018 • SCALE AVIATION MODELLER INTERNATIONAL

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