Scale Aviation Modeller International – April 2019

THE CANADIAN

CONNECTION

So, with the Canadian
connection I had my choice
quickly decided. On the plus
side, I’ve really been wanting
to build something in a desert
scheme this year. I found a
fantastic website that explained
the ‘Earth Quakers’, the RCAFs
involvement and the oddest
part, a pink camoulage
scheme. I was sent a set of
metal parts from Scale Aircraft
Conversions (#72156). This
set included metal landing
gear braces, as well as a
replacement loor to help
act as nose weight. The irst
job was to prime the plastic,
and here I used Army Painter
‘Brush on Primer’ followed,
by a layer of Tamiya XF-
Cockpit Green. I decided to
have the bomb bay closed, but
aft of the bomb bay bulk head
needed to be painted. There are
also sections of the fuselage
missing. These sections house
the round windows which
are clear parts. The rest of
the fuselage is a matt frosted
area, so it will easily blend in
with the surrounding exterior.
Masking of the windows was
an easy task with the circular
template that I had. I cut out
circles for the interior and
exterior, and then primed the
inside. Once the clear panels
were added to the fuselage,

I found that they blended in

perfectly with the rest of the

model. I painted all the various

interior details as best as I

could but inding colour interior

information on the C and D

variants was more diicult

to come by. Still, I found that

the interior was missing

something, so I added some

seat belts made from aluminum

tape cut into thin strips.

One error I discovered with

the kit is, Airix instructs

that ‘Desert Warrior’ does not

have the side nose mounted

machine gun. The one proile

picture that I was able to ind

of the aircraft clearly has the

gun mounted. Also missing

from the kit, written on the

nacelles are the words ‘Earth

Quakers’ in an arch. Before I

closed the fuselage, I added

more lead weight into the

nose in the closed forward

gear bay. Everything in the

interior itted perfectly

NORTH AMERICAN MITCHELL

B-25C / D

MANUFACTURER: Airfix

SCALE: 1:

KIT TYPE: Plastic injection moulded

KIT NUMBER: 06015

KIT DETAILS

The interior being

detail painted

The fuselage windows masked and glued into place.

Lead weights needed to be added into the nacelles to keep this
kit on its nose

The interior was

painted with

Tamiya XF-

The sharp window frames allowed for quick and easy masking

The glazing was

temporarily glued into

place for painting

Aluminum tape added to the

seats, gives just enough extra

detail to the cockpit

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