peter_ewbank Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Much finishing work still to do. Started building this with my son (aged 9) 4-5 weeks ago. It is cmpletely OOB, but have corrected decal mistakes like changing EVER REUY N to EVER READY II and painting the Pilot's signiture on the cowl as per the original aircraft. I think I got it right. We still have all of the smaller decals to apply. The kit had been sitting around for a while and the decals dried up so that when it came time to put them on the model, they fractured into 10 pieces each on average. Much time spent lining them up and then in the end doing a lot of overpainting by hand. Apparently the call sign and the rear fuselage band shown as white was in fact painted in RAF Sky 1 but we don't know what colour that actually is yet. EVER READY II was painted white not yellow as produced in the kit decals. I am probably going to paint the yellow out with white but am waiting for the day I feel at peace enough to have a steady hand for the job. We had an accident with the kit windscreen and it is completely ruined now. If there is any member who put the inaccurate kit windscreen aside and replaced it with an after market one please let us know 1) where to locate an after market windscreen or 2) if you want to sell the kit windscreen part to us. The model is completely hand painted using a kind of dry brush technique even for the camouflage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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LSP_Matt Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Hey Peter, They are looking great. Amazing result for brush painting. I have one that is 9 as well. Great fun. Hope all in NZ are recovering well...(32-19 ) Cheers Matty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter_ewbank Posted August 1, 2008 Author Share Posted August 1, 2008 Agreed, the rugby was shameful. Still there's another match tonight. There's still hope that our NZ coach can beat your NZ coach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotary Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 hi peter, according to hannants web site---future releases---squadron signal are doing a full canopy vac. in future for spit. cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Hi Looking very nice. Glad to see you working with your son on it. Good Show. Texas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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