The Romsey Modeller - Romsey Modellers

Blunder No 4: Somehow I managed to get the
order of the spinner bands wrong
The stabiliser fins were masked and painted before
being attached.
The spinner is presented in several parts to support the
counter rotating propellers, I initially sprayed it white and
then masked it to allow for the red stripes. Unfortunately I
didn’t play enough attention to the order and ended up
spraying the wrong bands!
The process naturally had to be repeated to rectify the
error.
The undercarriage was constructed and fitted and the
model was given a coat of Klear to provide a gloss based for
decaling, which went without drama.
The model was then given a final clear coat to seal the
decals and followed by a panel line wash. The final painting
operation was to add exhaust stains to the rear fuselage.
Flory Modellers dark wash ( formally Pro Modellers
wash) was sprayed all over the model, went dry it was
removed with a soft rag leaving the panel lines nicely
highlighted.
After removing the canopy masking and cleaning up the residual glue ( a disadvantage of using foil) the model
was complete.
Considering it took well over two months, I can’t say I am thrilled by the result. If it had taken a few days as
originally planned I would have been delighted but at times it was a struggle to maintain enthusiasm on what
to be frank is not a fantastic kit. Still it’s another model to add to my growing FAA collection ( and it has
allowed me to fill 6 pages of this publication ☺ ).
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