The Romsey Modeller - Romsey Modellers

PAINTING
It was here that my major blunder occurred which I have mentioned in recent editions of the magazine. I
decided to do a strip down clean of my Iwata TR1 airbrush using my ultra sonic cleaner, something I had done
countless times before. As I was reassembling the brush, instead of finding the spanner designed for the job I
thought I could save a couple of minutes by using my pliers to tighten the nozzle to the body – dick head! I
overtightened the nozzle and stripped the tread from the airbrush body a mistake that would cost me £160 for
a new airbrush. The damage was not immediately apparent and I spent several hours trying to work out why
my impeccably clean brush was spluttering. Once I had worked it out my enthusiasm for yuletide modelling
disappeared.
PAINTING PART 2
After a few weeks sulking I resumed the project , now with Steve’s airbrush that he had kindly lent me ( brave
fellow). The canopy frames were first painted the interior colour before the panel lines were preshaded using
thinned Tamiya black.
The sky underside colour was added ( Mr Color) thinly using a couple of coats to slowly build up the colour
depth without obliterating the pre shade. This was masked and the top colour added.
A punch that I picked up in a pound shop was used to create masks for the wheels
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