What's on my desk? Part 139.
Hello, good morning,
Summer holiday is over, but that doesn't mean we stop modelling.
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My Corsair is coming along nicely. I installed the engine and cowling:
I then gave the plane a flat coat, but I forgot that I still had to paint some black walklines on top of the wings. There are decals in the kit that provide these lines, but they're flimsy and difficult to line up, so I decided it would be easier to just airbrush them. Should have done this earlier, but i forgot. So out came the masking tape again:
I'll paint these together with the propeller, which also needs to be black.
I've also been working on the Fairey Battle. The interior green was sprayed, but it clearly needs a second coat:
The kit includes pilot and gunner figures, which are not at all bad for a 50+year old box. I primed and brush-painted them, then gave the colours a wash of Nuln Oil (for the blue and brown areas) and Agrax Earthshade (on the faces and flight jackets).
These 'flight jackets' I think are actually meant to represent lifejackets, so I painted them yellow at first. Thinking about it, these guys weren't going to fly over water and Mae Wests didn't make much sense, so I repainted them with Tamiya Buff. I like how they turned out; the washes give a quick and easy way to add some texture without spending hours shading and highlighting:
The Strv was painted XF-11 overall:
XF-11 dries dead flat, and you can see flaws in the coat very clearly; look at the 'steps' either side of the cannon base. If another camouflage colour goes over these, I can ignore it, otherwise I'll have to give these areas a second coat of green.
The poles going on the sides are apparently supports for a flotation screen. I noticed they have very pronounced mold lines, so I removed them from the sprue and gave them all a scrape/sand:
Yes, my initial white primer looks awful. I need to reapply this anyway.
Finally, I'm struggling with Jolie Brise. Wood glue is slow and I can't clamp the strips very well, so planking the hull is going extremely slowly:
The relatively small size of the vessel also demands twisting and bending of the planks, far more so than Fram. OcCre's instruction were a lot clearer as well...
I'll just go slow, there's no hurry...
That's it for now.
See you next week!