Airfix 1/48 Gnat.

Started by John Healy · 26 · 2 years ago
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    John Healy said 2 years, 7 months ago:

    Thanks, Tom. Mr. Color is the way to go for this color. I never was able to get Humbrol or Testors fluorescent enamel paints to work in the past.

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    John Healy said 2 years, 7 months ago:

    Tamiya LP-11 Silver applied today. High quality lacquer paints make schemes like this a breeze. Decals and wrap up next.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 2 years, 7 months ago:

    Amazing result, my friend @j-healy!
    What a beautiful scheme!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 7 months ago:

    Great scheme and beautifully applied, John @j-healy

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    John Healy said 2 years, 7 months ago:

    I applied most of the decals this morning. I still have some stencils to add. Beware of the roundels and fin flashes in this original release. The white portions are translucent and don’t cover the dayglo orange very well. Luckily, I found some white backings and white letters to use under the roundels and fin flashes in the decal dungeon. I think they came from a Hobbycraft Hurricane, never throw anything out. I’m looking to finish this up early next week.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 2 years, 7 months ago:

    Looking nicer with decals applied, my friend @j-healy!
    Thanks for the info on decals translucency.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 7 months ago:

    Great looking, John @j-healy
    The white looks much better this way.

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    IAN JACKSON said 2 years, 6 months ago:

    Yep dayglo / fluorescent is a pain to work with... I still use Xtracolour enamel over white, it never lets me down. Finished this twenty-five year old Hasegawa Starfighter with thirty-five year old enamels a couple of months back.

    Really like the look of your Gnat, John, I hated the 1:72 kit, but the 1:48 seems much more 'do-able'.

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    John Healy said 2 years, 6 months ago:

    Thanks, Ian. That 104 looks great. I’m a big Xtracolor fan too. Anyways, my Gnat is almost done now.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 6 months ago:

    She looks wonderful, John @j-healy
    The orange and silver is a great combination.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 2 years, 6 months ago:

    Beautiful scheme, perfectly executed, my friend @j-healy!