With what little modeling time I've had this year, I've been plugging away at the Eduard Hellcat. It says Weekend Edition on the box, but it has taken much longer than a weekend to get to this point. Expect about 14 or 15 more weekends until I get the blue on it. Heck, at this rate, I might even finish it by the end of 2013! It will be done up as a Gloss Sea Blue BPF Fleet Air Arm Hellcat II.
I tried the new Testors Model Master Lacquer Primer for the first time. It sprayed okay through the airbrush and left a nice flat even finish, but did string a little when sprayed. I was able to remove most of the strings with a quick brush of a large paintbrush and a polish with an old t-shirt. This finish is not as smooth as Mr. Surfacer, but looked after after the polish, but I liked it better than my one experience with the Alclad gray primer. Overall, Mr. Surfacer and Tamiya Fine Surface Primer are still my primers of choice, but this is an acceptable alternative when they occasionally disappear from stock.
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