To celebrate the release of Airfix's reputedly lovely new tool Me 262 I thought I'd drag a CBK version out of the stash and see how it went.
The old Frog offering. Here's the box.
I didn't do the colour scheme on the box art but instead chose the alternate offering on the painting guide, mainly because I had a reference picture in one of my books
This is part way through doing the splinter camo.
Which left me with this rather odd looking thing.
Then I sprayed the splodgy bits. I think I got a bit too carried away and heavy handed and I covered the blue too heavily. I didn't have the patience to do it all again and it still looks pretty similar to the picture I had in the book, so I'll live with it.
Strangely, the picture I had showed the white nose with a black border, but the white bit on the tail without it. Dunno if that's right or not but that's what the book showed so that's what I did.
I did the black line around the white nose with a thin strip of black decal cut into four lengths to get it to conform to the compound curve. It took some persuading to play ball!
Anyway, here it is decalled up and Satincoted, I'm calling it finished.
Finish is all Humbrol enamels thinned with DIY store white spirit.
Weirdly, in the photos, the canopy looks fogged but it must something odd with the photograph because it looks fine in real life.
Verdict? Not a bad old kit really, and certainly better than the old tool Airfix offering! But it wouldn't satisfy somebody who prefers more modern kits. So it's OK for me then!
Thanks for looking,
Regards,
Zee28
