lancfans' Memphis Belle. *** FINISHED ***

[Gregers]

Nice one David. Can't wait to see the end result.

All the best.,

Greg

[lancfan]

The wings are here joined to the fuselage and the filler has been applied to the uppersurface gap.


With the filler smoothed down the airframe is now ready for primer, I did get carried away on this and with my internet severely
restricted carried blithely on, a few photo opportunities were skipped from the basic, unpainted airframe to the model in the same
state painted, decalled and varnished.



David.

[Sissel]

That's a mean camo scheme. Looks stunning!

[lancfan]

Thanks Sissel, it was based on the kit drawings but altered in a few places to match photographs of the real thing.

David.

[Dirkpitt289]

That is a fantastic paint job. BRAVO!!!!

[lancfan]

Thanks Dirk.

David.

[ShaunW]

Excellent work with the paint and decals David, that looks really great.

[lancfan]

Cheers Shaun.

David.

[Gregers]

That's looking superb. Nice one.

All the best.

Greg.

[lancfan]

The Memphis Belle, finished and Weathered at last. Just in time for the end of the GB.







David.

[Saxon]

Awesome job.

[ShaunW]

Very nice David, the Belle looks a peach - nice bit of exhaust staining too, how did you do that on this particular model?

[lancfan]

Shaun, all I did to get that effect was to sand down the lead of an ordinary graphite pencil to make a powder, I then dabbed a little on the wing in the appropriate place and wiped it away with the line of the airflow, building it up in layers until I got the depth of staining I felt looked right.

David.

[Sissel]

Superb job, David! You can be very pleased with that. One day I'm gonna build the Memphis Belle myself. If it comes out half as good as yours I will be happy.
Smart way of doing the exhaust staining too.

[lancfan]

Thanks for the kind words, Saxon, Shaun, Sissel.

David.