VV's Air Police Auster **Finished**

[VickersVandal]

Cheers

And thanks to Splash's fantastic example, I've now framed the cockpit up.

[Stuart]

Thats going to look really nice when its done!

[lancfan]

Brilliant job VV.

David.

[splash]

Nice work on the cockpit it will look great when the canopy is in place.

Regards Splash

[VickersVandal]

Thanks all. Splash, I'm very much indebted to you on this one.

Here it is in place and I've added some spars for wing attachment. Badly over scale, but it's all I had.

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[JohnRatzenberger]

Looks quite complex but well done !

[VickersVandal]

Thanks.. It's looking a bit more Auster-y now:

[Clashcityrocker]

Coming along nicely.

Nigel

[Stuart]

Very nice - I love Austers

[VickersVandal]

They're charming little kites, aren't they. I masked up the canopy so now I can hit it with primer. I've finally decided on yellow for this. I was vacillating between red, yellow and silver.

[lancfan]

Looking good VV, brilliant work on the canopy.


David.

[VickersVandal]

Thanks David
It's a bit of a dog's breakfast up close but it makes it look more like an Auster at least.



"Yellow", he thought. The word yellow wandered through his mind in search of something to connect with.

[Stuart]

That looks really good, and I like the quote from the Hitchikers Guide too...

''Apathic blooming planet, i've no sympathy at all..''

[splash]

It looks good in yellow.

[VickersVandal]

Yeah, the yellow really suits it. I'm glad I went with it.

There's additional struts that Airfix have left out, which I just remembered to add. Again, somewhat oversized but I don't have any finer styrene rod.




Now I'm not sure what to do about the prop. The kit item is execrable but I can't find a suitable replacement in the parts bin and I'm not about to try to order aftermarket. Hmmmm......where's Smyth when you need him?