Tim's Red Arrows Gnat *Finished*

TimJ · Post by **TimJ** » February 15th, 2018, 7:26 pm

More filling and sanding. Just a bit more sanding underneath and that should be done. On the plus side the undercarriage is finished.

DSCF9296 by timothy jones, on Flickr

DSCF9297 by timothy jones, on Flickr

ShaunW wrote:At least this boxing is not in the awful red plastic that mine was in!

I do have another one of these that is in red plastic but I have other plans for that one.

Post by **jssel** » February 15th, 2018, 7:38 pm

Painting is a good sign. Inching your way to the end.

TimJ · Post by **TimJ** » February 15th, 2018, 8:58 pm

Filling and sanding is done and the first coat of paint is on. I'm using Revell acrylic paint so at least I won't have to spend hours watching paint dry.

DSCF9298 by timothy jones, on Flickr

chrism · Post by **chrism** » February 15th, 2018, 9:07 pm

Coming along well. I use Revell Aqua most of the time as my paint of choice, as it is a nice paint for brush painting

Old_Tonto · Post by **Old_Tonto** » February 15th, 2018, 9:11 pm

Rocking along Tim.

Post by **splash** » February 15th, 2018, 9:30 pm

It looks like you are on short finals with this one.

TimJ · Post by **TimJ** » February 15th, 2018, 11:03 pm

Thanks for the comments. The second coat of paint has gone on and it's looking a lot less streaky.

DSCF9299 by timothy jones, on Flickr

I'll probably give it another coat then it'll be time for clear and decals.

Post by **jssel** » February 16th, 2018, 12:38 am

Looking quite nice.

Old_Tonto · Post by **Old_Tonto** » February 16th, 2018, 12:41 am

Lovely job Tim.

TimJ · Post by **TimJ** » February 16th, 2018, 1:36 am

I decided against another coat of paint and went straight to the clear. I also fitted the undercarriage.

DSCF9300 by timothy jones, on Flickr

Time for the decals.

TimJ · Post by **TimJ** » February 16th, 2018, 2:58 am

Most of the decals are on and the canopy has been glued on, not a particularly good fit but I've had worse. Just a few more decals, some touching up around the canopy and fitting undercarriage doors to go.

DSCF9301 by timothy jones, on Flickr

DSCF9302 by timothy jones, on Flickr

The decision now is do I stay up and finish it or go to bed and finish it in the morning.

TimJ · Post by **TimJ** » February 16th, 2018, 4:05 am

I decided to stay up and finish the Gnat while watching the last run of the Men's Skeleton at the Winter Olympics. Dom Parsons won Team GB's first medal of the games with a Bronze.

Back to the model, I'm calling it finished. It was a change not to be rushing to get it finished with minutes to go.

DSCF9303 by timothy jones, on Flickr

DSCF9304 by timothy jones, on Flickr

I'll give it a coat of clear to seal in the decals and take some photos for the Gallery in the morning.

Post by **jssel** » February 16th, 2018, 8:35 am

Two thumbs up

Post by **JamesPerrin** » February 16th, 2018, 10:57 am

Great dedication to the Blitz and Team GB, you can celebrate with a Red Arrows flypast

iggie · Post by **iggie** » February 16th, 2018, 11:01 am

Excellent job! I think I prefer that to the new tooling

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