Contrail Fairey Gordon
Posted: January 26th, 2014, 8:45 pm
Next form the DNF shelf is the Contrail 1/72nd Fairey Gordon vacform. It was in a nearly finished condition bar decals and serials that I was researching when I discovered the black on the top fuselage should be very dark green and the larger pieces of fuse-wire I'd used for the rigging had bent and warped. Luckily I discovered EZ line after that 
As it has been sitting on a shelf for years it's built up a layer of dust. Most came off with a small piece o cloth but I had to use a micro-stick to get the dust out of crevices and near the sorter pieces of inter-strut rigging that I'm leaving in place. The rest of the fuse-wire has been stripped out and once the paint has dried I'll begin the re-rigging process.
Also from what I can make out fro B&W photos the props are of a light colour and satin in finish. I've seen a real prop from that era in a light grey-brown colour, so that's what I'm using and in B&W it's a close match.
As it has been sitting on a shelf for years it's built up a layer of dust. Most came off with a small piece o cloth but I had to use a micro-stick to get the dust out of crevices and near the sorter pieces of inter-strut rigging that I'm leaving in place. The rest of the fuse-wire has been stripped out and once the paint has dried I'll begin the re-rigging process.
Also from what I can make out fro B&W photos the props are of a light colour and satin in finish. I've seen a real prop from that era in a light grey-brown colour, so that's what I'm using and in B&W it's a close match.
