The process of undercoat/sand out and fill/undercoat has begun:
Skybirds 86 1/72nd Percival Prentice T Mk 1
Re: Skybirds 86 1/72nd Percival Prentice T Mk 1
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Re: Skybirds 86 1/72nd Percival Prentice T Mk 1
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Re: Skybirds 86 1/72nd Percival Prentice T Mk 1
Now bright and shiny with yellow bands:
The problem is it shouldn't be bright and shiny aluminium. It should be dull grey aluminium. But I think I have a solution that I'll test first on my Vampire painting Test Bed..
The problem is it shouldn't be bright and shiny aluminium. It should be dull grey aluminium. But I think I have a solution that I'll test first on my Vampire painting Test Bed..
Bluesteel
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Re: Skybirds 86 1/72nd Percival Prentice T Mk 1
My plan appears to have worked. A coating of Army Painter Anti Shine Mat Varnish has dulled it down to something pretty close to the dull aluminium seen on photos of RAF Prentices:
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Re: Skybirds 86 1/72nd Percival Prentice T Mk 1
Mmm, nice. How'd you do the yellow?
Paul
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Re: Skybirds 86 1/72nd Percival Prentice T Mk 1
The yellow was masked up and hand painted using Revell Aquacolour. Revells yellow acrylic is quite nice and goes on evenly after a few thin coats.PaulBradley wrote:Mmm, nice. How'd you do the yellow?
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Re: Skybirds 86 1/72nd Percival Prentice T Mk 1
So it seems from your photos. Nice.
Paul
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Re: Skybirds 86 1/72nd Percival Prentice T Mk 1
Canopy framing next. That will be fun.........
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Re: Skybirds 86 1/72nd Percival Prentice T Mk 1
Great build and finish inspiring me to get on and do mine, will look even better with the decals well done. Are you using Metal foil or strips of painted Sellotape for the framing ?
Re: Skybirds 86 1/72nd Percival Prentice T Mk 1
It'll be the trusty old painted Sellotape technique for this one I thinkT-21 wrote:Great build and finish inspiring me to get on and do mine, will look even better with the decals well done. Are you using Metal foil or strips of painted Sellotape for the framing ?
The kit it a lovely build, all apart from the vacform canopy. The problem is not cutting the canopy out but rather how it attaches to the recessed areas in the fuselage. I have a second one of these and if I build it I'd fill in the recessed areas and cut the canopy out so it sits on the top as per most other canopies.
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