Jump to content

1/72 Hasegawa B-26B Marauder "Flak Bait"


Recommended Posts

On 29/09/2017 at 11:03, Roman Schilhart said:

Vaseline is transparent, so the only problem is, you don't really see what you're doing.

You can use a little of fine powder (dust) of dry pastel chalk (gray colour, for example),to "dye" the cream.

 

Your B-26 is absolutely fantastic.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Awesome build!

For reasons unknown (to me at least) the B-26's seemed to suffer more heavily than most, in the weathering/fading/staining/paint-chipping stakes.

Your build reflects that most truly.

You're inspiring me to get my Hasegawa B-26 kit out of the stash and get going on it!

:goodjob:

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

24 minutes ago, kapam said:

Awesome build!

For reasons unknown (to me at least) the B-26's seemed to suffer more heavily than most, in the weathering/fading/staining/paint-chipping stakes.

Your build reflects that most truly.

You're inspiring me to get my Hasegawa B-26 kit out of the stash and get going on it!

:goodjob:

 

IIRC, Martin Aircraft got permission to dispense with using zinc chromate primer on large areas of their aircraft, which might account for how heavily the finish weathered and how easily the paint was scuffed. I can't remember at the moment the source of the article, but I will try to find it.

Mike

 

I found an article describing the restoration of Flak Bait that makes mention of the fact that the fuselage was not primered, but the paint was applied to the bare metal, which would certainly account for the paint being easily chipped and scuffed. I have attached the link below.

 

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/smithsonian-team-working-preserve-piece-wwii-history.html 

Edited by 72modeler
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
×
×
  • Create New...