Blitz build - Airfix Provost - Red Pelicans

[tangerine_sedge]

I've lost my modelling mojo, yet the stash is still growing!

 

I came to the conclusion that I had better start building, so needed a quick and dirty build to get me going again.  The solution?  One of the £5 gift sets I got from Aldi at Christmas.

 

I decided to go entirely old school, and opted to use only the paint (*1), brush and glue that came with the set.  I also decided to use minimal tools, i.e. a sharp knife and sanding sticks.

 

Started the build at 14:00 Saturday.

 

 

The kit is really nice, adequately fine panel lines and good plastic.

 

 

...although the pilot moulding is below par.

 

 

By 15:30 I had a painted cockpit and 2 fuselage halves ready for buttoning up!

 

 

And by 17:30, I had an airframe ready to fly around the house!

 

 

Let the painting begin!  The first coat of red is very poor, leaving brush marks and an uneven finish.  Another cost was added, then I stopped for the evening at 19:00.

 

 

It took 5 coats of poorly applied paint to get OK coverage.  The provided paint is shockingly bad.  It seems to harden to a rubbery finish which obliterates detail and leaves nasty brush marks.  The supplied brush is also a little to hard and tends to scratch the paint around...

 

 

Eventually by Sunday 12:30, I was ready to apply decals!  They seemed to unaturally stick to the paint, and refused to move around without some brute force.  This made getting them in the right place was hard work.  Thankfully this is the starter set, so devoid of all the stencils!

 

 

Finally completed by Sunday 14:00, including a sleep and yesterday evening off!  Not a great finished model, the painting really let this one down.  Fortunately I have another 2 in the stash

 

 

The good :

Its a £5 kit!

The plastic is good, and could be made into a fine model

 

The bad :

The supplied paint and brush are rubbish.

 

(*1) and a little bit of flesh acrylic paint for their faces, I couldnt leave them grey!

 

Edited to add build description and thoughts...

Edited March 18, 2018 by tangerine_sedge

[polo1112]

It looks like it has been a very funny yet interesting build.

You can say you really were at the roots of our beautiful hobby.

And your Jet Provost looks absolutely convincing

Congratulations and let the mojo go on.

[Corsairfoxfouruncle]

Your results are great ... Its good to go old school modeling once in awhile 👍 

[matt_w]

I really enjoyed building mine, but even airbrushing over a white base coat found the supplied paint to be very pink and watery. By the third coat I mixed a bit of revel Ferrari red as that's more orangey and it seemed to do the job.  For such a cheap kit ( that is exactly the same as the £10 T3) there is plenty of detail. Ive a few more in the stash for when I need a quick win.

 

Great job anyway for an entirely out of the box build