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  1. DH Sea Venom FAW21, finished as XG693 of 894 NAS from HMS Albion in the late 1950s. CyberHobby in 1:72 scale. Built OOB apart from some etch seat belts and finished in Xtracrylix Extra Dark Sea Grey and Citadel Ceramite White varnished with Liquitex Satin varnish. It’s a bit over engineered and not altogether accurate but looks pretty good when done. At least it’s completed after starting it in the Salty Dog GB last year.
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    Sea Venom FAW 21

    And finally going to the gallery.
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    Sea Venom FAW 21

    And the final transfers around the cockpit done, so effectively finished. I do have a couple of drop tanks but the location holes have disappeared under the underwing serials so I’m wondering about not adding them. Also they will be primarily over the transfers so may not adhere well. I’ll have a little think before the final photoshoot and popping into the gallery.
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    Sea Venom FAW 21

    A couple of coats of satin varnish and the masking off. Just the transfers around the .canopy to do now and we’re finished. I think it’s looking good.
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    Sea Venom FAW 21

    I use Village Photos as my hosting site and this sometimes happens. Usually if you right click the link the image will appear.
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    Sea Venom FAW 21

    The remaking stencils on, though I omitted some of the small ones as black stencils on ESDG don’t show up. I also tidied up the checks with some offcuts of black from the parts I didn’t use. Then the undercarriage and arrestor hook on. A little bit of tidying up to and then some varnish. I think satin is appropriate. Once varnished I’ll remove the masking from the canopy and to finish add the warning strips around the canopy. I have tested it to see if it sits on the undercarriage and does, and has the sit of a Sea Venom. However, I have flipped it back over to ensure the glue is really solid.
  7. Started on some sub sections. The first being the joining of the fuselage sides. Then the cockpit interior which was a bit fiddly. And the engines started.
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    Sea Venom FAW 21

    The rest of the markings on and a start at the stencils. I decided to bite the bullet and cut up the chequered markings for the wing tanks. It was much less of a chore than I thought it would be. There’s a little bit of tidying up needed underneath, which will take a little while trimming of a little excess and adding some black block from that which is left over but not too much work.
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    Sea Venom FAW 21

    And now some of the transfers on. Most of the markings and upper wing panel warnings. In general, they are done by Cartograph and are in good register but did take a while to soak off the backing paper, but once they did they settled well. There's some more, mainly small and a myriad of stencils so there will probably be a couple more sessions. And I’ve left the checks for the wing tanks as a bit of dissection will be required.
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    Sea Venom FAW 21

    Masking removed and the underside given a coat of Kleer so glossy for transfers.
  11. A start with some cleaning up and some paint on. The interior will need a little work, especially if there’s going to be lovely vac formed canopy. Has maybe revealed more work needed in cleaning up.
  12. Thanks on initial look overall it’s not too bad but lacks detail, and those detail parts included lack, shall we say, some finesse! I’ll maybe do that Pat, thanks. I should have sufficient in the stash if that fails but I don’t relish putting together the tiny fuselage serials.
  13. For Sky Grey I tend to use Camouflage (Barley) Grey from Xtracrylix. Once matted down it looks fine but I’m not sure what a Humbrol or Revell equivalent might be.
  14. There is an Airwaves set to give an interior and wheel bays. I don’t know how available it is currently though. All the best with this a Gannets always look good. I think the AS1/4 more so than the AEW but it’s down to one’s taste.
  15. First up after a little bit of paint was to remove the erroneous intakes on the front of the cowlings. I think these came from Airfix scanning an airframe that was originally a MkV. And then some more paint on. In the previous builds the wing leading edge join has been excellent so I’ll see if I can paint the upper and lower wings before glueing them and hope I get a good demarcation. Thanks James, the are lovely kits of a rather beautiful aircraft.
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