Model cobber

Lovely model. Very neatly built. Panel lines and weathering is great. If it wasn't labelled as 1/72, I would have thought it it was 1/48. Well done. MC

Nice model. Well done. MC

Great models. Superb brush painting. MC

Very nice. MC

White star painted. Hull decals added.

Now for the white star. This time I tried a different approach. I cut out my star template in paper and stuck it temporarily onto the foredeck of the model. Then I used strips of masking tape around the template and then removed the template. This was much easier to get positioned correctly. Masking liquid used to seal joins in the masking tape to stop spray sneaking through the joins.

Great work Calum. Lovely subtle weathering. Great panel lines. Very neat and clean construction with no sign of seams. Excellent wing/fuselage joins. I'm impressed with the very neat paint masking. Bonza. MC

Very nice. Panel lines and other weathering look exactly right. MC

Painted and ready for weathering and bits to be added

Very nice. Pre-shading has worked well. Great masking on the canopy with beautiful neat framing. MC

As I posted in my HSL 128 WIP, I can't believe its been seven months since I last posted on this WIP! Here is 127, deck sanded with wet and dry 3000 grit and resprayed. Actually, I think I did a better job on the spray this time. I think my air pressure was a bit too high, and my airbrush wasn’t close enough to the model. I was getting a roughish surface. This one is much smoother.

I found that the rails, which are butt jointed with superglue, were very fragile- if I looked at them they fell off. So I've added small rectangles of very fine brass plate behind each joint for support.

I can’t believe my last post on this was back in May! Life has been very busy. I did do some modelling, but got sidetracked by something shiny…a Norwegian Air Force F86 Sabre, which I will post as completed shortly. I was happy with the depression rails, until I test fitted the turrets. The rails didn’t look at all good. They were too low- particularly around the aft turret cupola, and wouldn’t have functioned as a depression rail at all. So… back to the brass bending. These ones are a better size.