ancient mariner

Very impressive and well documented build. Gets a big from me. The finish and light weathering is very well done, another

Thank you Steve that is very helpful.I spent a good hour in Pensacola going around the PBY cutaway and didnt remember the floats Thank you all for your input.

Very nice double. Both nice builds. Do you perhaps think that the walkways on the Kate are a little too pristine compared to the wing root weathering? Inquiring minds need to know

Very nice build and finish. Well worth a "like"

sorry double tap on post

As previous http://www.aviationofjapan.com/. For a couple of quid Nick does a really comprehensive PDF essay. Well worth it for a quality kit .

First class product IMHO. There is a review on here somewhere.

Im getting the pics now. Nice job always liked the" Shak"

Im not getting any images. Have they been removed? Any thoughts?

Good comeback Ill look forward to your next build.

It was a surprise to see smoke floats this shape and to be varnished wood was another surprise.Not a surprise that they were carried.

Thank you Dana. Smoke floats? who would have thought it. Again thanks for the info.

Your probably right Don,I didnt think it through before posting,my mistake. The interiors were silver in the pre war schemes and I did wonder if when the "warpaint" was applied the USN would have repainted the whole cockpit areas. No info on the flares?

Thanks Graham.I really should have said clear coated bare metal. I had thought that perhaps because of the darkness of the green that the floor would be lighter to give a bit of light in the deeper recesses.

Im building Kittyhawks big Vought Kingfisher and have need of some colour information. In the rear cockpit are racks of small bombs, that seeing the closeness to what appear to be launch tubes,I presume are flares. If this is the case ,does anyone know what colour they were. Was there different colours for different types of flare and if so was a mix carried.? The interior colour is given as a deep green (Tamiya "nato" green),was this applied to all inner surfaces or were the flooring sections a different colour ( left bare metal?).? Any information will be most gratefully recieved. Thank you

Thanks Ian. I spent ages going through Nick Millmans blog and thought I had the mix right,even bought the old Thorpes on IJN colours (how much !! dont ask) Biggest problem with using acrylics (flat) is the colour shift when the varnish is applied...........bane of my life. Enjoy your cloudless skies......... soon be winter again,I should have the Kingfisher ready by then.

Nice looking "Deuce" Very impressed with the canopy framing. It certainly looks a huge improvement over the ancient Hasegawa boxing .

This is my new project so I hope I can share my few opinions on the build. As much as I like this kit.it does seem to have a few pit falls for the unwary. Many of the locating pins dont line up and have to be removed(.The ones that do line up are really positive) The connections to the gates are robust(despite the plastic being softer than usual) to say the least and have to be carefully removed on most mating surfaces. Its all too easy to cut /scrape /sand too deeply. The instructions can be a bit vague in some areas and dont live up to the promise of the what at first look is a nicely produced booklet. The colour profiles seem a little garish but Im thinking that this kit is aimed at the modeller that will rely on the FS numbers. The photo below shows the float bracing attachment that I dont hold out much hope for,I think it will have to be replaced with wire.

Dont see many of those built

That is one fine model.

I really like the finish on the silver paint. Any info?

Thanks again for the likes gents. I'll try some pics in more natural light. If that doesnt work Im going to use my "airbrush test bed" (an old Fujimi Hellcat) to see if a less glossy coat can lighten it a little. What ever the result will stand me in good stead for future builds.

A pic from the finishing phase. The green seems (to my eye) to be more correct in brighter natural light. ...and thanks for the likes appreciated.

Fought with the late war dark green. I thought I had it right but subsequent coats of clear darkened it down,taking away the lighter olive shade. The lighting and flash added to the shade shift. I mixed Tamiya acrylics to try and match Revells Dunkelgrun but it looks a lot different varnished on the model than it did in the paint jar. To my eye it seems to be more like the IJN Green favoured by Hasegawa. All comments most welcome,especially with regard to the colour. ps;Ill get around to the arials as soon as I find my Lycra thread.

Havent seen one of those built for a long time . Well done