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Hello, hello, hello again. Here's my second and final catchup of 2017 builds, like I said in the previous thread I only built 4 all year. Following on from the NINAK I wanted something simpler to be getting on with.....and seeing as just about anything in the stash would have qualified, I gave my wife the job of doing the stash-dash. She came back with a box of stencils with a model included . So back in 1982, a bunch of erks from 2167 (Tredegar) Sqn ATC bussed down to RAF St Mawgan for their (our) annual camp. Fun times....shooting, Chipmunk flights, local visits (Helston Aeropark ?), transit accomodation, squeeky steel frame beds, fire extinguishers, invading the NAFFI and drinking Top Deck shandy, Da-da-da...........and a walkthrough a Nimrod........XV242. Subject aircraft sorted, and it tied in with some other of my requirements: - I wanted an MR.1, sticky out bits are good but in this instance I wanted to show the clean lines of the aircraft as much as possible. Bomb bay doors would be closed also. - Hemp colours. I'd have preferred grey/white but in the interest of variety in the display it had to be hemp. Luckily there are photos of XV242 as a hemp painted MR.1. Yay, right aircraft, right colours, right modification state, right timeframe. Wins all round. To the model itself; I wanted an OOB easyish build but I already had the MA sets for stencils and markings, and also the Alleycat windscreen replacement. The windscreen was a half-hearted purchase on my behalf but after seeing the massive difference between it and the Airfix offering I was glad I had. Alleycat also supplied photoetch windscreen wipers which are lovely too.......highly recommended. Decaling, days of it, and the instructions are a bit poor. Right, enough waffle, to the pics.........comments good or bad welcome as always. I didn't go nuts on the weathering. Streaks of oil aft of hinges and engines was about all I did. Barley visible. The hemp colour was Aqueous Hobby Colour H336 I picked up from the local when they were getting rid of the range many years ago. My Iwata HP-TH makes painting painting big surfaces like this a breeze; there's a Youtube video by Paul Budzik on the subject somewhere (thanks Paul). Group photo. Smile everyone. Now then, the keen eyed among you will have spotted a common phenomenon. Something was niggling me. As I was about to finish I realised that I'd forgotten to add the 42 to the nose of the aircraft. I duly applied the decals and finished the shoot. They'll get a coat of Kleer next time I fire up the gun. Thanks for tuning in. Cheers Gaz Afterthoughts - I forgot to mention, I also moved the wing lights inboard closer to the engine nacelles, and moved the light on the nose down a little bit. And I drilled out the intake grill between the engine intakes to give the impression of depth, a new grill made from pieces of thin plasticard wedged in. It's all your guys faults - The Alleycat windscreen conversion also includes masks for ALL of the transparencies, and also the framing around the windscreen (It's there but I didn't build up enough paint layers to make it really stand out.

I've managed to acquire two Airfix Nimrods from eBay at reasonable cost, under £25 each! But, it seems I'm going to have to spend about the same on spray paint as it's almost impossible to find satin hemp acrylic spray and satin light aircraft grey acrylic spray. Firstly, does anybody know a decent online source for these that isn't either sold out or costing about £15 a can? Secondly, would BS 381C Light Stone 361 be an accurate substitute for the hemp? I'm going to do one as a grey/white MR.1 and one as a hemp/grey MR.2.

Hello gents, So, i've picked the revell canberra pr9 from Telford and want it in the hemp colour. Who makes the closest to this colour. I'm struggling to get something to look right. Cheers, Dave