Spad Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 (edited) I'm really going for the Dayglo thing at the moment. I've had tins of Precision Fluorescent Red/Orange in the box for about 25 years, mainly because my experiences when I used it back then were not brilliant. It seemed hard work so I backed away. However I just finished the new Airfix Vampire which was a delight to build and I had an equally good experience with the old paints - sprayed beautifully tbh! What's that all about then! I guess a more measured approach to paint prep is one of the benefits of getting older! Anyway, I was hankering for a bit more bright orange so with the confidence in dayglo application suitably reinforced I broke out the beautiful new Airfix Gnat and set about scratching an itch I've had for many, many years. I shan't dwell too much on the kit as much has been said about the surface detail and so on. Suffice to say, it went together like a dream - needed a little fettling under the wing root L/E and you should expect a fair amount of work around the joins on the 3 piece slipper tanks - and the decals were superb. Recommend a white disc under the upper wing roundels as they straddle the orange/silver divide but the rest are just fine. Lots of stencils! Well over 100 decals if you use them all! Mine proved to be a marginal tail-sitter (nothing mentioned in the instructions) but that may have been due to me cutting the canopy open with the associated weight move to the rear. Couple of lead shots down the pilot's footwell sorted that. All OOB except the addition of some seat firing handles and some straps from lead foil - seats by the way are OK but I do feel the head-box is undersized. For the silver I used Xtracolour Aluminium which, in retrospect, I think might be a little dark for high speed silver. Enough waffle, here she is - looks like a Gnat to me which pleases me immensely. Hope you like her, comments and criticism welcomed in equal measure. My apologies again for the poor photos - still not got my tri-pod back. And here it is with it's older cousin - bit of a throw away shot to emphasis how small the Gnat is! Will I build another? You bet! I already have a second in the stash and designs on another - 'nuff said! Now, where's that H-34 for an all-over dayglo finish......! Cheers all - ATB! Rick Edited March 22, 2013 by Spad 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabio Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Very nice, looks great with the lovely Vampire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 One of the best I have seen from this kit. Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turnerdad Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Uber groovy, lovely builds, both of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Vader Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Very nice both of them , looks good in Dayglo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heloman1 Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Very nice indeed, I do like the creep marks on the tyres, nice attention to detail oft overlooked. Thanks for sharing then . Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardiff guy Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 what a blooming lovely pair ,don't get many of those to the pound and all those other double entondras " please forgive my spelling " very well done Glenn..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Moon Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Beautiful job on both of them Rick. I think your rendition of high speed silver is spot on. You have now got me hankering for a Gnat but preferably one in 1/48th. Don't think I could manage such a good job in this scale. Thanks for sharing! Howard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plasticbutcher Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Excellent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eagle Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tango Fox Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Lovely build and day glo would make an interesting theme for sure, a bit of digging through the web would reveal dozens of interesting Subjects. The Gnat is a cracking kit, the Vamp T11 even better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glyn Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 two nice aircraft. glyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbuna Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Two stunning examples. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiffy Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Lovely stuff. I agree with the comments about dayglo. Tis addictive and habit forming. You begin looking for other aircraft that wore this type of scheme, just so you can use the colours again (the same comment also applies to raspberry ripples). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 very nice. Looking forward to build my own swift, after all these good reviews it gets. Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr T Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Excellent builds and the photos looked ok to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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