Nomore Shelfspace Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 And another of Nomore Shelfspace's enthusiastic but basic builds, the new Airfix Folland Gnat in trainer colours. (You know what I'm going to say next... I built the original one, bagged, silver grey plastic, 2/6d from Woolworth's, about twelve parts, stuck together without painting, promptly thrown across the garden, etc.!). Nice kit, although getting the over complex underside insert to fit was a minor nightmare. Also the underwing tanks and air intakes needed a lot of filling and sanding - I think Airfix's new CAD designers are very clever, but I wonder if they actually build the kits they design?... apart from that I can only admire the huge amount of detail they've packed in to such a tiny model. The alu areas are a bit too grey, my fault. The dayglo areas were sprayed over a white base - I used Humbrol acrylic for the dayglo, this stuff is so translucent it needed most of a pot to cover this tiny area! One thing I missed before I took the photo, the lower edge of the windscreen hasn't been painted properly. I corrected that after the photo. There's also some cement bloop visible - not correctable unfortunately! PL 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 That looks beautiful! How about some more pics? Cheers John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plastic Bonsai Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 That is very tidy indeed and the dayglo effort was worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSTON Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Most Resplendent in those colors.. GOOD job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Cracking little Gnat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spad Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Despite your struggles it is together and looking very neat. - any more pics? I really enjoyed building mine and have another to go for in the "Bedford" raspberry ripple and dayglo scheme though I agree that the complexity of the kit does throw the odd, challenging fit problem. Apart from the tanks, I found the wing fit over the intakes to be the most annoying. Anyway, good job there sir!BTW - what silver did you use? ATBRick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomore Shelfspace Posted July 27, 2014 Author Share Posted July 27, 2014 Despite your struggles it is together and looking very neat. - any more pics? I really enjoyed building mine and have another to go for in the "Bedford" raspberry ripple and dayglo scheme though I agree that the complexity of the kit does throw the odd, challenging fit problem. Apart from the tanks, I found the wing fit over the intakes to be the most annoying. Anyway, good job there sir! BTW - what silver did you use? ATB Rick Thanks, the other photos are just of the other side... but I will upload some. I used Humbrol flat alu and light grey, a bit of a mistake... Another photo or one. PL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomoshenko Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Nice Gnat. It's a great kit but I agree with you about the issues with the underside insert, tanks and intakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heloman1 Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Ooooooh!. Wan't that one of those new unbuildable Airfix kits. Luverly, thanks for sharing your pics. Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch K Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Lovely! My experience with real dayglo orange was that it has absolutely abysmally poor covering power and needed about umpteen coats, so the model paint you used is obviously totally authentic! Beautiful result you got there though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatbox8 Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Very nice indeed. I think this scheme suits the Gnat best of all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Nice build! My hat is off to you for even attempting dayglo. Regards, Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr B Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 nicely done rgds mr b Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Nice build! Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Lovely piece of work. This is another one on my list of 'must get a couple of em' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toms111s Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Thats a lovely looking Gnat. I started one of these about 6 months ago and for some reason never got round to finishing it, I must dig it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RNoAF Aerobatic Team Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Looks great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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