air5 Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 I have struggled over the last 20 odd years to make an AEW Gannet, Frog and Vac u form parts, Made bits and pieces. Last year, a spot of luck came my way and I ordered Alley Cats Resin AEW Gannet. I was capptivated when I opened the box, All that resin, wait ALL THAT RESIN!, Ah well I found a new glue to try out, So bang on to the job, cleaned up the radar ops section, played around with the fit a bit and came to the conclusion. Stop. Figure out how much weight to stuff in the nose to make this beast sit proper. Short answer. a lot. and lots of room for it under the cockpit and behind the prop mounting. Lots and lots and lots.. Fast forward about eight month and the cockpit is done, the paint work on the prop cover is going badly ( I painted it 8 times striped it 7), Final on that was very tiny strips of tape, carefully set side by side to get around the curves. 5 bloody minutes to paint. 2 hours to mask. Paints on the plane are xtra-colors, Testor's yellow, Decals are for Captain Winsors oriantaion rides for air intercepts, or so the instructions say. The Mk. IV Gannet it Revell Germany's issue Thanks for looking Glen 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Very nice job on what must have been a very intricate build! Regards, Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abat Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Great work. Never seen an AEW kit before. Weathering has a nice level of wear and tear about it. Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders154 Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 You do realise Airfix will now do a kit of it....... Well done super build you must feel proud of your effort. You should be Rodders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Very nice result, defo worth the effort Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head in the clouds. Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Well done with all that intricate masking, it paid off, two very nice looking models. This hobby seems to be 1 step forward and three back. I have a Gannet in the stash but would like a AEW version. Good work Glen. Gary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasacop Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Nice build! I've just ordered one on the strength of building the Tucano T1. Hope I can do mine as well as yours when I get it!! Any tips or pointers to watch out for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bordfunker Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Great build of an iconic aircraft. Karl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Superb.great to see a Gannet here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moaning dolphin Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 Very nice build there, I found it a lovelly kit to put together but I did go for the 'D' flight scheme for easier painting LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhdove Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 That's very nice, I've always had a love of the Gannet, such an ugly duckling yet perfectly formed! TonyS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roomey Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 Spot on I ve built a cat kit, vac kit and revell kit and I'd say the cat kits the best to build, keep the fleet flag flying mate very nice modelling Roomey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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