Silver Fox Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 I finally finished my Airfix Gnat. The kit itself was a joy to build but the Day-Glo finish drove me to distraction. It took 10 coats of Model Air to get a reasonablly solid finish and a couple of runs on the tail meant I had to strip it and start again. It took over a months worth of modelling sessions to get it to this . I wanted to do it in this scheme as it took me back to the sixties when I had three or four 1/72nd Gnats, which for some reason was my go to choice of kit if nothing new was out. I also remember passing Kemble on a holiday down south around 1970 and seeing the real thing close up. I'd like to build another as I saw them all those years ago in the Light Aircraft Grey/Day-Glo scheme and if I do, I'm going to try an orange undercoat rather than white for the Day-Glo. Thanks for looking 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raguk Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Nice to see some one tackle the day glo scheme I share your pain,the results are worth it though, Thanks for posting Rick G 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Looking good! Mike. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Excellent finish, well worth the effort, Sean 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 (edited) that looks like a really nice little kit! well done! the day-glow was worth the effort though!! Edited June 9, 2015 by exdraken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomasweir Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Bright and shiny. Well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight_Flyer Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 It is a cool looking scheme and can see why you were so determined. Well done on getting through to the end, the result was worth the effort. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSTON Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Oooh...She is RESPLENDENT, SHINY. SLEEK SEXY AND STUNNING.. KUDOS. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Great model, top work ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatboydim Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Great looking Gnat. Well done. Joe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattBlack33 Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Definitely worth the extra effort, looks really good. This comes from someone who didn't have the skill (or patience) to persevere with his own day-glo scheme! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Work In Progress Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Day-glo can be an absolute sod in full size, never mind on models, where the problem of it often requiring a very thick paint film is of course made worse by the scale effects. Well done for persevering. Last time I did day-glo on a model it was a 1/5 scale sailplane and I couldn't get anywhere with the usually available model shop paints, I ended up working with an aerosol from a car paint factor which gave much better coverage. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_W Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Day-glo can be an absolute sod in full size, never mind on models, where the problem of it often requiring a very thick paint film is of course made worse by the scale effects. Well done for persevering. Last time I did day-glo on a model it was a 1/5 scale sailplane and I couldn't get anywhere with the usually available model shop paints, I ended up working with an aerosol from a car paint factor which gave much better coverage. I built the 1/72 version and ended up binning it because the dayglo failed miserably. I remember in the 70's my Dad used to bring sheets of the stuff home from work (RAF Leuchars) for my Brother's models. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Fox Posted June 12, 2015 Author Share Posted June 12, 2015 Thank you for the kind words chaps. I'm glad it is finished, she nearly took a flight into the nearest wall a few times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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