AdrianMF Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Hello All, This build has been pottering along in the background for ages, waiting for me to get inspired to do rigging. This weekend I got the EZLine and the swearing jar out and had a go! It's brush painted in acrylics (Revell Nato Olive over Humbrol 71 Oak, with Revell Wood Brown, Humbrol 27 Dark Sea Grey and Citadel Leadbelcher) and for the undersides I masked off the linen colour on the frames and gave it a drybrush stipple with a darker shade in between them. The variation looks quite subtle in real life but gets lost a bit in the photos (my excuse!). Rigging is all EZLine, with which I have a love-hate relationship (it hates me!) and it's my first attempt at double flying wires. I tried out my new 0.2mm drills but after breaking two in the first two holes I reverted back to my trusty 40-year-old 0.5mm bit. I scratched the Scarff mounting, using some cut out coke can, sprue and elastic thread to enhance the "U" frame trimmed out of the kit part. There is also a more detailed cockpit and instrument panel, but you can't photograph it under the front wing! I ran a fine tip (0.1mm) black permanent marker round the groove between the wheel and the tyre, which gave me a nice sharp border for painting the tyre. I thoroughly recommend this kit, which has appeared in boxings from several manufacturers. I did play around with the "W" struts to get a good fit, but apart from that it was plain sailing. Enough already! Pictures: Thanks for looking, Adrian 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Superb build looks great, nice job on the rigging and finish... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keith in the uk Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Nice work Adrian , that's turned out really well , rigging looks great 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moaning dolphin Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Very nice! excellent job with the rigging, very subtle indeed. Thanks for showing Bob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beard Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 That's splendid... hard to believe it's 1/72nd. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Thats really nice Adrian, a superb little model and beautifully built. Cheers Tony 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatboydim Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 A beautiful little model Adrain. Regards, Joe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blitz23 Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Great job you've done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehed Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Another cracker, Adrian. Got to agree about the kit too. Latest incarnation is by Eastern Express in several versions all of which are worth going for. Regards, Steve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doozer1974 Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Great work, the EZ line rigging is top drawer! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimHead23 Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 That looks fantastic! Thanks for sharing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 That's a sweet little model! Martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Onkey Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 From one Adrian to another Makes my brush painting look like I use emulsion and a 2" brush...I must practice harder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristol boy Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Very neat, I know these things are small so a lot of care is needed to get such a good result. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildeSau75 Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Lovely build - I really hope I one day can manage rigging as well as you. Cheers, Michael 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Brilliant Adrian, a beautiful job on a model I have in my sights, so inspirational. That's a neat tip about the wheels/tyres. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Nicely done! Mike. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted June 30, 2015 Author Share Posted June 30, 2015 Thanks for the comments!If anyone is building this the following may help: the kit colour scheme shows silver cowling and painted grey fuselage sheeting. I followed this, but I have yet to see a photo where these two areas are not either silver+silver or grey+grey. I thought about re-painting the grey with silver but it's too lumpy... either replace the kit aileron and elevator cranks or sharpen them up at the root or at least give them a darker colour at the root to make them look less blobby. lots of examples seem to have (sometimes asymmetric) extra cooling holes on the front of the cowling. check your model for big splodges of dirt on the port side of the rudder before taking photos! (I'm blaming the ground crew for that one) Regards,Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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