ChrisL Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 I'm building the new Airfix Beaufighter in the box's Coastal Command scheme. I've noticed that while the instructions have a painting guide for the scheme's torpedo, they don't indicate a colour for the torpedo's monoplane air tail (MAT) - the bit that attached onto the end of the torpedo. I dimly recall that the build in AMW may have painted this a bronzey colour but as MATs were made from plywood this seems a bit unlikely. The picture about halfway down this page suggests that its MAT is a light colour, possibly the same colour as the Beaufighter's belly (so presumably Sky). Does anyone know if that's the case? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 I'm pretty sure I've read that they were wood coloured, maybe ply with a sealer coat? So a light tan colour. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted October 28, 2015 Author Share Posted October 28, 2015 Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 (edited) Chris, have a look at post #45 in this thread by Calum as he makes a superb job on a 489sqn Beau. This illustrates pretty well what I mean, I'm sure that is Calum's rather nice interpretation of a plywood tail. Steve. Edited for typos. Edited October 29, 2015 by stevehnz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted October 28, 2015 Author Share Posted October 28, 2015 Dang, that's good. Now I'm intimidated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted October 29, 2015 Author Share Posted October 29, 2015 Rechecking AMW, that build's MAT is painted in Sky. That sounds like a good backup plan if my attempts to produce a plywood finish fail. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 Dang, that's good. Now I'm intimidated! There's a fairly easy way to do wood grain that has worked even for a chump like me: Paint the object a base "wood" colour with an Acrylic. Then, once it's dried, get an oil paint in a darker wood colour for the wood grain, apply it over the acrylic, and then run a stiff brush over it to make the grain. Here's a good tutorial (not by me): http://www.clubhyper.com/reference/woodgrainel_1.htm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Starmer Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 I read somewhere long ago that the airtails on torpedos were yellow. The photograph I have of them all appear very light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calum Posted November 1, 2015 Share Posted November 1, 2015 Dang, that's good. Now I'm intimidated! Don't be, it was actually remarkably easy. I just painted the tail a light tan. Once dry I brush painted raw umber oil paint over the tan (I let the oil in the paint leach out on some cardboard first) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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