Paul J Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 This build was part of the cause of me nearly giving up. Not the kit, it was and is a fine one to build. It was those decals but I turned to the set by Xtradecal which had this Cranwell example on and was also in my desired period finish of painted aluminium and dayglo. The dayglo paint is Revell thinned with cellulose thinners and airbrushed. A strange thing occured whle doing this . Long strands of flourescent 'spider web' like came out! It was easy enough to brush of but it was weird! Anyway here are the pics of my build of XN577/45 1960's. As for the remaining decals of the Airfix kit, they work beautifully. Its just those dayglo strips. I reckon they don't stick because there is no carrier film around the edges of them and so nothing to help them adhere to the model Also I experimented and found that a couple coats of Humbrol enamel clear gloss varnish helps and aided with pretty hot water. I found this when experimenting with them and trying them on an Airfix Chipmunk by cutting them to suit. ps: By the way, I left that centre frame to the canopy because a picture I have of the same period shows that this was the case!! 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForestFan Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Very nice and colourful, it really does build up nicely. Well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goggsy Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Good effort, looks great. Strange about the dayglo, I think I've had something like that before. I use Tamiya dayglo decanted from an aerosol these days, much easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatbox8 Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Very nice looking JP. Good inspiration for me as this is my favourite scheme for the type. Hope mine turns out this good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polo1112 Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Beautiful Jet Provost !! I love it in its silver and day-glo livery . Great model for me. Bravo!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celt Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 As a brush painter,I stay away from colours like Dayglo.Well tidy Provost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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