Red Arrows, Now and Then - Airfix Gnat and Hawk 1/72

[robvulcan 4,199]

That primer looks a little bit like Barley Grey to me

[giemme 14,866]

Glorious Ced, just that!

 

Ciao

[Spookytooth 8,765]

X 2

 

Simon.

[TheBaron 24,500]

Them last few pages are a model of determination and poise Ced - a colourful jamboree that gladdens the eye.

 

Great notion about tracing things on the graphics tablet for masking too....

[Courageous 6,541]

What Rob says.

Fantastic come-back!

[keefr22 10,065]

Yep, that'll do nicely! 

 

[The Spadgent 12,908]

Wowza! Top marks. 

 

Johnny

[Biggles87 6,119]

That's the way to do it!

 

John

[Hamden 2,670]

 

Smashing result on the underside arrow marking.

 

  Roger

[robvulcan 4,199]

That come out rather well mate. Excellent maskign there

[CedB 48,974]

Thanks Rob, Chris, Rob, Giorgio, Simon, Tony, Stuart, Keith, Johnny, John and Roger (phew, caught up!)

 

Is it a good idea to apply stencils after a night at the pub? No. Nevertheless, has to be done:

 

 

 

Glad that's over. Two Arrows ready for gloss coat later:

 

 

Time for a lie down now.

[bbudde 3,692]

Hello Ced. They both look very nice. Will they be put under your ceiling or on a clear stand in that position as above. Have a nice nap. Cheers

Edited March 17, 2018 by bbudde

[giemme 14,866]

Benedikt has a point, Ced: that last shot makes for an enticing pose....

 

Ciao

[Spookytooth 8,765]

Mount them back to back and label the "The Young and the Old".

 

Simon.

[Tomoshenko 4,922]

Looking great Ced. Good work on the stripes.

[Cookenbacher 8,749]

Wow Ced, you brush painted white onto a gloss surface and it came out perfect!

 

Striking pair of Red Arrows there.

[Hamden 2,670]

 

Nice pair very very nice!

 

  Roger

[CedB 48,974]

Thanks Benedikt, Simon and Giorgio - they'll be on the ceiling but I will try to get an 'action' pose

Thanks Tomo, Cookie and Roger, very kind

 

 

Lights and pitots on after the Aqua Gloss, they'll be ready for some RFI shots on the morning:

 

[giemme 14,866]

Lovely pair, looking forward to the RFI pics

 

Ciao

[keefr22 10,065]

Yep, lovely pair of Dead Sparrows Ced, nice work! 

 

Just one thing, has something dripped onto the Gnat's port wing leading edge? 

 

Keith

[robvulcan 4,199]

They look god damn gorgeous and it's the first time I've seen the two together. The Gnat is still my fave  

[Biggles87 6,119]

You've made a great start, now looking forward to the other sixteen!

 

John. 

Edited March 18, 2018 by Biggles87

[Stew Dapple 14,541]

Nice job Ced, look forward to seeing the RFI

 

Cheers,

 

Stew

[CedB 48,974]

12 hours ago, giemme said:

Lovely pair, looking forward to the RFI pics

 

Ciao

Thanks Giorgio

9 hours ago, keefr22 said:

Yep, lovely pair of Dead Sparrows Ced, nice work! 

 

Just one thing, has something dripped onto the Gnat's port wing leading edge? 

 

Keith

Thanks Keith - well spotted!

Sorted this morning. Judging by the red on this:

 

 

 

... it must have been in the Klear coat? Must pay more attention before adding more layers.

 

8 hours ago, robvulcan said:

They look god damn gorgeous and it's the first time I've seen the two together. The Gnat is still my fave  

Thanks Rob, very kind

2 hours ago, Biggles87 said:

You've made a great start, now looking forward to the other sixteen!

 

John. 

Thanks John I think two's enough for me!

1 hour ago, Stew Dapple said:

Nice job Ced, look forward to seeing the RFI

 

Cheers,

 

Stew

Thanks Stew - I'll be taking the photos soon and will post a link later.

[CedB 48,974]

Now in the RFI here.

 

Thanks as usual for all your help, support and companionship during this build

 

What's next?

 

This April 5th is the 50th anniversary of Alan Pollock's flight through the span of Tower Bridge. I have an old Airfix Hunter FGA.9 and will happily ignore all the accuracy problems with the kit.

I need to do some more research but I'll come back here and post a link when I start the WiP.