petetasker Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 Another Mini Art 1/35 Cierva C.30 for the cabinet. ‘XR’ was leased to the Gonzalez Byass wine company back in the mid 1930’s for a UK publicity tour. References for this model have been a little thin on the ground to say the least and the model is based solely on the testimony of two rather grainy black and white photographs. The tail and ‘Jerez’ decals were home printed onto white decal film, the rest are from Xtradecal lettering sheets or the spares box. A few problems - spent hours without luck trying to find a suitable font for the lettering so they are a bit of a compromise also I think my home made decals are slightly under scale. I’ve also found the Experts Choice white decal film a little opaque. First time with home made decals so it’s a bit of a learning curve. Having taken pictures of the model I’ve also just realised the wheel hub covers still need to be fitted - useless, can’t get the staff! One last note - I noticed the other day a company in Spain (FC Model Trend) have released a set of replacement weighted wheels for the kit - looking forward to them arriving! Love this kit- hope it’s of interest. 25 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natter Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 There's a fault with those decals? You could have fooled me. That is a lovely model. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petetasker Posted February 24, 2020 Author Share Posted February 24, 2020 6 minutes ago, Natter said: There's a fault with those decals? You could have fooled me. That is a lovely model. They don’t look that bad but with hindsight I should have tested them first. At least I’ll know next time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 Absolutely beautiful model! Cheers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 Superb modelling. And that restrained livery is classy! Kind regards, Joachim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe M Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 Very nice Pete. Cheers Joe M 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Monday Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 Fabulous finish. BM. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KayFranz Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 (edited) Two years later... Nice day. 😜 KF Edited July 31, 2022 by KayFranz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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