Aces High Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 So, I built a couple of Special Hobby kits a few years ago, I vaguely remembered them being rather challenging but nice in the detail... My memory wasn't wrong! I fancied doing a float plane, and for some reason seem to be enjoying doing biplane rigging so this looked like a nice idea. The kit is very nice, spendid detail right down to the weeny teeny wing lights. I painted these red/green first (leaving the "lens" unpainted) then did them in the khaki of the plane, so you can see the port/starboard colour through the lens. Special Hobby have not compromised scale for structure in any way, which made attaching the floats seriously difficult. I ended up with blobs of cyano to toughen the join to the struts, then sanded this down so it wasn't quite so unsightly. It's brush painted with Humbrol enamels, gloss cote before and after decals, and weathered with watercolours before a final layer of matt cote. Rigging is standard size Uschi rigging. 20 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 Wonderful build! May I ask what scale that kit is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
28ZComeback Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 Outstanding!! Rigging is impressive!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aces High Posted May 16, 2020 Author Share Posted May 16, 2020 Thanks! To be fair I think the phone camera is flattering... Its 1/72. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 Great build and finish, lovely bit of modelling ! Wulfman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 Nice! Well done. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 That turned out beautifully! Very well done! Kind regards, Stix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adey m Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 That is beautiful. regards, adey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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