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Special Hobby 1/72 CAC CA-9 Wirraway

 

First, to set the mood here's a video about making Wirraways:

 

 

 

Wirraway is an Australian variant of the NA-16. Over 700 were built and it was used mainly as a trainer but also as a fighter.

 

 

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The kit is Special Hobby 1:72.

 

 

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Couple of sprues. Looks decent, not too bad.

 

 

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Resin engine and cowling.

 

 

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I'm going with camo A. It says in the description that this particular plane might have had different scheme than shown here - Dark Ocean Blue & Dark Sea Gray upper surfaces. Sounds nice, I might go with that option.

 

 

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Great choice Reini,

 

We still have a couple of airworthy examples down this way and I have seen it a few times lately, this was taken back in 2018 thought I have seen it flying a couple of times this year and as recent as a couple of weeks ago here in Canberra for the Air Force's 100th Anniversary flypast.

 

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@Romeo Alpha Yankee That is a fine looking plane :)

 

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Interior parts all cleaned up.

 

 

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Assembly done, in preparation for the painting.

 

 

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First I painted black and then followed by Hataka Interior Gray Green.

 

 

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Detail painting done and assembly done. I added rather simple Tamiya tape belts.

 

 

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Fuselage closed up.

 

 

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Wings added and putty applied. Let's wait for it to dry and clean up next :) Nothing major, just small blemishes here and there.

 

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Such a nice weather here and few days off, I had no choice but officially begin the BBQ season:

 

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How about you @Marlin - have you done some BBQ yet? :chef:

 

 

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Also some modelling, I did lot's of stuff but very little is shown off it. As it's mostly sanding, adding putty, cleaning, minor adjustments, parts fitting, some touch up painting etc etc. But I did mask the canopy, attach the engine also and pretty much apart from gluing the canopy and the engine cover - we are ready for some paint. Can't wait! :) 

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13 hours ago, reini said:

Such a nice weather here and few days off, I had no choice but officially begin the BBQ season:

 

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How about you @Marlin - have you done some BBQ yet? :chef:

 

 

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Also some modelling, I did lot's of stuff but very little is shown off it. As it's mostly sanding, adding putty, cleaning, minor adjustments, parts fitting, some touch up painting etc etc. But I did mask the canopy, attach the engine also and pretty much apart from gluing the canopy and the engine cover - we are ready for some paint. Can't wait! :) 

My season for 2021 started January 1st. 😁

The food looks Great BTW, as does your build.

/Bosse 

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Another day, another BBQ 😎 Some sweet potato fries and chicken wings/legs.

 

 

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Engine cowling glued and fitting of the underside intake. It needed some cutting in order to fit, it was basically straight line but there is a distinctive edge on the front of the landing gear bays.

 

 

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But after some surgery, it fitted nicely.

 

 

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Rear canopy is glued on lightly just as a mask, it will be removed for the finished build. We are ready for paint! :)

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Primed with grey.

 

 

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I read somewhere that RLM76 shouldn't be too far from RAAF Sky Blue. I really don't know but I guess it looks ok.

 

 

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As I mentioned, the airframe in question might have been painted in Dark Sea Grey & Dark Ocean Blue scheme instead of the Foliage Green & Earth Brown combo, so I'll go with that. These were the colours that seemed to come up from the Vallejo range when I converted the FS numbers. Also Life Colour makes RAAF specific colours and these colours came up again. Any opinions? I have no reference really, on how it should look.

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Masking is done - apparently this specific aircraft had a wavy demarcation line between the upper and lower colours.

 

 

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Grey is done. Let's  give it few hours to dry and go on with the dark blue :)

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On 4/22/2021 at 7:57 AM, reini said:

chicken wings/legs.

What's your recipe?

 

This is looking very fine @reini.  I am not sure about Sky Type S.  To my eye it has more of a greenish cast to it that RLM76.  But then again, its only a model , and it's your build!  Model on!

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I saw this scheme in one of the Kookaburra RAAF volumes, thought it a lovely scheme and I must do a  Wirraway like that one day.  But I never did, and I believe that it is no longer considered accurate.  Sorry, but you did ask.

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2 hours ago, John Masters said:

What's your recipe?

 

This is looking very fine @reini.  I am not sure about Sky Type S.  To my eye it has more of a greenish cast to it that RLM76.  But then again, its only a model , and it's your build!  Model on!

 

Thanks John! I rarely have any recipes for my BBQ, I just add spices and sauces as I see fit and hope the end result is satisfying! :D For the chicken I usually dry rub them with appropriate seasoning (my favourite is Louisiana Cajun by Poppamies  https://www.poppamies.fi/louisiana-cajun-rub/), put them for 45 minutes to an hour on indirect heat. I usually add some smoke to the mix just to add some flavour. Flip them over few times over the process. In the end, they should be crisp on the outside & juicy on the inside. Serve with your favourite wing sauce and enjoy :) Altough this time I forgot the seasoning but added some sweet fruity BBQ sauce in the end to make them bit sticky. Worked fine with the sour wing sauce.

 

I like my burgers, wings and ribs and such as they are pretty straightforward and 'honest' BBQ food - and usually they taste little bit different every time I make them - and that's fine. Honestly, I'm not much of a chef but once you got few basic things down there really is no wrong way to BBQ.

 

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12 minutes ago, Graham Boak said:

I saw this scheme in one of the Kookaburra RAAF volumes, thought it a lovely scheme and I must do a  Wirraway like that one day.  But I never did, and I believe that it is no longer considered accurate.  Sorry, but you did ask.

 

Yeah, I did ask :D Thanks for the info anyways - sometimes you build models to be accurate as possible and sometimes you build them just for the fun of it. I guess this is turning out to be the latter :) 

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The Aussie markings are on! :) The decals were thin and brittle but I managed to get them down without any major issues,

 

 

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I'll let it sit for a few hours and put on a matt coat. Some weathering after that. Maybe nothing too heavy, I kinda like the colours even if they might not be historically accurate :D

 

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Wash, cleaning up, adding some minor other weathering and gluing all the small bits. Took a good few hours still but I think we are done.

 

 

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Also posted in the gallery and more photos in the RFI:

 

 

Thanks for looking! :) 

 

 

 

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