cobraleader Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 G'Day All, Been working on kits in the back ground. Keeping to the RAAF Theme, here is the Airfix 1/72 BAC Canberra painted and marked as 1 SQN A84-227. The panel lines were rescribed and the raised panel lines sanded away. Few mistakes were made during the scribing process that needed some patching. Model was then primed with Gunze 1000 Surface Primer and black based with Gunze H2 Black acrylic. Gunze H1 White was then applied in a random pattern. The top of the fuselage was painted white and masked off. Vallejo Metal Color Aluminum was blasted through the airbrush - still have problems getting this brand to airbrush, thus the need to blast is through the airbrush. Attempted to do panel varation, however something went wrong with the main Vallejo Metal color, which lifted when masked... so plan jane silver scheme. I checked with a friend and these aircraft were painted silver, so no panel variation was present - kinda boring being a plan Silver colour. I airbrushed the fuel tanks a different colour to mix it up a bit. The Bombay, wheel wells, under carriage and doors were painted Gunze H8 Silver and weathered with Tamiya Panel line wash. Bombs painted a Olive Drab colour and glued in. Decals are NovaScale Decals. A84-227 isn't an option on the decal sheet, so had to carve up some of the existing decals to make up the number. Model had Tamiya Black Panel Line wash applied. 38 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 Lovley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyJammedKenny! Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 That's stunning and most inspirational, and has given me a few ideas! It's certainly one of the best Airfix canberras I've seen built up. Thanks so much for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hook Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 What's not to like! - thanks for posting. Cheers, Andre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 Lovely job, looks amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 A very nicely done Canberra. Display with pride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winenut Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 Nothing boring about that at all !!!! She's a beauty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bell209 Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 Beautiful job! You don't often see 1SQN Canberras modelled as most people (including me) go with 2SQN camouflage. Nice choice (and it looks like the Novascale decals worked okay, too). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abat Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 That looks wonderful. You should be very pleased with how it looks. Regards airbrushing Vallejo, I'm certainly no expert but I've had some success with my current build thinning the Vallejo 50/50 with a mix of Liquitex Flow aid, retarder and distilled water and spraying at around 20 psi. There's plenty of YouTube clips that can provide other ideas too. I've seen one where they thin with only Vallejo flow aid. For silver finishes however, a fellow Britmodeller once suggested using Tamiya AS12 Bare-metal silver, and this is my go-to for overall silver finishes. Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 That's an impressive re-scribe. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraleader Posted July 27, 2021 Author Share Posted July 27, 2021 thanks guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bissyboat Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 Job well done! Looks great. ⚓🙌 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardiff guy Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 your hard work has paid off, well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corsaircorp Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 Well done Sir !! I really appreciate the NMF and gloss white scheme. You got it pristine !! congrats !! Sincerely. CC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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