Paul J Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 Just finished this today too. ( A bit of a Piper theme going on). KP 1/72nd kit with custom made decals for G-BAUC as operated by the Southdown Gliding Club. This was the tug that aerotowed me back in April for my gliding experience. The chap who did the decals for me got the fuselage reggie the wrong size and font so I resorted to my Modeldecal RAF lettering as being the closest to what I needed. But he did a marvellous job on getting the club name down to a very fine size and printed separately with the orange background on white decal paper as it needed to be applied over the orange stripe. I made a towing attachment from plastic card strip, its a bit of guess work but loosely resembles the real thing. I also added the protection bar to the windscreen form the same plastic strip. Whip aerial from a nail brush! The orange for the wing tips and nose cowl I mixed using Revell Aqua acrylic paints mixing their orange with a dash of white getting as close a match I could. The underwing reg was from the custom made decal sheet. This close up doesn't it justice showing up gremlins. But you can see the title though. Its better viewed in the 'flesh' ! Its not my best but I'm happy enough with it. I just need an ASK-21 and DG-500 to go with it in 1/72. 34 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnl42 Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 Nicely done! I do enjoy these utilitarian subjects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 Always great to see a civvie being built, lovely work ! Wulfman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapam Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Beautifully done and a not-so-common subject in 1/72! I love it! 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEXANTOMCAT Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Nice work - I have one in the stash to do but it won't be made as well as yours! TT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Tindall Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 (edited) Very cool and really nice work ! I was lucky enough to get a gliding scholarship with Southdown gliding club when I was a nipper. Brings back some fond memories Edited August 5, 2022 by Olly Tindall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maginot Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 That's great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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