The last model I finished
before I left the UK in September, 2018. It was devilishly
difficult to photograph, part of the reason it's taken
me so long to put it on the site. I'm still not happy
with these shots but they're the best I could get. Apparently
my 10+ year old digital camera and rubbish photo set (consisting
of a piece of blue poster board propped up in whatever
reasonably well-lit place I can find) is just not up to
the task. Go figure.
The model itself is pretty
good, from what I can recall. The panel lines are way
too big, especially on the fuselage. I did my best to
fill these with several coats of primer and paint but
to no avail. It'll have to do. Paint is Halford's Appliance
white on the fuselage, tail fins and engine nacelles,
and Xtracolor Airbus Grey and Corroguard Silver on the
wings. The metal areas on the engines are various shades
of Testors Metalizer.
Decals are from TwoSix
Decals. These are laser printed so I was a bit dubious
about their quality, however my trepidation was unfounded.
They were excellent; crisply printed with solid, opaque
colours and they settled down beautifully into the overscale
panel lines. Even the large Skylink markings fit the tail
perfectly and conformed to all the compound curves on
this beast. All the stencilling and door outlines came
from the kit decal sheet - after I had taped it to a window
for a month to bleach out the yellow in the clear carrier
film.
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