Revel 1:72 P-47M Thunderbolt
Discussion
I need to try and get my mojo back as I haven’t felt the urge to do a lot of building recently.
I thought I’d try a nice and simple 1:72 kit as progress will be swift and hopefully a good result will spur me on.
Sprues have quite a bit of flash, must be an older kit I guess. Maybe not so straight forward after all...
I’m going to make a start on it tonight.
I thought I’d try a nice and simple 1:72 kit as progress will be swift and hopefully a good result will spur me on.
Sprues have quite a bit of flash, must be an older kit I guess. Maybe not so straight forward after all...
I’m going to make a start on it tonight.
robemcdonald said:
Fantastic. Now I can get shown up by a teenager. It will be like the last time I played Rugby all over again....
He’s 10, but the version he’s doing is a simple two tone scheme.BTW a bit of flash shouldn’t bother you - not so long ago dealing with it was just part of modelling.
dr_gn said:
robemcdonald said:
Fantastic. Now I can get shown up by a teenager. It will be like the last time I played Rugby all over again....
He’s 10, but the version he’s doing is a simple two tone scheme.BTW a bit of flash shouldn’t bother you - not so long ago dealing with it was just part of modelling.
Re the flash. Could be worse. Could be Airfix...
So a bit of progress. With these simple kits things move fairly quickly.
1st step of the instructions is to build the cockpit. Here are before and after pic of the parts to give you an idea of how much clean up was required.
Before clean up.
After clean up.
I painted and assembled the cockpit and added them to the fuselage.
Next up was canopy masking. No dramas here.
Wings, tail and engine added.
And that’s up to date. More later on hopefully.
1st step of the instructions is to build the cockpit. Here are before and after pic of the parts to give you an idea of how much clean up was required.
Before clean up.
After clean up.
I painted and assembled the cockpit and added them to the fuselage.
Next up was canopy masking. No dramas here.
Wings, tail and engine added.
And that’s up to date. More later on hopefully.
I'm going to bookmark this thread.
I'm new to modelling and have cut my teeth on Airfix 1/72 so far plus a couple of "armourfast" Shermans (which went together very quickly and easily) along with some airfix ground vehicles.
I have recently made a Revell Corsair which turned out to be a nightmare. I dug the box out and it is a modern kit, but I ended up with parts on the sprue left over, ill fitting wings and it didn't take paint very well. However that's more of the fault of my poor skills than perhaps the quality of the kit, so i'll be interested to see how this one goes together as it was on my "purchase" list for this month.
I'm new to modelling and have cut my teeth on Airfix 1/72 so far plus a couple of "armourfast" Shermans (which went together very quickly and easily) along with some airfix ground vehicles.
I have recently made a Revell Corsair which turned out to be a nightmare. I dug the box out and it is a modern kit, but I ended up with parts on the sprue left over, ill fitting wings and it didn't take paint very well. However that's more of the fault of my poor skills than perhaps the quality of the kit, so i'll be interested to see how this one goes together as it was on my "purchase" list for this month.
I’ve been thinking a bit about how I’m going to paint mine. The aluminium finish on the belly and under wings is my main concern.
My current plan is to do a NATO black base over everything. Mask off the bare metal areas then build up the camo scheme to give a pre-shaded look. Once this is done I’ll remove the masking and give the whole thing a coat of clear, then mask the camouflaged areas and apply the metal finish.
Then another coat of clear. This is the bit I’m worried about. I’m not sure about TS13 over the metal finish. If it works it will be fine. I think it will be a case of several really light mist coats.
I have my scrap test mustang to try it on first.
The TS13 was more for applying the decals.
I now use Vallejo metal air paints for natural metal finishes. Maybe not as good as alclad, but as you say less bother.
I did a trial on the P-51 and it reacted with the metal finish. I really need to get the clear coat designed for the paint, but it’s really hard to find.
I now use Vallejo metal air paints for natural metal finishes. Maybe not as good as alclad, but as you say less bother.
I did a trial on the P-51 and it reacted with the metal finish. I really need to get the clear coat designed for the paint, but it’s really hard to find.
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