Trumpeter 1/32 Fairy Swordfish Mk 1

[Guest]

Cracking work so far! I love this 'plane, and could easily see myself making one sometime. Watching this one!

[Guest]

I found the Sty???? (Badger) unpronouncable primer excellent. Great coverage and it dried to a smooth even finish. I did need to shake it a lot and I placed a ball inside to act as an agitator. It seems a little darker than the Vallejo grey prinmer, which is a good thing as you can better see where you have sprayed.

Am hoping someone will import their range of colours soon. I used to use their artists range of airbrush colours (Air Opaque, IIRC) a few years back - and I used a huge quantity! - and they were top class, never clogged, had excellent opacity and airbrushed beautifully. I'll switch to those at the drop of a hat if and when I can get them!

[BarryW]

Todays update:


Sprayed the base coat of interior green over the preshaded primer. I used my usual 3 stage process, a light base followed by a drop of white mixed with the base thinned and sprayed fairly randomly but focussed to the centre of panels then finally a very thinned base coatmisted over to bring the overall look together with the modulated effect.


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I then painted the guns with Gunze dark iron buffable then when dry buffed it to get a really good metallic effect. It does not show up very well in the picture unfortunately. There is still some detail to paint on one of them.


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Question - is that a canvas bag to catch the empty shells under the bottom gun? The instruction colour call out are very poor and I expect to have to paint that bit a buff/canvas colour.


Then finally I did the instrument panel. I am quite pleased with the effect, I used the decal as a guide to paint it. Not too good on a magnified picture but it will look just right 'in-situ' at a normal viewing distance.


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I painted it matt black and then picked out the detail with a dry-ish brush. Gloss coated the dials, several coats.

[Snowman]

Looking the business!


I agree with your assessment of the "brass catcher" bag, don't want hot brass burning through the fuselage....

[Guest]

nice work so far, looking good

[Guest]

Great story and a great build thread of an amazing aircraft. Everything being exposed will make this a superb model subject and allow clear views of the internals.


You are also doing a cracking job of the interior shading, your three part process works extreemly well.

[Dave W]

Coming along nicely Barry.Are you going to paint the doped fabric areas inside the fuselage?

[Guest]

The IP looks great Barry

[BarryW]

Dave - looking at the model it looks as if there are metal plates along the fuse with the doped fabric areas being wings, tail and control surfaces which are camo'd. The inside of the fuse is painted as per the instructions in cockpit green.


Anyway what with preparing for the holiday I did not get as long as I hoped last night and just sprayed the fuel tank red. It looks rather glossy only because it has only just been sprayed. As this will only be glimpsed through some holes/gaps (maybe!) I did not smooth the joints.


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That is it now for a couple of weeks. I am on a flight to Stockholm early Friday morning to catch a ship for a Baltic cruise, my longest holiday for many years a whole 12 nights. Ian Muddle - we will be over your way in Copenhagen towards the end of the trip....any tips on what to see?

[rickoshea52]

Copenhagen is very nice Barry, I visit for business often. The royal palaces and little mermaid are popular so is Tivoli gardens. Ian M gave me some model shop info a while back but I cannot find it right now.


If you are visiting Riga on your cruise you might want to pay a flying visit to the Latvian air museum at the airport, lots of soviet aircraft in the open air to view. The old town of Riga is nice in the summer.

[Ian M]

Ian Muddle - we will be over your way in Copenhagen towards the end of the trip....any tips on what to see?

AS Rick wrote, Tivoli gardens are well worth a visit. Copenhagen as it is is also OK to have a walk around in. loads of places to eat and drink. I assume that you will have the good lady with, so a walk down "Strøget" A walking street will be great for her and bad for your wallet! lol.


As for model shops, not to many in DK there is a great one on Frederiksberg. Stoppel Hobbies. http://www.stoppel.dk/shop/frontpage.html There is a shopping center nearby where you can park the misses... :-)


Loving the build and would like to have a crack at the string bag in a large scale so am following the thread to see how she builds up.


Regarding the wing sag, a square section brass rod might get you over that issue. Has worked for me with other 'droopers'.


Ian M

[BarryW]

Many thanks Ian and Rick.... I may be kind enough to suggest that Janet might want to go shopping, no ulterior motive of course....

[tr1ckey66]

Great work so far Barry


The IP turned out very nice and the interior is really coming together. With regards to the antenna fixing on the fin: I think you did the right thing by cutting it off. You will find the very same problem if you ever build the new-tool Revell 1/32 Spit. After building 3 (with 3 to go) I gave up on trying to save the fragile fitting and began cutting them off and reattaching them during the finishing phase of the build.


Enjoy your trip to Copenhagen.


Cheers


P

[Wendall]

Great start Barry, the paintwork on the interior is very nice indeed. You just can't beat a cruise, hope you and the good lady have a fantastic time and I look forward to a build update when you get back.


Jason

[colin m]

Looks great Barry. I've built a 1:72 Airfix (Great kit) and have a 1:48 Tamiya ready for the off, so I'll keep an eye on your build for the extra detail info'.