Revell AVRO Shackleton AEW.2

[colin m]

your a brave man to fit those aerial masts

Yes I made a real school boy error there. The ones underneath are right in the way of the giant decals.

[Vaughan]

Don't worry I managed to snap off both of the trailing edge fuel jettison pipes early in the build I notice yours are still intact. By the way how deep is your carpet only a wing is a large part to misplace

[Guest]

Glad its back on track lady colin, i hope this kit starts behaving itself now and gives you a bit of relief

What's all this "lady" stuff? Have we got a second woman on this forum?

[colin m]

Don't get your hopes up Steve, there is only the one woman on this forum. Lady Colin, comes from my misinterpretation of a post on this thread further back.

[colin m]

It's painted. Vallejo 'Dark blue Grey' looks just about perfect for the job and with a big dollop of 'medium retarder' in the mix didn't give me any problems. This vast expanse of dark grey looks a little depressing at first, but there are loads of decals to go on which will break it up nicely.


Why are the engines separate ? As I was waiting for some replacement parts from Revell, I built a lot of sub assemblies. Hence engines, landing gear etc were all completed in advance.

[yak face]

Looking great Colin , seeing it now you would think butter wouldnt melt in its mouth !! theres no sign of the massive problems its given you so far , its even making me want one again!! cheers lady tony

[papa 695]

That's looking very nice indeed Lady Colin

[colin m]

Looking great Colin , seeing it now you would think butter wouldnt melt in its mouth !! theres no sign of the massive problems its given you so far , its even making me want one again!! cheers lady tony

With half the decals in place I'm in a better place now ! She is forgiven, and is actually looking quite nice.......

[Vaughan]

Looking good Colin, nice to see the paint has gone down well props are looking good too. The decals make a real difference, all 135 of them, but the prop ones do make you a little boss eyed. I used Vallejo dark sea grey but yours looks the part. I think we're on the final hurdle now I'll be glad when mines off the bench.

[flyjoe180]

Nice paint job Colin, it's coming to life now.

[colin m]

Looking good Colin, nice to see the paint has gone down well props are looking good too. The decals make a real difference, all 135 of them, but the prop ones do make you a little boss eyed. I used Vallejo dark sea grey but yours looks the part. I think we're on the final hurdle now I'll be glad when mines off the bench.

I've used Vallejo 70867 Dark blue grey, which compares really well with H123, the paint I would normally use. Decals are finished, I think.

[colin m]

Decals done. Lots of fussy little things, but they do make a difference to a single colour model like this.

[Guest]

You are right but then again, I have always thought a model comes to life when the decals go on.

[Guest]

I do like the way this is coming along.


keep up the great work.

[papa 695]

They do make it look a lot better Colin great work keep it up.