My next victim....1/72 Special Hobby DH. 103 Sea Hornet F. Mk.20

[scottie3158]

Chris,
Nice work on the lights they really look the part.

[Guest]

Thanks Andy and Paul!

The lights represent about 3hrs work I would guess, maybe a bit more.
Seems disproportionate to the result, but what’s important is I enjoyed it.

[scottie3158]

Thanks Andy and Paul!

The lights represent about 3hrs work I would guess, maybe a bit more.
Seems disproportionate to the result, but what’s important is I enjoyed it.

Time well spent

[Guest]

Time well spent

Thanks Paul.

[yak face]

Top work chris , the lights look excellent , its coming together beautifully now , cheers tony

[Jack L]

Chris can you briefly explain the toothpaste? Not sure I have heard that one before!

[Guest]

Top work chris , the lights look excellent , its coming together beautifully now , cheers tony

Thank you Tony! I'm pleased with how it's coming along.

Chris can you briefly explain the toothpaste? Not sure I have heard that one before!

Sure. All I did was buff the clear part with a piece of kitchen towel with toothpaste on. Simple, but effective!

[Guest]

Did I say the fiddling was done? Not quite. The spinners needed a little work to level them out.

Primer on! Ordinarily I'd prime in white and preshade in black, however I am reversing that with this one to see what the results are like.



The primer showed up some areas that needed a little more attention, mainly scribing tool slips that I'd thought I'd get away with!



Sanded....



Reprimed....



I'm happy with the underside. The seam is visible but it won't be visible when displayed.



Undercarriage and wheel wells to receive silver treatment and then I will be highlighting with white primer prior to painting.

[yak face]

Looks very tidy now chris , no signs of the battle fought to get it to this stage ! Cheers tony

[Guest]

Looks very tidy now chris , no signs of the battle fought to get it to this stage ! Cheers tony

Thanks Tony! That’s what we all strive for, a model that looks like it was easy!

[Steven000]

Looks great so far Chris :thumb2:
Steven

[Guest]

Looks great so far Chris :thumb2:
Steven

Cheers Steven!

[Jim R]

Hi Chris
You've invested a lot of time and skill in this and it shows. Great work on the lights. The primer has gone on well.
Jim

[Guest]

Hi Chris
You've invested a lot of time and skill in this and it shows. Great work on the lights. The primer has gone on well.
Jim

Thanks Jim! The primer is my second go with vallejo and this time I thinned it roughly 60/40. It doesn't need thinning to go through the airbrush but I found that I was able to get a finer, more controllable delivery which made priming easier.

Just s note to say thanks to everyone for all the kind comments so far.

[Guest]

I decided I was going to pick out the heavily weathered surfaces in white primer, such as leading edges and control surfaces this time...



...and on the underside I painted the silver for the undercarriage and masked.



I went for a gun metal which I will drybrush and highlight with a bright silver, something i did on my Tamiya Spitfire and liked the effect.

On with the paint.



The effect is subtle and I like it.

This is also a bit of a landmark. Bar two tiny spots, none of the sky paint came off with the mask!

Next up is touch ups, details, varnish and decals.