I'm calling this finished..................
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The Revell reboxing of the ICM C-45 is a lovely model, the fit is pretty good ( no filler used ). The cabin interior is largely invisible, but all the seats are there! If the model had separate cowls, it would have made things a lot easier, both in terms of a nasty seam, and painting.
Natural metal is very tricky, it shows up all flaws, and handling causes damage, but I think that this is better than my last effort, but still a long way to go before I'm happy with this finish
The major problem I had was overestimating the covering power of yellow paint! I primed the airframe overall black ( best for natural metal ), but the cowls, being part of the wing assembly proved very difficult to get an even yellow coat - I must have retouched them about a dozen times! I should have primed them - say dark yellow ( dunkelgelb ) and masked them before black over the rest of the airframe.
Dave
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The Revell reboxing of the ICM C-45 is a lovely model, the fit is pretty good ( no filler used ). The cabin interior is largely invisible, but all the seats are there! If the model had separate cowls, it would have made things a lot easier, both in terms of a nasty seam, and painting.
Natural metal is very tricky, it shows up all flaws, and handling causes damage, but I think that this is better than my last effort, but still a long way to go before I'm happy with this finish
The major problem I had was overestimating the covering power of yellow paint! I primed the airframe overall black ( best for natural metal ), but the cowls, being part of the wing assembly proved very difficult to get an even yellow coat - I must have retouched them about a dozen times! I should have primed them - say dark yellow ( dunkelgelb ) and masked them before black over the rest of the airframe.
Dave
