Meteor Shower (Part 2)
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Box art
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Bit of a rinse as usual, not sure if it's even needed nowadays, more habit than anything else.
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Dry brushed the interior of the tub to bring some detail out on the off-chance you'll be able to see it at the end. I've carefully zoomed it in the foreground :-D Look to the back past his big brother.
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Nearly time to assemble the tub!
May have sneaked a smidgen of photoetch in to get the 1:72 set belts - from an Eduard RAF Q-Type seatbelt fret that I had stashed away. Looks the part!
May have sneaked a smidgen of photoetch in to get the 1:72 set belts - from an Eduard RAF Q-Type seatbelt fret that I had stashed away. Looks the part!
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Very satisfying click as the seat went in!
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I genuinely thought "ooh, that's clever" as all those cross beams clicked into place.
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Showing off the metal work before it gets sealed up.
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It's pegging time!
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Well that's neat and thoughtful - Port and Starboard markings to aid assembly for the more disorganised and forgetful modeller.
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Unlike his 1:48 big brother, didn't snap together reassuringly, and needed a bit of clamp persuasion to sit flush underneath. Fit still good, and gap between top side of wings and fuselage smaller than on the big one!
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Looking a bit more plane shaped.
Must say, Little One's tail was more cleverly designed than Big One's.
Got an issue with the starboard nacelle aft, will wait for the primer to dry/set then have another poke at it. If it doesn't behave, my new Dremel will be getting involved!
Must say, Little One's tail was more cleverly designed than Big One's.
Got an issue with the starboard nacelle aft, will wait for the primer to dry/set then have another poke at it. If it doesn't behave, my new Dremel will be getting involved!
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Nose on, for a good view of the engines.
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Flying in formation, Little One doing a good impression of being further away.
Big One doing very well considering it has no engines.
Big One doing very well considering it has no engines.
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My tale of 230 PRU Blue woe... started kits off with a little pot (bottom left) and a whole, sealed new big pot in the stash - plenty!
Used up little pot on underside of 1:48, but when I unsealed and opened the big pot (bottom right) - disaster! All dried up and crusty.
Build on hold, bar a few odds I could get ahead with 🙁
Antics (UK) mail-order to the rescue - had some in stock, arrived 2 working days later (top), hurrah - I'm off again.
Used up little pot on underside of 1:48, but when I unsealed and opened the big pot (bottom right) - disaster! All dried up and crusty.
Build on hold, bar a few odds I could get ahead with 🙁
Antics (UK) mail-order to the rescue - had some in stock, arrived 2 working days later (top), hurrah - I'm off again.
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First coat of PRU blue onto underside of Little One, and on various hatches for both scales.
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As Sun Tzu never said, precut masks never survive first contact with the model... but I'm at least consistent across the two!
It occurred to me as I masked these two that I'm building a scale model of a scale model 🙂 ... which is a two-edged sword as they each help explain some fits and positions on each other, but I also want to get them as similar as possible.
It occurred to me as I masked these two that I'm building a scale model of a scale model 🙂 ... which is a two-edged sword as they each help explain some fits and positions on each other, but I also want to get them as similar as possible.
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First coat of Humbrol 163 green on... oh, and in the process of wrestling with the masks I've, ah, "disassembled" two legs of undercarriage
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Slight disagreement between 1:48 & 1:72 - ground crew will be confused!
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Underside started (stencils still to go)
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Post side decals and dozens of tiny stencils on. Some were ridiculously small - luckily I had its big brother as a reference.
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Meteor all done! Very happy with the shiny canopy.
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Taxiing
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Loving the aluminium effect inside the wheel wells even if I do say so myself.
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Family photo with big brother.
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Home at last, in display case.
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10 2 July 2023, 16:34