Airfix Club kit 70155 Gloster Meteor FR.9
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January 28, 2024The eagle-eyed will see that I made a very stupid mistake here; I put the inner undercarriage walls in the wrong way round. I knew that I had a problem with the fit of the wings, but I didn't know why until I put the undercarriage legs in and the support strut holes were in the wrong place... Yet another lesson learned, I hope!3
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January 28, 2024You can clearly see the poor fit of the wings here, but that is totally my fault.6
January 28, 2024I really like this blue, and I am pleased with the way the paint came out, so there are still things to be happy with, despite my mistake.7
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January 28, 2024This is about the time I realised what I had done wrong...9
January 28, 2024Post-op, everything went in OK, so it could have been a lot worse...10
January 28, 2024There are a huge number of decals for this model, many of which I have no idea what they say as they are so small, but I think I did OK.11
January 28, 2024I read in the instructions that the plane would have been glossy but would have dulled quickly, I thought perhaps the underside would stay glossy for a long time since it wouldn't be in the sun, so I decided to leave the underside glossy, but the top matt. I did a bit of primitive pre-shading by running a graphite pencil along the panel lines before applying a thinned down final coat of prussian blue - it actually kind of worked. I also did a few splodges of MIG acrylic starship wash to add some grime, but not too much as I figured that the plane would have been more regularly cleaned than WWII plane - don't know if that's true or not...12
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January 28, 2024Obviously I broke the pitot sensor or whatever it is off, so I cut the rest off, drilled a little hole and glued in the cut down leg of a resistor in its place. Looks fine to me.14
January 28, 2024I thought it would be fun to have the back of the plane more glossy, as perhaps the tailplanes and rudder would cast a shadow while it was in the air or sitting baking on the runway. Again, no idea how true that is, but fun to try...15
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January 28, 2024Overall I am pleased, I was nervous about doing this, as it's more complicated than most of the kits I have built so far, and although I messed up the wing fit with the undercarriage wall mistake, it actually looks good, plus I seem to have learned from my previous varnish mess ups too - this has two coats of gloss, before and after decals, plus a coat of matt on the upper surface and I didn't mess it up, so confidence was built...
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7 28 January, 22:17