RAF WWII VC Winners - Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Sergeant John Hannah, VC

Sy Bar
Sergeant John Hannah VC was, at 18 the youngest aircrew to win the VC

gorby
I remember building this kit as a kid, so I'm interested to see what you can do with it. It's about time Airfix retooled it.

Sy Bar
I'm still trying to improve my "sanding" pre-shade technique, I think it works best with lacquer paints as they stick much better to the exposed plastic than any other type. As this will join my other VC tributes it will be on a pedestal so I'm happy enough with the underside - no competition winner but ok as will not be seen but was good practice with black

Sy Bar
Time for more practice with doing my own masks based on the decal sheet. I intend to cover these with a blank which I now know should be a fraction smaller than the outer ring thus preventing a gap showing up, either that or I should spray the outer ring colour larger which seams to be the same idea only different😆. If any one with better knowledge on the best way you should approach spraying roundels please advise 👍

David Taylor
Watching.

Ben M
Seems like if you painted the roundel after the base color you wouldn't have the gap problem?

Sy Bar
You're welcome David.

Ben, sometimes I miss the trees for the woods, you have a simple solution 👍. To try and make me seam a little less foolish I think I was trying to ensure I didn't get any sign of the camo marks in the roundels and in doing so have over complicated my life 🤪

Ben M
I looked at how I did it the one time I tried it and I did the opposite, I painted the roundel first but didn't mask the edge round. Then I masked the whole thing with a tape circle PVA-KNIL Deperdussin-Léon de Brouckère Monoplane | Album by Bourgeois Detailism (1:48)

I try to come up with a plan where every edge is only masked once of that makes sense.

Sy Bar
@Ben That's a great looking build you did there. thats the kind of thing I was going for but I tend to confuse my small bear brain as can be seen by the extra yellow ring above (pic 15) that should have been white 🤪

David Taylor
We need a new 1/48 Hampden.

Sy Bar
@David Taylor nice idea although it would be a beast of a wing span 😁

Sy Bar
At 1/72 I thick painting markings are a little more trouble than they are worth unless decals are bad. I'm fine doing two colour markings but more than that gives me issues in this scale 🤪

Dave Flitton
Some excellent work so far.

David Taylor
I have the Fonderie one.It is a limited run and quite shocking.