Airfix Short Sterling

Dave Flitton
How well did this go together? It looks real nice from the pictures.

Mark Ree
Good job, love the old Airfix kits.

Steve Coats
It is a very old kit so there is a lot of filler to be used. Also lots of sink marks to fix. I replaced all of the panel lines and rivets I sanded off fixing the seams. Here is a link to a Youtube video I made showing how I built this.

Youtube Video

Mark Ree
Great I'll have a look this afternoon, no youtube at the moment. I need all the tips I can get, been a long time out the game.

Christian Bruer
Nice job on that old kit!

Mark Ree
Nice little video, never seen the rivet tape before, what do you use to build up the rivets?

Jan Voorbij
Steve, what do you use as filler. Mr. Surfacer?

Steve Coats
I use Perfect Plastic Putty for the seams at the stabilizers and wing roots. For fuselage seams I use gap filling CA glue. The rivet tape is made with a home version of a vinyl cutter. The cutter is called a Silhouette SD. It is mainly used for scrap book hobby. I use Alclad 2 grey primer.

John Thomas
Nice video and work on a really old kit