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Roland Sachsenhofer
Here are first pictures of these lovely kit. Again, Airfix has to be praised for parts fit, sound general layout and crispness of detail.
To make things not all too cheap I got a cockpit set and a new canopy from Pavla; you can see the Resin being fixed to the plastic fuselage halves. The Resin-seats got further harnesses made of painted Tamiya masking tape.

scalemates
great start!

Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you allot!

Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you Michael! The "Gnat" is quite a small and neat aircraft, no wonder that´s its 1:72 representation seems to be a fast build. There is not much more to be assembled; just some cleaning up of the few glue seams- and then it´s time for Alclad.

Roland Sachsenhofer
Indeed, Michael...
Some little progress here. Gunzes Gloss Black paved the way for Alclad White Aluminum; next step will be masking the Alu to get the glossy Red on the surfaces.

Roland Sachsenhofer
Some steps further... Decals have been applied on a coat of Gunze Clear Gloss Acrylic, next the surfaces will be sealed by a second layer of the same.
Some corrections with dry brush have to be made, but the Gnat is undeniably nearing completion... 🙂

Soeren R.
Really great work Roland - but I didnt expect less from you 🙂

Choppa Nutta
shaping up very nicely ! I bet Augie has her eye on this one 🙂

Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you both! That´s very kind, Soeren 🙂
Oh yes Choppa, I would be pleased. She did marvelous work on this colour scheme. I need the 48er scale Gnat too!

Choppa Nutta
This the trouble with watch cool builds go together, my stash ends up that bit larger because now I fancy a 1/48 Gnat !! 😄

Roland Sachsenhofer
Oh yes, all these offers are just too tempting...!
The "Gnat" is nearly finished, just a few things left to be done....

Stefan Fraundorfer
Hallo Roland! Mir gefällt Deine Gnat in ihrem farbenfrohen Outfit sehr gut.

Roland Sachsenhofer
Hallo Stefan, danke für Deinen Kommentar! Die nächste Gnat- und die kommt bestimmt und in 1:48- lässt höchstwahrscheinlich alle Farbe Farbe sein und erscheint in glänzendem Schwarz 🙂
That project is finished, the new picture show you the final result: all in all a marvelous, precious and trouble free kit, well worth being build!
Thank you all for comments and interest!

Soeren R.
Perfect as always 🙂 Nice build Roland!

Christian Ristits
Hallo Roland, kann mich hier nur anschließen! Ich kenne die Gnat in 1:72, deine Präzision an dem kleinen Modell ist wieder einmal bewundernswert! Sehr schöne Arbeit! LG Christian

Choppa Nutta
sweet 🙂

Mike Grant
That's beautiful, Roland 👍

Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you mates!

Bart Goesaert
Model seems nice. do you also have pics from the underside? I've thought I saw some silvering or is it he work of the light at the XP-decals in the orange parts. I do have the same on my Blohm and Voss, it seems like silvering, but is a strange effect with the light, and I wanted to know wether it will be fixed by adding some clear varnish over them...

Ekki
Very good work!

Clifford Keesler
Excellent!

Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you all for your kind words!
Bart, I have added photos from the Gnat´s underside. You have been right: the first layer of Gunze gloss clear as a preparation for the decals was not enough to prevent a kind of silvering, but the following layers did seal the decals and stop that effect.

Marko
Nice.

Bart Goesaert
thx, it give me also some confidence for a solution... with kind regards

Roland Sachsenhofer
All the best for your stunning Blohm&Voss!

Clifford Keesler
Darn nice job. Between your's and Augie's , it makes me think I better invest in one. LOL.

Choppa Nutta
yeah I have the same feeling Cliff ! 🙂

Christian Bruer
Ups I missed this. Very nice and clean work on that tiny bird. Well done Roland!

Roland Sachsenhofer
Hi Christian, it´s just a little "Gnat" easy to be overlooked! 🙂
Thank you, your words mean a lot to me!

Guy Rump
Just came across this getting ideas for my Gnat build. Great build! 👍

Zbynek Honzik
Very nice, Roland!