Building the sword 1:72 Fairey Gannet AEW.3
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The instrument panel is classically layered from PE, a film and the styrene backing
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The cockpit comes fully furnished with the kit
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This kit has the added resin radar operators´ compartment, nicely sculpted and cast.
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To get some view of the interior, the access hatches need to be cut open.
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This kit needs a LOT of weight to prevent tailsitting. Luckily there is enough room ...
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Mating the fuselage halves is not an easy match, rather one that is on the reluctant side.
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There was some short shot on one propellor hub part, but Apoxie Sculpt helped.
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The completed and massive propellor assembly.
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Closing the canopy.
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I preshaded the model in Extra Dark Sea Grey
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Followed by an uneven application of Sky Type S.
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And a goodly amount of masking.
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Which worked out quite nicely in the end.
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Halfway through decaling.
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The squadron badge is visible in the decal placement guide.
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But missing from the decal sheet.
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I scanned a printout of the badge from a book, had it printed on transparent decal film and sprayed the decal location white.
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The homemade decal did work.
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Applying .1 mm Albion Alloys Nickel Silver wire for the antennae. I find that stuff quite in scale, hopefully.
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1 28 February 2020, 20:33