Douglas Skysearcher AEW(K)1

[PR19_Kit]

Stay strong Kit - we're coming to rescue you from the clutches of evil Pod Person Kit so you can put bigger wings on the Skysearcher in time for Telford!

Hehehe, no chance this time. The Skysearcher would have already been on the limits of capability of CVA-01 even in standard form.

[PR19_Kit]

Not much different from the previous piccie, but it's also available in green..... 

After two coats of airbrushed Xtracolor Sky and one coat of hand brushed Klear it's looking pretty darn smart, to my mind anyway. Next is masking off the entire bottom of the airframe  and then apply the EDSG upper colour. Looking at USN EKA-3Bs it looks like the engines will need a fair amount of natural metal, white and red as well, although I may dispense with the red as I can't find evidence of the FAA using such warnings.

I've also done lots of work for the decals tonight and a paper print of them looks great taped on to the airframe. 

I found a THIRTY NINE serial number 'dead band' just in the right place, so it's going to be XV997 and Squadron code 045.

[Captain Canada]

Gorgeous. Such a lovely aeroplane already, and it can only get FAA better !

[PR19_Kit]

I've spent all DAY masking up the Whale for the upper EDSG colour. The two engines and all the lumps and bumps made it a REAL pain, and I had hoped to get some paint on it tonight but not now. 

I got through miles of Tamiya tape so a few rolls of that are going to be on my Telford shopping list!

[ChernayaAkula]

With the bottom masked off it really looks like a flying boat now!  And not bad at all. Might be an idea for another whif. Just relocate the engine pods to the wing roots or shoulders (An-72/74-style) and it'd be good to go!

[PR19_Kit]

That's the radome bulge that's causing that shape, but it does look a bit 'boat-ish' doesn't it?  

It's a good idea too, it'd look like a mini-Seamaster in USN colours. I'd think seriously about dong that except I'd never be able to afford another Hasegawa Skywarrior! But it occurs to me that I DO have a Rareplanes vacform in The Loft. Hmmmmm.....

The ESDG paint coat is drying as a write, this time with a coat of Klear already applied. 

[PR19_Kit]

I just stripped off a veritable MOUNTAIN of masking tape with the result below.

I'm pretty pleased with it, that awful curve in the demarcation just forward of the fin worked pretty well and there's only a few places need touching up. Some metallic areas on the engines need doing now and after that it's time for the decals, one of my favourite bits. 

[Logan Hartke]

I like it!  That's going to look great with FAA markings.

Cheers,

Logan

[PR19_Kit]

Thank you Logan. You should see the big fin marking with the Bee in the middle, it's awesome. 

[The Wooksta!]

Would have been easier spraying the darker colour, masking that and then spraying the Sky. 

I always do the top first.  Works for me and sod the colour police.

[jsport]

lookin gorgeous

[Captain Canada]

OK now that I see it I like it ! I was thinking like a WWII era scheme.....this looks right tho !

[PR19_Kit]

Would have been easier spraying the darker colour, masking that and then spraying the Sky. 

I always do the top first.  Works for me and sod the colour police.

I did a test spray before I primed it, but that Xtracolor Sky is VERY thin and took 3 coats to cover the ESDG, but the other way round worked OK. The engines would have been a pig to mask whichever way up I did it.

[NARSES2]

Coming on well Kit. Like you putting the transfers on is one of my fav parts of the process as well. Brings the whole project to life

[kitnut617]

Yes, that is looking very good Kit.  It's funny how certain camos seem to enhance various aircraft, most times for the better.  Your scheme would also work with the RCN colours too I think, the light grey instead of the sky ----