Zenrat's Flying Circus

[zenrat]

Here you go comrades.  I've attached the cowlings to the Beaufighter.

[zenrat]

Just found this attractive beast.
Wish i'd grabbed the Airfix Battle I saw at Expo Swap & Sell.

http://www.airwar.ru/enc/bww2/battle.html

[NARSES2]

Battles were used to test a lot of engines

[ChernayaAkula]

Lovely scheme on that Beaufighter! 

[Captain Canada]

Is that ever an attractive beast !

[zenrat]

Shock! Horror!  Sign of a sick mind!

I cleaned my bench!



Don't worry, it won't stay like that for long.

I also renewed my subscription to Airfix Model World which will get me a "free" Wildcat.

[Mossie]

Just found this attractive beast.
Wish i'd grabbed the Airfix Battle I saw at Expo Swap & Sell.

http://www.airwar.ru/enc/bww2/battle.html

Battles were used to test a lot of engines

Is that ever an attractive beast !

Scroll down on the first page of the Battle thread, I posted several of them a while back:
http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,26920.0/highlight,fairey+battle.html

[zenrat]

Thanks for those Mossie.

Lots of progress on the BeauBizProp.  Just needs a coat of satin and the legs, "glass" & props attached.

I also made a decision and painted the first colour on the Phantom.

[zenrat]

He would.  He'll like it less now as it has another colour.


Beauhopper is finished other than a lick of paint on the undercarriage and an aerial.  Pics soon.

[ericr]

He would.  He'll like it less now as it has another colour.

I was about to say that I did; I can be happy with multiple colors (especially apparently remaining in the primary realm  )

[zenrat]

He would.  He'll like it less now as it has another colour.

I was about to say that I did; I can be happy with multiple colors (especially apparently remaining in the primary realm  )

Hmmm, decals are mostly yellow or red/white so it will stay mainly primary colours.
I did a second coat of the darker red today.  That should be enough.
Some of the first red needs touching up (Vallejo acrylics are very soft and rub off easilly) then its metalisers round the jet exhausts, clear and then those gorgeous decals.

Beau got an aerial which needs painting followed by some wires stringing.

[zenrat]

The Red Phantom (sounds like a Hammer Horror film) has it's red plumage finished, it's nose blackened, metaliser around its tail feathers and a coat or two of clear.
I'll start on the (very very many) decals tomorrow.

[zenrat]

A swift bit go Goggling has revealed the Zodiac Killer signed one of his letters The Red Phantom.

Started decaling.  The decal sheet is by Platz.  They have the stencils which will speed things up.  I have sanded off a lot of the raised panel lines which will make positioning them correctly tricky.
The decals are a bit on the thick side which while it stops the underlying red from showing through the yellow is preventing them from wrapping round edges in some places.  Microsol is helping a bit but I may nave to purloin Mrs z's hair dryer.
Some trimming will be required as it appears they may have been made for another kit (the sheet does not specify).
The yellow looks great against the red though.

[ericr]

A swift bit go Goggling has revealed the Zodiac Killer signed one of his letters The Red Phantom.

Started decaling.  The decal sheet is by Platz.  They have the stencils which will speed things up.  I have sanded off a lot of the raised panel lines which will make positioning them correctly tricky.
The decals are a bit on the thick side which while it stops the underlying red from showing through the yellow is preventing them from wrapping round edges in some places.  Microsol is helping a bit but I may nave to purloin Mrs z's hair dryer.
Some trimming will be required as it appears they may have been made for another kit (the sheet does not specify).
The yellow looks great against the red though.

if you're replacing the blue background by red, are you also replacing the red roundels by blue ones?
(what country would that then be?)

[zenrat]

Blue Roundels are used by air wing of the United People's Party of Uranus.  Or UPP Uranus as they are commonly known...

I'll be sticking with the red ones as those for the fuselage and upper wings are printed in one with the yellow.
Here's where I got to today.  It's a slow process as I have to keep stopping to let what I have put on adhere or i'll knock them out of position.