Zenrat's Flying Circus

[NARSES2]

The warbird brown is almost an exact match for Vallejo Model Air Acrylic Dark Earth.  But i'm still not going to use it like that.

It's not dark earth as I recognise it. Mind you I find a few of their colours odd. Probably the reason I've only got some of their basic colours in my collection plus a couple I used on WWI projects.

[PR19_Kit]

How much of the Wirraway was based on the Havard?

Or was it a case that if you wanted a medium powered, relatively simple trainer at that stage of history it would come out looking like that?

[jcf]

All of it, it was a slightly modified license built version, mostly equipment, and was classified as the NAA NA-33(NA-16-2K).
The NA-16 was the base NAA design that led to all derivatives of the aircraft: BT-9, T-6, SNJ, Harvard, Wirraway, etc.

It was one of two variants for which Wackett acquired the licensing rights: the NA-32 (fixed gear) and the NA-33.
One NA-32 came to Australia in 1937, and was in service until 1940, when it became Wirraway Instructional
Airframe #2.

[zenrat]

The warbird brown is almost an exact match for Vallejo Model Air Acrylic Dark Earth.  But i'm still not going to use it like that.

It's not dark earth as I recognise it. Mind you I find a few of their colours odd. Probably the reason I've only got some of their basic colours in my collection plus a couple I used on WWI projects.

Let me clarify that.  In the photo, the top of the fuselage matches the Vallejo shade.  The port wing is close and the starboard wing is redder.  Which goes to show the potential for error in trying to match paints to photographs.

How much of the Wirraway was based on the Havard?

Or was it a case that if you wanted a medium powered, relatively simple trainer at that stage of history it would come out looking like that?

What Jon said.  Thanks Jon.

[NARSES2]

Let me clarify that.  In the photo, the top of the fuselage matches the Vallejo shade.  The port wing is close and the starboard wing is redder.  Which goes to show the potential for error in trying to match paints to photographs.

I couldn't agree more mate.

[zenrat]

Thank you Christopher.
Many acres of bandwidth could have been saved from an early death if only others thought as we do.

I've just had an idea for a GB.  The Rainbow GB.  Only use Red, Orange, Black, Brown etc to paint the models.  No mixing allowed.
Moderators specify the paints to be used (i.e. from range X you can use colours 1,4,67 etc and from range Y colours 34a, 54, 75g etc).
I'm going to write that down on my list so I can suggest it and you can all not vote for it next year when we choose the GBs.
It won't matter though as by then i'll have figured out a foolproof way to rig the voting so I get my way...

[jcf]

Thank you Christopher.
Many acres of bandwidth could have been saved from an early death if only others thought as we do.

I've just had an idea for a GB.  The Rainbow GB.  Only use Red, Orange, Black, Brown etc to paint the models.  No mixing allowed.
Moderators specify the paints to be used (i.e. from range X you can use colours 1,4,67 etc and from range Y colours 34a, 54, 75g etc).
I'm going to write that down on my list so I can suggest it and you can all not vote for it next year when we choose the GBs.
It won't matter though as by then i'll have figured out a foolproof way to rig the voting so I get my way...

Or perhaps the Colour Wheel GB, the Pantone GB, and, for the really pedantic  , the Munsell GB?

Black and white are outside of the colour wheel/rainbow, grey is a mixing of the two, and brown etc.,
are the result of mixing colours.

Perhaps this non-standard colour wheel for pre-schoolers would be the most appropriate. 

[NARSES2]

Thank you Christopher.

I'm normally only called that when I'm in trouble  If I'm in serious trouble it's Christopher George  The only people to call me the latter were a couple of coppers, a magistrate and the vicar at my wedding 

[PR19_Kit]

The only people to call me the latter were a couple of coppers, a magistrate and the vicar at my wedding 

It sounds as if there's a plethora of stories to be heard there............. 

[zenrat]

Thank you Christopher.

I'm normally only called that when I'm in trouble  If I'm in serious trouble it's Christopher George  The only people to call me the latter were a couple of coppers, a magistrate and the vicar at my wedding 

I figured that might be the case.   

I have done no modelling since my house guests arrived last Wednesday and i'm getting twitchy.  I need my fix...
I accidentally sat up drinking until 2:30 Monday morning but that didn't help.

[NARSES2]

The only people to call me the latter were a couple of coppers, a magistrate and the vicar at my wedding 

It sounds as if there's a plethora of stories to be heard there............. 

Not all the same incident I should have said 

[zenrat]

Drove into town in torrential rain storm to see Book of Mormon last night.
It was very good.  My mother would hate it because of all the F-Bombs but I laughed so much I snorted.
And this morning the visitors left on a road trip to Sydney and Canberra so I get to spend some time at the bench.

Finished rescribing the 262 "bomb" and brush painted some preshading as an experiment.
Second coat of sky blue on the underside of the Wirraway.
PSR on the 262 "bomb" trolley.
Wing uppers onto the Typhoon.
Dug out and desprued a Hasegawa 1/72 crew van from a pilots and ground crew set.  It'll get a RHD conversion and may lose the seats in the rear and get wider back doors.  I already have one of these built up but it's very weathered and grubby and this one will be clean and shiny.

More PSR on the Sci Fi race car.

[NARSES2]

Drove into town in torrential rain storm to see Book of Mormon last night.
It was very good.  My mother would hate it because of all the F-Bombs but I laughed so much I snorted.

I must admit I had trouble working out how they were going to do it before I saw it. When I did see it I almost split my sides at times

[zenrat]

I can't get the "Hello.  My name is Elder Fred..." song out of my head.

I keep seeing Super Sabres popping up in pics so I felt compelled to get down a 1/72 Hasegawa kit.
South African I think.

[TheChronicOne]

Sounds good!