3 Sqn 1968

[Gondor]

After going back over all the threads I have started on this forum I found that this build was not included.

First started back in 2010 this build is of an SR.177 fighter which I decided would be of 3 Sqn.

Anyway I recently had a problem with the nose!  

So to help my fellow modeller as I often do I decided to start this thread to show how I fixed the problem of a problem nose.

First up is a picture of the replacement nose point after I removed the original nose which I had damaged and was proving difficult to repair.


You can see here that the replacement part is from a tree/sprue and is vastly oversized.


Here you can see the rough shaping I performed on the plastic nose which was selected for its ease of shaping and if necessary for further repair if necessary.




The following three pictures show the finished modification which looks better than what I had done to the previous incarnation of the nose.






Now the model is nearly finished and requires priming and painting mainly.

More later

Gondor

[Captain Canada]

Nice point ! Looks good, and that's a neat and easy(ish) way to go about it. Look forward to seeing some more updates !

[Tophe]

Great repair! Congratulations!

[Gondor]

Painting the SR.177 is next although I am not sure what colour to paint the underside. High Speed Silver/Aluminium (FS17178) or Light Aircraft Grey (FS26440)?

Gondor

[Thorvic]

Painting the SR.177 is next although I am not sure what colour to paint the underside. High Speed Silver/Aluminium (FS17178) or Light Aircraft Grey (FS26440)?

Gondor

Well by 1968 it should be Light Aircraft Grey (BS627), I don't think their were hot panels as per the Lightning that had to remain NMF.

[Gondor]

Painting the SR.177 is next although I am not sure what colour to paint the underside. High Speed Silver/Aluminium (FS17178) or Light Aircraft Grey (FS26440)?

Gondor

Well by 1968 it should be Light Aircraft Grey (BS627), I don't think their were hot panels as per the Lightning that had to remain NMF.

OK, so the upper surfaces would be BS641 with BS638 or BS640?

Gondor

[Dizzyfugu]

Humbrol 166 is one option for the RAF light grey.

[Gondor]

Humbrol 166 is one option for the RAF light grey.

Thank you Dizzyfufu, the only problem now is matching the correct Grey and Green to the correct time frame. I think I will need to make a time frame colour chart

Gondor

[Thorvic]

As an RAF Fighter it would be RAF Dark Green(BS241)/RAF Dark Sea Grey(BS638) Camouflage over  RAF Light Aircraft Grey, probably in the new high gloss sheen with full Red White and Blue roundels & flash.

[Mossie]

For Humbrol, Dark Green is 163, Dark Sea Grey is 164.

[Gondor]

Thank you guys 

I now have worked out which paints I am going to use which will be a mix or Humbrol and Xtracolor

Gondor

[Gondor]

Found that I have all three colours by Xtracolor so that's what I will use.

Gondor

[Gondor]

I find that not having applied an undercoat means I have to paint the airframe twice to make up and to get good coverage especially as I am using a good old fashioned hairy stick.
Just found the instruction sheet for the P.177R that is the subject of this thread, I realised that I was originally using a slightly earlier scheme which did have High Speed Silver underneath, however now that I am painting the aircraft in a later scheme I simply change the story to move the aircraft towards the end of its service career which saves me having to make any changes to the paint I am now applying

Gondor

[PR19_Kit]

There's nothing like a flexible backstory to ensure your model is accurate............ 

[Captain Canada]

Sounds good. I love aeroplanes in that colour combo.