A 'different' Airbus A-400M Atlas - FINISHED!

[zenrat]

Did you mask & paint all those dots or are they decals?

[PR19_Kit]

They were made with a hole punch and coloured solid Letraset, and the ones on the Olive Drab area each have a white one underneath them to ensure the colour looked right.

It was a LONG job. as you can imagine I'm sure.

[zenrat]

Now that's dedication to the hobby.

[PR19_Kit]

True, but I was young a crazy back then, now I'm just crazy............

[PR19_Kit]

This thing keeps on getting to the 'nearly finished' stage and something falls off, or I notice a screw-up in my painting. 

The main landing gear doors stick out at almost 90 deg. to the gear bulges and are STUPIDLY close to the ground, only about 2 ft. in the RW, so they're very vulnerable. So far I've had to re-glue three of them back in place!!!

The Sharpie pens didn't work for the red stripes on the nose probe as the colour just wasn't dense enough, even after 2-3 coats, so I resorted to Tamiya tape and red enamel. The first attempt was a bit ho-hum and it needed some touching up, and I'm waiting for that lot to dry now. However it does look rather good plugged back into the nose, even in its rather basic form. 

After that I've only got the aerials to glue on and it's done, maybe tonight with luck.

[Where's the 'fingers crossed' emoticon when you need it?]

[PR19_Kit]

What it says above, the job's done at last. 

The 2nd attempt at the red stripes went OK, good enough for Government work anyway, and I glued it back in place. It'll need a bit of a re-paint around the joint, but that won't be a problem. I re-glued all the missing aerials on the top, the ones underneath won't be seen anyway, except for one that fired itself into orbit. I won't be looking for it......

So here's the final pics of 'Snoopy Too'.





A couple of overall views




What it's all about really, the nose with the probe and radar pod




The rear ramp and the open para-door that I modified




The #4 engine and weather pod. There should have been another pod on the port wing but it's lost somewhere




The original Snoopy, to show the similarities

I may add a detail or two before Telford, but if I don't it won't matter, it looks good enough for the event now.

[rickshaw]

Excellent!  Excellent.  Well done, Kit.   

[PR19_Kit]

Thanks Brian, much appreciated. 

I forgot to post the backstory, but now I have and it's here :-
http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,44477.new.html#new

[63cpe]

What a stunner! Glorious build!

David ( 63cpe)

[nighthunter]

Not my Cuppa, but a beautiful build, nonetheless, Kit, well done!

[Old Wombat]

 

[zenrat]

Bonza! 

Makes me want to build one of the larger boxes in the stash.

[TheChronicOne]

 

I think it's absolutely gorgeous. 

[sideshowbob9]

Brilliant! It really does look the part.

[DogfighterZen]

Not my favorite type of aircraft but that looks very good indeed. Excellent build, that's for sure.