One More In 2021?? US Navy Seafire.

[AeroplaneDriver]

I might be being a bit ambitious but I'd love to knock out one more this year.  48 hours left! 

Since I started the modeling year on Jan 1 with an Airfix 1/48 Seafire FR46 I decided to end on the same. But instead of a RW RN machine this one will most likely end up in USN colors. I'm thinking post-war USNR with the orange band around the rear of the Dark Sea Blue fuselage. 

Pics to come tomorrow but almost ready to close up the fuselage. 

[Gondor]

This sounds interesting.

Gondor

[AeroplaneDriver]

So a late night session got this little Seafire mostly assembled and almost ready to paint.  But as the evening went on my Whif ideas evolved.  Now I'm thinking this Seafire might be operating with a post-war research unit...the High Altitude Research Projects Office, or HARPO.  But now the question is will HARPO be a USN project operating out of Pax River or an MoD one out of Boscombe or Yeovilton...? 

Decisions, decisions...

[Gondor]

So a late night session got this little Seafire mostly assembled and almost ready to paint.  But as the evening went on my Whif ideas evolved.  Now I'm thinking this Seafire might be operating with a post-war research unit...the High Altitude Research Projects Office, or HARPO.  But now the question is will HARPO be a USN project operating out of Pax River or an MoD one out of Boscombe or Yeovilton...? 

Decisions, decisions...

Got to be an American project, especially if you can work in the names of Chico and Groucho 

Gondor

[KiwiZac]

I am excited!!

[AeroplaneDriver]

So when you're trying to rush out one more build in 48 hours, what's the best strategy?  Naturally, decide to try printing your own decals for the first time...   

If these don't work it'll be dry transfers onto clear decal film.

[Freightdog862]

Nice decals, did you draw the USN font from scratch, or did you download it?

Thanks, Colin

[zenrat]

How well they work depends on the colour of the paint.  They should work OK on white or light grey.

Are you aware of HAARP?
https://www.geoengineeringwatch.org/what-is-haarp/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-frequency_Active_Auroral_Research_Program

[AeroplaneDriver]

Well it looks like my goal of one more in 2021 will fall short.  No surprise really but my home-printed decals were useless against a blue background.  Much more sorting through the spares bin needed to source decals and today is a busy day for me getting ready for a small get together tonight. 

So she will end up my first competed build of 2022.  Progress so far on my US Naval Air Test Center high altitude research Seafire. 

[KiwiZac]

Ooooh yes!

[Captain Canada]

Ohhhhh

[Tophe]

Good result, whatever the date is

[Joe C-P]

Nice work.   

[Dizzyfugu]

Elegant. 

[comrade harps]

RN Seafires do tend to be a bit drab (although the Korean war scheme is eye catching). Always like to see a USN Seafire/Spiteful. Looking forward to seeing ot completed.