The Waffling Wombat

[Old Wombat]

Thanks, Chris!


Azure Blue bit done;











Note: The photo's look more purple-ish than it does in person, but there does seem to be a very slight purple tinge in the photo's of the real aircraft I've seen (the very few that are in colour) & the SMS Azure Blue I've used looks to be very close to the correct colour.


One, maybe two more colours tonight but the Azure Blue parts will be left overnight to dry properly.

The good thing about these SMS lacquers is that I could, if I wanted, mask up for the next colour within 2 hours, but I won't.


Thanks, again, for watching!

 

[Wardukw]

Controlling temptation eh ? Nice 😀 👍
His is going to look great ..yep I can already see that 

[Old Wombat]

Yep!

Only did one colour - Jet Black, as an under coat for a couple of metallic colours, going to do the props in "Steel" & "Super Silver" for the oleo struts.


I really hope so, but there are already a couple of things that mean it won't place in the comp at the SAPMA Expo this weekend (putting it in, anyway).  

[Rick Lowe]

Coming along nicely.
I must admit, the blue looks a lot different from what I recall of the old Humbrol et al shades.
Or am I thinking of Mediterranean Blue instead? 

[kerick]

That azure blue looks cool. Very Topheish. I may have to go looking for it.

[zenrat]

 

[Old Wombat]

Thank you, gentlemen!    


@kerick:



Hope that helps.

Australian made. Don't know whether it's available overseas or not, but, as it's a lacquer, there may be issues with shipping overseas from Australian stores.

[zenrat]

Thank you, gentlemen!    


@kerick:



Hope that helps.

Australian made. Don't know whether it's available overseas or not, but, as it's a lacquer, there may be issues with shipping overseas from Australian stores.

Pretty sure its available in the UK.  I've seen build ups in AMW using it.  Not sure about other places.
IMO its as good as Zero Paints lacquer albeit in smaller jars.

[NARSES2]

Yup the SMS range is available in the UK 

I must admit, the blue looks a lot different from what I recall of the old Humbrol et al shades.
Or am I thinking of Mediterranean Blue instead? 

Could well be. RAF lower surface colours in the Western Desert, especially in the early years, can be almost as much a minefield as the "Sky/Duck Egg Blue etc debates. What their Airships in Whitehall specified and what was available 2,200 miles away could be two completely different things. 

Colourcoats and Xtracolour both do a Light and Dark Mediterranean Blue in their range and they are both darker than most Azure Blues I've seen. Although the Light variant is reasonable near.

[Old Wombat]

I'm basing my assessment on these photo's (amongst others);

[kerick]

Good to know!

[Old Wombat]

OK, Stupid-O'clock is getting very close! How did that happen?

Anyway, masking is done for the base camo colour & it has been applied, & all the "bits" are ready to be fitted.


So, here are the photo's of where I'm at this morning, before I head off to bed;










Seem to be running to schedule. Not quite a One Week Build but pretty damned close!

[NARSES2]

Coming along really nicely mate    and you are tempting me to get one of the few 1/48 kits out of the stash post Telford    Perhaps my Eduard Mk I Spit ?

That underside blue in the photo ccertainly looks Azure to me 

[Wardukw]

Thank you, gentlemen!    


@kerick:



Hope that helps.

Australian made. Don't know whether it's available overseas or not, but, as it's a lacquer, there may be issues with shipping overseas from Australian stores.

It's available here in nz Womby mate but there's a couple of problems..one is having  a airbrush capable of spraying it and two it's around $17 bucks a bottle 

[Old Wombat]

Didn't say it was cheap, mate.

However, from the bottles of the three main colours I've used on this I should be able to get 3 more RAF North African campaign fighters done.


Speaking of which, the P-40M has gone on hold.

Styrene (the Goddess of Plastic Modelling) has blighted me with destroyed decals (one fell onto the floor unnoticed & got rolled into scrap by my chair, & the other decided to bunch up into a knot of decal film that refused to be disentangled).    

Therefore, I'll have to hunt down some 1/48 white 24" RAF code letters to have any hope of finishing it.

I'll post some photo's of where I've got to later, once I'm a little less f___ed off (with myself).

In the meantime, I'll try to find something else to take to the expo on Saturday.


I knew I was feeling too good about how things were going this morning ... I should have stabbed myself in the hand & provided a decent blood sacrifice!