Page 50 - Model Airplane International - Issue 175 (February 2020)

KIT BUILD Adding lead wiring really did aid in bringing the engines
to life. Looking at all my references, there was too much
wiring and plumbing to ignore.

This side was originally the part I wanted to have on display of
the left-hand engine, but I soon discovered that I’d closed the
wrong engine with the left engine nacelle!

All the engine base paints painted with Alclad
metallics. I used some burnt and pale colours to show
a heat stained metal.
I was never happy with this fi nish and later
went back and tidied some of the wash up and
painted it with a cleaner approach.

Wrapped in its nacelle, one of
our 262’s engines is ready to be
fi xed in place.

for paint, it was time to prime. My absolute my
favourite primer is Mr. Surfacer 1500 Black, brush up
this, mixed with the new Mr. Hobby Rapid with it then
thinner, provides a lovely fl at surface that is brushed most
extremely resilient. I also like to prime in black of the paint off onto a
as it can show any imperfections and provides paper tower until there was barely
a natural shadow for painting complex parts any paint left on the brush. This was then
and surfaces. brushed over the raised surfaces and edges,
With this aircraft being a late-war Luftwaffe to leave highlights on all the raised edges, this
jet, the cockpit was painted in RLM66 Black providing defi nition and volume.
Grey, my choice being Mr. Hobby Aqueous With the highlighting done in the cockpit, I
H416 as this is a specifi c match for this colour. went on the paint some of the buttons, dials
I mixed this paint with the Rapid Thinner also, and switches with Andrea acrylics. I wanted to
and I was just blown away by how this thinner also add some shadows as well as highlights,
performs, resulting in a lovely fl at surface that so I gave the cockpit a dark brown wash,
is dry in a much quicker timeframe than if I had this was just to add a little more dimension
thinned it with any other thinner. and depth to go along with the highlights I
Once I had left the cockpit a few hours created earlier with the drybrush technique.
to dry, I wanted to accentuate the details I used the included instrument panel decal
and edges of the cockpit. Going back to as painting instrument panels is still well
a tried and tested, old but gold technique: beyond my skill level and I was more than
drybrushing. Drybrushing is one of the easiest happy with the result. The decal is very clear This was one of the most important stages of the build.
yet overlooked techniques that a modeller can and settled beautifully on the details of the Checking for any surface imperfections and issues that
use to make details stand on a model. I took a instrument panel. On the other hand I was not would need to be polished out. I also found some panel
lines that needed to be scribed back in.
much lighter version of the base colour, loaded so impressed with the seat harnesses that are
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