Rick's Airfix 1/72 Avro Shackleton MR2

[colin m]

seeing Colin and Vaughan's similar frustrations prompted me to pick this up again

Don't bother, stick with the Lightning. It looks great and won't disappoint, I'm sure.

[rickoshea52]

Don't bother, stick with the Lightning. It looks great and won't disappoint, I'm sure.

Have you seen the paint job on the Lightning!!!?

[colin m]

Have you seen the paint job on the Lightning!!!?

See my comment on your Lightning thread - all will be fine in the end.... honestly.........

[Robert1968]

I'm looking back and I'm thinking all this stuff going on about the Shackleton is driving me a bit sideways.


I got the new tool kit and looks a nice kit ( for another day ) when I have time etc etc.


Fit problems, sanding, etc etc


Well,I'm not going to be de turned I will watch the thread and continue to see where I need to jot down bits / notes to add to the box.


On a positive note I do like the vast bomb bay and doors. With them closed caused the fit issue ? So really Airfix although giving you the option of closed or open really want you to display it open?


Those trolley dolly look excellant with the torpedoes


Regards


Robert

[rickoshea52]

Two questions;


1. Humbrol 44 Pastel Blue - any help in identifying a VMA equivalent would be appreciated.


2. The fuselage transparencies fit from the outside so the unpainted join with the plastic of the fuselage will be in view, how do I mask/hide this?


Ta in advance.

[Ian M]

Ill try find a match for the paint later, when I can get my butt out of the chair and grab the lap top...as for the gluing of Windows from the out side....which is odd ... If you use either acrylic or PVA glue you can get away with mixing acrylic paint into the glue...

[rickoshea52]

Ill try find a match for the paint later, when I can get my butt out of the chair and grab the lap top...as for the gluing of Windows from the out side....which is odd ... If you use either acrylic or PVA glue you can get away with mixing acrylic paint into the glue...

The Humbrol 44 paint doesn't have a VMA as far as I can see and there is no acrylic version on the Humbrol site either so I'm a bit stumped, it's for the spinners so I'm not at a work stop...yet.


I use Deluxe Materials' Glue n Glaze for transparencies but I'm not sure how it will react with the paint on this build. The fitting of fuselage Windows is a new thing with Airfix, they did the same with their new Dakota.

[Gern]

It's probably my poor, tired out brain cell, but I can't work out which bits of the frames around the window aren't painted. If it's the frames on the fuselage itself, couldn't you just paint them by hand with a tiny brush? Once the transparencies are in, any minor defects in the paint will be hidden. If it's the frames on the transparencies, then masking is probably the only way to go unless you've got a very steady hand.


It's unlikely that PVA glue will upset the paint although it might be worth checking with the particular one you're using.

[Dustbin]

Put a dab of your choice of Vallejo on the clear sprue then try the Deluxe Materials' Glue n Glaze. You can also test the same but with PVA added.


This build is looking good so far, Thanks for sharing


Paul

[flyjoe180]

Rick, had alook for an equivalent paint for Humbrol 44. Humbrol 44 'Pastel blue' appears on the newer Humbrol chart as an enamel colour (matt) but doesn't appear on other paint conversion charts I use. It also doesn't appear on the older Humbrol chart. 44 appears very close to Humbrol 65 (RLM65) in shade. An option for you anyway.


Otherwise it's very close to FS 35488 which equates to Vallejo Model Air 961 (a little darker than the desired blue).

[rickoshea52]

Just having a play around with the new format. I can insert multiple photos now instead of having to do each one individually.

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[rickoshea52]

After figuring out that the windows are masked after fitting due to some neat framing on them they all got fitted nicely. Now that the primer has been applied you can see there is still some work to do to fill some sink marks on the top of the fuselage - a disappointment with a new tool kit.

[rickoshea52]

I've primed all parts now and laid down the first coat of white on the wings and fuselage. The tail plane and other parts to add later have had a coat of DSG and progress on all those propellers has been made, I painted the red and white tips instead of all the decals provided, some lines are a bit wonky and need straightened.


I think I have also solved my spinner colour, I used VMA 71.008 pale blue which looks okay to me.

[colin m]

Nice to see some progress. If I'm right, this could be the fourth Shackleton on the forum in the last few months.

[rickoshea52]

The basic white and dark sea grey are on but I didn't mask around the flight deck window properly and will have to apply white again. The upper surfaces of DSG have been lightened a little to replicate fading.