Italeri 1/72 Super Etendard

[flyjoe180]

Can't believe I started this in March! Anyway, progress in between the Saetta and Canberra. The lighter-grey colour was sprayed on yesterday and left overnight to dry.





And then a few hours of masking with tac and tape for the darker blue-grey secondary colour:





Here it is after spraying the darker blue-grey, alongside Macchi with the pox.





Hoping all has gone well, tomorrow I will remove the tac and masking and if all is good, reattach some missing parts and paint the smaller areas as required. I'm enjoying being back into the builds!

[Guest]

Nice to see the Camo coming along.


The macchi camo looks incredibly painstaking in masking for the spots. The result will undoubtedly be superb though

[flyjoe180]

Masking removed, revealing the camouflage. It's subtle, perhaps more contrasting in natural light, and not quite as dark as I would have liked, but I'm having fun so will press on.





I then set about repairing all the damaged/missing aerial blades, the landing gear, gear doors, and put the under-wing stores on.





Painting of the nose area, aerials and exhaust to come.

[flyjoe180]

Various touch ups and paint details picked out today. Tomorrow it will be ready for a gloss for the decals.

[flyjoe180]

Gloss coat is waiting for the other two models to catch up so I can spray them all at once. Turns out I've picked a colour scheme that was worn in the early 1990's, the unit depicted in the decals was disbanded in 1991. Feasible I suppose, but unlikely. Close enough for Moi.

[Snowman]

Looking good! B|

[Guest]

Looking real good now Joe

[Guest]

good to see the gear down now. This is coming along really nicely now.


Looking forward to see this finished

[colin m]

The camo' might be subtle, but I like it. It's new to me, I haven't seen that before.

[papa 695]

Nice work Joe, I'm sure the camo will show more when the gloss coat goes on.

[flyjoe180]

Looking good! B|

Thanks Gavin

Looking real good now Joe

Thanks Ralph

good to see the gear down now. This is coming along really nicely now.


Looking forward to see this finished

Me too John!

The camo' might be subtle, but I like it. It's new to me, I haven't seen that before.

Thanks Colin.

Nice work Joe, I'm sure the camo will show more when the gloss coat goes on.

I think you're right Ian, colours always darken slightly under a gloss coat.

[flyjoe180]

The camo did indeed darken as expected under the gloss varnish. It's now much closer to how it should appear. One reason the contrast wasn't apparent, i think, was one shade was matt and the other satin finish.





After that dried it was decal time. Not many to apply, this being an older kit, and I left a few minor stencils off. When you consider that these decals are 33 years old (the kit is dated 1983), they were adequate.














Just a satin varnish to finish this off.

[papa 695]

Another great job Joe, the camo stands out now and the decals do look very good for there age

[flyjoe180]

Cheers Ian. The bench has been rather busy lately, now clearing up with just the Canberra to finish off this trio. Will post the Super Etendard in completed section.

[flyjoe180]

Completed thread here