Eduard 1:48 Lysander Profipack

[papa 695]

Sure have, it's a build I posted on this forum some years ago. Like I say, it was a bit basic, but with a 'greenhouse cockpit', I was able to add quite a bit of detail.
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That does look good Colin.

[Guest]

Sure have, it's a build I posted on this forum some years ago. Like I say, it was a bit basic, but with a 'greenhouse cockpit', I was able to add quite a bit of detail.
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Leading edge slats?
Poseable flaps?

I'm missing out!
Great looking model. I love the subtle shading on the wing ribs and the interior green under the slats. Right up my street.

[colin m]

Leading edge slats?
Poseable flaps?

I'm missing out!
Great looking model. I love the subtle shading on the wing ribs and the interior green under the slats. Right up my street.

The flaps are part of the kit. The slats I had to make. I read that the slats were automatically deployed at low speed, hence, on the ground with the aircraft stationary, they would be deployed.
This was the first time I had sprayed a large area black. I had read to add a touch of red paint to the black, so I did. Mixed it up and it still looked black. So a touch more red. No change, so a bit more red. In the end I gave up adding red to the mix and got on with spraying. My Lysander was purple.......

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The flaps are part of the kit. The slats I had to make. I read that the slats were automatically deployed at low speed, hence, on the ground with the aircraft stationary, they would be deployed.
This was the first time I had sprayed a large area black. I had read to add a touch of red paint to the black, so I did. Mixed it up and it still looked black. So a touch more red. No change, so a bit more red. In the end I gave up adding red to the mix and got on with spraying. My Lysander was purple.......

Yup the autoslats work like that. Just like on a Tiger Moth.
Shame the Eduard kit doesn't have them. That would be the icing on the cake.
I know not of this red black issue of which you speak. Black is like... none more black.

[colin m]

I know not of this red black issue of which you speak. Black is like... none more black

That's because black is considered to be too black. It needs a little something else in it - not as much as I put in it, but just a touch.

[Guest]

I've got some Daler Rodney acrylic ink in black that shoots really nicely. It has a slight red mettalic tinge to it when it dries. It's quite nice actually.

[yak face]

Great start Rupert . the cockpit looks excellent . The black scheme is my favourite too , the SOE Lysanders did some vital work picking up and dropping off agents and stranded airmen in the dead of night in occupied France . cheers tony

[Ian M]

The black conundrum.
Take your black paint and thin a few drops right out to the point where the pigments separate. Some brands you will see green pigment, some blue and others reds.
It sounds a bit daft but black paint is normally an extremely dark version of one of the prime colours.
By finding the base for the black you have helps in toning it down. If it has a green pigment add green, red, add red and so on.
Your Lissy, Colin looks purple probably due to adding red to a blue based black.
As a side point, a green based black with a bit of added green makes for quite a good rubber tyre colour.
Also the RAF did not use black either, they used a colour aptly named night, a 'modern' derivative of lamp black, which was 100% matt, and had a red/brown tint. It was made with soot added to binders. Problem is the binders where not that effective and the 'paint' rubbed off onto anything that touched in.

I will be watching this build as I quite fancy a Lysander.

[colin m]

due to adding red to a blue based black

Well who knew ! Cheers Ian. I'll investigate that further next time I play with black.

[Guest]

Cockpit section.
You just gotta love the PE seatbelts. They just make the office pop. Not much in the way of weathering, just a little bit of a mettalic drybrush here and there to suggest a little bit of wear.
I have dry fitted this section to the fuselage and there will be some sanding to do to get a good fit. However, this level of detail in a kit invites one to have an open canopy. [ATTACH]289625[/ATTACH]

Excellent! Loving the radio detail! Great to see such an unusual subject, these birds deserve their place in aviation history, they did awesome work!

[PhilJ]

I watched Allied last night in which Brad Pitt flies one of these birds over to the French resistance, looked a bit shiny but would imagine it was more of a Matt finish originally as Ian has said, great subject and looking forward to seeing more.

[Guest]

My first aircraft model was a Lysander (Matchbox i think), and loved them ever since. Great work so far Rupert, going to keep an eye on this one.

Have fun, John

[Guest]

Hi chaps... Just a quick line to let you know that this build will conti is shortly following an unexpected work trip.
Assembly is nearly complete so expect pictures soon...

[Guest]

Very good job !

I want to make one !!!

It seems it is a very good kit