Revell 1/48 Beaufighter

[AlanG]

Sorry Andy. Some how i've missed this build. Doing a cracking job on it though.

[Guest]

Thanks Al, good to have you along.

[Guest]

Is this a better or worse workstation for modelling than your usual one in the shed?

[adt70hk]

Andy

Loving what you've done with this so far. Keep up the good work.

Andrew

[Guest]

Cheers Andrew.

Is this a better or worse workstation for modelling than your usual one in the shed? :smiling3:

Well it was much warmer, that's for sure! :smiling5:

The low bench and lack of a chair wasn't so good though. Stooping slightly aggravated my bad back (lumber region problems brought on by a bad car accident many years ago). I found myself sitting on the floor for tricky parts, working on my lap. I found that surprisingly comfortable and may even try and incorporate an open floor area when I finally get around to changing the layout.

[Guest]

After some minor filling and sanding I started masking this up for primer & paint.

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It all got a thin coat of Mr Surfacer 1000

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Then I had a go at pre-shading the panel lines :smiling5:

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As you can see, I can't paint a straight line to save my life! so decided to go heavier with the main colour than I'd planned. That has hidden the worst of it but left a little peeking through

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[BattleshipBob]

Cracking job Andy. Great looking build!!

How did you manage with rescribing the panel lines? One thing i cannot get to grips with

[scottie3158]

Andy,
Great paintwork.

[Guest]

Thanks chaps.

Bob, a bit hit & miss if I'm honest. Some have come out pretty well, some are a bit deep, and a few aren't exactly straight!

I've got a cheap scriber which does quite well if I take it steady but can easily cut too deep. I did a few others with the blade from my new JLC razor saw and that does a really nice job, but I found it harder to keep it in a straight line, even when following a taped edge. A bit more practice and I should be ok I think.

[Jim R]

Hi Andy
Fine looking build. Preshade looks good with the top coat. Subtle but that is how it should be.
Jim

[Guest]

Thanks Jim. First time I've tried this method and it's trickier than it looks to follow the straight lines perfectly. Fairly happy with the outcome though.

[BattleshipBob]

Thanks chaps.

Bob, a bit hit & miss if I'm honest. Some have come out pretty well, some are a bit deep, and a few aren't exactly straight!

I've got a cheap scriber which does quite well if I take it steady but can easily cut too deep. I did a few others with the blade from my new JLC razor saw and that does a really nice job, but I found it harder to keep it in a straight line, even when following a taped edge. A bit more practice and I should be ok I think.

Its a skill all right, some of mine certainly wander off the straight and narrow lol

[Guest]

it's trickier than it looks to follow the straight lines perfectly.

I’ve never tried preshading myself, but you could try spraying some more of the base colour over the parts where you strayed too far from the panel line?

[Lee Drennen]

It look fine Andy really shaping up

[Guest]

Thanks Lee, and knowing my luck Jakko I'd stray off line with that as well! :smiling5:

To be honest I think my hands are a bit wobbly due to a significant hospital appointment that's coming up in a few days and stressing me out. Since stress can aggravate my condition it's a vicious circle :rolling:

Anyway, onto the beauty of lacquer paints - after about an hour I started masking up the lower half ready for the upper colour.

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John didn't have any Ocean Grey in stock unfortunately so it got Dark Sea Grey, which is very similar. I left more of the pre-shading visible here, but hopefully not too much, figuring the upper surfaces would be more prone to bleaching anyway.

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And after removing the masking. The engine cowlings cover the mess at the front, and there are only a couple of minor boo boos to touch up where I wasn't perfectly accurate with the tape, so on the whole it's gone well.

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