Revell 1/32 Arado Ar 196

[Alan 45]

I will be starting this kit soon and I wanted to know if the floats on this were aluminium , these were very well used but the kreggsmarine and took quite a bashing so I want to add some chipping to give it a well used look

Also if they were aluminium would they have had an undercoat and what colour would that have been

Thanks

[monica]

oh nice will be waiting for this one

from the look of it i would say yes to aluminum and no to under coat

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[Alan 45]

Thank you moni well that was easy

[Guest]

That will be a nice build Alan. I'm sure someone did one on here not that long ago, might be worth a search for tips or potential troublespots

[Alan 45]

That will be a nice build Alan. I'm sure someone did one on here not that long ago, might be worth a search for tips or potential troublespots

I've already built one Patrick but it was early on returning to the hobby and now I've learnt more I decided to have another crack at one because it is a fantastic kit and anyone who sakes about what large scale aircraft to have a go at this is always top of my list

[Vaughan]

It's A great kit Alan here's the link to my build back in 2012 as I presume you will know you need plenty of lead weights in those floats.http://www.scale-models.co.uk/community/threads/revell-1-32-arado-196a-3.13912/ good luck with the build.

[Alan 45]

It's A great kit Alan here's the link to my build back in 2012 as I presume you will know you need plenty of lead weights in those floats.http://www.scale-models.co.uk/commun...-196a-3.13912/ good luck with the build.

Cheers Vaughan that will come in handy as the last time I built this kit I had problems with engine and couldn't get it to fit properly so this will be a big help

Thanks again

[Guest]

Hi Alan, i agree it's a super kit, there were one or two builds in the 2012 GB i to made one, not my best work as i'm not a plain person.

But it dose build into a super kit, i'll be watching this one.

John

[Alan 45]

This was my first attempt and was about my fifth kit when I returned to the hobby [ATTACH]86216.IPB[/ATTACH]

I've got some silvering on the decals and at the time I thought the photo on the instructions looked good so I built it like that but I won't this time , I didn't bother with any weathering back then but now I know more I will add some I might even built a little launch for it but that will depend on being able to scratch build that

[Ian M]

It is a great kit, Think mine is in the GB: Now that was chipped!!! :-/

Tell thee what, that first one of yourn aint to shabby at all.

You don't need to build another, send it to me :-)

Ian M

[stona]

I will be starting this kit soon and I wanted to know if the floats on this were aluminiumAlso if they were aluminium would they have had an undercoat and what colour would that have been.

Thanks

They were metal. They did receive a primer/undercoat, at least early on.

"FLOATS: Aviation lacquer group 02 on all metal, 7106.27 being used as an undercoat......"

7106.27 was a yellow primer, though there was a green equivalent allowed (7102).

Cheers

Steve

[Alan 45]

Thanks for that Steve that will come in very handy