Ian M's De Havilland Tiger Moth. Airfix 1/48

[colin m]

Nice to see this being built. I like the Tiger Moth and built Airfix's 1:72 when it came out. So when a 1:48 was announced, that caught my attention, but I still haven't got one.

[Ian M]

No picture but an update.
It is now primed in black. Hard to see anything lol.
I'll give it a couple of days to cure 110% then some "silver"

[Ian M]

Right then A few days have past and I owe an update or two.
The Silvers have on. Two different. One for the fuselage which should be a bit shinny and a more dull one for the wings as they where cloth covers with dope finish. (I hope lol ).

So these got left for a bit then Got masked up for the red on the fuselage. Found that the center bit of the top wing was red as well. Think its a petrol tank....

Once painted the tape was removed pretty much right after...A few places will need a touch up with the silver here and there...Bit clumsy. (and multi tasking....)

So thats it for today. I will try to post an update in a day or two...

Comments as always are welcome.

[Jim R]

Eyelets seem a good idea. Thats a very nice paint job. Red is not an easy colour to paint.

[Ian M]

Sorry Mr. Race. I went with the decals. They where fun to apply. in a strange way. . .... who am I kidding. they where a pain in the butt. Mind you the quality is top $ Very thin and quite robust. I discovered that my water was maybe a bit cold which made the decals a bit stubborn.


Now if I had known (aka read the painting plans) I would have held off putting the eyelets in place until after the decal was down. Due to piddling around with getting the decal to conform, I shot on of the aforementioned eyelets to infinity and beyond. So I'll need to do another one of them!

The chequerboard is now recovering from an overdose of Micro-Sol. If it has calmed down enough I will put the roundels on the wing tomorrow...

Cheers.

[Tworrs]

Very nice indeed Ian.

[papa 695]

Cracking work Ian,

[yak face]

Dont blame you for going with the decals Ian , certainly a lot less messing than masking all those squares up! They look to have gone on fine , it certainly makes an eye catching model ! Cheers tony

[colin m]

All looks good Ian. I would have gone the decal route. They look spot on.