Airfix 1/48 Gannet

[JR]

Looks like you've sorted it Andy, good for you.

 

[Andy T]

Looks like you've sorted it Andy, good for you.

It's ironic that I only glossed as I wasn't sure the vallejo would stand up well to decal solutions. Might have made less work if I'd not bothered

 

[Flip]

Good recovery, Andy.
If that had been mine, I would have thought I had permanently ruined it; so it's good to see that recovery is possible.

 

[Scratchbuilder]

Andy, I was about to say that a light rub down with some of the fine (1000+) sanding pads should reduce this, and after watching someone on YT with almost the same problem a couple of coats of varnish sorted out his problem, plus it reduced the gloss of the decals. But you have beaten me to it.

 

[Andy T]

Thank you both. It's still visible to the naked eye but the camera hides it well

Had a good few hours on this today and made decent progress. There are still a few vulnerable bits to add but I'm getting closer to the finish line.

 

[Mark1]

Coming together nicely mate, been trying to resist but finally gave in and just ordered this one for the stash.

 

[Jim R]

Glad it's sorted 'cause the build is great and it would have bugged you

 

[Waspie]

Looking very good Andy.

 

[Andy T]

Coming together nicely mate, been trying to resist but finally gave in and just ordered this one for the stash.

It has been a really enjoyable build. Just my kind of thing, with a great fit and thoughtful engineering.

Glad it's sorted 'cause the build is great and it would have bugged you

Absolutely! Back to bulletproof lacquers for this kind of thing I think.

Looking very good Andy.

Cheers Doug

Flaps and under wing ordinance were fitted this morning. Both were such a tight dry fit that I haven't even bothered to glue the flaps. I didn't want to risk breaking their delicate brackets by removing them.

 

[Andy T]

And finished.

I'll post some more pictures up later but here she is:

 

[Neil Merryweather]

Tour de Force!

 

[Waspie]

And finished.

I'll post some more pictures up later but here she is:

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Looks the biz with the crew sat there as if waiting to go off the cats!!

 

[Flip]

That really is a SMART job!
So much so I've taken a grab of each piccy and saved them in my modelling folder as reference for when I build mine.
OOI, what colour/make paint did you use for the tips of the wing ordnance? Whatever it is, it looks nice.

 

[Andy T]

I'm honoured John, thanks.

I used Mr Color olive drab, although I have many different shades of it and couldn't say which one, just the first one I grabbed.

 

[Flip]

just the first one I grabbed

 

[Flip]

Mr Color olive drab

Thanks