OK, well it’s the 8th, but hey, what’s a week between friends? Not much modelling since the last post, except yesterday (or rather, this morning). The MiG-15 was touched up…and looks, well, worse maybe! However, it’s been covered in Klear now, so at least protected. The problem is that the touching up used too much silver, and a silver which was slightly different from the original. Oh well, can’t be helped. I’ve reached a point where the model is dragging, and now I just want to finish it, and move on. Funny, the carrier film for the red stars has almost totally disappeared, but the carrier film for the numbers can still be seen. Not silvered, just faintly visable. I wonder why…
On the Gloster Whittle, good news! The missing wheel has been found. I’ve also masked the canopy, glued in the seat, and repainted the cockpit, glued in the canopy, and am now just fixing a large gap between the canopy and the fuselage. I tried using Tippex, but it just sank into the gap eventually, so, now for some normal filler.
As for some thoughts on other kits: well, the Esci Ertl Tornado seems like a lovely kit, with nice engraved lines, and decals for the interior. For their time they were excellent kits, pity they’ve gone (although their moulds turn up here and there). Also looked at the Smer Breguet 693. Interesting kit, or rather kit subject. The kit itself is ex-Heller, and shows it with large amounts of flash. What surprised me is that there is no interior. Not even the standard seat’n’stick interior as used to be the case. No, nothing at all! Still, nice of Smer to put the clear bits in a seperate bag with the decals (which, incidently, seem to be really nice!). Might just attempt this kit as a quickie. Saying that, the nicer decals are for a 3+1 camo scheme, so that could take a while… Ah happy days!
