When
you can describe a paint session as fun, that is a win as far as I am
concerned. And last night's session went well, no doubt mostly due to the
newness of the airbrush. It is still performing at a high level (unlike
myself...)
The
main event tonight was getting the first coat onto the upper surfaces of the
Bv-222 flying boat. It was an epic job to get the lower surfaces masked with
all those engine nacelles and a part of dangling floats to have to cover up.
I'm burning up my Tamiya tape at an alarming rate. The RLM72 seemed to go on
pretty smoothly, though there may be a couple of minor runs that will need to
be cleaned up and resprayed to finish the job.
Next
up was a load of Dark Green to do the camo on the Norseman and the upper
surface on the Airfix Blenheim. A note about the Royal Army Norseman. Jim Bates
correctly pointed out that the Royal Army did not in fact have any Norseman
types on their roster. I had discovered an image of a model RA Norseman when I
was doing a Google search. I wasn't terribly enthused about another Olive Drab
and Neutral Gray type for my military model, so I latched onto this one
immediately. I'm always a sucker for Brit markings. It wasn't til I got Jim's
comment that I went back and took a closer look at the article that accompanied
the photo. And there was that dateline: April 1, 2011. <Sigh> You'd think
I'd know better. But after having just completed a WW2 Bomber Command B-36, I'm
not going to let a whif paint scheme stop me! Royal Army it is.
Here are a couple of shots of the Bv-222 and Norseman.
Royal Army ? ...as a fully paid up Brit I can confirm that while we prefix Air Force and Navy with 'Royal' the army is just plain 'British'...this is because in the 17th century Cromwell took an Army with him as part of the Roundheads rather than the Cavaliers who were loyal to the crown. Therefore, they were not part of the Royal Army. Certain regiments however are still Royal, such as the Royal Artillery.
ReplyDeleteOK, British Army it is then.
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