Armed
with a new respirator (mine went to pieces a couple of months back) I ventured
into the paint shop for the first time in a while. The weather has been just
exactly what we want everyone outside of the northwest to think it is all of
the time; rain rain rain as far as the weather eye can see. But that does make
for a pleasant painting experience.
Four
projects in the spotlight for this session. First comes a small job, putting
the Red Brown nose onto the mark 7 nuclear bomb from Valom. A surprising amount
of cleanup went into this 5 piece item.
Then
came an overall Desert Yellow coat on the Academy Schwimmwagen. I do rather
enjoy these small vehicle kits. They are easy to put together, don’t require a
lot of complicated paintwork, and make for a quick completion. Of course I do
very little weathering on any model, so that does simplify the process.
Next was
a coat of Insignia Red on the upper fuselage of the Me-163B. This is going to
be a French postwar glider. I never knew the scheme existed until I was grazing
on the net one day and discovered an out-of-production Rocketeer sheet with
this set of markings on it. It was just too weird to pass up. The problem was I
didn’t own the sheet. Since Rocketeer has gone to the big hobby shop in the
sky, that could be a problem. After some inquiries, I was saved by a fellow 72
Scale Aircraft board member Pyran, who cut the decal out and mailed it to me. I
always appreciate these random acts of kindness from other modellers and try to do the same thing
whenever I have the opportunity.
Last was
an overall coat of ADC Grey on the F-101B. This is part of my Complete Century
Series project (complete because it includes the prototypes XF-103, XF-108 and
XF-109, all by Anigrand).
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