This is a great departure in modeling for me in many aspects. First, I built and painted the fuselage, wings, and smaller parts without attaching these parts into a completed model. Once the wing was complete with most of the small parts attached, (most being the key word here) I masked and sprayed the three colors necessary for this aircraft. Likewise, I did the same with the fuselage. As this aircraft is a low wing aircraft, meaning the wings are attached to the bottom of the fuselage it becomes much easier to finish the model as separate pieces before attaching all the parts into a complete model.
Next I sprayed these parts with several coats of Future Floor Wax until a nice smooth coat could be felt over the surfaces of the model. Then it was set aside on the shelf for almost four weeks before I even looked at it again.
Finally, I started applying the decals on Saturday and Sunday. As I found out, the background film is almost eliminated. The other secret is to dab some decal set on the surface where the decal is to be applied first. This seems to totally eliminate the background film. There were a few small decals where I missed the mark, but one has to scan the model carefully to find these.
As to the kit, it is an Italeri kit with several different markings available. The kit was on sale at our local hobby shop and also comes with a small PE set comprising of seat belts and windscreen shield and a detailed engine should you want to leave the cowls off. The part fit is right on and it was truly a joy to assemble.
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| The wing walks are also photo etch parts |
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