Andrew's Prezzie: A Christmas Jug **Finished**

[AndrewR]

Another very quick modelling session - just enough time to spray matt white paint on the primed areas



Almost ready for canopy painting and undercarriage




Cheers

Andrew

[BlohmWolf]

Smashing work Andrew, looks right on everything so far.

[AndrewR]

Smashing work Andrew, looks right on everything so far.

The leading edges look a bit tatty on close inspection. They might pass at normal observation distance

[ShaunW]

Looking good Andrew. Tatty leading edges? so did the real thing, call it weathering

[Gregers]

Nice build. Looking forward to seeing the finished bolt.

All the best.

Greg

[AndrewR]

It's been a terrible week time-wise, and I need to get the decals on and canopy painted. I've snatched a few minutes here and there, but not had a long enough time at the bench to work on the Jug.

This weekend is not looking promising either - 2-5 mm of freezing rain promised tonight and tomorrow morning. That means entertaining the kids inside

Cheers

Andrew

[AndrewR]

Katie very sportingly looked after David this morning while I did some decalling

The Aeromaster decal sheet calls the underside insignia "oversize".



I had to trim them to fit!

[AndrewR]

Nice checkerboard patterns on the inner wheels, which fit perfectly.



A bit of splitting and disintegration on top of the F unfortunately.



The red step markers are from the Hasegawa sheet. The starboard one split too!

[AndrewR]

Everything else went on okay:

[AndrewR]

Except the very end of the gunbarrel at the nose.

Which fell off!



The stencils are almost invisible, so I only put one on!

Cheers

Andrew

[AndrewR]

PS I told you the leading edges were tatty

[AndrewR]

The bits for underneath. Large fuel tank and two bombs. These come from the Revell kit. The Hasegawa bombs are much chunkier, and you don't get the large belly tank, despite the boxart showing it!



The gun barrels have been rubbed with a soft pencil to give them a subtle metallic look. So subtle that it's difficult to see!

Cheers

Andrew

[AndrewR]

The carpet monster has eaten the canopy!

I'm just going outside. I may be some little time...

[Clashcityrocker]

Your carpet monster seems to prefer canopies

Nigel

[BlohmWolf]

You should try putting down a flat white base at the foot of your workbench. It's helped me save plenty of canopies+tiny pieces.


Nice work still with decals.