Airfix Short Stirling with White Ensign P.E. sets.
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Re: Airfix Short Stirling with White Ensign P.E. sets.
Mike, the fact that we cannot see any seams down the fuselage and alike, tells us you are doing a great job!
Keep going, mate.
John
Keep going, mate.
John
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Re: Airfix Short Stirling with White Ensign P.E. sets.
A most agreeable rendition old chap - in fact quite spiffing!! I do wish it were finished - it will really look good and I am becoming impatient!!
Re: Airfix Short Stirling with White Ensign P.E. sets.
Hang on to your hathalifax1 wrote:A most agreeable rendition old chap - in fact quite spiffing!! I do wish it were finished - it will really look good and I am becoming impatient!!
Mike
Re: Airfix Short Stirling with White Ensign P.E. sets.
Looks fantastic Mike - looking forward to seeing her with decals and varnish!
Richard
Richard
Re: Airfix Short Stirling with White Ensign P.E. sets.
The latest issue of Model Airplane International V8 issue 94 just fell on my door mat. Good oh! R.J.Caruana has done some profiles of the Short Stirling. What a disappointment to find that he portrays all variants with oil coolers under the nacelles which of course is nonsense. That arrangement is applicable only from the MKIII onwards.
Mike
Mike
Re: Airfix Short Stirling with White Ensign P.E. sets.
In this update the decals have been applied using Micro Set solutions. I’ve used the Airfix decals as supplied in the kit and despite being printed by Cartograf I came across a most unusual problem in that some of the decals simply would not separate from the backing sheet even after 20 minutes or so of soaking. In the end the point of a No10a blade had to be employed to lever up an edge followed by careful use of a sable chisel shaped brush to free them from the backing. There afterwards so far no problems. After overnight drying I’ll check for silvering otherwise it will be a final coat of Klear before the weathering.
Front left of the picture you may be able to make out two of the bomb carriers as supplied by WEM, there are about 25 in total and will be added to the bomb bays in due course.
Till the next.
Mike