Monday, 8 January 2018

Sea Hawk - part 3

With the basic paintwork complete it's on now to the yellow and black Suez invasion stripes.  What could go wrong?
Having masked the outer border it was on with the yellow paint.  Many many coats thereof.
Trust me, it didn't look this good in the flesh.
With the yellow dry more masking was applied to facilitate the black stripes.  This didn't go entirely as planned and a fair bit of touching up was required.

Coming next - the 'Hawk in flight!
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9 comments:

  1. Pete.8 January 2018 at 22:41

    Masking and stripes are two things I've never done well.

    You're a braver man than I.

    Cheers,

    Pete.

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  2. Wg Cdr Luddite9 January 2018 at 08:20

    I find an undercoat of Humbrol white is necessary for yellow.

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  3. Tim Gow9 January 2018 at 13:00

    Pete
    Braver? Surely not. More stupid perhaps...

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  4. Tim Gow9 January 2018 at 13:00

    Wg Cdr Luddite
    That thought crossed my mind as I was applying the second coat of yellow...

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  5. Ken H9 January 2018 at 22:33

    I now use frog tape for stripe masking, on the one evening per annum I permit such a task - it's a sort of annual punishment, like eating parsnips. Nice sea hawk though - you do gather some eclectic painting subjects! AlwYs fun to read about them.

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  6. Don M12 January 2018 at 10:48

    I love this early jet age material in general, my two favorite models in my possession are a pair of Vampires . This project looks to be turning out well stripes and all!

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  7. Tim Gow12 January 2018 at 18:24

    Ken H
    Nothing at all like eating parsnips. Surely you mean sprouts?

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  8. Tim Gow12 January 2018 at 18:25

    Don M
    Vampires? No, I don’t like fantasy games.....

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  9. Ken H14 January 2018 at 10:58

    Ha ha, I'm quite partial to a sprout. I wonder if anyone has devised a vegetable based wargame! Probably not I'm guessing, frustrated by too many a pea sers! (Sorry!)

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