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Another Naval Build - DH Sea Hornet NF.21 Part 2


toboldlygo

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After a little over a month away from the build (and feeling slightly demoralized by the B-29A build - blog entry to come), I felt it was time to complete the Sea Hornet..

 

Assemblies were given a wash in soapy water and allowed to dry. I then masked up the canopies and used foam to mask up the undercarriage bays..

 

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Then painting could begin...

 

First up the Sky underside

 

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Then I hand painted the undercarriage bays silver (as per the instructions) and once that dried masked up the assemblies that needed a top coat of Dark Sea Grey (this varies from era to era for the correct shade)

 

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With masking removed, not much touching was needed (tail empernage fitted).

 

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Inner wing sections added

 

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Outer wings and assorted parts painted.

 

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3 quarters of the transfers/decals added..

 

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Just awaiting the handed props..

 

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Props fitted and certain baby sister making a cameo of sorts...

 

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Posing in the late afternoon sun..

 

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Usually at this point I'd say 'that's it for now' But this time it isn't, as there'll be another blog entry coming later today ;)

 

TBG

 

 

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That's a very nice model of a fabulous aircraft. It will be fascinating to watch the resurrection of the type at 1:1scale over the next few years with the restoration of TT193.

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