Hey everyone. It's been a busy month or so on my end. I started a new job and that's basically consumed most of my time. But I have been slowly chipping away at a new model - Airfix's 1/72 Hannover CL.111a. It's been a while since I've built a biplane. But if I can learn how to work on furnaces, boilers and air conditioning units, I think I can piece together another aeroplane!
I started working on it the last week of October, and I've since completed the fuselage and painted it. The paint job took FOREVER, as it's the large lozenge-style German camo. I didn't quite have the appropriate colors for the job, but I improvised and the results were better than I had expected. I drew the pattern freehand onto the fuselage and wing sections with pencil, and simply painted within the lines. I used RLM 23, RLM 04, Panzer Olivgrun, green zinc chromite, and US Dark green for the camo scheme. I also used Steel for the engine compartment and white for the tail. All paints were Testors model master paints, with the exception of the prop and the interior of the plane. this was done with Winsor & Newton Burnt Sienna.
Now I know what you're thinking, and nope, I'm NOT painting on the wing lozenges. I already spent wayyyyy to long on the larger pattern, I'm afraid I'll develop eye strain if I try to paint the smaller pattern! I'll be ordering a decal sheet with the patter on it, and cutting it to fit the top and bottom sections of both wings.