Time to wrap this one up. I put on alight panel wash with Flory Wash. I first did it with the light grey wash but this was to stark against the hemp. So i removed that and used their sand wash. After leaving to dry for 24 hours i removed the excess and its left a nice subtle wash in the panel lines. After a matt coat, i masked and painted the exhaust ends and added al the final part. The kit didn't include a pitot but i managed to find one in the spares box.
And then to add it to the base. I did have a slight mishap. I secured the kit to the base and after hoding it down for a minute or so i realised i had not painted in the expansion joints between the concrete panels. So i had to paint them with the kit on, around and under it. OOP's.
The 2 pilot figures are from PJ productions and they seem to be just generic pilots. The ground crewman is from Hasegawa's US ground cew set with uniform modified to the RAF's coveralls. Modern ground crew figures are really thin on the ground.
I also added a ladder from Eduard, ground power unit from Flightpath and some wheel chocks.
This aircraft was based at RAF Marham in the North West of Norfolk and is shown as it was in 2006 when the type was retired from the RAF. Of the 37 military airfields which once covered Norfolk, Marham is the only one that is still an active air base, home to the RAF's Tornado GR.4 and soon to be home to the F-35.
And there it is. Another build i am glad to have got around to. I am planning on adding anotehr build to the GB later this year, the Skunkworks Reaper drone, the current mount of 39 Sqn. But until then, i can't wait to see what you guys come up with.