Painting a monster
The shear size of this model presents its own challenges when it comes to painting, especially when a final high gloss white finish is needed. Certainly it won’t fit in my standard sized spray booth, so a bit of “Heath Robinson” is needed to accommodate.
After scrounging some packing boxes from work and a roll of ‘gaffer’ tape, this temporary spray booth takes up pretty much all of my workbench space.
Opening up one side for access, then cutting out a suitably sized hole at the rear for my partially disassembled exhaust fan to fit seems to work.
Although I have been checking seams with primer as we go, some areas needed a little more preparation.
You may recall we filled the area with the oversize landing lights, so more to scale recesses are made with a countersink round tip on my Dremel.
To ease painting, the substantial stand is assembled, but not glued at this stage then covered in protective plastic.
Paul Ainsworth says
“Hello,Mick” – That’s an epic build of a very-challenging kit but your results speak for themselves in those photos.
I’ve seen this kit (unmade) and saw how daunting a prospect it is to build.
You’ve made a fantastic job of it and she’s a magnificent tribute to the legendary ‘Concorde’. Superb modelling.🏆
Best Regards,
Paul.😉👍