Airfix 1:48 Avro Anson Mk.1

[robemcdonald]

[dr_gn]

robemcdonald said:

dr_gn said:

Nice work. What brown are you using?

Tamiya flat earth. It does actually look brown unlike the photo.

I’ll take another one when I get to my desk.

Yes, camo often looks off until you can see all colours together. The pre-shaded green I use looks almost black without a lighter contrasting colour.

[Eric Mc]

robemcdonald said:

dr_gn said:

Nice work. What brown are you using?

Tamiya flat earth. It does actually look brown unlike the photo.

I’ll take another one when I get to my desk.

Tamiya Dark Earth is not my favourite. I use Xtracrylic Dark Earth which to me, looks more like the Dark Earth you see on aircraft on display at the RAF Museum or even in Charles E Brown's excellent colour photos from WW2.

[Yertis]

Aircraft Interior grey/green looks all over the place nowadays, at least in builds I see online. The old Humbrol stuff was spot-on.

[Eric Mc]

Again, Xtracrylic is my "go-to" for British Interior Green.

[robemcdonald]

A bit of progress. Masking was a pain.

RAF dark green 2 Tamiya paint.

Amazingly no errors in my masking!

Clear coat before decals

And finally I have made a start on the decals.


The cartograph decals are absolutely amazing. Just really nice to use.

[Eric Mc]

Looks really lovely.

[robemcdonald]

Eric Mc said:

Looks really lovely.

Thanks Eric.

[Eric Mc]

Further to my comment that I wished Airfix would do a new-tool 1/72 Anson, it looks like Valom are just about to do that, although it will be of the later post-war Mk19/21 variant.



That still leaves space for Airfix to do a new-tool 1/72 MkI

[robemcdonald]

Paint instructions are a bit of a constant annoyance.

What colour would you paint the underside of the engine cowling?

[robemcdonald]

While I’m figuring out how to paint the cowlings I put a clear coat of satin varnish over the model and when it was dry removed the masks.

Next on the to do list is the ball turret.

[dr_gn]

I’d extend the silver under the cowls as per many mk.1 Anson images online. Makes sense. The Airfix Vulcan paint scheme is also unachievable, and needs reference images to supplement it.

Model looks great, the glazing makes or breaks a model like that, and from what I can see it’s looking spot-on.

[Eric Mc]

robemcdonald said:

While I’m figuring out how to paint the cowlings I put a clear coat of satin varnish over the model and when it was dry removed the masks.

Next on the to do list is the ball turret.

Pedantic head firmly screwed on mode - they wouldn't have referred to the Anson's turret as a "ball" turret, even if it does have a roundy shape. "Ball" turrets usually mean the Sperry ventral turrets fitted to the B-17 and B-24.

Top turrets on RAF aircraft were usually called "Upper Turrets" or "Mid-Upper Turrets".

Have you got the Warpaint book on the Anson?

[robemcdonald]

Eric Mc said:

robemcdonald said:

While I’m figuring out how to paint the cowlings I put a clear coat of satin varnish over the model and when it was dry removed the masks.

Next on the to do list is the ball turret.

Pedantic head firmly screwed on mode - they wouldn't have referred to the Anson's turret as a "ball" turret, even if it does have a roundy shape. "Ball" turrets usually mean the Sperry ventral turrets fitted to the B-17 and B-24.

Top turrets on RAF aircraft were usually called "Upper Turrets" or "Mid-Upper Turrets".

Have you got the Warpaint book on the Anson?

I stand corrected on the turret. I wasn’t really thinking, but certainly a schoolboy error.

I don’t have the book, but the photo is useful. A bit of a pain because I carefully masked up the engine nacelles.

I have looked at a few builds on line and they have what I have with the engine cowlings painted completely in the camouflage scheme.

I’ll make a decision today whilst wandering the streets of Camden.

[Eric Mc]

The book is useful because it features lots of artwork and photos of Ansons in many different schemes. The one you are doing is, I think, very similar to the scheme that Airfix used on their ancient 1/72 kit -

here's Roy Cross' artwork which might be helpful.



Coincidentally, Roy Cross celebrated his 100th birthday a couple of days ago.

[Yertis]

Eric Mc said:

Pedantic head firmly screwed on mode -

You have other modes of operation?

[Eric Mc]

Yes - I have a "slightly less pedantic" setting too. I generally keep that for war movies etc.

[Yertis]

Eric Mc said:

Yes - I have a "slightly less pedantic" setting too. I generally keep that for war movies etc.

[robemcdonald]

I have finished all the odds, ends, antennas, lumps and bumps.



Just need to put it together now.

[dr_gn]

robemcdonald said:

I have finished all the odds, ends, antennas, lumps and bumps.



Just need to put it together now.

Propeller tips?