'The Airspeed Oxford was an important and widely used trainer of the RAF and other commonwealth airforces. There are a few preserved aircraft, including one at the RAF Museum, Hendon and IWM Duxford.

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Surface Preparation

The model has been primed by spraying with Polly S 'extra dark sea gray'. This provides a good undercoat for the finish and allows a final check for surface flaws.

Upper surface of the model. Interior and cockpit are masked off for spraying
Undersurface of the model. Still a few places to fill. Superglue, followed by CA accelerator and sanding will be used to correct any imperfections. Propellor and undercarriage to be added after completion of the main painting.
Model has been lightly sanded with a Scotch pad. Panel lines are scribed in, using a Squadron tool. Dymo tape is used to guide over the complex surfaces, while a length of palstic card acts as a straight edge.
Close up of the cockpit, showing instrument panel, now with details picked out.
The wheel well and scratch built exhaust manifold. Note the areas where undercoat has been sanded away due to filling of small gaps. This process is repeated several times to ensure a good finish
Landing light manifold has been cut into the wing, and the interior built with plastic card. This will be painted interior green and the lenses added after finishing.
Rear tail surfaces, showing the scribed panel lines and wheel.

Painting

After extensive filling and sanding, the panel lines are crudely painted in using Night Black. This is allowed to dry and the wheel wells etc masked off.

Upper surface of the model, with panel lines undershadowed.
Final application of the yellow under surface color. This takes three coats to give a good finish, with each allowed to thoroughly dry. To avoid dust contamination, the model is placed under a plastic cover.
Upper surface of the model, showing the dark green, dark earth scheme. All paints are Polly S acrylics. In the background is a photograph of the aircraft being modeled.
The uppersurface is now complete, with the demarcation lines between the green and earth colors painted freehand. This give more of a realistic scale finish, although several times the overspray areas were touched up.
Final undersurface painting of the model - note the uppersurface finish extends around the engine cowls.
Another shot of the upper surface. Contrary to most models, I elected to paint the details of the cockpit at this stage.
Model has the props and undercarriage attached. Sprayed overall with Tamiya Clear Gloss to provide a good surface for decals
Front view of the model
Close up of the engines and wheels. Note the aerial is now in place and protrudes into the cabin
Close up of crew entry door. Note the smooth finish, obtained by careful attention to the surface prior to painting.
Close up of the cockpit, showing instrument panel, now with details picked out.

Decaling

Side view of the decalled aircraft. All came from the spares box - discard those that came with the kit.

The model is sprayed with two coats of Future acrylic varnish.
The model was sprayed with Future using two thin coats allowing 60 min between coats
The tough finish is now dry, the decals sealed on and the model is ready for some subtle weathering.

Finishing and Photographing

The model is now complete and posed against a background for photographing. It has been sprayed overall with a matt varnish, and the small parts fixed in place.

The canopy was masked and the frames sprayed on. Fuselage windows are made from thin acetate sheet.
The fuselage door has been made and fixed in place in an open position to allow viewing of the fuselage interior.
Photographing the model was done in natural sunlight, using a model railroad picture as the backdrop. Richard

Here are some of my photos of a preserved aircraft at Duxford.

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See more of Richard's models at his web site.....Aircraft Scale Modeling