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1 /48 Testors (Hawk) |
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Travel Air Mystery Ship |
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by René Zass |
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I scratchbuilt a cockpit (I had no reference so I had a guess - not much can be seen through the small cockpit opening anyway) and added a vacuformed windshield. Click on images below to see larger images Some rigging with fishing line added additional detail. I use the following easy and quick method for rigging:I drilled small holes into wings, fuselage and wherever the rigging was to be installed. I started the rigging from the inside of the fuselage with a long piece of fishingline - the end which will stay in the fuselage got a knot, so it will fix itself at the drilled hole. A drop of superglue secured it additionally. Now I guided the line through all other holes (wing, landing gear) and back inside the fuselage (I left the engine off until the rigging was finished so I could access the fuselage for fixing the rigging through the front). I attached a small weight to this end of the fishing line to pull it tight and added a drop of superglue to all holes. This is now at least a year ago and the rigging is still tight. The red paint is from a Revell spraycan and needs several days to dry - I can hardly recommend Revell spraycans but they are easy to get h ere in Germany. The gloss black colour is also from Revell and was simply brushed on, because I was too lazy to mask all the lines for airbrushing. The Revell gloss black is quite easy to paint with a brush as this colour too takes rather long to dry.René
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Photos and text © by René Zass
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