Hi
all,
My
name is Melanie Koppelaar, I’m 13 years and I live in the Netherlands.
This
is the first time I have sent an article on the ARC.. And its also the
first time that I’ve made a model.
I’m
planned to do another model in the future, but I’m not sure if I’m going to
make a propeller or a jet-fighter.
Normally,
I’d like to make drawings from all kinds of different things. I also do like
to make some paintings with real oil-paint or pastels.
I’ve
seen my daddy making scale models as long as I can remember.
When I looked at him during the construction of his aircraft I often
thought by myself, ‘I would like to
make my own model sometimes’.
In
March of this year I asked my dad if he wanted to go with me to the local
hobbyshop to search for a nice model which I could make. It was a little
bit difficult for me to make a decision about which plane I would like to build.
I saw a lot of big boxes, but these are a little bit too expensive for me. First
I wanted to make a big jet like my daddy did, but he advised to make a little
model first. So I could find out if I liked the hobby.
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I
choose this model the F4U-1 Corsair, because of the nice bleu colors/paintsheme.
When
we came home, I couldn’t wait to start working on the model. My dad and
I went upstairs where my daddy’s workbench is. I opened the box and cut
off some plastic parts from the sprue. That was a little mistake, because
I had to read the instruction sheet first and start.
building
by instruction nr 1.
I
glued the model all by myself, and it was really fun to see the model appear
before my eyes.
The
model was sanded a little bit here and there where necessary.
I
built this model myself except for the masking which my dad helped me with, but
I painted, drybrushed and airbrushed the model all by myself. I was
already a little bit familiar with the airbrush
techniques because I did make some
paper drawings with the airbrush. But painting the model was really fun to
do. And especially when I removed the masking.
The final job was to add the decals to the plane. This was also
very nice to do and the model was ready. The last thing I did after decaling was
to chip the paint.
It
was very fun to build this model and it has a special place in my own room.
Melanie
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