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Benevolens Magister
Coming along nicely.
Dirk's 1/72 Revell Vickers Wellington
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vikingBerserker
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Nice work so far.
Agreed, nice work!
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dirkpitt289
Master Sergeant
Thanks guys for the kind works
Ok it's time to get back to work on the Wellington. It's time to get ready for some paint.
Here the rest of the wing is assembled
Primed the aircraft using white primer. What this means is this will be a lot easier to cover with the final cote of white.
The final cote of white was applied after the primer was dried. One cote was all that was needed.
You can see the difference between the white paint and the primer in the above photo
Masking has commenced
Applying the first color of the camo. Dark Earth
Thanks for looking.
Ok it's time to get back to work on the Wellington. It's time to get ready for some paint.
Here the rest of the wing is assembled
Primed the aircraft using white primer. What this means is this will be a lot easier to cover with the final cote of white.
The final cote of white was applied after the primer was dried. One cote was all that was needed.You can see the difference between the white paint and the primer in the above photo
Masking has commenced
Applying the first color of the camo. Dark Earth
Thanks for looking.
Good stuff Dirk!
Crimea_River
Marshal
Looking good Dirk. Too bad about the windscreen but I know you'll make it good. Musta have been a pain filling those seams with all that ribbing detail.
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Good stuff Dirk. That windscreen gap should fill with KK. Is this going to be a white and cammo Coastal Command aircraft? If so, I don't remember Dark Earth - normally Green/Grey or Green/Slate.
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dirkpitt289
Master Sergeant
Yeah, about that....
I am building this as part of a gb on another site. When the kit came it didn't have any instructions but someone was nice enough to post them for me. The problem came the other night when I couldn't read the paint codes. I asked for help and the answer I got was Dark Earth and Dark Green. Even though I asked for spicific paint codes I think they were thrown off by the front turret.This morning after seeing the pictures they made the same comments as you.
Now I'm going to have to cover the DE with gray. I'm just afraid to have a lip of paint after I remove the masks. I was originally going to let it go but after thinking about it I can't. It's going to get repainted tonight.... As always Terry thanks for the info 8)
Crimea_River
Marshal
Shame about that Dirk. Should have come to "The Source" at the start. You can sand down the lip to feather the edge before applying the gray and there should be a problem.
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Agree with Andy on the sanding. I might have some Coastal Command Wellington profiles somewhere, if they'd help?
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dirkpitt289
Master Sergeant
Extra profiles are always welcome
As for the comment that I should have come here to ask: I thought about it as I've never been steered wrong yet but the reason I didn't was that the GB is a single kit GB. We are all doing the same Revell/ Matchbox kit and are working from the same directions. Oh well no big deal, by the end of tonight I should be back on track.
As for the comment that I should have come here to ask: I thought about it as I've never been steered wrong yet but the reason I didn't was that the GB is a single kit GB. We are all doing the same Revell/ Matchbox kit and are working from the same directions. Oh well no big deal, by the end of tonight I should be back on track.
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T Bolt
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Benevolens Magister
Great stuff Glenn, better than I could have found. Mine are in black and white, and show the GR.VIII. Just found out that, during the re-paint of Bomber Command to Coastal aircraft, some, for a very short period, retained the Dark earth portion, before the grey was added!
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dirkpitt289
Master Sergeant
Great stuff guys, thanks.
Terry, where did you find that information about retaining the Dark Earth color???
After a brief stop at the paint booth, a little RAF Dark Sea Gray and we are back on track.
Terry, where did you find that information about retaining the Dark Earth color???
After a brief stop at the paint booth, a little RAF Dark Sea Gray and we are back on track.
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Benevolens Magister
Spotted it in a photo caption, but not sure how accurate the statement is. I'll check it out and let you know, as I don't know of any C.C. aircraft with that scheme as a long term finish. Bear in mind it was a squadron transferred from bomber Command to C.C., so could just have been the transition of painting when the photo was taken.
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Benevolens Magister
Here it is. This is a page from the Squadron Signal 'Wellington in Action'. Personally, I'm not sure that the upper surfaces are Green/Brown, but the white makes it difficult to asses the tones. If it was Green/Brown, then it would have been re-painted at some time.
The windows are there too, although they appear to have internal blinds or similar - the geodetic framework is just visible.
The windows are there too, although they appear to have internal blinds or similar - the geodetic framework is just visible.
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Found another one, this time a GR. VIII. This photo appeared in a 1989 issue of Scale Aircraft Modelling, and the caption states that the upper surfaces are Dark Green and Dark Earth, with the codes, WN, painted out. However, the profile of the aircraft, in the same article in the same issue, states upper surfaces are Extra Dark Sea Grey and Dark Slate Grey, with Dk.Slate grey codes, individual letter black!
I tend to agree with this, as the tones in the photo don't match Green/Brown, the codes are visible, and why paint the fin and rudder, from Black, if not re-painting the whole upper surfaces?!
I tend to agree with this, as the tones in the photo don't match Green/Brown, the codes are visible, and why paint the fin and rudder, from Black, if not re-painting the whole upper surfaces?!
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dirkpitt289
Master Sergeant
The last few nights have been spent masking and painting.
While that was drying I hit the prop shop
Unveiling the Wellington
The remains of hours and hours of masking
Next I have some odds and ends bits that need to be painted. For one the scoops for the bottom of the engine nacelles are so small I had to drill out the bottoms with a pin vice and then stick them on a tooth pick.
How Vlad the impaler of me.
While that was drying I hit the prop shop
Unveiling the Wellington
The remains of hours and hours of masking
Next I have some odds and ends bits that need to be painted. For one the scoops for the bottom of the engine nacelles are so small I had to drill out the bottoms with a pin vice and then stick them on a tooth pick.
How Vlad the impaler of me.
Excellent work Dirk!
