**** DONE: GB-49 1/72 Gloster Meteor FIII - Favourite A/C of WWII

[fastmongrel]

Finished painting and decorating. I have used Flory Grime wash to mucky up the pristine white paint which I spent hours getting just right. I smeared on gloss black to show the oil leaks the Welland engine suffered from.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Snautzer01]

Question: if there is oil above, why not at bellow ? I mean in real life. Short as it was in a Meteor but still.

 

[fastmongrel]

Question: if there is oil above, why not at bellow ? I mean in real life. Short as it was in a Meteor but still.

Is this better. I have removed some of the oil on top and increased the oil below.

Weathering is not my thing but virtually every photo I have seen of the white Meteors shows them very stained. It's been a learning build.

 

[Wurger]

Actually it seems that these of white camo were quite clean .... I would say.

But the one had dark patches because of peeling off of the white paint due to vibrations for instance.

The pic source: the net and Cyber-Hobby 1/72 Meteor F.3 in the white from 616 Squadron

 

[Crimea_River]

Staining brings it to life in my opinion.

 

[Ralph Haus]

Really like the white. Great build. I'll have to shed my bigoted prop only stance and start looking at these types.

 

[fastmongrel]

I think the biggest thing I will take from this build is STAY AWAY FROM WHITE PAINT JOBS

 

[rochie]

Looks good to me

 

[fastmongrel]

A coat of Winsor Newton Galeria Matt varnish. Some brush marks visible at certain angles so I reckon another coat needed.

I want to get some A3 colored art paper to make a backdrop for the final photos but I think I am nearly done.

 

[Wurger]

 

[fastmongrel]

 

[Wurger]

Nicely done. I like it.

 

[fastmongrel]

Finished I think. Apart from putting on coat after coat of Vallejo Insignia White 71.279 it was an enjoyable build. I think I have achieved the effect I was after of a slightly grubby aircraft that was serviced on a muddy airfield in winter.

If I was to build the kit again I would fit some sort of engine. You wouldn't see much but at least there would be something other than an empty space.

 

[fubar57]

Very nice Stu

 

[Crimea_River]

Agree.

 

[Airframes]

Great job Stu, and if I didn't know better, I would think it was 1/48th scale !

 

[T Bolt]

Very nicely done Stu. You're beaver than me picking an all white paint job, I been avoid light gray