Greetings Everyone!
And sorry deattilio! I know the feeling, but I think you will like the model. I haven’t seen one yet, but Ron got his and has started building it. He has sent me some pictures of it in progress.
The first set of pictures were sent after he had sanded and primed the model exterior and painted the interior. You can see the magic Ron is working on the model and the detailing of the instrument panel. This is really exciting, because this was the first time I ever tried doing an instrument panel and I really didn’t know how it would turn out. I’m not exactly sure what Ron did, but whatever he did, I like it.
Ron sent me the next set of pictures after he had assembled the interior and enclosed it.
Ron uses an interesting technique, which I had never seen before I met Ron, but you guys are probably familiar with. He uses foil on the airframe. The first time I had seen it was on the Luscombe:
(http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/48/t/158982.aspx).
He did the same thing on the Spartan, except that he used two different types of foil. The next picture he sent was after he had applied the matte foil to the control surfaces.
A short time later he sent me pictures of the model with the shiny foil applied to the remaining parts. He told me at this point that he was embarrassed by it, but I think it looks pretty darn good…
…Especially when you consider how small the model is. The picture below shows the Spartan in another of Ron’s projects, a really cool hangar. The penny shows the scale.
To be continued…