Mayday

Modeling Subjects Aircraft
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Man do I need help in aviaton, I got so many model planes but there all pretty much horrible Here are some question that I need answer:

  1. How do I set up the landing gear open right?

  2. How to make a good paint job with only brush painting (No airbrish)?

3.How do I make sure that the propeller isn’t broken (protect it)?

Any Advise or modeling tricks will help!

Planes I got

1/72 Hawk Hurricaine, Texan, piper cumb and an israel figther (I have other models but name is unknow

1/48 Corsair, Zero, Warthhog and Mustand.

Also have a flying fortress and a libertal “aires”, I’ll post the photos soon

Magellan Dufour

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OK

These are good basic questions for anyone.

  1. Do your homework, carefully follow any details about this in the instructions, and look up some photos of the actual plane on the net. Usually they are parked with the gear down. If you have a specific question, feel free to come back here with it.
  2. Go to an artist supply store, such as Hobby Lobby, and get some better quality artists’ brushes You won’t need the most expensive ones, and they are often on sale there. I buy the inexpensive variety pack with natural animal hair, avoiding the cheap synthetic bristle variety.
  3. Put the propeller on last after all painting, decalling and detailing of the entire airplane, and if possible don’t glue it on. Check to make sure it will slide on and off the shaft easily during the assembly, and enlarging the hole slightly if need be before painting, etc. This can avoid it getting broke if something strikes it from the back by letting it slide off.

For other advice and tricks, I also suggest you subscribe to the FineScale Modeler mag. They throw neat stuff in each issue.

Tom [C):-)]