While waiting for the slow and tedious work on the Rafale A to be completed, I decided to get yet another kit started, this time, Matchbox’s 1/72 Armstrong Whithworth Siskin IIIA.
Here’s how things look after an evening of work:
Matchbox’s kit comes with very little in terms of cockpit details and what it does give is wrong anyway! Most of this will be hidden away once the fuselage halves are closed, but I know it’s all in there! It’s also more rewarding than re-engraving a Rafale!
I’m still a bit unsure about how to paint the inside though… Matchbox’s instructions talk about black. I’m looking for confirmation… Was black a typical color inside the cockpits of RAF fighters around 1930…?
I could be wrong, but I seriously doubt it was black. The canvas was probably undoped and if they used an aluminum frame there would really be no point in painting it due to oxidization (no rust).
The only reason to “paint” or coat aluminum is when it is in contact with a disimilar material like steel.
Looks good to me but then I’m not all that familiar with reg and frame a/c. If it isn’t second world war, I don’t build much of it. Although I have a few “GOLDEN AGE” kits in storage for my future modelling projects. Ithink by now I have a lifetime supply as I have more kits than some hobby shops.
Nice work, Domi.
I read something somewhere about early RAFplanes and can’t recall what coloar they were. I have an idea about which book it was in, guess I’ll have to find it.
