Sy Bar Auteur
Sergeant John Hannah VC was, at 18 the youngest aircrew to win the VC

gorby
I remember building this kit as a kid, so I'm interested to see what you can do with it. It's about time Airfix retooled it.

Sy Bar Auteur
I'm still trying to improve my "sanding" pre-shade technique, I think it works best with lacquer paints as they stick much better to the exposed plastic than any other type. As this will join my other VC tributes it will be on a pedestal so I'm happy enough with the underside - no competition winner but ok as will not be seen but was good practice with black

Sy Bar Auteur
Time for more practice with doing my own masks based on the decal sheet. I intend to cover these with a blank which I now know should be a fraction smaller than the outer ring thus preventing a gap showing up, either that or I should spray the outer ring colour larger which seams to be the same idea only different😆. If any one with better knowledge on the best way you should approach spraying roundels please advise 👍

David Taylor
Watching.

Ben M
Seems like if you painted the roundel after the base color you wouldn't have the gap problem?

Sy Bar Auteur
You're welcome David.

Ben, sometimes I miss the trees for the woods, you have a simple solution 👍. To try and make me seam a little less foolish I think I was trying to ensure I didn't get any sign of the camo marks in the roundels and in doing so have over complicated my life 🤪

Ben M
I looked at how I did it the one time I tried it and I did the opposite, I painted the roundel first but didn't mask the edge round. Then I masked the whole thing with a tape circle PVA-KNIL Deperdussin-Léon de Brouckère Monoplane | Album by Bourgeois Detailism (1:48)

I try to come up with a plan where every edge is only masked once of that makes sense.

Sy Bar Auteur
@Ben That's a great looking build you did there. thats the kind of thing I was going for but I tend to confuse my small bear brain as can be seen by the extra yellow ring above (pic 15) that should have been white 🤪

David Taylor
We need a new 1/48 Hampden.

Sy Bar Auteur
@David Taylor nice idea although it would be a beast of a wing span 😁

Sy Bar Auteur
At 1/72 I thick painting markings are a little more trouble than they are worth unless decals are bad. I'm fine doing two colour markings but more than that gives me issues in this scale 🤪

Dave Flitton
Some excellent work so far.

David Taylor
I have the Fonderie one.It is a limited run and quite shocking.

Rui S
I like it 👍

Mark Sherwood
Like. . . . Wow! 🤟🥸🤘

gorby
It turned out really good Sy.

Neuling
So it is.

Sy Bar Auteur
Cheers all, I missed your kind words sorry

Paints used on Hampden

Primers
MrFinishing Surfacer 1500 Black

Main Colours
AK REAL Colors RC888 NATO Black - Lower Surfaces
AK REAL Colors RC960 RAF Dark Green - Upper Camo
AK REAL Colors RC961 RAF Dark Earth - Upper Camo
AK REAL Colors RC967 RAF Cockpit Grey-Green - Cockpit
AK REAL Colors RC934 RLM04 - Side Roundels + Bombs
AK REAL Colors RC818 RAL5005 - Roundels + markings
AK REAL Colors RC809 RAL9002 - Side Roundels + markings
AK REAL Colors RC810 RAL3000 - Roundels + markings
AK REAL Colors RC959 RAF Sky Grey/FS26373 - Ident markings

Others
AK REAL Colors RCM001 Rubber Black - Tyres
AK Xtreme Metal AK475 Brass - engine fronts
AK Xtreme Metal AK476 Steel - engine vents
Various oils for weathering/smoke

David Taylor
Just seen that ICM will be producing a 48 Hampden next year,fantastic news.