Folland Gnat
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31 5 April 2015, 19:08
Roland SachsenhoferHere are first pictures of these lovely kit. Again, Airfix has to be praised for parts fit, sound general layout and crispness of detail.
To make things not all too cheap I got a cockpit set and a new canopy from Pavla; you can see the Resin being fixed to the plastic fuselage halves. The Resin-seats got further harnesses made of painted Tamiya masking tape.
5 April 2015, 19:14
Roland SachsenhoferThank you Michael! The "Gnat" is quite a small and neat aircraft, no wonder that´s its 1:72 representation seems to be a fast build. There is not much more to be assembled; just some cleaning up of the few glue seams- and then it´s time for Alclad.
7 April 2015, 06:40
Roland SachsenhoferIndeed, Michael...
Some little progress here. Gunzes Gloss Black paved the way for Alclad White Aluminum; next step will be masking the Alu to get the glossy Red on the surfaces.
8 May 2015, 18:09
Roland SachsenhoferSome steps further... Decals have been applied on a coat of Gunze Clear Gloss Acrylic, next the surfaces will be sealed by a second layer of the same.
Some corrections with dry brush have to be made, but the Gnat is undeniably nearing completion... 🙂
25 May 2015, 14:50
Roland SachsenhoferThank you both! That´s very kind, Soeren 🙂
Oh yes Choppa, I would be pleased. She did marvelous work on this colour scheme. I need the 48er scale Gnat too!
26 May 2015, 05:50
Choppa NuttaThis the trouble with watch cool builds go together, my stash ends up that bit larger because now I fancy a 1/48 Gnat !! 😄
26 May 2015, 10:53
Roland SachsenhoferOh yes, all these offers are just too tempting...!
The "Gnat" is nearly finished, just a few things left to be done....
29 May 2015, 05:20
Stefan FraundorferHallo Roland! Mir gefällt Deine Gnat in ihrem farbenfrohen Outfit sehr gut.
30 May 2015, 06:34
Roland SachsenhoferHallo Stefan, danke für Deinen Kommentar! Die nächste Gnat- und die kommt bestimmt und in 1:48- lässt höchstwahrscheinlich alle Farbe Farbe sein und erscheint in glänzendem Schwarz 🙂
That project is finished, the new picture show you the final result: all in all a marvelous, precious and trouble free kit, well worth being build!
Thank you all for comments and interest!
30 May 2015, 16:53
Christian RistitsHallo Roland, kann mich hier nur anschließen! Ich kenne die Gnat in 1:72, deine Präzision an dem kleinen Modell ist wieder einmal bewundernswert! Sehr schöne Arbeit! LG Christian
30 May 2015, 17:03
Bart GoesaertModel seems nice. do you also have pics from the underside? I've thought I saw some silvering or is it he work of the light at the XP-decals in the orange parts. I do have the same on my Blohm and Voss, it seems like silvering, but is a strange effect with the light, and I wanted to know wether it will be fixed by adding some clear varnish over them...
3 June 2015, 10:17
Roland SachsenhoferThank you all for your kind words!
Bart, I have added photos from the Gnat´s underside. You have been right: the first layer of Gunze gloss clear as a preparation for the decals was not enough to prevent a kind of silvering, but the following layers did seal the decals and stop that effect.
6 June 2015, 07:34
Bart Goesaertthx, it give me also some confidence for a solution... with kind regards
6 June 2015, 10:34
Clifford KeeslerDarn nice job. Between your's and Augie's , it makes me think I better invest in one. LOL.
6 June 2015, 14:22
Christian BruerUps I missed this. Very nice and clean work on that tiny bird. Well done Roland!
6 June 2015, 17:57
Roland SachsenhoferHi Christian, it´s just a little "Gnat" easy to be overlooked! 🙂
Thank you, your words mean a lot to me!
7 June 2015, 06:16
Nick DragoneExcellent. A difficult paint scheme that requires patience while masking. You nailed it !
20 July, 03:03
Roland SachsenhoferSuch attention nine years after construction makes me happy - thank you for your feedback on the Gnat! I remember it as a good buildable kit of a, well, small aeroplane
20 July, 07:48
