Hi All,
Just another project I've been working on.
It is a model of the 'Hindenburg Airship' in 1/720 by Revell.
It is a very straightforward model, but has a few sink marks in the moulding which need redressing, and the gondola's are very small, and need some fettling, originally got quite well on with the model, glued the fuselage together. Undercoated it and tried Alclad II Aluminium as a silver. I was not happy with the finish, or the sink marks visible.
These were filled with Mr. Surfacer 500, and the whole fuselage rubbed down with various grades of wet and dry until a really smooth finish was achieved.
Then once washed down and dry, I tried Vallejo Metal Finish Dialuminium, which is water based. With a few very thin misted coats the finish was brilliant, just what I was after.
Next job will be a varnish coat, before decaling and adding all the gondola's.
Some pictures follow:-
Bigkev