NOVO 1/72 Gloster Whittle E28/39 Pioneer

You're getting there Chris. What you started with was a disaster and you have made some serious progress on it.

I agree with Paul , This really shows you dont need to spend much to have a bit of fun

Rhino said:

Testors Metalizer Sealer

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Wooo, you still have some of that stuff!

You got this

Go man go!! Gary S.

Lazarus is coming out better than I expected. One little bit of tape on the canopy pulled off during demasking and there are only a couple of spots to touch up on the trainer lellow paint. That little gap at the back of the canopy shouldn't be much of an issue.
He may make the 31 March deadline after all!

We went to Hob Lob to get cute buttons for My sweetie's great grandbaby crochet project, so I pick up some more Testors clear gloss. We'll see how this compares to the very rare Metalizer Sealer. "Flammable" "Poison". That's just my game!

Rhino said:

. "Flammable" "Poison". That's just my game!

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Good stuff, can i suggest a slice of lemon to take the edge off ?

The Floquil green paint remains a bit sticky, so no clear coat or decals yet.



One of "Lazarus" other "sins" is a broken kit landing gear leg. If you have a moose-footed friend, do remind them not to tread on their model kits.
The kit gear leg measured .0463 in diameter. A piece of .040 copper will suffice. A bit of trimming, careful boring and drilling and a teensy bend should get this landing gear back into good graces.
My hope is that this is sturdy enough to hold the little lead-weighted E28/39's girth.
She's looking less and less like a chocolate Easter RAF airplane, yes?


I "gain paint". I wonder if anyone else does. Mixing a few drops of paint and thinner, airbrushing my small model articles, and returning the paint left over in the cup to the bottle, sometimes "breaks even" or shows a tiny increase in paint quantity.
I may be taking "Waste not, Want not" a bit too seriously. Eventually the paint bottle is thinned enough to airbrush without adding thinner. BONUS!!
Do you men shoot the leftover color into the cleaning station, or save the leftovers?
Hob Lob still carries the original Testors enamel paint. I began modeling with these, and seem to have come full circle to my much earlier childhood for a few shades.

I do occasionally go to HL for some old Testors paint. The small bottle is the only size the Zinc Chromate Yellow ever showed up as. Go Figure!
This wee little beastie is looking good Chris! Keep it up!