Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Airfix Folland Gnat build - Red Arrows 1978

That's another one done. Sticking with the S&M Silk decals I painted my third Gnat in the Red Arrows scheme of 1978 which I believe was the last one before they changed to flying the Hawk.

I used Humbrol Signal Red for the base colour. Everything was stock out of the box this time. Weathering was achieved using Flory Dark wash.

Here are the two display Gnats flying together.







 
 
Having looked at some more photographs of the actual machines I see that neither of them were fitted with the fuel tanks at the time they were performing. Something to remember should I decide to do more of these in the future as my skills develop. For now I'm pretty happy with these and look forward to completing my Red Arrows Hawk to display along side them.
 
Right now though it's time to finish my EE Lightning!
 
As always comments, feedback always welcome.
 
Cheers!