The Little World

The Twin Otter fuselage is closed, puttied, and smoothed. The wings are ready for their undercoat. All the ancillary parts are stuck to bits of matchstick or alligator clips awaiting the airbrush.

It’s at this point that sprue trees in a box have become an aircraft. There’s still plenty of work to do but the basic form is there and all it needs is the paint pots open and the layering to start.

The basic undercoat will be white – this shows up the Mr. Color yellow to best advantage. I know it will require two coats to give an even depth – so I don’t need to worry if the first one seems thin. The red will be full gloss Mr Color 3 – no point in dulling it with the madder color – this is a plane that will be seen anyway. The prototype scheme is good for the duty the aircraft has to do, but shows evidence of designers and spray booth workers with too much time on their hands. There are detail bits everywhere.

There is also a little bit of discrepancy between the Revell call-out and actual photos of this plane’s stablemates on the tarmac in a Canadian winter. This would be just variation in repaints during service – I can effect an compromise that will look fine.

Note just how little filling an filing was needed with the fuselage and wings. It is not a Tamiya kit fit by any means but it’s well within the boundaries of acceptable.