The Little World

I am not a naturally cruel man, though I have trained in the art…

Nevertheless there is a certain grimness about constructing a gallows on which to execute a model airplane. You start to think of Sidney Carton or Till Eulenspiegel…

The advantage of it all is the ability to spray from all sides in a continuous manner. Whether it is white undercoat or the finished BCATP yellow you need to do it in thin, controlled coats. A light touch with many repeats is the secret.

That, and letting it set adequately between the applications. I use a still warm drying cabinet in the winter months and spread the colouring out over an entire day.

The other secret is a single-action airbrush. No stop and start – the model is essentially enveloped in a mist of paint as the turntable in the spray booth revolves. If it worked in the LGB factory in Nürnberg, it’ll work for me.