The Little World

When we fall off a horse we are counselled to get right back on – before we develop a fear that would paralyse us.

Sound thinking, and as I was unhappy with the finish of the Boeing 314 DIXIE CLIPPER I considered it advisable to go out and buy another kit…and finish it to a good standard.

In a day I had conducted a series of painting tests on several sample hulks to see if I could get a smooth silvered finish. With 1500 surfacer and a gloss coat I could. So a club day and the following Wednesday was devoted to doing what I’d done before: smoothing, filling, and sanding.

The result on Thursday was all I could ask for. A lustrous gloss silver and a deep black hull. Even the top wing stripe came out better as I had researched and found that it was International Orange rather than red.

This model will have some differences from the first -a different registration number and name and a display on a water surface. The propellers will be at rest. The livery will be as-delivered from Boeing to Pan-Am before the US flag was painted on the nose.