D520 cockpit

 

Revell Cutlass 1953

Now, I need you to know I love this airplane. One of the more out there configurations of the late 40s/early 50s, it suffered from poor engines, lacking both thrust and reliability, and it just missed the introduction of steam catapults, both of which contributed greatly to its lackluster performance.

This is a reissue of a vintage 1953 kit in 1/57.7 scale or something like that. Maybe they did in half-metric or something?

For some reason Revell thought it would help to put massive raised lines where the decals go…

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Some lovely lateral sink marks here…

Now that’s a lovely sink mark right there

It appears they were going for symmetrical sink marks.

Hmm, rivet detail that would make a battleship blush

Small Progress and a New Addition

Started to get the D.520 cockpit painted prior to assembly. Put down a coat of aluminum first, then hairspray, then the dark grey interior. I may or may not chip it a little bit, but I'm not going to go mad on it. 

 

And a mix of grey and silver on the Clipper, which has taken forever to get rid of the seam line on the upper fuselage. I was trying not lose too much detail, but it was a bit of a lost cause. I'm going to try a hybrid black/grey basing for the metallic surface, and I have a variety of Alclad aluminum colors (bright, dull, dark, etc) to see if I can get a non-uniform blotchy look to the metal.

And I treated myself to a new Tankraft.com cutting mat. Not caring a whole lot for armor, I elected to get the classic Spitfire, and it does look sharp. But I'm going to need a cutting mat to protect this cutting mat for a while before I'm willing to actually cut on it.

Finally started on the Dewoitine 520

Got a few pieces of the cockpit put together