1/48 PP Aeroparts Fairey Firefly AS5 |
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Gallery Article by Darius Aibara |
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A few years ago PP
Aeroparts produced a series of vac-formed kits of the Fairey Firefly - the first
being the AS5/6. The kits were excellent with fine engraved detail and
superb detail parts cast in white metal and resin and photoetch. A large
decal sheet with full stencil data completed the kit. Sadly PP Aeroparts
have ceased production but I believe that Flightpath has produced a version of
these kits in resin rather than
vacuform.
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The vac-form parts
were cleaned, separated and sanded in the time-honoured way and assembled with
the pre-painted detail parts using a combination of liquid poly and cyano.
The navigators canopy was faired into the fuselage with filler and this was
masked and carefully sanded to get a smooth(ish) joint. The model was
primed with white acrylic auto spray paint and the underside and fuselage
"sky" areas spray painted with Halfords "Lada White", which
approximates to sky in some lighting conditions. I brush applied Humbrol
extra dark sea grey to the upper surfaces.
