1/48 Testors Roswell UFO |
Gallery Article by Karl W Branson
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Jan 1 2004
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Silly Week 2004
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This is my
model of the 1/48 Roswell UFO by Testors. I got this kit part built from eBay as
I had been looking for one for some time - only to find a new one at IPMS
Telford for half the eBay price! - Oh well. The main assembly had been done
already but contained loads of gaps that required filling. Once this had been
done it was time to paint it over all Humbrol gloss silver. This
caused me no end of bother, for some reason my Badger 155 did not like to spray
silver at all, but silver paint has been my life long enemy anyway ( I used
to have a rusty silver car - every patch I fixed looked like a different
shade! ) but back to the model. When the paint was dry all that was left to do
was to install the crew compartment ( the pilot has a joy-stick - I thought
they used ESP to control the ship ) and to apply the decals. The clear
compartment cover had seen some misplaced glue action from the previous owner,
but I managed to polish most of it out.
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images below to see larger images
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The Kit stand had
been lost, but I replaced it with one that I picked up from IPMS Telford plus a
polished metal rod that went through the original hole in the bottom of the
ship.
Enjoy.
Karl W Branson
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