Starting to looks a lot like a plane again!

Yes it is. I think I am going to give it another coat or white though. Looks a little thin on the tail and along the seam.
I will look at it tomorrow morning.

you did well on the second attempt. The fist attempt that went wrong had its purpose: you had not noticed the extra crack in the body. Now you fixed that too....

Yes and it is strange how that worked out. I had checked the plane and nothing wrong that I could see.
You are right, it had a purpose.

Today I got the decals on the ERF Cement trucks and then started to mask off the Bristol Britannia. Did not take too long and then I sprayed it with silver.

While I was painting the underside I did not notice that the can was putting paint out from around the spray nozzel where it goes into the can. What a mess on the bench but it is covered by cardboard around the paint booth and my work area has a sheet of glass over it so it was easy to take care of the clean up.

I was not impressed with how much paint I got on my hands though. Here is the masking job.

<p>I also bought a gold and a silver pen. The gold will make it much easier to make the metal wheels look like black tires on gold rims or hubs. I have yet to try it on the wheels but on cardboard it works well. I hope the dot it makes is large enough for the wheel. It looks right. Pictures soon. The pens cost me Less than $2.00 including tax at our local dollar store. Who would have thunk it in a town of 660 people</p>

Well, the painting went very well. Here are the results.
This is after the second coat of silver on the top of the plane.

And the underside, two coats.

So far so good. Nice an even look to the silver.

Now we take off the masking tape to reveal the actual paint job.

Looks to me like the wing on the left has a very slight bend in it outboard of the outer engine. Starboard side?

<p>Next step of attaching the wheels is done. I made new axles from finishing nails and the windscreen (silver) and nose (blue) are painted.

My attempt at painting the wheels is better than on the Air France Viscount I did. I have a gold Pen now but still need to improve. I did the tires in Matte black. Some of the originals were done black and gold but most seem to be silver. Must have been cheaping out on them.</p>

That little spot of lighter blue above on the nose is reflection from my flash, not thin paint

Very nicely done Jim, the paint looks perfect from this side of the pond..

The black nose is next then I can do the decals. After that I will install the props and pins.

Well, I have to report that the nose of the plane did not turn out the way I wanted to and I messed it up further when I tried to fix it. Off to the stripper bath once more and start this project again.
Yesterday this happened and to day I have the broken pieces filled in with model putty. Better than last time, I hope. It is now primed and drying.

I have said before that I am my own worst critic and this proves it. I also want to try to get a better fit on the home made axles for this plane. Shorter so the wheels don't wobble so much.
In the mean time I am working on 2 more 151 Rolls Royce Silver Wraith's. Both will be two-tone paint jobs and one will be different than all the others. The other will be done in Blood and Custard. I liked that one but it was sold years ago. Not this time Pictures to come when I get closer to finishing.