Building the Fairey Gannet COD.4

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January 18, 2023
The COD version had no retractable radar and used the weapons bay to transport cargo. So the fuselage insert for the radome was filled.
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January 18, 2023
My project inventory plus some references. I got the Antonov postcard from the Dutch modelshop where I had ordered the decals.
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January 18, 2023
The cockpits are quite heavy on PE.
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January 18, 2023
I annealed the PE for the exhausts over a spirit flame to ease rolling it. I was quite happy both with its pliability and the resulting colour and surface texture.
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January 18, 2023
And test fit into the fuselage.
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January 18, 2023
Before / after.
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January 18, 2023
Same as the wings.
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January 18, 2023
The interior is complete.
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January 18, 2023
I had to divert from instructions re the props. In the end, I glued them and then sanded them flush using my low-rpm / negligible torque Dremeloid.
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January 18, 2023
After sanding.
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January 18, 2023
And after painting and assembly. Tricky, as each blade needed to be adjusted.
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January 18, 2023
The Gannet is a notorious tailsitter, and I crammed my model with all the weights I could find.
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January 18, 2023
The Eduard masks again helped a lot in building the model.
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January 18, 2023
Preshading
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January 18, 2023
And after painting. Prior to decaling, I did some weathering and accentuating with artist´s oils.
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January 18, 2023
Days of fun decaling, but each stencil made a difference.

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I built this model for my collection of aircraft from HMS Ark Royal IV´s late airgroup. I sued the CTA decal sheet and the Trumpeter kit of the AS - version, plus the Eduard BigEd PE/masks.

Fairey Gannet COD.4

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Completed

1:72 Sixth Commission (CtA Models CTA-048)

1:72 British "Gannet" AS.MK.1/4 (Trumpeter 01629)

1:72 Gannet AS. Mk.1/4 - PE SUPER SET (Eduard BIG7250)

Fairey Gannet COD Mk.4

Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm (1937-now)
No. 849 NAS, B Flight XG790/R040
1970 Sixth Commission - HMS Ark Royal (R09)

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