FighterControl

had a VERY large argument with a friend a couple of days ago about this subject
so I immediately came to the great governing undignified melting pot of fighter control to gather opinions.

please let me know how you would paint your models because I will be compiling the information in the 2022 'Fighter control thinks' post, when i show the data from through the year!!!



(A level data compilation project )

I think you might be best using the poll option, and making a new topic.

Not sure how accurate you're results would be, it all depends on the model and the part in question.

As Reaper says it does rather depend on what you do.

I don't have an airbrush and brush paint; the exceptions being silver /Natural Metal for which I use Halfords Peugeot aluminium and white , for which I use Halfords white primer.

Wheels and ejector seats are always prepainted and I'll sometimes do the same for u/c parts.

Most of my modelling is Cold War jets and so are generally nearly fully assembled before painting; however an exception to that is the new Finemolds Phantom where I paint the rear exhaust area and tail planes prior to final assembly.

However, for space reasons, and the fact the kits come with a wing spar I have recently made a Revell 1/48 Ventura and an Airfix 1/72 Wellington in modular form - fuselage and both wings so the wings are simply slid on to the wing spar (and off again). When they end up in the loft in a storage box there's much less chance of damage

many thanks for you help!