RCAF Harvard Mk IV

[dansls1]

Great build! Thanks for sharing!

[cjwalas]

It came out fantastically well! It was really great to see this old kit turn into such a beautiful model! Thanks for sharing it with us.
Chris

[Don Boose]

It's a real work of art!

Don

[billy.leliveld]

Originally Posted by Bluenoser

I have installed the canopy, and made a horrible mess out of it. Now this model is going to look good from far, but far from good.

Buy yourself a spraycan with clear matt-varnish, it works for me everytime, it covers glue-stains and little mistakes, and protects it from UV, and the model looks twice as good!

@Leif; Thanks for the link, I just ordered me the Avro Arrow, nice guys there over at Spitfire Emporum!

Cheers, Billy

[Leif Ohlsson]

Bluenoser, Billy - you don't have to spray the matt varnish on. Water soluble matt varnish works just as fine brushed on. It might give you a little bit of heart-ache immediately after applying it, since large areas like the wings may show signs of sagging. But do not worry - letting it dry overnight (at its longest) will take away all the sagging, and really spruce the whole model up, better than original.

But don't spray/brush on the transparent parts (of course; just to avoid some beginner reading this making a big mistake).

What Billy says is really true - the varnish will be the great equalizer between paper, paint and glue shines. They will all even out to one and the same shine, thereby sort of erasing many small but annoying mistakes.

Good luck if you decide to try it out! - Leif

PS. Billy, I'm wondering whether the Avro Arrow isn't designed by "Silverwing" (Bill)? Perhaps you can confirm when the model has arrived.

[Bluenoser]

Billy, Leif, thanks. I think that will do the trick. I will get some and apply it.

I brushed on Future floor wax on the canopy, this is also a great way to hide gluing defects on the clear parts.

[billy.leliveld]

Leif is right, if you brush it on,it's more acurate, and probably much cheaper ( a good quality varnish spraycan costs here about 10€/15$) than spraying, I always have to cover the transparent parts...
Cheers, Billy

[hueydriver]

Can't say enuff about this build thread, Bluenoser. You did great justice to this piece of RCAF history. Thanks very much for sharing!

Kirk

[B-Manic]

Absolutely beautiful. Too bad there are not more models in Canadian livery. Thanks for sharing your excellent build of this one with us.

[Bluenoser]

Thanx for all the kind words guys.