1/33 Boeing-Stearman N2S-2

**Zenon1947** · #1 10-26-2023, 11:02 AM

Here's my newest model. This is also my second Stearman - in 2019 I built one from the old IAF Magazine (you can find it here on page 6: My paper models collection in 1/33).
New one is from MPModel 7/2020 and portrays a U.S. Navy (NAS Corpus Christi, Texas, 1943) aircraft in iconic yellow.
Unluckily, the varnishing of this model didn't go too well and damaged the colors a bit. Plane looks weathered now, so it's not that bad I think...

**Don Boose** · #2 10-26-2023, 11:31 AM

Another great model of a historic aircraft, Zenon.

I had a pleasure of a brief ride in one of these a few years ago.

I look forward to your next model.

Don

**Siwi** · #3 10-26-2023, 12:50 PM

Engine and cockpit looking good. What was the issue with the varnish? Did it start to take the print off during brushing or is it just a matt finish that is dulling the colour?

**Zenon1947** · #4 10-27-2023, 09:01 AM

Thanks Don and Siwi.

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Originally Posted by Siwi

What was the issue with the varnish? Did it start to take the print off during brushing or is it just a matt finish that is dulling the colour?

Yes, it did start to take the print off during brushing. More than that, the varnish I used is quite old; most likely it has lost its properties. I think this fact was crucial here.
99% of my models get varnish gently applied by brush and the print is rarely affected by that to this point. Also, the varnish usually makes colors a bit more intense. Here it made them paler.
I will have to get a new varnish.

**MacSongLi** · #5 10-27-2023, 09:24 AM

A beautiful job on a classic, Zenon.

Gary