1/72 Revell P3C Orion

Gallery Article by Warren Osborne on June 1 2009

 

Here is my Revell P3 Orion, it represents a couple of firsts for me, one my first real go at rescribing and two my first use of acrylic paints.  I only managed to rescribe about 90% of the kit I still have not got the hang of it.  My recent purchase of a bare metal scriber made the job easier. The compound curves are difficult to do these are more evident around the engine nacelles, so I sanded off all the raised detail in this area, and have represented them with pastel chalks.  The model was primed with auto paint then pre-shaded before the final grey topcoat I used Tamiya acrylics for this.  The model was then overcoated with klear (future) floor wax, this gives a good barrier between the Tamiya acrylic paint and my final enamel finish, after the decals had been applied, I weathered the kit with pastels and sealed it all in with Humbrol enamel matt varnish.

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This kit has very few parts and builds up really fast, this gave me the time to have a go at rescribing, most of the panel lines are straight so its an ideal kit for a first attempt at this black art. 

The ARC website is an invaluable tool for anybody looking to try anything new on their kits and it helped me greatly with this build.

Cheers 

Warren Osborne

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Photos and text © by Warren Osborne