Compass A300-600

[F-27pax]

Here are a couple of photos of my rendition of the Compass A.300-600. The fuselage is the Braz Models conversion parts, the rest is from the Revell Beluga kit (although mine came from the F-Rsin A300-600 kit in which is disposed of the new fuselage halves) and the decals are, as one would expect, from Hawkeye. The colours are from Tamiya Rattle cans.

[Graeme H]

Looks nice Leigh
Was the FRsin fuselage no good?
Which Braz fuselage did you use, the resin one or the IM one?

[RayS]

Looks great leigh, I have been slowly working on my FrankenA300

Which colours did you sue for the greys?

[F-27pax]

Thanks for your kind comments gents.

Graeme; I used the Braz Models conversion fuselage which is, I think, injection molded. The reason I used it is because the -600 is supposed to be slightly longer than the B4 but the F-Rsin fuselage is actually shorter than the Airfix A300. Even if the FRsin kit were to scale out more accurately it wouldn't look right for a -600 to be shorter than a B4.



I chose the paint colours from Tamiya rattle cans using the colour patches on the Hawkeye decal sheet. The top colour is AS-8 US Navy blue and seems just right. The lower colour is AS-5 which is Luftwaffe Light Blue. To me it seems to have a tinge of green in it which makes it not quite right, although the match seemed perfect when I bought the can. If I were to do it again I'd pick a light grey and mix a little blue into it, perhaps even AS-8. We live and learn.

[Camthalion]

looks great

[tor lives]

Lovely job Leigh!!!
TOR

[Ansett A330]

I used the Braz Models conversion fuselage which is, I think, injection molded. The reason I used it is because the -600 is supposed to be slightly longer than the B4 but the F-Rsin fuselage is actually shorter than the Airfix A300. Even if the FRsin kit were to scale out more accurately it wouldn't look right for a -600 to be shorter than a B4.

Very nice result.

Are you going to use the FRsin fuselage for anything or is it for sale or swop?

[F-27pax]

Sorry, it never occurred to me that anybody would want it. It was too big for the spares box, so it went in the bin. I mush prefer the F-Rsin resin kits to their injection molded ones which are a lot of hard work.