I thought I'd have a go at making some AAM markers to use with 1/600th scale aircraft, similar to the ones that you can buy from Fights On! as they didn't look that hard to do and I didn't fancy forking out for something I can make myself. So, I cut some pipe cleaner down to 12cm sections, stripped about 8mm of fluff off one end, then coated the exposed wires with acrylic paste and superglue.
I then sprayed the missile end with yellow spray paint, followed by just the missile in gloss white spray paint, finishing off with a dip in bright red paint. They stick onto the magnets on the underside of the aircraft but tend to be a bit loose, so I may well strip back a bit of the fluff about two thirds of the way along so that the wire is exposed and the magnet will make better contact.
They look good- clever to use the magnet to stick them on.
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Pete.
Thanks Pete,
ReplyDeleteI now have to work out how to stick them on to my non-magnet based planes?
Time for a bit of re-basing perhaps?
Looking good Jim
ReplyDeleteSorry, Jim, left comments twice but was having some trouble, not sure why. Couldn’t even respond on my own blog!
ReplyDeleteIn any case, those look better than my store-bought missiles! But sorry, not sure how to make them work without magnets.
V/R,
Jack