tonyot Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 (edited) Hiya Folks, Another one which I`ve got around to finishing, this is the lovely Tamiya 1/48th scale Beaufighter built as a DAP built Beau Mk.21, A8-27 DU-A “Reckabye Baby”, flown by the crew of F/L McMilan & F/O Hayes of no. 22 Sqn RAAF, based at Morotai in February 1944. In case you cannot see it, the nose art includes a Beaufighter!; The decals came from Printscale and reference photos were found on the net thanks to the fantastic ADF Serials website found here; http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/ One photo showed the right hand side of a 22 Sqn Beau which bore the codes as `A-DU' on the right hand side as opposed to DU-A as expected so the decals were cut and applied as A-DU and this photo also shows a pair of US bombs under the wings so some spares box bombs and racks were used and my thanks go to Terry for his help with these. Hope you like it, Cheers Tony PS- Here is the real aircraft thanks to the ADF Serials website; Here is a photo showing the codes `A-DU' on a 22 Sqn Beau Mk.21, also showing bombs under the wings inboard of the rocket blast plates; and here is the Printscale decal sheet, they can be a bit hit and mis but this one is OK; Edited August 25, 2015 by tonyot 37 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 On a roll again here mate, love the subtle way in which you've weathered the large areas of green to break it up a bit, really brings it alive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAG058 Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 Another stunner, where do you find the time?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckb1 Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 As above another stunning build. I wish I could turn them out like this all the time. Luverly job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted August 26, 2015 Author Share Posted August 26, 2015 Thanks Folks, Glad you lik it and cheers for saying so,........this one had been ticking along for some time in between other builds so took over a year to finish but if it had been done in one go it would probably have taken a month or so,.....the Tamiya kit really is one of those `easy' kits which you fall back onto after a particularly horrible model! Cheers Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight_Flyer Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Excellent build and like the nose art. Tamiya seems to have a gained a good reputation, don't think I've seen a negative review. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmarchal Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Looks great Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted August 26, 2015 Author Share Posted August 26, 2015 Cheers Fella`s, If I were to be picky the windscreen on the Tamiya kit looks strange to me, maybe not sloping back enough but it is the only game in town and we cannot really complain as it is definitely a superb kit otherwise. I wonder if Airfix will ever scale their kit up? I`m sure it would sell very well, especially if they included the straight tail and other parts for the earlier variants which had some superb colour schemes,....just a thought! Tony 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 another great looking build, very nice job on the scheme and finish..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keith in the uk Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Another cracker Tony , that's a lovely job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GREG DESTEC Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Superb! Great Beau Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildeSau75 Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 very very nice build - top notch weathering and painting. Cheers,Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janremco Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Nice Beaufighter, I like it with some origanl photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Another fine build Tony,superb paintwork. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Perren Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Great build Tony. Love the Beaufighter and you've done it justice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacificmustang Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 God, he's finished another!!! I m just going to curl up into a ball Great work Tony, how did you find the decals performed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Henry Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 That's a great looking build. NICE WORK !!! Bob H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etiennedup Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 VERY nice one Tony..........I like the subtle weathering. BTW what happened to the right hand tyre?............ Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted August 29, 2015 Author Share Posted August 29, 2015 Thanks again Folks, So glad that you like it,........ I have been wanting to build a 1/48th scale RAAF overall green Beau for years,...here is my other 1/48th RAAF Beau in an earlier scheme; Bruce- The decals were great,......I was a bit scared about using them and had a stand by decal option but there was no need! Etienne- The right tyre,.......oh yes that was a giant right thumb which reached down out of the Pacific sky and rubbed off the dust and dirt by accident! Ooops! Part of the same clumsy celestial hand which knocked part of the undercarriage off while positioning the Beau for photos! Cheers Tony 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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