stevej60 Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 (edited) Morning folk,s,I have been building in 1/48 scale for most of the last year with the odd 1/72 build here and there.I want to get back into the scale I grew up with for a few builds spurred on by a few cheapies from Home Bargains in the form of a couple of Typhoon and Hurricane kit's.I have a few of the Hurricane kits in the collection and built one of the new tool Typhoons last year so AM decals were needed as I,ve covered all the kit options especially with the Hurricane.I have Hannant,s D-Day sheet on order which not only gives me a couple of fully striped Typhoon schemes but also a Swordfish scheme and some other tasty Spitfire and Mustang schemes for the future.The Hurricanes will be in a couple of RAF schemes from the battle of France era which have paint masked codes which should be interesting.The Swordfish also wears stripes in a mainly white scheme so over summer at least five kits are planned. First up a start on the Typhoons which despite the open gun bay option I am building closed up. Lovely crisp molding and detail on the sprues. The Swordfish as you might expect is the Matchbox oldie Those were the days! Thanks for looking in, Decals should arrive tomorrow so I,ll post some pics then. Edited August 1, 2016 by stevej60 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billydick Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Wow... you're busy Steve ! BillyD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted July 26, 2016 Author Share Posted July 26, 2016 Not really planning on a really quick build Billy more a "meandering" over the Summer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalkeEins Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 spurred on by a few cheapies from Home Bargains in the form of a couple of Typhoon and Hurricane kit's. ..lucky man! my local HB only had the Comet kit on the shelves. Still at £2.99 it would have been churlish not to.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Great idea for the summer! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barak1 Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Great! I will follow barak 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Stringbag + Matchbox. What better treat for summer? Nice choices Steve. I'll be watching this 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Lewis Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Having all of these kits in the stash I shall be paying close attention 'pulls up seat and stares intently' 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 I'm in 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Looking forward to a vicarious summer of builds! Regards, Adrian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Yeah man, ditto Gotta love a Matchbox kit... and I have one of those Hurris awaiting too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted July 27, 2016 Author Share Posted July 27, 2016 (edited) Many thank's folks here,s the D-Day sheet on order as you can see there are some excellent schemes for future builds especially Spitfire,Hurricane and Mustang.http://www.hyperscale.com/2014/reviews/decals/x72194reviewbg_1.htm. Looking at the Swordfish the coaming aft of the pilots seat will need to be cut off as I did on last years build of this kit glad to see her Rocket armed as the kit supplies this option. Edited July 27, 2016 by stevej60 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted July 29, 2016 Author Share Posted July 29, 2016 Morning folk's progress over the last few sessions has concentrated on the interiors of the Typhoons and Swordfish.the latter has a very basic layout so I tinkered with some scratchbuilding to give it a busy look once closed up this was to add an instrument panel replace the seat add a couple of seats for the crew and a bit of internal ribbing which needs painting. The Typhoon,s have all the detail most would want so paint and dry brushing are all you need. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 Steve what interior green is that? It's probably my tablet screen but I get a greyish cast to it where my idea of interior green is 'green-er' I'm asking because I has a future project in mind which calls for a similar hue. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted July 29, 2016 Author Share Posted July 29, 2016 Steve what interior green is that? It's probably my tablet screen but I get a greyish cast to it where my idea of interior green is 'green-er' I'm asking because I has a future project in mind which calls for a similar hue. Hi Perdu,its Tamiya olive based but mixed with a couple of other colours as I never use a dedicated interior green from any manufacturer,trouble is I have to use the enhance option on windows as my new camera is not as sharp as the old Samsung so colours look way off depending on the light. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted July 29, 2016 Author Share Posted July 29, 2016 (edited) Decals arrived for the Hurricane's I had not realised there were upper wing roundels for only one aircraft,I will struggle to find spares in my box I may have to seek out Troy to see if the codes can be used with later roundels. Sorry should have mentioned the roundels are much smaller than we are used to seeing on Hurricanes normal sized ones I,ve got loads. Edited July 29, 2016 by stevej60 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalkeEins Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 .. thought that sheet looked like good value for the money ...hhmmnn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 Hmm, can you advise the actual diameter on the decal sheet Steve I'll have delve into my transfers through the ages pack, see if there's any similar old Hurri ones about in there 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted July 30, 2016 Author Share Posted July 30, 2016 (edited) Hmm, can you advise the actual diameter on the decal sheet Steve I'll have delve into my transfers through the ages pack, see if there's any similar old Hurri ones about in there All sorted Perdu thanks anyway,set of Tiger Moth roundels spot on size wise. A bit progress on the Swordfish as you can see Edited July 30, 2016 by stevej60 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob85 Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 This looks like it will be a great follow Steve! Great idea for the summer. I LOVE the look of the d-day sheet, pink spitfire! blue mustang! And a white hurricane!! Worth it just for those three, let a lone the spitfires and tiffies..... Next year I need to build that whole sheet, especially as it's the daughters birthday 5th June and she loves pink spitfires.... Sorry back to your build... Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted July 30, 2016 Author Share Posted July 30, 2016 This looks like it will be a great follow Steve! Great idea for the summer. I LOVE the look of the d-day sheet, pink spitfire! blue mustang! And a white hurricane!! Worth it just for those three, let a lone the spitfires and tiffies..... Next year I need to build that whole sheet, especially as it's the daughters birthday 5th June and she loves pink spitfires.... Sorry back to your build... Rob Thank's Rob,my thoughts exactly when I saw the sheet,Airfix newer tool MKix and Academy P51c's dirt cheap and minimal work to make the PR so they will definitely be getting built. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisTheBear Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 (edited) This looks like it will be a great follow Steve! Great idea for the summer. I LOVE the look of the d-day sheet, pink spitfire! blue mustang! And a white hurricane!! Worth it just for those three, let a lone the spitfires and tiffies..... Next year I need to build that whole sheet, especially as it's the daughters birthday 5th June and she loves pink spitfires.... Sorry back to your build... Rob My 6 year old daughter loves pink Spitfires too, and of course she rifles my stash for ones for 'her' (read me) to build. Sigh, also her yellow and blue T-6G, her red Me 163 (with powder blue towing tractor, and her.......Anyway, I'll be watching with interest as I have plans for my Tiffies (old mould Airfix and Heller) and Stringbag (Revell) and am always inspired by the builds on BM! "One scale to rule them all!" Edited August 1, 2016 by DennisTheBear 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted August 1, 2016 Author Share Posted August 1, 2016 (edited) Morning folks.not much done over the weekend other than this project the stringbag is on her feet and ready for a touch of primer due to the scheme it will be a matter of painting the top wing and main assembly separate from each other, And the Typhoons have progressed after the internals were fitted,It might be just me but I find some of Airfix's new tools a bit poorer in fit and "feel" after a couple of years production I certainly cant remember the massive gap on(both) port wings from my build of this kit on release.Still not a major issue flexi filler. Edited August 1, 2016 by stevej60 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 Hi Steve. All projects looking good. I haven't built the Typhoon kit for a couple of years but I remember I needed filler on both wing root joints. I think these new tool kits are mostly pretty good but with the odd......'difficult' bit! My current Fw190 has certainly been a bit of a challenge in places and I know yours was! Kind regards, Stix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 Carry on that man. It's all looking good and helps give me my daily Stringbag intake. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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