Mozzy19

Cheers guys, I've sorted it out now. Dr Evil, thanks for that link, it'll prove useful for other builds (and this one). Jabba, I think mine will be a late war one with three under the fuselage.

It's good practice for my group build one, providing I can actually take part (hasn't been any confirmation as of yet). The desert pink is Humbrol 250 and I made the chips by rolling the stirring stick used for the paint across a piece of sponge then dabbed it across some of the model. I've used that technique on a challenger 2, and was pleased with the results.

Just one question, did they normally carry 2 ALARM's or was it 3 when on an operation? Edit: scrap that, found out I need to go raid my other kit.

Another update. Painted all the ordnance, one fuel tank is light grey as if it was from an F3. Did a little bit of detail painting on the airframe and added some paint chips across the fuselage although I think I'll tone some of it down. Next up will be landing gear, touch ups and gloss coat. Comments and criticism welcome. More later or tomorrow. Cheers, Sean.

Looks nice. I think the newer seafires are easier to build compared to these ones.

Naahhhh, someone tried to apply a winter camo and failed miserably...

How would you do that? I don't have an airbrush and usually brush paint my models

There's a couple over at modelhobbies.co.uk, probably the same ones as hannants but they're a bit cheaper than the big H. http://www.modelhobbies.co.uk/shop/hasegawa-cf104d-starfighter-canadian-force-09955-p-38473.html http://www.modelhobbies.co.uk/shop/hasegawa-tf104g-starfighter-pt40-p-42108.html

How weathered did they get? Do you know where I could find reference pictures?

Mistakes? I can't see any apart from the window, but even then it still looks good

Thanks for the comments guys

It'll be a family heir loom, passed down and added to throughout the generations... Cheers Colin, I'm quite pleased at how it turned out.

That's really nice, I hope you don't mind if I this as a bit of inspiration for my current build and my future group build tornado.

Will do,when I get around to it (probaly the year 4999) Cheers, I knew it was overdone when I did it and that was before I had even seen the masterpieces on here or signed up here.

I've got a F6F-3 in the works so those comments will definitely be applied

TBH, I only weathered it that much because misread the instructions and painted the whole thing the wrong colour (the instructions call for gunze navy blue, and I proceeded to paint it Humbrol navy blue which is too light) and then decided to go the whole hog. I think that fingerprint is the only one on the thing and it had to be in the area that I did a close up... Thanks for the comments they will hopefully help with future models.

I think I'll re-do them on Monday.

Humbrol 250 with a bit of white might do the job.

Were some left unpainted? The second pic on this page shows a mish mash of stores: http://tornadosig.weebly.com/aim-9.html I'm guessing this was a rare case. Another question, did they carry 3 alarms on the belly or was it 2?

That means a July release probably then...

Probably there on an exercise. Seeing pics like these makes me want to get a decent camera and go up the fells near me on a sunny day.

Why are the Italians there? Good shots by the way.

This was completed in July last year and is probably one of my better efforts. It was my first attempt at serious weathering and is probably overdone but I like it. Hopefully these pics are better than my jaguar ones, comments and criticism welcome Cheers, Sean

This is my recently completed model of the aforementioned kit. I really enjoyed building it and am fairly pleased with the result (Need to take better pics in natural light). Comments and criticism welcome. Cheers, Sean

Update time. I've attached the canopy, refuelling probe, belly pylons and other small pieces. It was then primed this morning with any seams that appeared sanded. I then brushed a thin layer of humbrol 250 over the whole thing and will allow it to dry overnight before a second coat tomorrow. Topside; Underside; And for those who saw my jaguar thread, this is the progress on my Special Hobby 1/48 Seafire; More tomorrow, Sean