Fox_Two

Finished this one after a long delay (since November 2021) due to a bout of COVID and frigid temps in the US Midwest. Really enjoyed this kit except some janky assembly for the gear bays and intake. Not a lot of bodywork needed at all except for that intake. There's also a significant amount of ejector pin marks on all things lower fuselage (gear arms, wheels, gear bay, etc). Also, as a newish kit I thought the Tamiya decals would be better. Spoiler: They're not. I wish I went aftermarket. Overall I would recommend it but would need to build the Kinetic or Hasegawa one before making a good determination. Let me know what you think! You can check out more at my site FoxTwoModels.

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It turned out great for being so old and having raised panel lines!

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I purposely went for a clean finish. The color scheme is too nice and vibrant to wash out. It's hard though because once you start weathering a little...you want weather a lot!

Just finished up my Tamiya Swiss 109. It goes together very well and very fast allowing for most of your time to be spent on painting. Which I highly recommend as using the supplied decals would be torture. More pics/info of the Tamiya Swiss Bf109 can be found on my website. Let me know what you think!

Yes! I have an Airfix M3 Stuart 'Honey' in my stash. I'm going to build it up as a US Stuart on Guadalcanal.

Thanks! It really was a great first kit.

Finally finished my first armor kit. It's pretty basic compared to other kits posted here and isn't even in true armor scale (1/48 instead of 1/35). Regardless, it was a fantastic kit to build with a lot of nice details. With it being my first tank kit I really went to town with my weathering. I primarily used oils, but the tracks and wheels were pigment powders mixed with water and MMP poly. Let me know what you think! You can also see more pictures and models on my site FoxTwoModels

Aw you may be right about the lights. I went off the instructions which may not have been accurate! Good eye. I also agree the wing glove would've been a nice addition but I got a bad case of getitdoneitis. Also no offense taken. Any constructive feedback is appreciated!

Ya I've heard the tail and tanks are all incorrect. Also, it has an UGLY gap where the wing glove is supposed to be. I should've scratch built something but I didn't care enough. Can't believe they didn't include something to cover that open area. I did use the kit decals which are always fantastic. Italeri has some of the best decal sheets out there, and of course they're cartograf.

Finished up my 1/48 Tornado. It's such a unique aircraft and really exciting to build. The kit itself however, was not very good at all. On this build I depicted "Triffid Airways" from No.15 Sqd. of the RAF during Desert Storm in 1991. The kit was built mostly OOB except for some IDS seat photoetch from Eduard. These Tornados in desert pink tended to chip and fade during their service. As well, the Tornado is iconic for it's heavy soot staining on it's massive tail. Check out more detailed photos on my site!

Hi Ed, Wow, I completely forgot about this build. I ended up trashing it. I did finish it in the end but the gear bay was not set straight and caused the model to lean significantly to one side. I tried modifing the landing gear to compensate but it didn't work out quite right. That and a few other decal/small piece mishaps I just decided to toss it. The end result of the flaps modification though worked out really really well. So this thread should at least serve as a good reference for that.

I'm not a fan either. I was experimenting with some post shading and didn't thin the paint enough. It does build up nicely if you give it attention but I wouldn't be entering the Airfix boxing in a competition. But credit to airfix with giving you plenty of options such as 3 fuel tanks, and two types of bombs. Along with extra pylons if you want to try and convert it to an A-4E.

It really is one of the best $14 kits you can buy. Is it the best 1/72 Skyhawk? Not a chance. But for the price it can't be beat, especially as a quick build. Most of the kit fits pretty well. There are fit issues with the air brakes so I recommend showing them deployed. Also the canopy doesn't fit quite right where it pivots at the top of the fuselage. All out of the box with a few missing final touches: No nav lights are painted and the gear doors are missing the signature red outline. Just got lazy at the end of the build and wanted to move on. This was used as a test bed for a few pre/post shading techniques. You can view this kit and more on my website www.foxtwomodels.com