KeithA

Brilliant job. Excellent research and the final model is a (large) gem. I've been caught in thunderstorms in that part of the world and it must have been a terrifying experience for the crew!

Absolutely definitive builds. The WIP thread was a pleasure from beginning to end and the final results are superlative. Motivating and devastating in equal measure! How could I ever build a Hawk after seeing these?

A beautiful job! Construction, colours and weathering are perfect.

A stunning build. One which immediately makes you want to build the kit yourself!

What a beautiful piece! Increadible craftmanship and the result is stunning. The fact it's survived for so long is testament to your Dad's skill.

Fair play - that's stunning!

Stunning. The chipping is really nice and I really like the surface variation on the olive drab.

Very nicely done. There's a lot of weathering as has been mentioned but your techniques all look really effective so you have a great 'tool kit' to use for your next build. Can't wait to see what you do with the Junkers.

Good grief - just the thought of painting that is terrifying, let alone the build underneath. Great job! It looks stunning.

This has tunred out really well despite th struggles. That scheme is sharp as a pin!

Looking really promising! The weathering looks nicely integrated.

Really nicely done. The paintwork is really impressive.

Really appreciate the feedback - a perfect example of why this forum is such a wonderful resource! The 'white' K is interesting and looks like a common myth then. I think it stems from an over-exposed versio of the picture you shared and which is one of the first hits you get on the plane with an image search. If you Google Brian Lane's MkI there are a lot of builds that have the K in white (including die-cast toys), and the Xtradecal sheet goes it's own way and shows it in a green sky shade (still lighter than the rest of the codes). This was the source of my angst but more than happy to be proven wrong. Roundels are going to really bother me now though ... suggested by the Printscale set but mostly on me. As mentioned above the switch to this plane was quite late in the build so my research was under-baked. I'll have to steel my resolve to fix those. Prop tips are no problem and a good call. It's just push-fit on there anyway so an easy improvement to make.

Beautiful work on a really pretty looking aircraft.

Another lock-down blow-in with another 'Aldi Special' Airfix Mk1 in 1/72nd 😀 Like half the country (it seems) I rediscovered model making during lockdown after something like a 20 year break. After following many threads on here and a few attempts all with these 4.99 kits this is the first that feels like some progress is happening. Still lots to improve though but all good learning. Some obvious innacuracies - the Print Scale decals were pretty bad and I had to make a last-minute change due to half the decals being out of register. I realised too late that the K should be either sky or white (probably the latter) but I didn't have the heart to mask that off and re-paint. This was my first attempt at freehand camo and it's really not tight enough in this scale. I'll mask next time. I totally mis-read how the harness terminates from reference so will do that properly next time. Some things worked though especailly using different varnishes on various panels - some are satin and others matt which makes it look more interesting in-hand.