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Hi all, I recently dug out Airfix' Bristol Superfreighter which I started a couple of years ago. I decided to have a go at it again and currently I am filing new windows out of a CD-case. The kit will eventually be finished in the colours of British Air Ferries' G-APAU even though there are differences in the doors and window layout along several other inaccuracies. Sadly S&M Decals only provide a side view of the aircraft and give only very basic paint instructions. Does anyone know, which grey paint was used on the fuselage? And the wings? Regarding the inside of the kit I was going to paint the hold silver and the passenger compartment grey/dark grey (no need to look inside...). But what about the cockpit deck?
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Just finishing my XH558 rendering of the Airfix 1/72 kit - will post to RFI when done. It's had numerous coats of Humbrol Clear before decaling and a couple after and it's got quite a nice deep lustre about it. I'm about to do a quick panel line wash with Flory Models 'Grime' and then a final coat of varnish, final assembly and et voila! The question is should that final coat be Humbrol Clear again or Xtracrylix Satin? I've looked at loads of pictures (including the VTTS publications actually of the contemporary XH558) and it seems pretty shiny to me so I'm of a mind to stay with gloss but could be persuaded otherwise ...... Any thoughts before I commit myself? Many thanks, Andrew BTW, it is the Falklands War 25 years edition so based on the Vulcan Display Flight I guess rather than the XH558 we know today - the moulding was the old 1980s one, which was pretty shabby compared to modern kits and the decals weren't the best but I've had fun and learnt loads!
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Hi guys, welcome to my GB build... the Airfix Lockheed Hudson that cost £6.00. It was originally used to look at for my Vacform kit, but I have no need for it now so it can get built now.. I'm almost certain this will be my only build for the GB, but I may try and squeeze in the Airfix (new tool) Typhoon too. to be finished OOB in 206Sqn Coastal Command colours Box shot by Totallyrad.co.uk, on Flickr Box + sprues by Totallyrad.co.uk, on Flickr
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Hi Everyone, Here are my 1st completed builds for 2014. Airfix Vostok 1 & Soyuz space boosters in 1:144. Aside from the russian lettering decals for the display stands these kits are complete. I am saving the decals until I have got more decals to do (see my USS Voyager thread). Anyway onto the photos : Soyuz : Vostok 1 : Both Together - This really shows the size difference ! : The 2 small capsules are the spares from the other kit - each launch booster has a capsule underneath the launch shroud. Hope everyone likes them. Now its onto something from the 23rd Century - applying paint to USS Voyager NCC-74656. Thanks for looking, Rick -
Hi Everyone, Here is my next project - Airfix Vostok 1 - 1:144 scale. Originally I was going to build this as Vostok 1 and buy another kit to build as the Soyuz. However, I have changed my mind and am going to build this kit as the Soyuz and stick with just one kit. Pictures of the actual kit will follow tomorrow, but here is the box art. Rick
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Evening guys, so i finaly "finished" this little one. It took me so long, because i was waiting for decals to finish the squadron letters, s/n and tail marking. And its "finished", because the decals never made it to my hands and after few weeks of trying to get it somewhere around, i just gave up and decided to finish the kit as it is. My plan is to add the decals later, but for now i need to clean my work bench bcs there are a lot of projects comming I realy enjoyed the build, the new airfix mk.I hurricane is excelent kit and i m definitely going to buy more of these in future - though, i ll sand off the orange skin a bit next time And as a bit off topic, i cannt wait for the mk.I with metal wing which should be released by airfix! So anyway, here is my hurri - it should be ex L1909, delivered to SAAF at 1939. I used vokes filter from revell kit, added more details to cockpit and radiator, made new lights and so on - if you are interested, you can read more in the wip thread here http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234952629-hurricane-mki-172-airfix-fiber-wing/ (but i dont think its anything special ) I know there are mistakes and its far from being perfect, but i m quite happy with the result One more thing - as i was excited about the finishing, i forgot to add the crampon under wing root and gunsight to the cockpit. Both ll be added but it took me almost hour to make at least semi-good photos, so i wont make new photos with it, maybe later. (btw speaking about photos, sorry for the photos quality, i cannt make better, using just phone camera - it should be slightly more colourfull ) edit: sorry for so many images, i just couldnt chose which one to post (still have few more left over.. ). if anyone ll have any questions or tips for me, go ahead, i m posting here to learn from my mistakes, some of the mistakes i can see myself, but sometimes when you are working on some project, you miss something obvious and other pair of eyes can see it easy so no worry, any tips or criticism is welcome -
Evening folks,my first go at the new tool Hurricane and what a lovely kit airfix have given us,as soon as I saw the Belgian markings I had to do this version.I sprayed the under surface but brushed on the rest many thanks for looking.
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Okay now the big spit is out of the way and the decals for this one have arrived, I can start building. As well as being a build for this GB it will add to my mixed 1:32 and 1:48 357th collection. Obligatory box, sprue and decal shots -
I spoke too soon. I realised that I had this "hanger queen" sitting on my to be completed shelf, it had been waiting for just a final coat of matt varnish. Built straight out of the box as a Sea Hurricane from 835 Naval Air Squadron on HMS Nairana, 1944. Brush painted Tamiya acrylics, dirtied up with some watercolours. Many thanks for looking.
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Alongside the North Star, I'm building the Airfix DC-9 in Air Canada colours from the mid '70s. Both models are for a "Then and Now" group build, the rules for which require the subjects to be separated by at least 20 years and operated by the same unit/company (or its successor). Box and markings: Basic construction happens very quickly White paint on the upper fuselage. I'll be using window decals Aircraft grey on the wings and rear fuselage
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Hi folks,fourth finished kit in my spitfire saga,lovely little kit with one of the worst cockpits(or lack of) ever,I managed to fit the cockpit from a mkI/II that was spare with little trouble,ditched the decals and painted the I.D.stripes in fact this one was all brush painted,thanks for looking.
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Hi folks,Airfix,s 1/72 spitfire PR.I think the last time I applied Swedish markings on a kit must have been in the seventies as a kid on Airfix,s Draken! A lovely easy build I think looks good in these markings,totally messed up the camera insert so used the solid one also in the kit and compromised with a decal.thanks for looking,hope to post the MKix tonight.
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I am normally a maker of things with wings, but I thought I should try something a little different. This is the first submarine I have made, and I think if I get a chance I will do another (they don't seem be very available in my local hobby shops). Like a lot of my kits this spent most of last year 90% complete. Brush painted in with Tamiya acrylics. Thanks for looking.
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Using the Pavla resin, I've embarked on a slight conversion of the Airfix Mk1 to what Pavla claim is a PR1G (MkVII) and have a number of questions which my scanty references and Google can't answer. Knowing the incredible knowledge that's here, I thought I ask... 1) I beleive the PRVII had a 29 gallon tank in the rear fuselage. Did the PR1G? 2) What colour what it be? Most of the cockpit interior is 'green' but these aircraft were conversions, so would the tank be painted, or left aluminium, or painted silver? 3) My references state that the PR1G had armour and the PRVII had none. I assume this refers to the armour behind the pilots' seat. Or does it? There's not a lot of information about these armed Spitfire recce aircraft so any knowledge people are willing to share would be much appreciated. Thanks, Simon
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De Havilland Vampire T.II WZ584 (K) Central Air Traffic Control School RAF Shawbury 1970 Kit: Airfix A0258 Scale: 1:72 Decals: Xtradecal X72-172 Paint: Citadel Mithril Silver Build thread: HERE
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Hi guys, i have few more days before i have to get back to my job, so i thought i ll make some fast build for fun - you ll see this idea didnt last long.. I see there are many of the fiber wing hurricanes on the forum already, but hope you wont mind one more So, the kit quite impressed me with its details, given the money it costs i think its great. I wanted to open the cockpit, bcs its quite nicely done already OOB. But when i tried to fit the parts together (the fit was great), i thought it still could use some more details in.. so i did cut out the doors, thined the fuselage, added a bit of inner consctruction.. well, long storry short, i started to have fun with evergreen plastic cards/sprues and wires the left side of cockpit had some nice details, but sadly i needed to thin the fuselage there too so i decided to make it all new too. Here is progress from todays afternoon, watching TV, searching for pics on web and this is how it turned out Left side of cockpit is almost done For seat and instrumental panel i used Eduard´s metal parts what i had here. All needs to be painted yet, so far i did paint only the instrumental panel with basic coat. Actualy, here i m not sure how looked the divider behind seat, all images i found were with the added armoured plate. Mainly i dont know if the seat belts were fixed in the "hole" as it was in the armoured versions? I did cut the hole there already, if the hole was not there, i can fix it yet Right side of cockpit ll need some love yet I m still not sure what camo scheme i want to use. Its hard for me to find some for the fabric winged versions.. i thought about something like this but i m not sure if this plane had fabric/metal wing. Anyone knows where could i find some camouflages for the fabric wing type? Thanks
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Hi folks, second build of Airfix,s lovely Mustang,The famous "passion wagon"straight OOB the soft plastic meant the ventral strake was easily removed,A wash of light tan was applied as an experiment,thanks for looking.
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Hi folks,after last years Hurricane fest I thought I would try a few Spitfires,Airfix,s little kit has it,s panel line issues but builds well. WZ-T has both upper roundels applied which may raise an eyebrow or two but a couple of manufacturers have issued it as such. thanks for looking
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Hi all, First completion of the year for me and a welcome return to 1/72 scale with one of Airfix's lovely new Harrier tools. This is built OOB, with hindsight I probably shouldn't have put a wash through the panel lines as they are a bit heavy, but hey ho such is life!! Next up will be the even newer GR1 & GR3 as i'm having a Harrier fest at the moment! cheers simon
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BAe Hawk T.Mk.1 XX307 RAF Benevolent Fund, 208 Squadron ( R ) RAF Valley 2009 Build thread HERE
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Hi all! Here's my latest completion-kit is the new tool Airfix T.11. I wanted to build a Flying Training Schools Vampire in the yellow bands scheme, and ideally with the big nose code letters to make the scheme a bit more exciting. The kit scheme for WZ507 as preserved 2012 was out, as the real preserved aircraft wears something of a "mish-mash" of T.11 schemes rather than its original service codes etc. So, casting about online I found this lovely colour photo of XE988, based at RAF Swinderby with 8 FTS in 1957: http://abpic.co.uk/photo/1199645/ Codes and serials are from Xtradecal and Modeldecal stock sets, the rest of the decals are kit. I added stencils to match period photos of T11s in this scheme where possible, although a few stencils are placed on a "best guess" basis! The model is brush-painted over Tamiya primer, using Xtracrylix Trainer yellow, and a High-Speed Silver mix of my own devising- about 80:20 Revell Aqua Aluminium : Vallejo white. The only other alterations to this lovely kit are a handful of wires in the pit, the radio aerials on the wings, removal of some non-period lumps around the nosewheel, cartridge ejector chutes, and some Pavla ejection seats (which do show up OK under the nice clear canopy!) Hope you like it! (The sharp-eyed will notice that the model required repairs after the photo above!)
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Hi, I've started this thread a bit late in the process, but better late than never. A bit before Christmas I was told not to get the Airfix version, and to look at some other ones (Here is that thread). But this was a Christmas present, and I've enjoyed the build so far. I'm disagreeing a bit with the box though. I'd have expected them to use to Russian name, or rather, Stalin's Russian name (Iosif, rather than Joseph.) But it wasn't my choice, oh well. So far I've assembled it and have painted the base colour and the machine gun: I'm just waiting for my airbrush propellant and the white paint to arrive in the post (due in tomorrow) to begin applying a snow camouflage to it using the hairspray technique. Just a few questions: How (and where) would you apply rust to it? Should I add the decals now or after the camo? And, do you know of any references for a Soviet tank (preferably the IS-3) with a snow camouflage? Thanks
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Hello, I'm going to be finishing off my Heinkel 111 from the Obsolete GB. Build so far is here. This is a classic out of control project. My "list of things to finish" kept growing even though I was making progress. I think I have a good list now though, and I will try to stick to it! I had got to the point where I thought "I need to move the wings backwards and upwards, and mould a new canopy". Happy days. Regards, Adrian
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After a few things which have stopped me posting the completed thread last night, here's the finished F-51D Mustang from Airfix: Thanks for looking! WIP Thread here:
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Hi everyone, I found a few photos taken last year after completing the lovely Airfix GR9, in the Cottesmore special scheme. There's nothing to really report about this kit other than you can pour glue in the box, shake and get a lovely Harrier. Much has been said about the depth of panel lines on Airfix's 1/72 kits. To be honest my opinion is that we already accept so many compromises on such a small scale that the depth of panels lines is less important than accurate outlines. On this kit in particular the undercarriage legs and wheels etc. are very fine and in scale and it looks and 'sits' like a Harrier should. The engineering and design on this model are first class and make for an easy build. I do get a bit stalled when folk complain that (for example) 'those panel lines are a bit deep on the new Airfix spitfire' forgetting that the kit costs less than a fiver! Airfix have an unusual position, unlike most they are making kits aimed at a broad range of modellers and skills, to design highly detailed yet easy to construct kits that end up at pocket money prices is something to be marvelled at. Don't forget Hasegawa are regularly re-releasing 30 year old toolings and asking us to pay £30-£40 for a 1/72 kit. Any way rant over, hope these photos meet approval!
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