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Finally bagged a Stuka at the Northern Model show last month and having not built anything for a few months (although there's plenty half done) I thought I'd just stick it together and get it done. It really is a cracking little kit and it's good to finally have a newer model of this iconic plane. I masked the wings for the cammo and then free hand over the fuselage as I don't have the skill, time, patience, and fingers to mask around it. All done with a brush although my light blue wasn't the best hence the awful paint job underneath but you don't see it on a wooden shelf. Personally I think it's passable enough to be used in some sort of movie where it crashes into the same radar mast 3 times Thanks for looking. So what's the RAF's opinion, let's ask one what type of plane this is -
I honestly don't know how long this has sat on the shelf of doom, and for the simple reason that the fin decals were a tad too short and, on some of the lower arrow decals the wrinkling from Microsol/Microset hadn't fully pulled out. Anyway with a spare few hours and needing a break from the Junglie, I decided to try and wrap this up. I used fin decals from another of these kits in the stash to fill the gap at the top of the fin. The decal wrinkling, well there wasn't much I could do with that to be honest so I thought, to hell with it lets just finish this. Here it is decalled, the artificial light has given it a very pink tinge in the first pic, it's really not I promise - Mounted and in better light!! It's literally just stuck into a 2" x2" block of wood just now, I'm planning a better base for it than this, and a slightly different pose - Used a cut down pin for the pitot probe, and it makes a huge difference. The smoke is just cotton wool teased out and stuck to a steel 1.3mm rod, then sprayed a thinned blue colour. The rod goes all the way through the aircraft and stops in a hole on the rear cockpit bulkhead making it pretty stable once stuck in place with some Gator Glue. Hope this appeals to the masses. I'll post some more pics once the new base is done. Rgds, Eng
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This is my tutorial on how to get a good weathered finish on the nose cap of a model plane. There will be no pictures sadly because I don't know how to get them from my phone to the forum. This is intended for beginners and people who need or want to finish a model faster. 1. Start with a black base coat. Just paint the nose cap black, and make sure the whole cap is painted the color. 2. Get any color you want or the one assigned in the painting instructions and paint the color from the top of the nose to the bottom. One or two coats is the best for this, because you still want to keep the weathered finish on it. And Voila! You have an easily weathered nose cap! This is probably my only tutorial, as I discovered this accidently and wanted to show it with other modelers. Don't say hate comments to me saying this was unneeded, as I am only 13 and I'm not as good a modeler as adults. And don't say any hate comments to other people, because that's just plain rude. -
This is a planned build ready in time for a special event being held at my local aircraft museum: Tangmere, formerly RAF Tangmere and one of the most famous RAF stations during the Battle of Britain. On August 9th 1941Wing Commander Douglas Bader was leading the Tangmere big wing which consisted of three squadrons from Tangmer and nearby Westhampnett. On that patrol Bader was shot down and he bailed out over occupied europe and was captured. The infamy of this incident is that it is believed to have been one of his own Spitfure pilots who took the shots! Tangmere Aviation Museum in West Sussex is holding a commerative day on Sunday the 7th August 2016 to mark this occassion and I am attending with my local model club: Aldingbourne Modellers. The kit by Airfix is a special edition supporting Help for Heroes. What is nice about this aircraft is it is a rare mark. Bader didnt like the new MkVb with its cannon configuration, so insisted on having a MkV fitted with the standard eight 303 guns, making ut a MkVa. It is one of thier old moulds and as such does not offer much detail in the cockpit. However the fit is excellent. Wanting to finish this on time the only extras purchased were a set of eduard seat belts and a resin figure of Bader. I completed some scratch building in the cockpit. The build went well and after a cote of vallejo surface primer and pre shading the models was speayed free hand again using my favoured paints: Vallejo model air. This was a battle hardened aircraft and from the very limited amount of photos I have found was heavily weathered. So I added depth with a post shade. Once dry and after a cote of gloss varnish the decals were added, they went down nicley, helped along with some micro sol. Weathering underneath was completed spraying various shades of sand and browns. The model was finished off with a dark wash and some mud from Tamiya pigments placed in some strategic locations.- 18 replies
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Hi Again fellow modellers, it's been a few months since I posted on this forum; the last build being consigned to the 'shelf of doom'. So here goes with Airfix's rendition of a BAe Hawk Mk 1, I've built one before but it was the previous moulding, lacking in detail. I'm pleased with the result but there were a few headaches with fit on this kit: wing section needed filing down to fit , engine nacelles required filling, etc. Paint is Alclad Black Primer. which I found out is a bit of a dust magnet !! I may have 'overdone' the wing nav. lights a tad. Undercarraige was also a pain, does anyone have the same trouble as me with wheels/tyres?? Oh and those bl**dy tiny stencils..........took me about three hours in total to decal. And how do you reproduce the white(?) seal round the main canopy? Anyway all comments appreciated. Next up: Revell 1/48 Bf109F
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One of my black friday special deals off the Airfix site.
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Hi all- Haven't posted on Britmodeller for a while- this is my third build of the year, Airfix's Fw190 A-8. A great little kit (though not without it's challenges..) After seeing some great Fw190's on here I also decided to check out the excellent Eduard 190 A-8, posting soon. Thanks for looking, all the best- Dave.
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Hello all. Well, as they say, a picture paints a thousand words, and since I can't think of any words, I'll start with pictures..... Base plan with makeshift road... Probably use some sort of putty to smooth out cardboard. Thinking of putting PVA glue with fine sand for bitumen. I dunno how accurate that would be, but eh... With panther and figures for a test fit. Ground work will be painted a different colour, it was just left over from a desert base, so I used it More info on the panther will be posted when it is finished 100%, will be up in AFV RFI. The plan is to have a dead hedge behind the panther, some ruined building or equipment near the figures. Stuff I was going to use for a dead hedge. Dead grass btw. Stuff I was going to use a grass. Once removed of... err... 'impurities' I will have to apply it somehow.... hmm All for now, and thanks for looking
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Evening all- I hope everyone had a good Easter. I'd like to present my take on the Airfix fabric wing mark 1 Hurricane. I started this kit some time ago but found it quite challenging- the wing especially, with a trailing edge at least 4 scale inches thick... Also I managed to break the canopy, and Airfix were out of stock, so I used the Squadron item (with mixed results). Anyways, I'm calling it finished. It's a lovely little kit (I'm a huge fan of these new 1/72 Airfix kits) and looks the part when built up. Comments and criticism always welcome. Thanks for watching- Dave. pp.s Can anyone recommend aircrew/groundcrew figures in 1/72 ? These Airfix chaps are very frustrating- being polythene it's almost impossible to clean the flash off them. Cheers, D
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Hello All, I saw this at the Cosford show for the princely sum of £3: I remember building this as a kid and even then being dismayed at how badly moulded, strangely engineered and ill-fitting it was. So I bought it as a challenge in between my helicopter builds. I had not mis-remembered! The plastic hasn't flowed through the mould properly, so the thin edges are all curved where the plastic hasn't reached the edge and there are pinholes where the plastic has not joined up over features. The metallic finish plastic shows lots of swirls and join lines. The plastic hasn't filled parts of the undercarriage and pilot, resulting in paper-thin parts. And the fit of the fuselage parts is awful: I made a rudimentary instrument panel and consoles: Much filling and sanding and priming and sanding later, it's starting to look joined up: And I have to say that, once the flash was cleaned up (how can you have short shots and flash at the same time????), the undercarriage doors and air brakes fitted much better than many other kits of that same period (I had to add the tiny white shim): So I will do a bit more filling and sanding, then more primer and a light sanding before a natural metal finish. Thanks for looking and I hope it wasn't too distressing! Adrian
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Hello folks Here's my offering of the Airfix T.11 vampire; I picked up some Alclad II laquer at Perth show this year and thought I'd practice / try it out on this kit. Pleased with the result although the aluminium should be a bit brighter (I only bought standard aluminium but I think white aluminium would be a better match). The fluorescent orange fought me and up close the finish is not great. A lot of schoolboy errors, the orange paint is too thick resulting in some tatty lines and raised decals on the wings, a bit of fogging on the canopy due to me not letting glue dry properly and a host of others. Although it looks okay from 3ft away. Despite all this I'm pleased; I learnt a lot more about airbrushing and prepping the surface for the alclad taught me patience Anyway, here she is warts and all Cheers Aaron- 33 replies
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Hello All, Here's the old Airfix F5A. It is OOB apart from a vac canopy, my own markings and a ton of filler. Build thread is here. Finished with AK True Metal (which I heartliy recommend) and a mixture of kit and home brew markings: Thanks for looking, Adrian
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This coming Thursday's (23rd June) club night competition will have the theme of Jubilee Royale for which entrants can be anything in British service since the Coronation. I have nothing built although I suppose I could use the Vampire but as it has already won a club comp night it feels wrong to enter it into another club competition. I then struck upon the (insane) idea of attempting to complete a kit over two evenings and to a good enough standard. So here it is in progress 3 hours of work so far. Box Sprues (we've seen 'em all before) Assembly so far, cockpit just has basic paint so far but I'll try to liven it up a bit later. Little bit of Mr Dissolved Putty to be sanded down but otherwise fit remarkably good, as long as those mould lines are cleaned up That's it so far will post any further updates as they happen. Thanks for looking Phil *edited for multiple fat finger and spelling errors -
Blenheim Mk.IF Photo-etch and Masks - Airfix Kit 1:72 Eduard The Airfix kit was released last year while a great kit there is always room for some photo-etched upgrades. Interior The interior set provides a new part for the non clear section of the nose, seat belts, parts for the control columns, rudder pedals, instrument panels, and throttle levers; along with parts for the gunners seat and gun. Exterior As its name would suggest this fret contains many parts for the exterior. A multitude of inspection panels for the wings and fuselage are included, parts for the engine fronts, and aerials are provided. Most of the parts on this fret though are for the insides of the nacelles where the landing gear retracts into them, and parts for the landing gear legs. Landing Flaps As it says on the packet this set is to replace the landing flaps for the kit. Photo-etch will always do this more realistically in this scale than the kit parts. The webs are part of the main fret and twist round into place thus minimising the having to add small additional parts which the carpet monster is waiting to devour. Masks The mask set provides masks for the extensive glazing and wheels. Conclusion These frets should enhance an already good kit. Highly Recommended. Review sample courtesy of -
I have purchased the Sea King mk3 and have found that the decals are not fully"varnished" See picture below. Is mine a one off or is a fault on them all like the canopy was on the 1/24 Typhoon. The areas are marked I dont want to soak them off to find I have problems if anyone has the same kit can they have a look to see if theres has the varnish missing also. No point asking Airfix for new if they are all the same. Area marked is where there in no varnish. That said I have a spare old airfix mk3 set 2 sets of modeldecals with a yellow and a grey falklands A/C and the modelart set so it isnt that big a problem Sorry for the poor quality of picture and on a slant but I know that britmodeller dont like pictures that can be used to make copies Rodders
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Hi folks, a little Mustang picked up for a couple of quid from Aldi ages ago and as I had the decals and spare's from the F-51 in a box as a bit of a break from 1/48 I decided to do a Dominican operated machine which according to the instruction's was still on charge in 1984.I dropped the wing and tail flaps by gently scoring the panel lines remembering to alternate the wing aileron's,as I said a week long fun build in a scheme I didn't really like until I applied it I think the Mustang suits a more modern camoflage scheme,thanks for looking in and apologies for the poor light sadly we seem to be having a second winter up here!
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Hello All, I started the Airfix classic Sea King over the Easter weekend. I'm hoping to build it as "Old 66", the helicopter that recovered the Apollo 11 capsule. Ultimately I'd like to do a diorama, but I will settle for finishing the helicopter before the GB ends! First, the kit. There are actually two boxings - 66 has a frogman and a net, and some extra decals for "66" as well as for the original "63": Sprue shot: The decals are well past their sell-by date, so I bought some after market ones from Hannants. These are for the Apollo 13 recovery but it's possible to get a "close enough" Apollo 11 version from them with some judicious trimming (apparently the Apollo 8-11 decals are available again now but this is what I bought): The fit of the parts was excellent when the moulds were new: The pilots are the standard post-war Airfix pilots, with rather unhelpfully crossed legs. The plastic is just about soft enough to cut the limbs apart and bend them into a more useful pose: I've detailed the kit seats, made a more accurate instrument panel and added pedals: Pilot #1 in place. Apparently in a helicopter the left-hand seat is for the co-pilot. Didn't know that! I found it easier to glue the control sticks to the figure, not the floor, so I can paint it all as a cohesive unit rather than having to fiddle with the hand fit later on. As the hatch will be open, I need some interior detail. First I put in a ceiling below the motor section, made from curved plastic card: Then some detail (some taken from photos, some made up) inside: The folding seats were made from plastic rod, stretched sprue and wine bottle foil: And painted: I thought I'd have pilot #2 looking over his shoulder to see how the recovery was going, so this guy got some serious surgery: He was given a uniform made from acrylic putty, and I had to add a new nose because there wasn't one on the figure (although the other, nearly identical, pilot was fine). Anyway, I painted them both up: And we have got to here: I need to detail the instrument panel and centre console, then I can think about installing everything and closing it up. Thanks for looking, Adrian
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A few weeks ago we had a long weekend here in Western Australia, so I thought I might have a go at a quick build. I had been itching to do the new Airfix Beaufighter I picked up before Christmas last year. It was an absolute joy to build. Brush painted Italeri Acryl acrylics for the top side camouflage, Tamiya Acrylics for the rest. WIP thread can be found here. Apologies for the rather dark photos, not much sun in the yard this late in the afternoon. Thanks for looking. Even though its winter time here this little fella came out for a look. -
Its a long weekend here in Western Australia, so I thought I might have a go at a quick build. I have been itching to do the new Airfix Beaufighter I picked up before Christmas last year. They have been as rare as rocking horse droppings in the local hobby shops, but I managed to pick this one up while visiting Melbourne. I rather fancy the SEAC colours. So to work this Friday evening. The kit is such that you can actually glue quite a few bits together without any painting. In no time at all I had the main cockpit components sorted and the wing constructed. First coat of paint, brush painted Tamiya acrylics, XF71 for the interior, XF69 NATO black for the tyres and props, X1 gloss black for the engines, XF16 flat aluminium for the wheel hubs That's it for this evening!
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I've been wanting to do this triple build for a while now and I'm glad it's complete (my fourth Spitfire triple since December!), but it may be time to go back to single builds. All three are 1/72 Spitfire V's representing 'A', 'B' and 'C' wing versions, all belonging to 303 (Polish) Sqn. The build was part of the Spitfire Group Build dedicated to the memory of Edgar Brooks, and the build thread can be found here. First up, a Spitfire VA from the 1/72 Airfix Mk I/IIA kit reperesenting K9871, RF-P, flown by Boleslaw Gladych on 8 Dec 1941, where he, alongside Mieczyslaw Adamek, protected a downed Spitfire pilot over the English Channel. K9871 was built as a Mk I, but was modified into a Mk V and assigned to 303 Sqn in late 1941. I built one of Gladych's P-47's in that STGB, and I thought it would be nice to build one of his Spitfires. I've not been able to find any photographs of this aircraft as a 303 Mk V, only as a Mk I, so I had to apply 'typical' squadron markings from that period. Next to Gladych's P-47. Next up is Spitfire VB, BL670, RF-K, from the new 1/72 KP kit. This Spitfire was assigned to S/L Wojciech Kolaczkowski, who commanded 303 Sqn from Nov 1941 until May 1942, and had his name "Wojtek" painted on the nose, as well as the name "Krysia" formed with the individual squadron letter on the fuselage. Last up is Spitfire VC, AB174, RF-Q, from the 1/72 Sword kit. This aircraft was the mount of PO Antoni Glowacki, a Battle of Britain 'ace in a day'. The individual squadron letter, 'Q' formed the word "QQWCA" on the fuselage side, apparently meaning 'cuckoo' in a transliterated Polish/English pun! All three together.
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Hello Gentlemen, Here is my latest finished model. This is Airfix 1/72 kit. Basically made OOB with only modifications of seats (harnesses and ejection handles) and of the inlets. Used Alclad and a homemade mix of Gunze for the orange color. Hope you like it. Your comments will be welcome. Cheers, Antoine
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Good afternoon everyone Finally now finished the Revell Shackleton AEW2. She was a lovely kit, there is a couple of issues in regards to accuracy as it is a hybrid of a AEW 2 and MK 3, but ignoring those details I decided to build it oob, as it is. On comparing it to the Airfix kit, fit of the overall kit I found better, the surface detail is 100 times better than the airfix kit, The revell kit has some very think sprue gates connecting the parts, which does require some clean up, there are pros and cons for both, but overall they are both fantastic model kits. But I'll leave you with pics of the Revell one and then the 3 kits i've built. I hope you enjoy.- 37 replies
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Good morning! This build was one that I had wanted to do for quite a while, so my LMS had one in stock the other day so I thought it would be silly not to get it This bulid also marks the end of my AS exams (culminating with Chemistry on Friday) and "liberation" from schoolwork for at least two or three months...... Kit used: Airfix 1:72 Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR3 Paints used: Vallejo "Model Air"- Barley Grey, Medium Olive, Fire Red, Black and "Metal Color" Duraluminium. The nozzles, heat-shield and gear legs were painted with Alclad Aluminium. Vallejo "Model Wash" Dark Grey was used as a general wash and also sprayed in my first attempt at post-shading. Decals: The kit decals were perfect, with no splitting at all and no excess decal film being visible once applied. Edit: Thanks to Airfix for supplying me with a missing half of a cannon-pod! Thanks for having a look! Many thanks, Sam -
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Hi Just wondering if anybody can scan me a copy of the instructions for the JB/Airfix 1/76th 105mm light field gun. I found i had a the second sprue to one i built years ago but can find the instructions - DOH !!!! (Yes I know being a wuss and needing instructions ! ) Geoff
