Morning all, mind if I join in?
Looking for inspiration of what to build next, I chanced upon this group build on the very day it started...fate, or what?
When I was 13 I built the new Airfix Hornet, and tried to paint it as the blue and white 3rd prototype, but made a bit of a mess of it. For the first time ever in my modelling life, I decided to repaint it in the alternative low viz scheme, and used the spare decals on it. I'd always just accepted ropey builds before, but this was the first time I went the whole hog to improve one, so marked a bit of a turning point for me. I still have the result, badly repaired, covered in dust, flaking decals, yellowed plastic parts and all:
At Cosford last year, I managed to find a copy of the original 1980 boxing, complete with decals for the prototype in excellent condition, and the idea of a nostalgia build was born:
The bag with the parts was still sealed from the factory. 🙂
Even the invitation to join the Airfix club was in there...
I'm intending this to be finished as the 3rd prototype that I cocked up the first time around...it's only taken me 40 years to get round to it!
More when it happens,
Dean