Nigel Heath Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Nigel.....i can still be a good bar buddy ??? Of course you can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Posted December 20, 2013 Author Share Posted December 20, 2013 Cheers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Superb build and finish,great to see "one in the flesh" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonl Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Really nice, thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 That is truly a great model you have there, really looks the part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Wow, thats great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacificmustang Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Norm That is just a modelling achievement of the highest magnitude. Looking forward to seeing it in the plastic. Bruce 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calum Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Stunning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwitrogg Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 G'Day Norman. You've got to be hugely and deservedly satisfied with that ! Well done on actually finishing it, and of making a cracking job of is as well. Did you change the engines for Beaufighter ones after ? Another beast tamed.....The number of finished FM kits must nearly be in double figures now. Cheers Gaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Posted December 21, 2013 Author Share Posted December 21, 2013 Hi Gaz No .....kit engines and cowls utilised,,,, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Absolutely gorgeous Norman, I'd be very proud of this too. I do hope for a new 1/48 Hampden model some day, this kit looks like a great challenge, but you've risen to it admirably Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stringbag Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 I've been on the look out for one of these kits for some time now and your build has reminded me to get my finger out and find one. An excellent job that should encourage a few to think again about the FM kit and have a go. All the best. Chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 That is a fantastic job. Apart from an Airfix one a few years back, my only memory on a Hampden was a pile of scrap on a truck heading for Cosford 20 odd years ago..........Hang on, that probably was an FM kit!. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Posted December 21, 2013 Author Share Posted December 21, 2013 I saw two airframes under restoration whilst in UK on a visit in 2009 , at Cosford and east kirby i think ? are they still there and being progressed? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prispone Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Here is my F.M.Models H.P.Hampden 99% done , airbrushed freehand with gunze acrylics with Iwata HPC ,still a few paint touch ups and aeriels etc that need attending to and...... i do realise some things are our of alignment etc but have chosen at this stage to live with them and say to myself it looks good in the cabinet the way it is , My love of the Hampden can be traced to a traumatic episode in my childhood where i was given an Airfix kit of the same to build as therapy, it worked !!!!, i loved that kit and remember sitting in the passenger seat of my Uncles old Black Vanguard using the front qtr panel window to let in some ''wind'' to spin the props as i bombed the Huns and anyone else that got in the way, Fast Forward 50 years and i built the F.M. kit and wind up needing therapy !!!!........just joking, but it did take me almost 5 years of start stop etc, it is in my mind far far far.....from perfect , But its a 1/48 Hampden and its mine, What a journey, there were soooooo many muck ups both my doing and the kits , way too many to list, one of the last was when i was about to install tall tail fin flashes only to find a pic or series of pics in an old mag of the actual aircraft in its many guises i.e , with black demarcation line below and then above the wing ,then different roundels and different shorter fin flashes, it was around 1940 and there WAS a war on and local units did the painting amendments the ministry issued so i guess thats the reason for the variations, anyway this is MY interpretation and mine alone i do not profess to be an expert on the subject just a lover of it Comments welcome http:// http:// http:// http:// http:// 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corsaircorp Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 On 12/21/2013 at 10:04 PM, Norman said: I saw two airframes under restoration whilst in UK on a visit in 2009 , at Cosford and east kirby i think ? are they still there and being progressed? Hello Norm The Cosford one is on a good way, we saw her last year after the SMW. It's great and almost a complete reconstruction in fact... Sincerely. CC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Posted July 9, 2018 Author Share Posted July 9, 2018 Thanks CC that's good to hear i hope to see it again in a couple of years all being well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJP Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 Nice to see this long term build successfully completed - very nice CJP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinChipmunkfan Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 You have made a grand job of a model I would not touch with a barge pole- well done. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 Too right! You have done a fabulous job on your Hampden. Not my scale, but good modelmaking deserves recognition, regardless of the scale. If ToT likes it, I would take that as a real compliment! Well done! Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 Just re-stumbled across this, beautiful  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG X Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 Is any model every really finished - 99% is pretty close - I always spot loads of things that could be improved on everything I build - Nice Hampden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickE Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 Looks great, love it. Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mancunian airman Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 WOW Â What a great finish, you should be justly proud of that build . . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Posted October 3, 2018 Author Share Posted October 3, 2018 Thanks everybody , she still looks great in the cabinet and i still like her very ,very much, i am surprised though we dont have one in 1/48 kitted by a major model manufacturer yet ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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