bristol boy Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Recently completed Frog Beau as a night fighter, wanted it to look well used! A few changes/additions; -nacelles; tried some resin ones, very disappointing, the gills were underscale and ended up shattering the front ring. in the end I wrapped the kit item in plasticard and made the gills from a thin strip. Still under sized but a big improvement. -antenna to wings made from thin wire -landing lights added to wing tips -used the decals supplied even though some broke up but note the serials as they are grey not red and seem to be the wrong number. Will add some when I have enough need to buy a sheet. Quite please with how it turned out considering the age of the kit. Trying to keep one step ahead of Airfix releases so Kinetic Whitley next! 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch K Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 (edited) Like that! How does it build - I mean it's an oldie, I know, but input welcome! Edited May 27, 2015 by Mitch K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Well, she certainly looks well used, so full score on that point! I'd probably have let at least the engine collector rings and the props without that exaggerated wear – would've made the rest of the paint 'abuse' look more believable, I think. Kind regards, Joachim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doozer1974 Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Looks very well used and abused! Good job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Wot they said. Old kits are more fun. Bravo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GREG DESTEC Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Thats a great looking Beau! Well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darby Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Blimey! I thought my some of my builds were finished in a battered state! Good idea with the nacelles. I think you have to do this on the Matchbox/Revell one as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Lovely finish BB and those aerials are great - how fiddly that must have been! Great work on the nacelles too - marvellous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristol boy Posted May 28, 2015 Author Share Posted May 28, 2015 Thanks for the comments. Mitch k -kit went together pretty well, lots fewer parts than modern ones! Pete- I agree old kits are more fun and a challenge to get a decent result. The weathering is probably not to everyone's taste, it was inspired by well used Beau's like these. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob85 Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Bb that's great work, love the finish on the black! Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Womby Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Great to see that old kit built so well and I think the weathering looks fine to depict a battle-stained warhorse. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Great looking build from a very old kit. Was yours an actual Frog or one of the repops? Mitch in answer to your question, here is my Frogspawn build that I did in the obsolete kit group build. http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234946416-novo-beaufighter-old-skool-build-finished/ I'm still scarred by the experience! Trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 That,s a mean looking Beau,fantastic job on the old Frog kit,great stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristol boy Posted May 28, 2015 Author Share Posted May 28, 2015 Great looking build from a very old kit. Was yours an actual Frog or one of the repops? Mitch in answer to your question, here is my Frogspawn build that I did in the obsolete kit group build. http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234946416-novo-beaufighter-old-skool-build-finished/ I'm still scarred by the experience! Trevor Max Thanks for the comment, genuine Frog kit, this one, although I also have the one you did,Mk21 in the stash. Know what you mean about flash on repops, currently working on a Kinetic Whitley, I'm sure there is enough flash to mould another model! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch K Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 I seem to recall reading the night black finish was prone to weather quite badly - your photos are all the proof we need Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Extremely well done, looks great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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