grainman59 Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Hi All, This is my first post of recent completed builds of my favorite era of aircraft. All in 1/72 Scale. Hawker High Speed Fury, Tombo Kit Gloster Grebe, 19 Squadron, Aeroclub Models kit Fairey Fox 2M prototype, Omega Models conversion. Pegasus Models Fairey Fox 1 Fairey Firefly 3M, conversion from the Aero72 kit 40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmcclure Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Great work - I really like these. Nice background too - Duxford by any chance? Cheers, Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grainman59 Posted July 15, 2015 Author Share Posted July 15, 2015 Thanks for the comments Roger, your spot on re the background. Cheers, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsprop Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 By far the nicest prettiest fighters ever built; sorry Spitfire, you don't wear green/grey(brown) as well as these lot wear silver! Lovely builds here Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristol boy Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Fantastic collection of little seen aircraft, thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cngaero Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 I've just drooled all over me laptop!!!!! You've got a lovely collection there. They are all nicely finished and displayed, but I love the Fox. Any more by any chance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight_Flyer Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Nice set of biplanes, paint finish looks very well done and rigging quite effective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc72 Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Very nice models. What did you use for the silver? It looks good for aluminium dope. Ole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Gunthwaite Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 You've mage a cracking job of the Tombo Fury given the raw material you started with. I have one in the loft (which I do intend building), but it looks horrendous. Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 A very fine and evocative line up! Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Very nice work, they look very impressive. Great work All the bestChris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bombernut Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 What a line up of lovely aircraft. I especially like the Firefly 3M, and the Grebe prompts me to break out the Aeroclub Gamecock and Flycatcher I bought too long ago to remember. Thanks for posting these - does the heart good! Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Beautiful build's all,a great period in aviation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atvd1020 Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 Really great builds, especially since I'm wrestling with an Omega Fairey Fox right now. I feel remotivated! Did you have to replace the struts for the Omega Fox? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 Just beautiful, all of them! Congrats! JR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
occa Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 A feast for the eye !! I never knew about the Tombo kit maker, when did those appear on the market ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grainman59 Posted July 16, 2015 Author Share Posted July 16, 2015 Hi fellow formites, Many thanks for the kind comments, I use Tamiya xf16 flat aluminium for the fabric and doped areas, Humbrol 11 silver for some of the other shiny bits and where possible kitchen foil with micro metal foil adhesive, tried aluminium Bare-metal foil but could not get on with it very well. The Tombo high speed fury was a bit of a challenge, borrowed some parts from the Matchbox Fury 1, they also did a Fairey Fantome which i have yet to pluck up the courage to start, Tombo only made these two kits back in the 70's i believe. The Omega Fox was modified to represent the prototype Fox 2, the cabane struts on this were the main problem as i found them to be the wrong length and too brittle.The mains i did use, but they seem a little oversized to me. I do have several others finished, which i will post some more images later on, currently working on a scratch built Hawker Tomtit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Foster60 Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 simply inspirational Nigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamden Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 Stunning line up Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 Great set of builds, really nice work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 Absolutely gorgeous. A great decade for beautiful aircraft, and they're all very well done. My only comment would be that the tail surfaces could be a little thinner on the Pegasus Fox, but other than that, spot on - and their kits do tend to be a little heavy in that area anyway..... Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grainman59 Posted July 21, 2015 Author Share Posted July 21, 2015 Silverwings Era Biplanes- Part 2. Contrail Vac-Form, Blackburn Baffin,820 squadron, HMS Courageous. Airfix, Hawker Demon 1, 4 Squadron, G-BTVE, Demon Displays. Airfix, Bristol Bulldog 2a, 56 squadron, G-ABBB, RAF Museum, complete with reversed rotation propellor as per kit. Contrail, Vac-Form, Fairey iiif/Mk4M/A, 8 Squadron, B Flight, Khoraksar, Aden. Karaya Resin, Fairey Flycatcher 1, 408 Flight, HMS Glorious. A-Model, Hawker Fury 2, 25 Squadron. Matchbox Hawker Fury 1, 43 Squadron, Historic Aircraft Collection's, G-CBZP . CMR Resin, Gloster Gamecock, 43 Squadron. AZ Models, Gloster Gauntlet 2, 74 Squadron. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAMP man Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Drop me in warm butter and spread me on some toast! What a stunning collection,......... and for all our viewers out there, what is your preferred method of rigging? Regards Strickers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grainman59 Posted July 25, 2015 Author Share Posted July 25, 2015 Hi HAMP man, I started off by using thin electrical wire unwound and rolled under a steel rule on glass to get straight, but found this too cumbersome and time consuming as the wire was too easily bent, also getting the right length was very awkward. The matchbox Fury 1 and hawker Demon above were two of my earliest attempts at this. I now only use thin ez-line elastic ,even this i thin down by parting with a sharp blade, to get differing thicknesses, depending where the lines are going to be installed. Cheer's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Pure beauty! Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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