eng Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 First one off the bench for 2016, Airfix new tool Wildcat. I waited for the Starter set as I preferred the colour scheme and markings in this boxing. A lovely wee kit to put together, the only fiddly bit being the gear on the gear down option, but well thought out by Airfix. Paints were Tamiya White and dark sea grey (slightly lightened) for the main scheme, and Vallejo and Humbrol for the detail bits n pieces. Decals were straight out the box, there's only about 18 of them. Weathering was with Flory's dark grey wash, acrylic washes and then pastels after the first Matt coat, these were sealed in with another light Matt coat. Only thing I'm not 100% happy with was the canopy framing, some of the paint chipped off when removing the masking, but in 1/72 I ain't going to try and touch this up! Photo's are off the iPhone so not the best, but hope you like it, it's one slightly (very, very slightly!) closer to clearing my stash! Rgds, Eng 31 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blitz23 Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 That looks really nice, I've always liked the grey over white finish. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight_Flyer Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 Very nice build, quite a neat paint finish. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDumbrell Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Nicely finished model of the old wildcat. You've managed to capture the aircrafts ruggedness along with it's fragility from the struts and poles of the undercarriage. Very nice indeed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eng Posted January 23, 2016 Author Share Posted January 23, 2016 Thanks for the kind feedback folks, Bit disappointed with the photo's, will need to try and get some good ones if the weather improves. Eng Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmouredSprue Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Awesome model I really liked the paint job. This little gem is in my wish list. cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Great work. Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve190 Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Very nice work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelh Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Very nice. I have it too, the same version but it's sitting forlornly waiting to be finished. Time I knuckled down and completed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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