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10 hours ago, Crimea River said:

Hi all. Though I'd chuck in some pics of the Beau I finished earlier in the year.

"please let me know of any suggestions for improvement"

 

You can keep chuck'n them. What a great build, a real Beaut.

 

The only thing I would suggest since you said, would be to give the props and bit more less uniform in black apart from the chipping. Lubricants and such would stain them as well as the usual grubby hands of the troops. Aircraft in that era were a very high maintenance types.

 

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Thanks very much everyone. It's my first post showing my work on this site and I'm encouraged to do more because of your kind resposnses.

 

1 hour ago, Nicofigueira said:

Beautifull job, i am planing to do the 1/72 scale airfix beaufigther soon, do you have any reference to share? your result is excellent

 

Nico

 

 

If you are planning to do a 404 Squadron bird like mine then I highly recommend that you get yourself the decal set from Aviaeology. Not only do you get a set of high quality decals for multiple aircraft but also a description of the various details associated with each. The information was invaluable to me for doing the RP's. The rest of my references were all obtained from a picture search on the net and from threads on this site (one of the reasons for joining here - such a great knowledge base!). Unfortunately one of my best sources was from this site http://www.404squadron.com/gallery1.html but it's no longer functioning. I did download a number of pics from there though and would be happy to share them for your build if you decide to go that route. I also used the sites listed below in addition to several more:

 

http://www.vintagewings.ca/VintageNews/Stories/tabid/116/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/346/Buffalo-Soldier.aspx

http://www.vintagewings.ca/VintageNews/Stories/tabid/116/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/342/Black-Buffalo.aspx

http://www.primeportal.net/hangar/azrael_raven/beaufighter_mk.xxi/index.php?Page=3

 

I'd be happy to contribute to your build in any way that I can. Let me know what you will need as it's easier for me to answer a specific request rather than post my 100+ individual files  that I've saved.

 

49 minutes ago, baldwin8 said:

The only thing I would suggest since you said, would be to give the props and bit more less uniform in black apart from the chipping. Lubricants and such would stain them as well as the usual grubby hands of the troops. Aircraft in that era were a very high maintenance types.

 

 

Excellent! Thank-you very much for your observation. I agree it's one area that I've not really thought about much, other than to add a bit of chipping to the blades (not wood ones!). I will give my props more attention in the future! 

 

Andy

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Thanks so much everyone.

 

29 minutes ago, goggsy said:

Great work, lots of little added touches that really finish it. What is the red stuff around the wing roots, some kind of sealant?

 

This represents doped fabric tape that was rather crudely applied on most 404 aircraft and others. The story goes that vibrations from the engines regularly caused the screws holding down the wing and cannon fairings to loosen so applying the pinking remedied that. Admittedly, I took a shortcut by simply applying the dope colour rather than adding a representation of the tape over the seams.

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A most beautiful job, there. Well done.

It is a shame that the http://www.404squadron.com/gallery1.html site is no longer available. I, too, have saved some of the photos from there, if anybody should need them. Aviaeology's material is quite extensive and Terry Higgins is a veritable font of knowledge. We have communicated by email a few times.

I await further masterpieces of plastic from your skillful hands.

 

 

Chris

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Thanks Chris. I acknowledge and thank-you for your contributions as well while I was putting this project together. I used your and Terry's discussions on this forum quite a bit.

 

Andy

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Smart!  I've done the same subject in 1/72 (Hasegawa and another option from the Airfix kit)and also used the excellent Aviaeology decals . Agree about the extensive detail notes in these sets , Very Highly commended. I do believe they are available via their ebay shop.

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