MarkSH Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 Hello all, Here is my recently completed effort for the Carriers Ahoy! group build in the form of the vintage Inpact 1/48th scale Fairey Flycatcher from 1968. The kit is nicely moulded and stands up well against some more modern kits especially the texture on the fabric areas of the airframe. I have replaced the kit decals with my own home print efforts, except the fuselage band which I hand painted along with most of the model with the exception of the metal parts of the aircraft which are completed with Bare Metal Foil. I used the kit supplied Kleintex rigging thread but added my own 'turnbuckles' from aluminium tubing. I Thoroughly enjoyed building this old kit, so much so I recently acquired the Bristol Bulldog albeit in the more recent boxing by Pyro. The Build thread is here: Cheers, Mark. 37 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artie Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 Amazing...!!!! Looks really nice, that rigging is perfect...Did you use the kit's dry transfers, or are they normal decals?????? Hats off...!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkSH Posted June 10, 2018 Author Share Posted June 10, 2018 5 minutes ago, Artie said: Amazing...!!!! Looks really nice, that rigging is perfect...Did you use the kit's dry transfers, or are they normal decals?????? Hats off...!!! Thanks Artie, the decals are my own home print efforts, the kit decals were not really useable. Cheers, M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Moon Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 That’s a beautiful model. I’m going to read your wip now and may even resurrect my Inpact Bulldog 🙂👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invidia Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 Looks fantastic, need to get mine out and finish it!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 Superb Flycatcher! The rigging looks great and the Bare Metal Foil gives just the right contrast to the doped surfaces. A 50 years old kit – so what, in skilled hands… Kind regards, Joachim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 Beautiful work, well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 What a great model. I was following your WIP. I have one part built in the pending pile. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 Very nice looking Interwar RAF subject 👍 Excellent work on everything. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristol boy Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 looks excellent, you may have tempted me to get my Pyro version out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkSH Posted June 10, 2018 Author Share Posted June 10, 2018 2 minutes ago, bristol boy said: looks excellent, you may have tempted me to get my Pyro version out. Do it! you won't be disappointed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForestFan Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 Blooming excellent! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJP Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 Very nicely done model and interesting WIP CJP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiton Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 wow !!! One of my favourite plane !!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Beautiful job, it looks like a modern kit. Amazing how nay of us seem to have one in the stash or part started. I' have one as well,, I'll have to start it now! Cheers John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matti64 Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 A beautiful model from a great kit. I'm always surprised that one doesn't see more of them built, it's a perfect between the wars subject. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightersweep Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Flawless! Wonderful build of a nice old kit. Just goes to show that it doesn't always have to be a bang up to date, state of the art Tamigawa wunder kit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cngaero Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 That's a fine piece of modelling. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kratters Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 The intention was to share scans of the instructions for the INPACT 1/48 kit of the Fairey Flycatcher. The Inpact plans have detailed instructions for how to rig the model and I thought these might be useful to someone. So all the pages were duly scanned and colour-corrected to be crisp and legible, but I have been defeated by the directions on how to to insert other media. It seems that you have to subscribe to Photobucket or to have posted your images somewhere else in order to retrieve them from there. Nothing as simple as adding an attachment or dragging and dropping. The kit was bought more than 15 years ago. It had been partially assembled but all the parts were there. The greaseproof paper had turned brown and the decal sheet showed signs of yellowing. Inpact supplied a black plastic stand and the decal sheet had a nameplate. This was cut in half and the half was placed in water and curled up. It was then left to uncurl on the desk and slid onto the baseplate perfectly without any signs of fracturing. Amazing that after all these years the decals behaved as if the kit had just been bought yesterday. No need to leave them to bleach in sunlight or give them a coat of varnish and no need go to Hannants to look for a new set of transfers. Surely this kit is at least 50 years old. Does anyone know exactly when it was first released? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob G Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 39 minutes ago, Kratters said: Surely this kit is at least 50 years old. Does anyone know exactly when it was first released? 1968, apparently. https://www.scalemates.com/kits/170794-inpact-kits-p204-fairey-flycatcher 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 Hi Mark. I managed to miss this the firsrt time around but I am glad someone has posted more recently. What a fantastic result! Beautifully built, rigged and painted! Superb modelling! Kind regards, Stix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britman Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 Smashing build of a smashing kit. Definitely worth grabbing one if one fancies this era. Keith. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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