noelbarnes Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 This is the Airfix 1/72 Beaufighter Mkx converted to an RAAF MkIc. Modifications consisted of: 1. Removing the centre of the tail piece and trimming the mating surfaces to create the horizontal tail planes found on the MkIc 2. Adding the shortened engine intakes. (found in the kit) 3. Adding the glasshouse behind the cockpit and using the alternative piece at the rear. (found in the kit) 4. Adding DF loops under the glass house. (found in the kit) 5. Removing the Camera Aperture on the nose. 6. Adding Barracuda's treaded resin tyres. 7. DK decals (modified) for the markings. The Airfix Beaufighter is a very nice kit and the conversion is very straight forward as most of the parts are already included in the box. 65 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Beautiful Beaufighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmouredSprue Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Looks really nice mate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Beau-ti-ful! Loved the scheme and the markings! Well done! Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Nice, but why did you paint the engine central gear casings grey? In real life, they should be black. Airfix instructs you to paint them black. Just the very tip, next to the propeller is aluminum colour. Chris 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev The Modeller Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Great build mate, very nice weathering and panel lining 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Really good looking Beau! Cheers J-W 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnie Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Very nice Beau, Noel. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatFlyHalf Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Bonzer! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unfinished project Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Looks great some nice weathering brings it to life 👍👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr B Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Now this looks spiffy n nice lovely finish & great choice of markings too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckwizard Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 One of my alltime favorites perfectly done. I am totally flashed. 😍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Beautiful job on that Noel, I really like that, I'd love to get a finish like that too. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveyGair Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Top notch job, got half a dozen Beau's to do and this is inspiration to make a start! Davey. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Some great attention to detail with this lovely Beau, Noel. The weathering and overall finish (dirty but not too grubby) is a great example of effective restraint that IMO works wonderfully well. I think the readers will also enjoy seeing the TF.X photo comparison that you showed us in AMI. Two Beau-t builds!! Cheers.. Dave. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Beautiful build and finish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve27752 Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Very nice, did you do a Wip on it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelbarnes Posted July 19, 2018 Author Share Posted July 19, 2018 6 hours ago, Steve27752 said: Very nice, did you do a Wip on it? Hi Steve. Sorry mate no WIP shots of this unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacificmustang Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 A lovely build Noel. Will look out for it at SCALEACT this year Bruce 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 On 7/19/2018 at 9:58 AM, Rabbit Leader said: I think the readers will also enjoy seeing the TF.X photo comparison that you showed us in AMI. Two Beau-t builds!! Yes please, what Dave said. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonL Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 Just lovely 😍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapam Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Top stuff! Your clean technique, precision and weathering ability are obvious from the photos. Really nice portrayal of the RAAF "whispering death". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FAAMAN Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Brilliant Beau 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelbarnes Posted July 24, 2018 Author Share Posted July 24, 2018 On 7/20/2018 at 2:21 PM, stevehnz said: Yes please, what Dave said. Steve. As Requested 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Russell Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Very nicely done models. Cleanly built and just the right amount of weathering to be realistic. Good point about the gear casings 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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