azureglo Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 This was a cheap and cheerful kick-start to "ye flagging mojo:" Pulled an Airfix Hurricane gift set out out of the stash and did it as the Science Museum example. WIP here. Paints are Mr Color, OOB except for some Eduard belts. This proved to me that you can easily build an acceptable ( to my standards) model in a few days if you really want...something to remind me to JFDI instead of whinging about depleted mojos... And while I was shooting it with my Udet racer, made rat-a-tat noises and getting it way too close to my BoB 109E ( complete with invisible pilots @Mike)) Thanks for looking in, Cheers Anil 36 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt_w Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 Nice clean build, Looks great! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 Excellent build of a Hurricane 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 Excellent finish what a great way to restore your mojo! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairtrigger Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 Lovely clean build... I like that a lot... Done the same model but made mine too weathered on reflection. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbie(kinda) Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 Four days, you say? I HATE YOU!! I don't think I need elaborate...! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 15 minutes ago, Newbie(kinda) said: Four days, you say? I HATE YOU!! I don't think I need elaborate...! Filler? We don' need no steenkin' filler! Mike 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Wonderful work 👌 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azureglo Posted August 20, 2018 Author Share Posted August 20, 2018 12 hours ago, 72modeler said: Filler? We don' need no steenkin' filler! Mike Sez you. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
06/24 Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Lovely Hurri. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ-WobblyHands Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 that is a nice Hurricane .. 4 days well done It takes me that long to decide which model I will start (I only have 4 in stash at the moment!) , then another 4 days to open the box and extract the instructions , 4 more days watching random you tube videos on painting / weathering tanks even though I only build aircraft, you know how it goes.... So unlike 40+ years ... 4 hours , it would have been built, my parents would have removed glue and paint from furniture / floor and me - I would be running round the garden thinking I was a fighter ace before falling over and breaking something ... 'dad where's the glue' - those were the days. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 8 hours ago, azureglo said: Sez you. Looks like just enough filler for a 1/72 Mach 2 kit! Mike 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapam Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 Great work. Four days? I would take four weeks (maybe even four months) and still not do as clean a build as yours. Well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azureglo Posted August 21, 2018 Author Share Posted August 21, 2018 On 8/20/2018 at 1:09 PM, RJ-WobblyHands said: It takes me that long to decide which model I will start (I only have 4 in stash at the moment!) , then another 4 days to open the box and extract the instructions , 4 more days watching random you tube videos on painting / weathering tanks even though I only build aircraft, you know how it goes.... So unlike 40+ years ... 4 hours , it would have been built, my parents would have removed glue and paint from furniture / floor and me - I would be running round the garden thinking I was a fighter ace before falling over and breaking something ... 'dad where's the glue' - those were the days. @RJ-WobblyHands Azureglo's new improved method for kit building: 1: Check what paints and masks you have in stock 2: Pick suitable kit 3: Build it like a sonovabitch and don't get too precious, use etch belts if you have them, otherwise, who'e gonna look inside the canopy of a 1/72 kit? 4: Shove it on a stand, take some iffy photos , bung said on BM then go to the fridge and award yourself the following: 5: Repeat until display cabinet filled 6: Buy another display cabinet and repeat steps 1-6 Alternatively, you could join @bootneck's procrastinating modelers club, when he gets around to setting it up... Cheers 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azureglo Posted August 21, 2018 Author Share Posted August 21, 2018 On 8/19/2018 at 11:16 PM, Hairtrigger said: Lovely clean build... I like that a lot... Done the same model but made mine too weathered on reflection. I only did this clean because it was to represent the Science Museum exhibit. If I was to do another, I'd probably go for the full weathered, chipped etc as well...I can do filthy but its nice to have a few pristine jobbies in the cabinet Cheers Anil 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairtrigger Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 I prefer yours, I'm going for the unweathered finish in future. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikolay Polyakov Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 Superb work, an excellent Hurricane! 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winenut Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 Great work on a quick build. My 1/72 kits languish for 4 months before completion! I particularly like your stands. Do you make them? Buy them? How are the models attached?? Quite interested Cheers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 That's beautifully finished Anil,just shows it's not all about pre-shading,weathering and washes which we all seem to get obsessed with most of the time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azureglo Posted September 2, 2018 Author Share Posted September 2, 2018 22 hours ago, Winenut said: Great work on a quick build. My 1/72 kits languish for 4 months before completion! I particularly like your stands. Do you make them? Buy them? How are the models attached?? Quite interested Cheers I make them and here are some shots of how it works. The parts are 6 mm rod, acrylic blocks and disk magnets all available on ebay. The hard part is drilling the acrylic block and I use these drills plus a drill press- look on youtube but be very careful and use eye protection and a drill press/mounted drill, acrylic is very tough. To glue on I use 5 minute epoxy for both attaching to the plane and stand Check the centre of gravity when positioning the planes magnet (with blutack) or you might have a CFIT incident Done right you can pick up the model and the stand comes with it 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azureglo Posted September 2, 2018 Author Share Posted September 2, 2018 17 hours ago, stevej60 said: That's beautifully finished Anil,just shows it's not all about pre-shading,weathering and washes which we all seem to get obsessed with most of the time. Hear, hear, the "Spanish School" and their" tanks in muddy winter" grade weathering have made many a hapless kit look implausible and unattractive, then again the eye of the beholder? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG X Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 I love the 'dogfight' Anil and the use of magnets is very inventive 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azureglo Posted September 10, 2018 Author Share Posted September 10, 2018 31 minutes ago, BIG X said: I love the 'dogfight' Anil and the use of magnets is very inventive Cheers Big X, its great fun to do and I hate making ugly holes in models Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG X Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 5 hours ago, azureglo said: Cheers Big X, its great fun to do and I hate making ugly holes in models It is very elegant - magic things magnets - love em 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natter Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 In four days? Top skills. Haven't heard JFDI for a while either! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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