Beaufighter If

[Silver Fox]

I was asked by the local air museum to built a radar equipped fighter as part of their Radar exhibition. An all black Beaufighter festooned with radar aerials  seemed like a good fit.

 

Pretty much out of the box with Ultracast seats and exhausts. I'm not convinced that the codes should b red but I was on a tight deadline so went with the it supplied ones. It'll get battered Once its there so I'm not worrying too much

 

The overall finish is Tamiya black with patches of NATO Black and Panzer Grey but the flash has evened out the tones.

 

The kit was a pleasure to built, it is a bit simplified but That worked in my favour.

 

Thanks for looking

[Vinnie]

Very nice looking Beau.

[Muddyf]

Lovely looking Beau.

[Corsairfoxfouruncle]

Good looking Beaufighter

[camper1]

Its not a jet, it's not silver has someone cloned you Andy?

It's very nice though.

[fubar57]

Very nice

[stevej60]

Great looking Beau!

[tonyot]

Looks great and I think you are right about applying red codes,........ quite a well known aircraft. Gotta love a Beau in black!

 

Cheers

            Tony

[Horatio Gruntfuttock]

That is one beau Beau - lovely finish and I agree that the red should be a bit toned down but that's the way the decals come.

[Silver Fox]

Thank you for the kind comments folks, I delivered it to the museum last night and by now it will have been broken.

[stevehnz]

You appear to be coping with the likely demise of this kit, albeit maybe only partially, with far more equanimity than I would Andy. I'm guessing that in truth it should have had flat tail panes but such a detail would have seemed unimportant in view of what awaited it, I surely applaud you for making such a super job in the circumstances.
Steve.

Edited October 11, 2018 by stevehnz

[Silver Fox]

Steve,

 

I thought the same about the tailplanes,  but  there is a good picture of her flying with the tailplanes with dihedral.

 

As to the likely damage, thr chaps at the museum as more used to working with big lumps of metal, so little plastic kits are  treated in the same way.   If it makes it into the cabinet in one piece it will be fine.

[stevehnz]

29 minutes ago, Silver Fox said:

there is a good picture of her flying with the tailplanes with dihedral.

Thanks for putting me right on that, I shall have to do some swot as to when the transition occurred , I don't think I realised it was when the NF Ifs were still in night.

Steve.

[Silver Fox]

Steve,

 

as far as I can see V8324 was in the transition batch between the Mk I and the Mk VI so I suppose some of the improvements were built into them on the production line.

 

Andy