1/72 Novo Beaufighter Coastal Command

[Linescriber]

An old Novo 1/72 Beaufighter with aftermarket decals finished as a Coastal Command Torpedo and rocket armed aircraft. the panel lines are pencil and chalk. All hand painted with Tamiya acrylics. Figure and jeep are Airfix, the truck is an old unnamed metal kit. The grass is some Czhek ready made mat and hangar printed off the net!! the base is mine!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[John_W]

Beautiful Build. Unfortunately the Sperry Autopilot (The bulge on top of the nose) was only fitted to the Australian Mk 21.

[Greg Law]

That must have been a challenge to build. Well done. I think it would be best to loose the bulge on the nose. Not only is it wrong for the type, it looks too big.

[Fat Squid]

A great build from an old and basic kit. 

[Trenton guy]

Terrific job on an old kit. Who needs Hasegawa when you have that much skill.

[dogsbody]

3 hours ago, John_W said:

Beautiful Build. Unfortunately the Sperry Autopilot (The bulge on top of the nose) was only fitted to the Australian Mk 21.

 

Also it would not have carried both torpedo and rockets. It's one or the other.

 

Other than that, you've done a great job on a crappy old kit. I chucked mine away years ago, after Hasegawa first released theirs and I acquired one. You diorama skills are impressive as well.

 

 

 

Chris

[RidgeRunner]

Well, I like it

 

Martin

[Linescriber]

5 hours ago, dogsbody said:

 

Also it would not have carried both torpedo and rockets. It's one or the other.

 

Other than that, you've done a great job on a crappy old kit. I chucked mine away years ago, after Hasegawa first released theirs and I acquired one. You diorama skills are impressive as well.

 

 

 

Chris

Thanx Chris, I just went with this illustration

[tomthounaojam]

Very Nice, Sir, Location:Moscow lol 

[phildagreek]

Nice!

[stevehnz]

8 hours ago, Linescriber said:

Thanx Chris, I just went with this illustration

 

The cover illustration comes form the box art of the old Airfix dog fight double Beau & Bf 109. As such a bit fanciful perhaps. Some discussion on the subject with illustrations of the actual machine, which seems to have been a rocket Beau. Its a nice looking model & cracking little dio too.  

Steve.

Edited May 20, 2019 by stevehnz

[Hobo]

Looks great! I like the dioramas - very realistic. Proof that the old kits can be made into nice models. Love the Frog kits!

Edited May 20, 2019 by Hobo

[Linescriber]

Thanx for the kind words folks!!

[Sky Keg]

Well done.  An “ugly” airplane made “beautiful”!!!!!!  It`s not easy to have “ugly” and “beautiful” in the same sentence.

 

I like it!!!!! 😎

[F-32]

Love that, really nice work

[Linescriber]

Thanx guys!!

[Meatbox8]

Amazing what you've achieved for this old kit.  Never built it myself but judging by comments from others it's pretty horrid.  This is a very interesting scheme for a Beau.  I believe it was pretty short lived. 

[Hairtrigger]

As a Frog enthusiast, I think it's a really great result..    

[Linescriber]

Thankyou gentlemen!!

[Doccur]

Kudos to you sir! Hand painting Tamiya takes a great deal of skill

[wellsprop]

Looks absolutely great to me, particularly in the diorama!