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Airfix Tiger Moth 1/72 (RAF Flight Training School, 1940)


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This is my rendition of a 1940 Tiger Moth from the RAF Flight Training School. It's the 1/72 Airfix kit plus the Eduard PE set and some additional bits from the Eduard PE "stretchers and control horns" set.

 

The build was started in August 2015 as my entry to the "Tiger Moth STGB". As usual, I didn't manage to finish it in the GB's time frame and could only resume the build this year. This time, it was finished.

 

Some notable points of the build:

 

  • Extra detail from Eduard's Tiger Moth PE set
  • Extra control horns and stretchers (underside of the tail plane and inter-wing rigging stretchers from the Eduard PE "stretchers and control horns" set)
  • EZ-line for rigging and control cables
  • Control mechanism and cables for the ailerons added (underside of the fuselage, behind the landing gear)
  • Rudder deflected to the left, as usual in TMoths on the ground
  • Alclad Grey Primer
  • Paints from Gunze Aquos
  • Light weathering using dry brushing of lighter tones on wing ribs and Vallejo acrylic brown wash overall
  • Alclad Flat coat

 

The WIP thread is here.

 

Here are the pictures:

 

1. General views

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2. Rigging and control cable details

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3. Cockpit details

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4. Aileron control mechanism and actuators

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5. Landing gear details

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6. Family picture

Here we can see a Spitfire Mk. I, the Tiger Moth and a Defiant, all from 1940.

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Thank you for looking. All feedback is very welcome.

 

Cheers

 

Jaime

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Oh, my days! That is fantastic. Even in extreme closeups it’s hard to tell the scale. Excellent work!

 

I have a pair of these kits in my stash, and if they turn out half as good as this I will be very happy indeed!

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:wow: Jaime, when you deliver, you do deliver! I can't believe this is 1/72, such wonderful details! :worthy: :worthy:

 

Ciao

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That's a stunning model Jaime.

The level of detail at this scale is very impressive.

You can be rightly very proud of that - great job :) 

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@twinpin, @petetasker, @ijs302, @CedB

 

Thank you very much!

 

32 minutes ago, ijs302 said:

really nice work  hard to believe its 1/72 , how did you do that rigging something i have never been brave enought to try

I used EZ-line and CA glue to rigging and control cables. The WIP shows more detail on this:

 

Control cables for rudder, tail plane and ailerons

 

Rigging

I hope these links are helpful.

 

 

25 minutes ago, CedB said:

That's a stunning model Jaime.

The level of detail at this scale is very impressive.

You can be rightly very proud of that - great job :) 

Thank you very much Ced! I'm indeed quite happy with the result :)

 

Cheers

 

Jaime

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That is a wonderful rendition of a Tiger Moth. I am very interested in your rigging and think you have done a superb job. I find it difficult to make rigging in this scale look the correct size relative to the aircraft.  I like your colours and how you have adjusted them to be correct at this scale and finally the Alcad Matt varnish is in my opinion gives the best finish.  

Thank you for posting.  Andrew. 

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Pete @Buzby061, Chris @bigbadbadge, Davey @DaveyGair, Andrew @Bear Paw , Djordje @djos, Richard @RMCS, @Doc72, Joachim @Spitfire31

 

Thank you all for your interest and very kind words! Much appreciated!

 

1 hour ago, Bear Paw said:

I find it difficult to make rigging in this scale look the correct size relative to the aircraft.  I like your colours and how you have adjusted them to be correct at this scale and finally the Alcad Matt varnish is in my opinion gives the best finish.  

I used the finest EZ-line availble. I just used the equivalent Gunze colours to those shown in the colour scheme, applied over Alclad Grey Primer (except the yellow, which had an intermediate matte white coat applied over the primer). I didn't do any pre- or post-shading or altered the colours for scale effect. I just took care, when taking the pictures, to get the correct white balance. I agree with you regarding Alclad's Flat: after trying several makes of so-called flat coats, I think Alcad's is the best and produces the most consistent results.

 

38 minutes ago, Doc72 said:

Outstanding job, especially the rigging. Very well photographed, too!

I used my smartphone's camera in Pro Mode (a HTC U12+). I adjusted the white balance and exposure manually to get colours as close as possible to reality.

 

Cheers

 

Jaime

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