TEXANTOMCAT Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Happy new year folks. Herewith my last for 2019, or first for 2020! Another one for Sywell Aviation Museum.... In 1935 Charles Newton and Geoffrey Shaw established Midland Airways Ltd for charter and air taxi work at Sywell. In April DH.83 Fox Moth G-ABVJ (ex Skegness Aero Club/Eastern Air Transport) arrived and was put to work- she didn’t last long and was sold in July the following year and was then destroyed by fire at Brooklands that October. Midland Airways was the first commercial transport operation at Sywell Aerodrome. Colour wise only one B&W photo exists of their Fox and it’s not helpful so after consulting the experts I went with silver! This is the rather nice AVI Models 1/72 kit with Oxford vehicles and Airfix figures. The Thompson I simply matt varnished and washed and weathered. The Taxi I matt varnished the tyres and top and gave it a wash. There's no other real option in 72nd as civvy vehicles are so scarce. I used some of John's old Aeroclub reg letters which I resized on a copier and printed onto decal paper and made my own Midland Airways titles. The fuel pumps were old white metal railway ones with decals added from the spares box. I wanted to have it on a snowy base with a large reflective puddle (puddles in snow always seem to ‘shine’ more and have more depth - I guess its the amount of light reflected by the snow which causes the contrast) and it took me a while to work out how to do it- with OHP acetate- over a painted base lifted slightly with a smear of PVA to give depth- it sort of works! One for the classic kit geeks- have you spotted the spy? TT 81288398_10156855024235976_6320532627946209280_o by Ben Brown, on Flickr 81676955_10156855024090976_344142651253063680_o by Ben Brown, on Flickr 81620865_10156855024935976_3761183894255173632_o by Ben Brown, on Flickr 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastcat Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Happy New Year to you. And what a great way to start it off. Lovely little diorama, beautiful subject and great skill. Love it! Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEXANTOMCAT Posted January 10, 2020 Author Share Posted January 10, 2020 Thanks Dave! 😊 TT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tomohawk Kid Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 The representation of the wet slushy snow is outstanding. Tommo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEXANTOMCAT Posted January 16, 2020 Author Share Posted January 16, 2020 Thanks mate - I mixed a bit of lilac into the PVA (it works!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Not only a great build, but an outstanding diorama- that slushy snow on the tarmac looks positively real! Way to go! Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEXANTOMCAT Posted January 16, 2020 Author Share Posted January 16, 2020 Cheers Mike! No-one's spotted the spy yet - his cover remains intact! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptmvarsityfan Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Superb diorama and beautifully finished Fox Moth! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEXANTOMCAT Posted January 16, 2020 Author Share Posted January 16, 2020 Thank you fella! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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