Popular Post spiton Posted February 15, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 15, 2020 (edited) Old model Airfix, completed with Valom conopy. The conopy didn't fit at all. Fuselage had to be extended by almost 3 mm. After extended fuselage, I had to make engine a little bigger. You know . Ordinery modeller work ,-) but somehow it worked out. Edited February 15, 2020 by spiton 78 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldy Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Well that's certainly knocked that old kit into shape!! Superb modelling, especially when looking at the original kit. Very nicely done! Cheers Malcolm 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natter Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Lordy. I'd never have guessed it is made from the Airfix kit unless you have mentioned it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairtrigger Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Very impressive result. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Wow, that's a brilliant rehabilitation job of that kit. Never would have guessed its origin from the excellent result. Superb job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiton Posted February 15, 2020 Author Share Posted February 15, 2020 Thank You, Thank, You ! "revitalization" of old kit, that is my favourite fun. Attention !I add some interesting photos to gallery. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedders Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Amazing. Excellent modelling. Justin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 (edited) What the others have said- if you hadn't identified it, I would guessed a 1/48 kit for sure. I really, really like the realistic staining of the paintwork! Keeping my fingers crossed that the new Airfix gets around to this one! You should be proud of this one. 👍 Mike Edited February 15, 2020 by 72modeler corrected spelling 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Amazing work. As 72modeler said above, I just assumed it was an unusually convincing 1:48th Devastator and had to double check the post heading. Impressive and inspiring! Kind regards, Joachim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mig88 Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 WOW!! Impressive job on an old kit. Great paint job. You have proven, once again, that old kits can be turned into great kits (with some work of course)! Miguel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberto Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Great work, I really like it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Joyce Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 24 minutes ago, 72modeler said: What the others have said- if you hadn't identified it, I would guessed a 1/48 kit for sure. I really, really like the realistic staining of the paintwork! Keeping my fingers crossed that the new Airfix gets around to this one! You should be proud if this one. 👍 Mike I agree completely with Mike. I'm finishing up my 48th scale Devastator and am struggling on how to weather and stain mine realistically. Yours looks great, so any tips for me would be greatly appreciated! Cheers, Mark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackson Duvalier Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Great job scrubbing up this oldie! I've got one of these and it looks pretty rough in the box, amazing what some careful modeling and a good paint job can do. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiton Posted February 15, 2020 Author Share Posted February 15, 2020 2 hours ago, Mark Joyce said: I agree completely with Mike. I'm finishing up my 48th scale Devastator and am struggling on how to weather and stain mine realistically. Yours looks great, so any tips for me would be greatly appreciated! Cheers, Mark I do shading using oil paint. I'm enbrighting panels using white undiluted oil. Then I'm brushing them with clean, dried brush to make soft edges. To dark smudges I'm using dark paint. I'm making oil stains with highly undiluted white spirit. In this model the way of proper sticking the decal on wings is very important. If you have low quality decal, it's better to paint insignia with paint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Very impressive work on this old girl! Terry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Fantastic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Who doesn’t like an old kit that’s been scrubbed up to modern day standards? That’s just fantastic work and it all looks so good in that great paint job. New tools of this and a good Dauntless are long overdue. Cheers and very well modelled.. Dave 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Law Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 That's a lot of work you have put into it. It has come out very nicely. 👍👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiton Posted February 16, 2020 Author Share Posted February 16, 2020 11 hours ago, Rabbit Leader said: Who doesn’t like an old kit that’s been scrubbed up to modern day standards? That’s just fantastic work and it all looks so good in that great paint job. New tools of this and a good Dauntless are long overdue. Cheers and very well modelled.. Dave Thank you very much for your good words. I like rivets in this old set. There was a time when we all hated rivets because we loved "sunken" panel lines. Hasegawa has the perfect standard of this convention. In this model I made a mixture of rivets - on the middle parts of the hull and some "sunken" panel lines. For example this panel between the wing and fuselage. These panels are made by attaching foil - for example, bombardier doors. And I feel that the diversity of the construction surface of this model element gives a realistic effect. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 Superb re-inventing of the Airfix oldie,great job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 Wow! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 Truly great modelling, love the weathering. Wulfman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiton Posted April 7, 2020 Author Share Posted April 7, 2020 When I started this model, I was afraid that it would not be possible to make it a good model. But I succeeded. This does not always happen. Thank you colleagues for the good word. Damn, now I see that I forgot to mount the telescope - scope, -) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickydicky210 Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 Lovely Devastator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightpainter Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 Looks really wel build! Very nice indeed! One of my favourites, I did the GWH TBD-1a with floats in 1/48 scale. Is is a larger aircraft than most think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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