TEXANTOMCAT Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Hi All, So I was drumming my fingers waiting for the new Airfix Tiger, already done the Albion Refueller for it and knew it would be here shortly so didnt want to do anything too complicated till it arrived (it has now - hurrah!) so I rummaged in the stash and found one of these little airliner kits which were free gifts in Kelloggs Cornflake packets in the 80s - I think they were tooled by Rosebud or Rareplanes, anyway I'd already done the Short Empire and the AW Atalanta so I thought I'd do their TriStar but convert it to an RAF K.1 Tanker. Went together nicely with very delicate undercarriage, fit was as you expect for a push together throwaway toy but some Mr Surfacer and PPP sorted it. I drilled out the engines and painted the engine silver and the insides white then hit it with Humbrol Ocean Grey which isnt too bad scale effect wise. The wings on a TriStar are a nightmare to paint so I compromised by spraying the whole thing silver then handpainting the wings and adding some really really thin black decal strip - actually the only thing I could find small enough were the 'barrier' lines between options on an Airfix Lanc decal sheet! Even the zigzag cheat line is there though you can't see it in the photo...hadnt any RAF titles the right size obviously so I used some scrap decals which amazingly are legible under magnification (I didnt know that til I took the photos) not sure what scale she is - I suspect at least 1/400...maybe smaller Great fun - though this may be a psychiatric cry for help... Safe safe everyone! TT 8F4F266F-2E4D-4EAD-9CC4-02A1C06BFEC6 by Ben Brown, on Flickr A08ECE1F-852E-4C0E-BCFA-6051DDBB9012 by Ben Brown, on Flickr 73580268-21C6-47DF-BB53-61EE13DC138C by Ben Brown, on Flickr 8F143C90-ED3C-40A2-B971-B2EE6CBDA904 by Ben Brown, on Flickr 25 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Nice. Though it means you have one less in the micro stash. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEXANTOMCAT Posted April 3, 2020 Author Share Posted April 3, 2020 Every journey starts with one step Pete! Thought a bit of silliness might cheer people up! 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglierating Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Does that say bucket airlines 🤣🤣🤣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightpainter Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 Now that is a tiny little bit of fun 😅 Well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head in the clouds. Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 Fair play, it's there to build so why not. Interestingly, for a throw away toy it looks better than some kits I could mention. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcNewitt Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 Absolutely superb! I know a Doctor of Psychology if required 🤣🤣 Brilliant stuff Stay safe and most of all, stay sane! Marc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkSH Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 Oh dear....I remember those! Great little build!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEXANTOMCAT Posted April 5, 2020 Author Share Posted April 5, 2020 (edited) Thanks folks- glad it made you smile! Marc- will PM if I start eyeing up kinder eggs! ATB TT Edited April 5, 2020 by TEXANTOMCAT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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