Enzo the Magnificent Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 My third build in this groupbuild is an F.22. This is using the Airfix 1/48 Mk.22 kit. This kit was, in my opinion, the best thing that Airfix ever did in the company's original life. When it was released in 1996, this kit was a revelation. Airfix had put so much thought into the engineering that they could also release a second boxing depicting a Seafire FR.47. Nearly a quarter of a century later, the kit still stands comparison with the best of modern kits - not just thse from Airfix! I should really be building from The Stash. About fifteen years ago, Hannants were offering some kits in what Eduard would nowadays term "overtrees" form. The kits were bagged with no instructions or decals and were offered for 5 quid each! I bought half a dozen. Three of them are still in The Stash somewhere, but can I find them?!?!?! I can not! Therefore, this is the latest release from Airfix. I shall be depicting the boxart option. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanjuro Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 That must be one hell of a stash. 😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted April 10, 2020 Author Share Posted April 10, 2020 6 hours ago, Sanjuro said: That must be one hell of a stash. 😁 Just a measure of how disorganised it is... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 hey arn't you meant to be finishing some builds somewhere else!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 5 hours ago, trickyrich said: hey arn't you meant to be finishing some builds somewhere else!!! He probably has and we're about to be treated to a massive update plus gallery photos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 Arrr an Enzo update!!!! forgot about those! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted April 11, 2020 Author Share Posted April 11, 2020 I'm right here, yannow! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted July 5, 2020 Author Share Posted July 5, 2020 Why have I not updated this thread since the GB started? Falling back into bad habits... Well, here are the sprues. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted July 5, 2020 Author Share Posted July 5, 2020 First step is to build the wings. And then move onto the cockpit. A lot of stupidity went on here. I sprayed the cockpit interior and then promptly lost the fuselage halves. Couldn't find them anywhere!!! I then found the overtrees kits in The Satsh and robbed the fuselage halves from one of them, which explains the darker grey plastic. At this point I found the missing fuselage halves... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted July 5, 2020 Author Share Posted July 5, 2020 Fuselage and wing joined. Cleaned up, with the huge rudder added. Various greeblies added and then primed with black auto primer from a rattle can. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted July 5, 2020 Author Share Posted July 5, 2020 The colour scheme is High Speed Silver, not natural metal. HSS was an aluminium paint, which tended to fade quickly to a semi-matt finish. I used aluminium auto paint. And to break up the finish slightly, I highlighted some of the panel lines with a very light spray of Alclad dark aluminium. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterB Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 (edited) At this rate there will be more Mk 22 in this GB than were actually built by Supermarine!😁 Pete Edited July 5, 2020 by PeterB 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted July 10, 2020 Author Share Posted July 10, 2020 Stickers on... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 On 7/5/2020 at 4:33 PM, Enzo Matrix said: A lot of stupidity went on here. I sprayed the cockpit interior and then promptly lost the fuselage halves. Couldn't find them anywhere!!! Didn't realise interior grey green was such a good camouflage colour! On 7/5/2020 at 4:33 PM, Enzo Matrix said: I then found the overtrees kits in The Satsh and robbed the fuselage halves from one of them, which explains the darker grey plastic. At this point I found the missing fuselage halves... So now this is a double-build, right? W.W.E.M.D Oh, erm... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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