Popular Post tonyot Posted May 4, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 4, 2020 (edited) Hiya Folks, Well what a lovely little kit this is and it deserves to sell well indeed,..... the new Airfix 1/48th scale Tiger Moth. I have to say that the fuselage struts are very weak and one of them had already snapped on the sprue, while another snapped during construction,....... in a similar manner to the interplane struts on my smaller 1/72nd kits,....almost as if they were all hollow inside! That bugbear aside,.... I loved it and have already started my second one,..... plus it allowed me to beat my mental block towards rigging which last lasted well over 2 years and might have something to do with the 1/72nd Airfix Tiggie! My model represents an aircraft from 727 NAS based at RNAS Gosport in the early post war years....... in 1948 the unit changed to the post war standard Fleet Air Arm numerical unit codes 220+ with GJ station codes on the tail and the wartime C Type roundels eventually gave way to the post war style too. The model was painted with Humbrol 24 Trainer Yellow from a (now very rare!) rattle can,..... this colour has now been dropped from the Humbrol spray can range,...... but please bring it back as for modellers like myself who don`t airbrush,..... colours like this are impossible to paint well otherwise! Here is a WIP; And here is the Model; I`m lucky enough to have flown in one of these at Duxford,... and that was a fantastic treat, just like this kit! Cheers Tony Edited May 5, 2020 by tonyot 92 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmerboy Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 That’s a real gem of a model, beautifully done, good job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted May 4, 2020 Author Share Posted May 4, 2020 7 minutes ago, Farmerboy said: That’s a real gem of a model, beautifully done, good job! Thanks mate,..... it is a lovely kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick b Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 Lovely model Tony and curious about the rattle can being deleted? I always wonder why Humbrol don’t do RAF interior green as a spray can, would save so much time ! 😀 Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnl42 Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 Lovely aircraft and fine build! BTW, the title has 1/48, but your text has "the new Airfix 1/72nd Tiger Moth". I expect the latter is a typo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted May 4, 2020 Author Share Posted May 4, 2020 51 minutes ago, mick b said: Lovely model Tony and curious about the rattle can being deleted? I always wonder why Humbrol don’t do RAF interior green as a spray can, would save so much time ! 😀 Mike Thanks Mike,........ yeah I know,..... and I always thought that RAF Interior Grey Green would be a big seller too,...... just zap those sprues and off you go! I`ve e mailed Humbrol asking if they will look at re introducing Trainer Yellow,..... I suppose if enough people do it they might reconsider? 48 minutes ago, dnl42 said: Lovely aircraft and fine build! BTW, the title has 1/48, but your text has "the new Airfix 1/72nd Tiger Moth". I expect the latter is a typo. Thanks mate and yeah,...just a typo,...... thanks for pointing it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickydicky210 Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 Stunning Tiger Moth Tony, thanks for showing us this new kit so soon 👏👏👏 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted May 4, 2020 Author Share Posted May 4, 2020 8 minutes ago, trickydicky210 said: Stunning Tiger Moth Tony, thanks for showing us this new kit so soon 👏👏👏 No worries Rich,..... glad you like it, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Roberts Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 Lovely build Tony, she looks great! Also good to hear it builds as well as it looks. Thanks for posting 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveyGair Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 Lovely job. I must admit, yellows and reds do airbrush better than with the 'manual' kind, in my experience anyway. Davey. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangor Lad Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 Lovely build and as you say Airfix deserve to sell a few. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted May 4, 2020 Author Share Posted May 4, 2020 26 minutes ago, DaveyGair said: Lovely job. I must admit, yellows and reds do airbrush better than with the 'manual' kind, in my experience anyway. Davey. Thanks Davey,...... not using an air brush I wouldn`t know mate. 34 minutes ago, Peter Roberts said: Lovely build Tony, she looks great! Also good to hear it builds as well as it looks. Thanks for posting Thanks Peter,...... just beware of those centre section struts,..... they are very fragile and one set was already snapped on the sprue,....... I glued them loads of times but they kept snapping again. 25 minutes ago, Bangor Lad said: Lovely build and as you say Airfix deserve to sell a few. Cheers mate and yes I hope they do,........ I look forward to seeing if Airfix release any different boxings with more marking options. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 Exceptional build and the chipped paint look is very realistic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted May 4, 2020 Author Share Posted May 4, 2020 12 minutes ago, SAT69 said: Exceptional build and the chipped paint look is very realistic. Cheers mate,...... I was going for a well used but not over grubby look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Dog Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 Having built a few of their 1/72 Tiger Moths (and I can attest to the flimsyness of those struts) I may have to go and get myself a 1/48 version. Thanks for posting and for the heads up on possible problems. She's a ripper. Well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
85sqn Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 Well done Tony, a really lovely job you've done there! I need to crack on with mine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunny Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 Beautifully done Tony - I might have to get one of these! Glad you broke the rigging hoodoo - Walrus next?! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Perren Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 Fantastic result. I can't wait to build one of these. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElectricLightAndy Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 I love this, it's just so perfect and yeah, yellow is a right bugger to paint well! But this is flawless! Andy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigster Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 I was wondering for a while, how come, there are no builds of this kit. Well... Mr tonyot to the rescue :-) Thanks Tony! It looks very nice after your works on it. I guess, the rest of buyers of this kit put it in an ever growing pile of boxes :-)) Many of them claimed to buy several. Zig 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 That's a beautiful model Tony. We used to get loads of these flying over our house in the 50's from Southend airport. Nice one. Certa Cito. John. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEXANTOMCAT Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 Super build I enjoyed mine too! Completely agree with the discontinued production of Humbrol Acrylic 24 spray - now rocking horse and one of the most useful colours in the range (their cans also spray very well IMHO)! I managed to buy up a stash from an aviation museum when I realised🙂 well done! TT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichieW Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 How lovely! Makes me want to book a flight in one as soon as lockdown is over. I used to teach an elderly lady who in her youth flew them from Biggin Hill. "That was proper flying" she used to say. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beastieboy Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 great build and paint finish, cracking job 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza l Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 Very nice work. What did you use for the rigging? it looks perfectly in scale. gazza l 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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