Seafire 47 OOB, not bad for a 1996 kit

[Collin]

Airfix 1/48 Seafire 47 OOB, original 1996.  For a kit this old....it builds very very nicely. 

 

This for sure is a 3 footer.  Painted the stripes.  Kit moved along pretty well until I got to the decals.  Had a set of the aftermarket PMA (PMAD017) and they were complete garbage.  Every decal shattered hitting the water.  So out came the 26 year old decals and man that was a tough road.  Each and every decal needed ~10 minutes to just come off the paper, and any modern day decal setting solution had zero affect on them.  Some silvered, some just simply wouldn't stick.  Toward the end I just wanted to finish, which caused me to paint the nav lights backwards. 

 

Another COVID build for the work display.

 

Cheers

Collin

[Nachtwulf]

Very nicely done! I like the late mark Spits!

[Grey Beema]

Lovely finish on your Seafire.  Not too weatherbeaten, I like it..

[Vlad]

I think it turned out exceptionally well despite the troubles you mentioned. A wonderful, clean and crisp build of a very good looking plane, and there's just something inherently cool about contra-rotating propellers.

Edited May 17, 2020 by Vlad

[Vinnie]

That's a cracking model regardless of it's age.👍

[SAT69]

Very well done. Those old kits have a lot of value if handled right.