gazza l Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 Hi everyone. Next off the bench is the new Airfix Tiger Moth. A nice simple kit that went together surprisingly quickly for me. Living in Cambridge all of my life I wanted to build G-AHIZ , which along with it's sister airframe G-AOEI has been burbling around the city for as long as I can remember. A couple of firsts for me making this one, rigging a bi-plane and DIY decals both of which went reasonably well. I needed to make a few modifications to accurately make G-AHIZ , this included an extended exhaust pipe, a generator on the underside, a new pitot tube assembly, a couple of whip aerials and a rear view mirror mounted on the port centre strut. Painted with Alclad semi matt silver and a mix of MRP yellow with a few drops of red for the fuselage colour. For the rigging I used EZ line Thanks for looking, gazza l Here she is in real life at Cambridge. 57 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loloskymaster Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 Really nice build! Beautiful in these civilian markings Lolo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 Superb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 Beautiful!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 Most excellent! Super clean build. Love the Tiger Moth. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 A very pretty Moth indeed! Kind regards, Joachim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold55 Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 This is a fantastic lookin aircraft! I am curious regarding the decals. If you printed them, what font were you using? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnl42 Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 Beauty! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val_Ukraine Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 WOW! She looks like real aircraft! Well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinChipmunkfan Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 That is beautifully done. Having flown IZ and EI many times you model really does justice to the real thing. I hope to have a go at building them both at some point - you have set the bar high, well done sir. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 Beautiful model, well-photographed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Riot Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 Ah that's a stunning rendition of the Tiger Moth, really neat looking scheme. It's nice you made one you see in real life, there must be quite a few still knocking around. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Law Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 Very nice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsprop Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 Love it! Great looking little Tiggie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickydicky210 Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 Fabulous Tiger Moth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 That's a lovely build, nice to see a civvy build too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petetasker Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 Lovely build 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAG058 Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 Stunning work! Great stuff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 So beautiful! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob_C Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 Well done. Excellent rigging for a first attempt. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
President Trff Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 Superb job, well done J 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza l Posted May 26, 2020 Author Share Posted May 26, 2020 17 hours ago, Harold55 said: This is a fantastic lookin aircraft! I am curious regarding the decals. If you printed them, what font were you using? Thanks Harold55. I used Bahnschrift font, not a perfect match but close enough for me. Thanks everyone for your kind comments, gazza l 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 Beautiful looking Tiger, excellent modelling ! Wulfman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shorty84 Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 Very nice, good to see an civilian livery Cheers Markus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael51 Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 A fine build and a lovely picture of the real one too. These things were all over the skies in the fifties and sixties, along with civil Ansons and Dc-3s: a wonderful time to be fascinated with aeroplanes. Your fine work brings back fond memories, Michael 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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