stevej60 Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 Hi folk's another for the kit you built as a kid GB,not my best moment in plastic it was a bit troublesome in places and the glazing very disappointing I was glad to get her finished but good practice for a couple of later mark's for the BoB GB next week,apologies to luftwaffe fan's the decals were shot so cobbled national insignia together for a pre=delivery aircraft and at the time of building was out of most paints so colours a bit iffy! 54 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 Very nice build on the old Dornier, pre-war bomber colours much more attractive than WW2 bomber colours. Wulfman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeddahbill Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 Splendid build on such an old kit! It is difficult to manage such nice results from ancient Airfix plastic! Well done . . . Bill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 Isn't it great when you make do with what you have (kit, paint, decals, etc.) and the end result is very satisfying? Excellent build. Like the color scheme. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnie Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 I've no idea on the colour scheme accuracy, but it looks pretty good to me.👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 Very nicely done, she looks great. I've got the same boxing in the stash. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 I remember that kit in its light blue plastic so well… You've made an excellent, clean job out of it and, like others, I think that the prewar camo is very attractive and suits the Dornier like hand in glove. Nice! Kind regards, Joachim 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 Hi Steve, great job, and the color scheme is very convincing. Well done! I have just looked at my own kit, which is one of the original boxing, light blue plastic and all! Conclusion, you have done a sterling job to make your model look so good. Congrats JR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 Nice to see an almost forgotten kit by Airfix. I only ever built one... never knew what happened to it. I always thought it one of the better Airfix kits of the time along with the Marauder for example. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigglesof266 Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 Very nicely presented. Love the paint job. The sight of that particular shade of light blue plastic that Airfix throughout that era that era, predominantly for German subjects initially, brought back memories. The texture of it was nicer to model with than the brittle black plastic they used for Brit heavies e.g. Lancaster & Wellington at the time, or -not as brittle- shiny dark grey plastic so predominant throughout the early 1960s. e.g. C-47, B-17G, B-24J, Typhoon, Ju 87B, Hawker Hart. Later '60s, I recall their Ju 88A-4, along with their then new Pe 2 and Blenheim Mk IV all being in that blue plastic -if memory serves accurately? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Law Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 Well done Steve. I built that one back in the eighties. It was one of my favorites. Pity the decals let you down. Still it is an excellent result. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 Cracking job Steve! I'm another who has boyhood memories of this kit in it''s lovely light blue plastic (same as the JU88 IIRC) and I also fondly remember building it in an afternoon, leaving it light blue and just sticking the transfers on. In a fit of nostalgia I bought the new tool kit on release only to be disappointed that it was in dull grey plastic and had so many parts that I still haven't finished it! I also have no idea if your colours are 'correct', but personally I think they look great! Lovely model! Keith 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky Keg Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Wow Steve!!! I would have jumped off of the bridge upon opening the box. You have made the old gal look pretty darn good my friend!!!!!! Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryanm Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 Great result and nice early splinter scheme from a near-forgotten kit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 Really nice `FlyingPencil` there Steve, great job 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Poultney Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 (edited) I've got this kit but the decals were more than unusable.... still got no decals on it... Your build looks great Edited July 8, 2020 by Adam Poultney 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 Lovely build and a great paint scheme, not one you see very often 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mig88 Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 Brings back memories... I built this one too! Very nicely finished regardless! Miguel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanC Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 Blimey Steve, you're a one-man Classic Airfix Kit building machine !! Super job, as ever. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 That looks (as usual) fantastic. I do wish you'd stop turning these old kits into masterpieces & then I could stop trying to find them. These had such brilliant schemes. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanC Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 37 minutes ago, stevehnz said: That looks (as usual) fantastic. I do wish you'd stop turning these old kits into masterpieces & then I could stop trying to find them. These had such brilliant schemes. Steve. Annoying isn't it? I scour ebay for old classics like this for a cheap nostalgia build but invariably end up missing out when they get snapped up by collectors. Or Steve. 😀 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 58 minutes ago, IanC said: I scour ebay for old classics like this for a cheap nostalgia build Unfortunately those two seem to be mutually exclusive. It sure isn't me winning them, I'm much too tight to out bid anybody else. Steve. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aces High Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 Nice work, the pre war camo looks great! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigglesof266 Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 12 hours ago, stevehnz said: Unfortunately those two seem to be mutually exclusive. It sure isn't me winning them, I'm much too tight to out bid anybody else. Steve. Same here stevehnz. Certainly locally on AU eBay, anything Airfix of yore regardless of condition is advertised today as "Vintage" is invariably accompanied by an exploitive price (attempt). Just as invariably, happy to live with the good memory rather than turn it into a bad one, I pass. Difficult to comprehend that there are actually bidders who will pay those silly prices asked. 🙃 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted July 11, 2020 Author Share Posted July 11, 2020 22 hours ago, IanC said: Annoying isn't it? I scour ebay for old classics like this for a cheap nostalgia build but invariably end up missing out when they get snapped up by collectors. Or Steve. 😀 I,ve been looking for a certain kit for a while and bid on one of two last week prepared to go to a tenner,as soon as it went to £10:50 I gave up the chase and turned to the other which was still sitting at £3:00 or make offer no bidder's with two day's to go as I was about to start bidding it flashed up "ended" ,He'd only accepted a three quid offer on it so someone got a new tool Airfix Skyhawk very cheap!Last weeks haul was a Matchbox Shar for a fiver and an Emhar Fury for eight quid! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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