Rich F Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Evening All, To say I'm glad to move this one of the workbench is a bit of understatement! It had been sat on the shelf of doom for almost a decade and then I had a spurt of enthusiasm, or is that stupidity to get it finished. Definitely not one of best efforts, I'll put that down to repeatedly losing interest in it. Either way I'm pleased its finally finished 🙂 For those interested, the WIP is here Thanks for looking! 47 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham T Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 A complete stunner! I'd be extremely proud of that, especially knowing what a struggle the kit is! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnT Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 There is a fine line between insanity and genius but that build of a notoriously problematic kit is well into the genius side. Nice one 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binbrook87 Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 I think you're being a bit hard on yourself there. That's a beauty! Lovely work on the paint scheme especially the dayglo red which has turned out superbly. Great job... Thanks for sharing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenko Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Perfection ............................... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 All of the comments above are totally accurate and your efforts deserve the highest praise. I happily add my praise to the list. Exceptionally well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForestFan Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Yep that’s a very nice build. Perhaps one day Airfix will bless us with one in 48 scale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britman Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Considering what you had to work with , it's come out great. Keith 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 That's a truly delectable finish! Kind regards, Joachim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bell209 Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 Nice to see it finished, Rich! I suffered many of the same struggles with my build - I hope to finish it before long, too! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 Wow! Great result the Vampire trainer has such subtle shape and charm around the cockpit! you captured it perfectly! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 Looks great and I like the RN scheme too. How did you find the fit of the canopy? Afterdry fitting mine this put me off and I put it back in the box again, Cheers Tony 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 Excellent build and finish, well worth the effort ! Wulfman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael-S Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 Superb! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich F Posted October 21, 2020 Author Share Posted October 21, 2020 Thanks for all the kind comments everyone. I think the reason I'm not that impressed with this one is that I've spent so long looking at the damn thing! 8 hours ago, tonyot said: Looks great and I like the RN scheme too. How did you find the fit of the canopy? Afterdry fitting mine this put me off and I put it back in the box again, Cheers Tony Cheers Tony, mines got a vacuform with flightpath framing so I dont know how the fit was with the original canopy but i will say that me and vacuform canopies dont get along. I find them hard work and also I've noticed that over time it is started to yellow so i will staying away from them in the future! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 Fantastic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeC Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 Very nicely done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 Looks flipping awesome, I do like the Navy scheme too. Great work, you have fought well. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsprop Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 Looks excellent to me! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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