Olmec Head Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 (edited) Oh Go on Then I'll Have Go as Well A day too late, I have braved all to do the Airfix Tiger Moth: Start time is 10:23 ish on Sunday 27 December GMT. It will be the Australian version as it doesn't need any yellow strips and is therefore all one colour to paint. I have had two previous attempts at this kit and both have speared-in! So hopefully it is third time lucky, the fiddly bits won't break and I won't be trying any rigging. Edited December 28, 2020 by Olmec Head finished 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Never seen a Moth in RAAF service so looking forward to this one. Good luck Cheers Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olmec Head Posted December 27, 2020 Author Share Posted December 27, 2020 2 hours ago, JOCKNEY said: Never seen a Moth in RAAF service so looking forward to this one. Good luck Cheers Pat Thanks Pat, timings wise you may still not! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olmec Head Posted December 27, 2020 Author Share Posted December 27, 2020 Pressing on -Slow Progress Time is now 21/2 ish hours on and I am behind where I thought I could be... The cockpit is done, the instrument panels needed a bit of a trim to fit and the decals were also trimmed down as they are too large full stop. I then painted the cockpit and put in some basic Tamiya tape Sutton harness straps. The fuselage is now being mercilessly clamped as it was a bit gappy. Next will be the tailplane, the nose and lower wing. The Airfix nose has a bit of a fit problem, but I am going to go with the kit as is and not try to adapt it. That way would lead to ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Took me a while to find the fuselage hiding in your clamp collection ! Great work, keep going Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olmec Head Posted December 27, 2020 Author Share Posted December 27, 2020 Despite difficulties, our glorious maker presses on 1600 (Z) hrs - 5 and 1/2 hours on. I had forgotten that all the small struts on this kit break just by thinking of them. Pretty much each strut broke as I tried to detach them. Some I managed to fix with superglue, some were replaced with plastic strut. I know now why I swore never to try this kit again! That said this one has got further than my previous 2 attempts - look it even has the top wing balanced on prior to undercoating. I kept the outer wing strut 'strengtheners' on, although I know that they will be tedious to remove at the end without leaving little sprue stubs. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olmec Head Posted December 27, 2020 Author Share Posted December 27, 2020 State of Play at the End of Day One I was going to undercoat with Halfords Plastic primer, but that's a bit slow, so I have used Tamiya RAF Dark Green as an undecoat/ first colour. The finish should be RAAF Foliage green, I might use a Vallejo Dark Green which is a bit greener; or I will probably just do a second coat of the Tamiya. Trying to airbrush in a garage in the UK at freezing point is not ideal. Really this is like the last entry but in green and a bottle of Stilton flavoured beer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olmec Head Posted December 28, 2020 Author Share Posted December 28, 2020 Day Three Sorry Two Start It is now 10 am ish and time to continue. I will now be airbrushing on the top coat of Vallejo RAf Dark Green over the base Tamiya coat. Standby for further broadcast. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olmec Head Posted December 28, 2020 Author Share Posted December 28, 2020 Everything is Now Glued On I have put on all the bits, including the small windshields and done some touching up. Next is markings and then remove the strut strengtheners - that may be 'interesting' to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olmec Head Posted December 28, 2020 Author Share Posted December 28, 2020 Now Completed Stop the clock! 1600 (Z) hours ish The Markings are on, Airfix decals are excellent and always go on well. So I am calling this done. Thanks to Enzo for the GB. This is the third 1/72 Airfix Tiger Moth that I have started and the only one I have finished, its a finicky little kit with lots of little struts that break. Sorry, the rigging was beyond me. Tiger Moth of No.12 Local Air Supply Unit (LASU) Kiarivu Airfield PNG Aug 1945. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 It looks great! I've built all the 1/72 versions of this except this one, and after seeing your build I’m now on a very slippery slope! The foliage green looks very nice too. I might have, ahem, broken the odd strut myself... Regards, Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olmec Head Posted December 29, 2020 Author Share Posted December 29, 2020 Thanks Adrian, I remember your kits, they looked considerably better than mine. The Aussie version is a nice scheme; I have a 1/48 Airfix Tiger Moth to do sometime as a post war RAF basic trainer. The new ICM 1/32 might be interesting as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natter Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 A biplane in a blitzbuild! Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olmec Head Posted December 30, 2020 Author Share Posted December 30, 2020 Thanks Natter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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