Kingfisher Over Troubled Waters

[Corsairfoxfouruncle]

Oh No ☹️

[Andwil]

Maybe you should change the name of this thread, the troubled waters bit is obviously a bit of a jinx.

 

AW

[tonyot]

Oh dear,..... call it character building,...... it could have been a lot worse,...... if you have all the parts,...... glue them back on! Looking forward to seeing the finished model.

[Beazer]

 

Well, she's back together again.

Plenty of touch ups to do but I got the rest of the PE on and primed.

I'm debating whether adding the two bomb racks but thankfully all the damage was reserved to the bottom although I hear something rattling inside the cockpit and I'm  hoping its not the .30 cal.

[Andwil]

Nice to see you have been able to effect repairs.

 

AW

[Beazer]

 

The decals are being applied.

I also airbrushed the underside in the affected areas and hand painted the blue on the roundel before glossing.  Looks much better.

[Beazer]

First the base weathering...and hoping to god i dont drop this again.

[Beazer]

Just a little bit of tidying up and a coat of that wax those Aussies put on the floats and she will be out of my hair finally!

[Beazer]

 

2 Years in the making probably $200-$300 all in.  Ol cutting edge sure did me in.

That Uschi wire I just cant get over how much it adds to the finished project and sooooo easy to deal with.  Would not use anything else.

This kit sure gave me a ton of grief and alot of curse words were used in the process.  Dropped it twice.  Had gloss coat issues and mounting that bloody float was probably the worst part.

I have another which I'm thinking will either be Chilean or Russian with another cutting edge cockpit set to go insided, Ill stick with the Edo float next time and I will certainly apply what I learned here to the next.

Thanks for letting me putting this in the group build as I know the percentage complete was riding that 25% line but in the end I think it was worth it.

[Corsairfoxfouruncle]

1 hour ago, Beazer said:

 

2 Years in the making probably $200-$300 all in.  Ol cutting edge sure did me in.

That Uschi wire I just cant get over how much it adds to the finished project and sooooo easy to deal with.  Would not use anything else.

This kit sure gave me a ton of grief and alot of curse words were used in the process.  Dropped it twice.  Had gloss coat issues and mounting that bloody float was probably the worst part.

I have another which I'm thinking will either be Chilean or Russian with another cutting edge cockpit set to go insided, Ill stick with the Edo float next time and I will certainly apply what I learned here to the next.

Thanks for letting me putting this in the group build as I know the percentage complete was riding that 25% line but in the end I think it was worth it.

Thanks for joining us and building it, it needed to be built and you did a great job even with the problems it gave you. 

[tonyot]

You`ve done a lovely job on this one and what a good save at the end,....... I do like this scheme on the old Kingfisher and you`ve replicated it superbly. 

[CliffB]

Yes, it was definitely worth all the effort