Popular Post alxzinbox Posted February 10, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 10, 2021 (edited) Hey all, Here's my rendition of the excellent Airfix 1/72nd Bristol Beaufighter TF.X Built OOB with added rivets to fill up the large panels. I initially planned it wheels down on an airfield. I changed plans midway to depict a moment over the Channel just after the torpedo was dropped. Unfortunately mods like a head turn on the pilot, and various pitches in the control surface and the tail wheel in landing config were too late to change as I had already built and painted the model by then. Also my resident elf 'Sloppy' decided he wanted the tail gunner's machine gun for himself. It was also an experiment with liquid resin. Modeled the ocean with Plaster of Paris, made a negative with latex rubber and then poured the resin. Messy! The splash was made with cotton and white glue (also hides the deployed tail wheel and acrylic rod holding the aircraft up) Unfortunately the torpedo and all the work with the bubbles is hardly visible in the end result. The props were made by masking and spraying the black and yellow in two separate passes on clear packaging plastic. They're pretty flimsy- I need a better solution for that. Painted with Tamiya acrylic, Alclad2 Burnt Iron on the engine cowling and weathered with oils and pastels. It's a surprisingly large aircraft with a wider wingspan than the F/A-18F or Sukhoi-30! WW2 was a crazy time in engineering ingenuity. Thank you for your interest! Cheers, Alex. Edited February 10, 2021 by alxzinbox 102 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Dyck Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Hi Alex, absolut stunning! What an idea and excellent implementation! This is a really nice show stopper! I agree a little bit with the props. Always a difficult job to make it look realistic. But perhaps it will help when you look at Hyperscale site. There’s a fellow who shows his Bf-108 in flight. The solution of his props in flight looks quite convincing. The name of this fellow is Roland Sachsenhofer who also shows the technique. hope it is helpful Cheers Andy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Dyck Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 8 minutes ago, Andy Dyck said: Hi Alex, absolut stunning! What an idea and excellent implementation! This is a really nice show stopper! I agree a little bit with the props. Always a difficult job to make it look realistic. But perhaps it will help when you look at Hyperscale site. There’s a fellow who shows his Bf-108 in flight. The solution of his props in flight looks quite convincing. The name of this fellow is Roland Sachsenhofer who also shows the technique. hope it is helpful Cheers Andy this is the link. http://www.hyperscale.com/2020/features/bf108birthday48rs_1.htm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmerboy Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Superb, top class all round, the aircraft itself is really well done, great build and finish, good job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natter Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Great model and ingenious display. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanC Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Fantastic. It deserves to be used by Airfix's marketing department! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val_Ukraine Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Brilliant job! Nothing more to say! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2x4b Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 This is brilliant! Beautiful model with just the right weathering and really great looking ocean 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swralph Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Great build Alex.😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 That is superb! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Congratulations on a beautiful piece of modelling, it looks fantastic 👏 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky Keg Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 That is a great idea Alex. What an excellent way to display a Beaufighter. PS: And it looks good too 😉 Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Excellent work! I'm especially impressed with the splash effect where the torpedo entered the water. It doesn't get more realistic than that! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Outstanding 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnie Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 That is outstanding work. Well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liizio Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Top notch work. Plane looks great in itself, but the props and torpedo splash really set it apart. Real sense of speed and action! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Brilliant job on the Beaufighter and the display! I'll say I hope my model comes out half as nicely, but that's the problem - it will only be half as nice! Regards, Jason 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 This looks awesome, great idea, love the props and the splash effects, the sea looks fantastic too, great work. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsprop Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Love it! Superb way to display a model 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Beautiful build and so well displayed.. Just one pointer though, the shackles for the torpedo seem to be missing... perhaps in the drink too.🤫 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Aer Lingus Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 fantastic idea very well executed well done thanks for sharing Eamonn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alxzinbox Posted February 11, 2021 Author Share Posted February 11, 2021 On 2/9/2021 at 11:53 PM, Andy Dyck said: Thanks for the link Andy! I'm going to try this on my next build for sure! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alxzinbox Posted February 11, 2021 Author Share Posted February 11, 2021 16 hours ago, Paul J said: Beautiful build and so well displayed.. Just one pointer though, the shackles for the torpedo seem to be missing... perhaps in the drink too.🤫 Eagle eyes!! You're right- the aircraft was supposed to be build with wheels dry and the torpedo attached. So the shackles were already glued to the torpedo prior to painting. Unfortunately they got destroyed while cuttting them off. Of course, this is a grandiose excuse for not scratch building them. Thanks, Alex. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejboyd5 Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Fantastic display. Great work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyOD Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 That's a bit special. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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