reini Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 Bristol Beaufighter Mk.VI Kit: Tamiya Bristol Beaufighter Mk.VI (#61053) Scale: 1/48 Paints: Vallejo Model Air, Vallejo Metal Colour Weathering: Flory Models Wash, oil paints, Mig & Tamiya weathering products, A superb kit by Tamiya, a pleasure to build. I went quite heavy with the weathering, with chipping and oil paints. This plane represents those that flew anti-ship missions from Malta - which might have worn coastal command topside colours instead of desert colours, but with azure blue undersides. Images show the colours bit more blue as they are in real life and the colours shifted quite far from the original paint colours due to heavy oil paint weathering. But this was more of a product of having fun rather than trying to acquire 100% historical accuracy. I had fun with it, so mission succesful I suppose? Built for MTO GB - but missed the deadline. Feel free to comment & offer constructive criticism. Partial WIP thread can be found here: 62 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve27752 Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 A very nice ‘Whispering Death’. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmerboy Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 That’s looks superb, and the figure painting looks jaw droppingly good, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackson Duvalier Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 (edited) I'm with Peter-- the figures are a smashing addition to an excellent model. Tamiya always do a good job with human faces. Edited March 8, 2021 by Jackson Duvalier English 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swralph Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 Excellent finish Reini.😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnie Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 Outstanding work, Reini. I agree with the others, your figure painting is superb. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzby061 Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 A great build of one of my favourite aircraft. First class job on the figures too. Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 That's superb weathering, one of the best Beaus I've come across, great inspiration 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George72 Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 this is really good!! Weathering is just perfect!! Congrats! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dansk Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 Beautiful work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joao Augusto Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 Beautiful Beau. Congrats! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 Beautiful build, great colour scheme. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 That's a brilliant job on that Beaufighter! I do like that paint scheme - very unusual! Regards, Jason 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Brantley Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 Fantastic work! Man, those figures look great; I wish I had that sort of skill. Bravo indeed! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiseca Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 That really does look nice. Great job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEXANTOMCAT Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 Beau - tiful! TT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 Superb paint and weathering, looks amazing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 Wow, looks lovely and up until fairly recently I thought that the desert scheme colours were used but of course it makes perfect sense and I saw a colour image with the TSS on this very forum via the link to Ettienne du Please's wonderful colour images. I will be doing mine in the same now. Great work on your Beau. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris148 Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 Great Work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 Superb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokyo Raider Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Love your figures and weathering! Wonderful job!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nev Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Gorgeous model, great weathering, and the figures are fantastic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Nicely done,.... those colours look spot on the the weathering is superb too. Not sure whether the rockets are accurate for a Malta based Beau mind you? Cheers Tony 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 really nice and unusual scheme very well executed good job rgds John(shortCummins) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reini Posted March 11, 2021 Author Share Posted March 11, 2021 @tonyot Yeah, rockets might not be the best option for it. But it's what the kit had and they looked nice ... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now