Whirlybirds (ex Maintrack) 1/72 Folland Midge

[JamesP]

This is my build of the Whirlybirds (ex Maintrack) 1/72 Folland Midge which was built for a GB on UAMF. I'm posting here has as I followed the discussions on BM about what was Nordic Blue.

 

The kits is mastered from the old Matchbox kit and initially look a simple build with few parts, however I found the shapes to be annoying off, mainly caused by the canopy which contained the radio equipment (?) bay with its little windows, but was too long causing the nose to be too short. The nose needing fattening, the tail narrowing and the shoulders recontouring. The canopy is still too wide but I drew the line at that point. Scroll down to see what lies beneath. 

 

As to Nordic Blue, a 50/50ish mix of Hu15 Midnight Blue and Hu130 Satin White looked good enough to me. A fellow modeller cut some masks  for the codes for me.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Farmerboy]

I think that’s a lovely model, different from what we normally see here on BM, good job!

[Head in the clouds.]

Beautifully done and a classy presentation, well done on getting around the main issues, top modelling.