tonyot Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 (edited) Hiya Folks, Another refurbishment,...... I built this High Planes Beaufort Mk.IX, known as the Beaufreighter well over 20 years ago,.... but it was looking its age, was one of my first ever limited production kits and it was recently submerged in freeing cold water when my cellar was flooded,....... so it was about time it got some TLC,..... it started off like this; Was sanded to this; Then the filling, sanding, cleaning and painting began,... brush painting using Polly Scale RAAF Foliage Green ; here is the WIP if anybody is interested; Here is the aircraft that I wished to restore the model as,...... A9-712, coded R of No 10 Communication Unit, Lakunai Airstrip Rabaul in 1945, where it crashed on 21/11/45, It had Japanese writing under the wings which read "NIHON KOFOKU",..... which basically reads as ,......Sunrise Land Surrenders,.... or Japan has Surrendered,..... and it carried out leaflet drops over the surrounding jungle to try to convince Japanese troops that the war was over! Here it has underwing bomb racks fitted with `Storepedoes',.... supply containers; At least one more Beaufort received the Japanese writing on the undersides,.... but this was a standard aircraft,.... note the turret; Another Beaufreighter with standard underside markings; And here is the refurbished model; Cheers Tony Edited April 13, 2021 by tonyot 32 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunny Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Lovely finish - got to love an unusual Aussie subject! Cheers, Roger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toryu Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Great restoration! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted April 13, 2021 Author Share Posted April 13, 2021 50 minutes ago, Toryu said: Great restoration! Thanks mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted April 13, 2021 Author Share Posted April 13, 2021 59 minutes ago, Dunny said: Lovely finish - got to love an unusual Aussie subject! Cheers, Roger Thanks Roger..... glad you like it mate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Brantley Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 What a "bring back"! 👍 Great result Tony; bet you're glad you did the work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Great rescue of an unusual aircraft model. Great work as usual Tony, I do like this scheme and like the roughed up edges of the white painted panels under the wings.you have captured the look very well a cracking model Chris 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted April 13, 2021 Author Share Posted April 13, 2021 2 hours ago, Gary Brantley said: What a "bring back"! 👍 Great result Tony; bet you're glad you did the work! Thanks Gary,.... yeah I`m glad I did it now,..... plenty more to go at too,...... it is quite satisfying. 2 hours ago, bigbadbadge said: Great rescue of an unusual aircraft model. Great work as usual Tony, I do like this scheme and like the roughed up edges of the white painted panels under the wings.you have captured the look very well a cracking model Chris Cheers Chris and thanks for the encouragement along the way,... it means a lot! Glad you noticed the edges to the white and thanks,.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 1 hour ago, tonyot said: Thanks Gary,.... yeah I`m glad I did it now,..... plenty more to go at too,...... it is quite satisfying. Cheers Chris and thanks for the encouragement along the way,... it means a lot! Glad you noticed the edges to the white and thanks,.... No worries fella, it really does look the business. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted April 13, 2021 Author Share Posted April 13, 2021 Just now, bigbadbadge said: No worries fella, it really does look the business. Chris Thanks mate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 I can't see the pictures at the moment of any of your work mate, wonder if there's something wrong with the host site? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted April 13, 2021 Author Share Posted April 13, 2021 2 hours ago, woody37 said: I can't see the pictures at the moment of any of your work mate, wonder if there's something wrong with the host site? Possibly mate,..... try again tomorrow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 Very nice restoring! I am considering a scratch conversion of new Airfix Beaufort into such "Beaufrighter" - so I am watching with particular interest in it... Regards J-W 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted April 14, 2021 Author Share Posted April 14, 2021 1 hour ago, JWM said: Very nice restoring! I am considering a scratch conversion of new Airfix Beaufort into such "Beaufrighter" - so I am watching with particular interest in it... Regards J-W Thanks J-W,.... I believe that `Uncle Les' in Australia will be bringing out a Beaufreighter conversion mate. https://uncleles.net/ Cheers Tony 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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