Enzo the Magnificent Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 Airfix seem to have cornered the market for Bristol's wartime combat twins. Part 3 of my project is the Airfix Beaufighter. This will be finished in the rare (an unpopular with crews) anti-submarine scheme. Mostly white with uppersurfaces of flying surfaces in Temperate Sea Scheme. We're back to familar ground with the plastic. I've built half a dozen of these kits so far. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 Ooh! Another chair pulled up. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob85 Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 Sounds a rather cool option enzo, looking forward to it Rob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted August 20, 2021 Author Share Posted August 20, 2021 Assembly of the interior is most straightforward. Sprayed with Xtracrylix XA1010 Aircraft grey green and weathered with Flory Wash Grime. Seat harness added from Eduard. I think that the mould has seen a lot of use over the past couple of years. The nose is slightly warped. I think Airfix must have sold a lot of Beaufighters! But it's not a problem that cyano cannot fix! No need for a masking set this time round. Masking the canopy is very straightforward with Tamiya tape. Wings assembled and fitted. The model was then primed and sprayed with Lifecolor UA109 Extra Dark Sea Grey. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted August 20, 2021 Author Share Posted August 20, 2021 The horizontal surfaces were then masked using sections from the Airfix Blenheim painting guide, suitable blown up to scale on a photocopier. The disruptive pattern was sprayed with Xtracrylix XA1037 Light Slate Grey. The colout should actually be Dark Slate Grey but I have always found Xtracrylix's rendition of this to be too dark and not providing enough contrast to the EDSG. Light Slate Grey looks a lot better. The disruptice pattern was then masked again... ... and the whole aircraft sprayed with white car primer from a rattle can. Looks weird! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 1 hour ago, Enzo Matrix said: Looks weird! Nah, it's a Beaufighter, it looks great 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2996 Victor Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 Fab scheme, Enzo, I can quite easily see one of my Airfix Beau's being finished this way! Cheers, Mark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Law Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 Very different. I'm curious to see the final scheme. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 Ah! You're going for one of these Beaus. Chris 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted August 21, 2021 Author Share Posted August 21, 2021 That's exactly the one! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob85 Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 Looks cool in that scheme! Something a bit different. Rob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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