davecov Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 Having enjoyed building the old Airfix "rivet queen" Liberator, I thought I would glue some more rivets together. This time it is a Seventies boxing of the old-tool Airfix 1/72 Bristol Blenheim IV (02027-1): This was an OOB build and apart from spending an age trying to get the cockpit canopy to fit, I left it with all it's warts, including slightly off-register roundels. Dave 26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF67 Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 I like this. Proper Airfix and the best type of stand ever. Airfix should start supplying them with the kits again - you know it makes sense! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cotswold Eagle Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 4 hours ago, BillF67 said: I like this. Proper Airfix and the best type of stand ever. Airfix should start supplying them with the kits again - you know it makes sense! In case you don’t know, they do sell a box of assorted sizes of those stands: https://uk.airfix.com/products/assorted-small-stands-af1008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichieW Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 Excellent! I love a bit of nostalgia, this takes me back nearly 50 years to the build it before bedtime days I am sure a lot of us remember. Mine was obviously not the outstanding standard of your beautiful model though! Richie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF67 Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 10 hours ago, Cotswold Eagle said: In case you don’t know, they do sell a box of assorted sizes of those stands: https://uk.airfix.com/products/assorted-small-stands-af1008 Thanks for this. I think I did know now that you mention it. My point sort of was that way back then, the stand came with the kit and wouldn’t it be nice if that were to happen again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keith in the uk Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 Wonderful vintage build , Remember getting one from Woolworths , built on the Saturday , hanging on the celing by Sunday night. great times. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanC Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 No need for a rivet tool in those days. A wonderful build of this Airfix classic! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davecov Posted August 25, 2021 Author Share Posted August 25, 2021 Thanks everybody for your comments. Having spent over 25 years outside of modelling, a lot of my builds were done in the Sixties and Seventies prior to my joining the Royal Navy in 1976 and it wasn't until the end of 2004 that I resumed modelling again. As a result, many of the "old-tool" builds I am doing now are of kits that I have only built once before. They are bringing back a lot of memories of a time when I would get my paper and milk round money and head off to the local hardware shop which sold Airfix models. I would buy enough kits to keep me going until the following week! The Blenheim is as near to a "Seventies" build as I have got so far in that it was OOB but the use of an airbrush is the only difference. I probably have two-dozen more "rivet" jobs that I intend to build in the same way. Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanC Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 41 minutes ago, davecov said: I probably have two-dozen more "rivet" jobs that I intend to build in the same way. Dave Look forward to seeing them Dave. Are the Devastator or Dauntless among them, by any chance? Those two were among my favourites as a lad. I've been revisiting these old tool kits myself - mostly armour at the moment, although I have a stack of Airfix and Matchbox aircraft waiting in the hangar. Still need to get the Fiat G-50 which was the first one I did completely unaided. Sometime in the mid 1970s. I think the Blenheim may have been tackled soon after.😀 All the best, Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 Sweet! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomkil Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 Lovely job. Great to see the Free French scheme too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyOD Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 That looks fantastic. Loving the Free French markings especially. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 Lovely looking Blenheim, crikey this brings back some memories, great job you have done too. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davecov Posted August 25, 2021 Author Share Posted August 25, 2021 6 hours ago, IanC said: Look forward to seeing them Dave. Are the Devastator or Dauntless among them, by any chance? Those two were among my favourites as a lad. Hi Ian, I have both of those in the Airfix VJ-Day set along with a Zero, Val and a Helldiver. Other rivet jobs that I have to build include the Stirling, B-29 Superfortress, Sea King and a Puma. I also have lots of other old-tool Airfix kits that were spared the wrath of the Airfix riveter to be built. I hope to build them all OOB inbetween other bigger builds. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiskySierraKilo Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 (edited) I started mine decades ago. Struggled with the canopy. Finally set its status to completed sometime last year. I like all the rivets I like what you've done. A great look.👍 Edited August 26, 2021 by WhiskySierraKilo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 A great job on the old Airfix, mine is still in the box ! Wulfman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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