davebruce Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 Morning All, I finished this one last week for my brother in law. He wanted a chipmunk to remind him of his days in the RAF when based at Manston. The only real slight problem I had was with the canopy even tho its supplied with a jig to build it up. I've added the hydraulic brake cables using some strands from an RJ45 cable and the decals are from xtradecal. I think its turned out OK and my brother in law was over the moon with it so thats what matters. Thanks for taking the time to look. Dave. 47 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldy Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 Lovely! I remember these flying out of Manston too - I lived only a few miles away and they were always buzzing around. Cheers Malcolm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmerboy Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 I should think he was, that’s absolutely smashing, good job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Kesterton Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 Great build. I also like the jig/stand on the last photo - did you build that too? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davebruce Posted October 16, 2021 Author Share Posted October 16, 2021 3 minutes ago, Anthony Kesterton said: Great build. I also like the jig/stand on the last photo - did you build that too? Thanks, the jig/stand was purchased from Bulldog models. See this https://www.bulldogmodels.co.uk/product/aircraft-holder/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlstavros Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 Nice Chippy, I’ll be happy if my turns out half as good as this! Can I ask what paints/colours you used? Cheers, Carl. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Riot Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 Oh wow, I think that’s one of the very best Chipmunks I’ve seen built! Absolutely delightful and so well painted. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keith in the uk Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 fantastic result no wonder your brother in law is pleased. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 As neat and tidy as the real thing. Well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 13 minutes ago, Lord Riot said: Oh wow, I think that’s one of the very best Chipmunks I’ve seen built! Absolutely delightful and so well painted. I completely agree - stunning build!👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davebruce Posted October 16, 2021 Author Share Posted October 16, 2021 49 minutes ago, carlstavros said: Nice Chippy, I’ll be happy if my turns out half as good as this! Can I ask what paints/colours you used? Cheers, Carl. Cheers Carl, I used Hataka's red line paints on this one. 46 minutes ago, Lord Riot said: Oh wow, I think that’s one of the very best Chipmunks I’ve seen built! Absolutely delightful and so well painted. Thank you, you are going to make me blush ☺. It's all thanks to the tips and tricks I read from all of the great people on this forum. Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberraman Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 A delightful and neat build. I'm so impressed by the quality of these Airfix Chippies that I could be tempted over to the dark side of 1/48th modelling! Mark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForestFan Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 Looks fantastic, captured it very well indeed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritag Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 Lovely neat work. Great looking Chippy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 A lovely Chipmunk, great work and great paint, love it. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinChipmunkfan Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 What's not to like a very well painted and finished Chippie. Well done sir! Colin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 Very nice looking Chipmunk indeed. You've made a superb job of her and I can see why your brother-in-law was over the moon. What make of paints and what colours did you use? Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davebruce Posted October 17, 2021 Author Share Posted October 17, 2021 14 hours ago, Terry1954 said: Very nice looking Chipmunk indeed. You've made a superb job of her and I can see why your brother-in-law was over the moon. What make of paints and what colours did you use? Terry Cheers Terry, The paints used are Hataka's red line. I purchased this set.. https://www.gforcemodels.co.uk/hataka-modern-royal-air-force-paint-set-vol3-acrylic-4375-p.asp . I did have a bit of a job getting them to spray nice and didn't think I'd get the result I got but they do seem to level out quite nicely. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithjs Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 Nice one, Dave! I can never get tired of seeing Airfix Chippies. I must add those brake lines to mine. I think they’re quite a prominent feature aren’t they? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davebruce Posted October 17, 2021 Author Share Posted October 17, 2021 29 minutes ago, keithjs said: Nice one, Dave! I can never get tired of seeing Airfix Chippies. I must add those brake lines to mine. I think they’re quite a prominent feature aren’t they? Thanks Keith, yeah they are, they definitely add to the look of the kit too and very easy to do. I probably would of liked them to be a touch thicker but thats all I had to hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shark444 Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 Looks lovely! Does anyone know of some enterprising soul with CAD skills and either a resin or 3D printer that is producing a conversion kit for RCAF Chipmunks? The blown canopy would be the biggest challenge... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remus389 Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 I'm impressed by this model, looks fantastic 🙂👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Blievers Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 Lovely! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_W Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Beautiful build there. Never got to fly at Manston, only Filton and Abingdon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davebruce Posted November 1, 2021 Author Share Posted November 1, 2021 On 10/29/2021 at 3:26 PM, Remus389 said: I'm impressed by this model, looks fantastic 🙂👍 On 10/29/2021 at 8:22 PM, Rod Blievers said: Lovely! Thanks guys for the kind words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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