Bodmin Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 Here is my completed Fiat G50 from the Airfix Vintage Classics range. I bought it to get me over the line for free postage and to use to try some new methods and to get used to airbrushing with enamels. Chose to do gear-up and utilise some stands I had lying around as there is zero cockpit details so the pilot really needed to go in. All done with Humbrol enamels, including the tail stripe as the decal split. Enjoyable wee kit to be fair. I would never have got it looking like this back in the day. 33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiampieroSilvestri Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 Very nice Fiat G50! Saluti Giampiero 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 Nice build of this veteran! In fact, it was one of my first kits – and that wasn't yesterday… 😉 Kind regards, Joachim 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 Lovely to see these old kits being built, well done ! Wulfman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapam Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 A million times better than the one I built when I was a nipper! Nice to see an old kit get the justice it deserves. 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Mc Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Built one of those not too long ago. It is surprisingly rewarding to build. Very nice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeepboy Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 So good to see it on an old stand too. Those clearvstands were great and much missed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MACALAIN Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 On 02/08/2022 at 20:08, Bodmin said: Here is my completed Fiat G50 from the Airfix Vintage Classics range. I bought it to get me over the line for free postage and to use to try some new methods and to get used to airbrushing with enamels. Chose to do gear-up and utilise some stands I had lying around as there is zero cockpit details so the pilot really needed to go in. All done with Humbrol enamels, including the tail stripe as the decal split. Enjoyable wee kit to be fair. I would never have got it looking like this back in the day. Well done. Alain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodmin Posted August 4, 2022 Author Share Posted August 4, 2022 22 hours ago, Wulfman said: Lovely to see these old kits being built, well done ! Wulfman Cheers. They are often overlooked because of their age, but they are well worth a bash in my opinion....well maybe not all, but many are at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodmin Posted August 4, 2022 Author Share Posted August 4, 2022 12 hours ago, Eric Mc said: Built one of those not too long ago. It is surprisingly rewarding to build. Very nice. Cheers. I thought so too. 12 hours ago, Jeepboy said: So good to see it on an old stand too. Those clearvstands were great and much missed. I think you can still get them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OWL1975 Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Very nice, I especially like how you've done the mottled paint job. Jerry. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigglesof266 Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Loving these nostalgia builds. I don't suppose Airfix include a classic stand in the "Classic Kit" these days? I identified with your "I would never have got it looking like this back in the day". We could but dream inspired by Roy Cross art on the headers. Just to waffle a little, indulge me, Airfix's G.50 was for me unfortunately, one which got away. First releasing mid the exclusively 1/72 plastic model zenith of my youth, it had a lot of competition as Airfix at that time in particular was also in its zenith with an ever expanding regular flurry of releases to choose from. So every time I went to buy a model, that G.50 became a case of it was either out of stock on the hanger display or an alternative which triaged higher in my lust list took my three or four bob. The much more expensive Series 3 (?) boxed Sparviero endured the same triage rejection on each occasion, although spending largesse of those occasion were fewer and far between. OTOH, I did manage a Folgore from FROG and later a C.R. 42. The latter I suspect must have been Revell and possibly even early 1970s given scant, virtually non-existent distribution of the brand in my neck of the woods of AU in the 1960s. Beautiful build. Thanks for another trip down memory lane. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodmin Posted August 5, 2022 Author Share Posted August 5, 2022 (edited) 9 hours ago, OWL1975 said: Very nice, I especially like how you've done the mottled paint job. Jerry. Thanks Jerry/ The whole camo scheme was a combination of a "happy little accident" and an experiment. Edited August 5, 2022 by Bodmin Spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodmin Posted August 5, 2022 Author Share Posted August 5, 2022 8 hours ago, Bigglesof266 said: Loving these nostalgia builds. I don't suppose Airfix include a classic stand in the "Classic Kit" these days?...... ......Beautiful build. Thanks for another trip down memory lane. Thanks Biggles, No stands in these kits sadly, but I had some lying in a bag in the loft. I suspect the "agony of choice" is equal if not more so today with so many brands. Glad I could bring back a pleasant memories. As Her Majesty once said, " Good memories are our second chance at happiness." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Mc Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 Airfix still produce their stands but they are now sold separately in packs containing different size stands. They still show the old 1960s Airfix logo as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
François Escudé Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 souvenirs !! souvenirs!!! one of my first kit too !! Ah those nice plastic bag kits... last century memories !! well done indeed !! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodmin Posted August 27, 2022 Author Share Posted August 27, 2022 On 8/20/2022 at 11:00 PM, François Escudé said: souvenirs !! souvenirs!!! one of my first kit too !! Ah those nice plastic bag kits... last century memories !! well done indeed !! Cheers, I've got a bug for some of these classic kits at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberto Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 Lovely 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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