Fnick Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 Hi everyone Here's my version of the above. I was quite excited when I heard this kit was coming out especially after seeing the good reviews of Airfix's latest 1:43 starter kits. I deliberately decided to do the same colour scheme as the 1:24 scale version I am currently building. I'll let the pics do the talking. Excuse the poor quality but this was done with my phone. In real life you can't see the metallic flakes in the paint. Thanks for looking, Nick 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
su27rules Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 Very nice!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neddy Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 That's a lovely job, beautifully detailed interior and dash. How on earth you achieve that in 1/43rd scale defeats me - I have enough trouble with 1/24th! I'm glad you mentioned phone cameras picking out the wrong sort of detail, mine does too - the model always looks better IRL than in the pics. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbostream Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 Looks great easy to forget it is 1/43. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fnick Posted October 26, 2022 Author Share Posted October 26, 2022 Thanks all! 😊 Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 Nice work Nick, turned out really well! Keith 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiny Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 Nothing wrong with the photos, particularly given you only used your phone to take them. The model looks pretty good too - you should be pleased to have that sort of end result at 1/43. Incidentally, it's not just the camera which causes the flakes to look too obvious in shots, the light source does too. If you have a strong point source of light you will get that flake effect while a more diffuse light source will reduce it. Unfortunately, as car modellers we often want that point source of light to show off our shiny paint to its best effect.😄 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toftdale Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 Great photos and model, I particularly like the overhead shot - Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desert falcon Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 A most beautiful E Type and very nice pictures too 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fnick Posted October 28, 2022 Author Share Posted October 28, 2022 Thanks all for the comments. Appreciated as always. 🙂 Nick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remus389 Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 Beautiful result ideed! 😎👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fnick Posted October 30, 2022 Author Share Posted October 30, 2022 Thanks Remus! Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klubman01 Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 Great result! Trevor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fnick Posted October 30, 2022 Author Share Posted October 30, 2022 Cheers Trevor! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitkent Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 It’s very very nice! A big improvement on the previous E type from Airfix! And an excellent paint job. Chris. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 Ooooooo lovely, looks fantastic and the interior looks awesome. Great work Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fnick Posted October 31, 2022 Author Share Posted October 31, 2022 Thanks Chris and Chris! It certainly is an improvement from the first model that got me back into car modelling which was the 1:32 Aston Martin starter kit... Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Smith Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 Nice model Nick. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fnick Posted November 11, 2022 Author Share Posted November 11, 2022 Thanks Noel! 😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnlambert Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 Very nicely done, I can't remember if you said that this is a "Mini Me" of the 1:24 model you're building? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fnick Posted November 13, 2022 Author Share Posted November 13, 2022 Thanks John. Yes it is a mini me version. I was thinking of calling it baby Jag but then the song would be in everyone's heads! 😄👹 The 1/24 scale version is nearly finished and as part of the RFI photos I will have a couple of shots of them together. Cheers, Nick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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