AdrianMF Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 … in this case a Fiat G.55. The kit comes with a selection of simple colour schemes suitable for a quick build, so I will be choosing a complex experimental four colour splinter scheme instead. Obviously. Pictures of the kit shortly Regards, Adrian 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 3 hours ago, AdrianMF said: … in this case a Fiat G.55. The kit comes with a selection of simple colour schemes suitable for a quick build, so I will be choosing a complex experimental four colour splinter scheme instead. Obviously. Pictures of the kit shortly Regards, Adrian Great title Adrian. and stop calling me Shorty! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeyboy76 Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 With a title like that, I was fully expecting to see a picture of @modelling minion‘s Jacuzzi and the “rent a wife” with @Dansk providing the bubbles. Looking forward to the build. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted December 20, 2022 Author Share Posted December 20, 2022 On 20/12/2022 at 13:53, Hockeyboy76 said: I was fully expecting to see a picture of @modelling minion‘s Jacuzzi I'll have you know this is a family thread and I've asked Security to keep an eye on you... Here's the kit: It's a child of its time (1968) but basically sound. The nose and spinner look a bit bulbous and the fuselage is reported to be 2-3mm short. The shortness is all in the cowling*, so I will extend it and thin down the spinner to align with the resulting extra taper. And I might as well admit now that I'll be messing with the cockpit and wheel wells, and maybe doing a bit of rescribing. Supermodels are high maintenance... * [edit] it isn’t - I mis-measured the first time around. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 I'll be keen to see this come together Adrian, I think the only Supermodel kits I have are a Mc 205 & a Re 2002. You can show me what I missed out on. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-er Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 I like the funky logo and the stand James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted December 21, 2022 Author Share Posted December 21, 2022 16 hours ago, 81-er said: I like the funky logo and the stand 1968 baby, yeah! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted December 21, 2022 Author Share Posted December 21, 2022 17 hours ago, stevehnz said: You can show me what I missed out on. Not a lot, seeing as the much-superior Sword twin-pack is available at less than a tenner a model. There are so many different colour schemes I'm strongly tempted to get one (er, that is, two) so I can paint up a couple more. And no promises, but this may not be the only G55 in the GB... Regards, Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mjwomack Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 I'd never even heard of this firm, but could provide something quirky for the Italian job GB I'm thinking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinxman Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 3 hours ago, AdrianMF said: Not a lot, seeing as the much-superior Sword twin-pack is available at less than a tenner a model. There are so many different colour schemes I'm strongly tempted to get one (er, that is, two) so I can paint up a couple more. And no promises, but this may not be the only G55 in the GB... @Enzo the Magnificent may suggest that they all get built! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 26 minutes ago, Mjwomack said: I'd never even heard of this firm, but could provide something quirky for the Italian job GB I'm thinking I've got a few of their kits in the stash: Chris 9 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 On 12/20/2022 at 1:53 PM, Hockeyboy76 said: With a title like that, I was fully expecting to see a picture of @modelling minion‘s Jacuzzi and the “rent a wife” with @Dansk providing the bubbles I have been assured that all those images have been destroyed, for everybody's sake. Looking forward to seeing this one Adrian, its a very nice scheme. 🇺🇦 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 8 hours ago, AdrianMF said: Not a lot, seeing as the much-superior Sword twin-pack is available at less than a tenner a model. There are so many different colour schemes I'm strongly tempted to get one (er, that is, two) so I can paint up a couple more. And no promises, but this may not be the only G55 in the GB... Regards, Adrian I do have one of them, the first boxing but according to Scalemates, both boxings have the same decal options, it was mainly for those I bought them, some brilliant schemes in there. Maybe need some SM G-55s to use the decals on. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted December 26, 2022 Author Share Posted December 26, 2022 Well, I was just having a late-morning snack when something reminded me there’s a bunch of people trying to complete a model over Christmas: -sigh- oh, go on then: So, note the availability of two straightforward colour schemes - perfect! I did succumb to the charms of the Sword double G55 kit and, amazingly, it was delivered to my door from Jadlam on Christmas Eve less than 48 hours after ordering it! There is no cockpit detail beyond a dodgy chair, the wheel well is pretty non existent and the fuselage is 2.5mm too short, but we’re gonna ignore all that and pick a simple colour scheme ‘cos it’s a Blitzbuild, right? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted December 26, 2022 Author Share Posted December 26, 2022 I TOLD YOU NOT TO LET ‘IM HAVE THE SAW! 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted December 26, 2022 Author Share Posted December 26, 2022 40+60 thou card sandwiches for the insert, and I’ve also taken off the guns and pitot tubes because they will get replaced with tube: 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengalensis Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 Now that's the right attitude! Cut it apart and correct the length! Great stuff! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted December 26, 2022 Author Share Posted December 26, 2022 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted December 26, 2022 Author Share Posted December 26, 2022 Cockpit done: 1hour 40min so far. Pilot seat is from the Pegasus kit of the Fairey Albacore earlier this year. Time to clean the blood off the interior of the fuselage and my phone screen too - trimming that insert was not incident free! 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted December 26, 2022 Author Share Posted December 26, 2022 Actually make that 2 hours dead so far. The insert looks like it is going to blend and sand down with no filler (!) and I’ve added a sill to raise the cockpit canopy a tad: Now it’s time for a cuppa! 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 So its not enough to build and paint a model in the blitzbuild but you have to correct it's errors and scratchbuild a cockpit for it too!! Unbelievable stuff Adrian, and very good work too. Hope the injury was only a very minor one. 🇺🇦 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted December 26, 2022 Author Share Posted December 26, 2022 Call it half past three restart. Wings together and some strip cut for above and below the exhausts: 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted December 26, 2022 Author Share Posted December 26, 2022 Cockpit painting in progress , tail planes glued on: 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted December 26, 2022 Author Share Posted December 26, 2022 Cockpit done, time to close up: Original cockpit bottom right! 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 Cockpit looks great Adrian.👍 🇺🇦 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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