bissyboat Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 Another Airfix classic and with no shortage on rivets. It´s a very good kit and the details are most pleasing. I watched the Movie Murphy´s War and I was thinking about painting her dark blue, but my second thought inspired me to paint the Duck in the same colour scheme as the Swordfish in 1941. The model was brush painted and weathered using artist oils. Chipping effects with chrome silver using a cocktail stick. Rigging with Prym elastic thread and stretched sprue. 54 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darwinism Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 Nice work bissyboat and a good choice of a more unusual colour scheme. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 Looks good. Why did you paint the front of the cowling like that? Was it to simulate the exhaust collector ring on a Swordfish? Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HL-10 Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 Wow! That old kit scrubbed up well😃 What a beauty! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev67 Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 Another golden oldie from the past, I attempted this kit back in the day but never finished it, you have done a great job on the old Airfix kit especially as it is hand painted as well 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pantherhawk27263 Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 That is astonishing work, and in 1/72? Absolutely amazing!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyJammedKenny! Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 Wow! This is old school modeling, complete with invisible-stroke brush-painting, at its very finest. I had no idea Airfix ever issued a kit of this subject! It must go back a ways. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelh Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 (edited) A fun 'what if', seeing as the Duck never saw British service other than in Murphys war. But you might have held back on chipping the fabric surfaces. 🤣 But then again maybe the RN specified special metal leading edges.🤔 That makes sense. I'd go with that. 😉 Edited March 30, 2023 by noelh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RET Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 Wow - love it. I have one in my stash and will have to consider this scheme for mie. -cheers! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bissyboat Posted March 30, 2023 Author Share Posted March 30, 2023 3 hours ago, RET said: Wow - love it. I have one in my stash and will have to consider this scheme for mie. -cheers! Thank you! That would be great. ⚓🌟 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bissyboat Posted March 30, 2023 Author Share Posted March 30, 2023 3 hours ago, noelh said: A fun 'what if', seeing as the Duck never saw British service other than in Murphys war. But you might have held back on chipping the fabric surfaces. 🤣 But then again maybe the RN specified special metal leading edges.🤔 That makes sense. I'd go with that. 😉 Thank you for the kind words. That´s true. The aircraft did active duty in the US Navy for sea rescue missions and in the US coastal guard. I was very pleased with the chipping effects, but run out of patience to push it any further. I like the die-cast look you get from silver chippings. Adds another dimension to the build. ⚓😉👍🍷 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bissyboat Posted March 30, 2023 Author Share Posted March 30, 2023 6 hours ago, TheyJammedKenny! said: Wow! This is old school modeling, complete with invisible-stroke brush-painting, at its very finest. I had no idea Airfix ever issued a kit of this subject! It must go back a ways. Thank you so much. This kit goes back to the late 60s. ⚓🍷 https://www.scalemates.com/kits/airfix-263-grumman-duck--206566 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bissyboat Posted March 30, 2023 Author Share Posted March 30, 2023 6 hours ago, Pantherhawk27263 said: That is astonishing work, and in 1/72? Absolutely amazing!!! You´re most kind. Thank you so much. ⚓🌟 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bissyboat Posted March 30, 2023 Author Share Posted March 30, 2023 (edited) 14 hours ago, kev67 said: Another golden oldie from the past, I attempted this kit back in the day but never finished it, you have done a great job on the old Airfix kit especially as it is hand painted as well Thank you so much for your kind words. I´m chuffed that you like it. I started brush painting all my models since the get go. ⚓🍷 Edited March 30, 2023 by bissyboat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bissyboat Posted March 30, 2023 Author Share Posted March 30, 2023 22 hours ago, HL-10 said: Wow! That old kit scrubbed up well😃 What a beauty! Thank you so much. ⚓😁👍🍷 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bissyboat Posted March 30, 2023 Author Share Posted March 30, 2023 22 hours ago, dogsbody said: Looks good. Why did you paint the front of the cowling like that? Was it to simulate the exhaust collector ring on a Swordfish? Chris That´s right. ⚓😙 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bissyboat Posted March 30, 2023 Author Share Posted March 30, 2023 23 hours ago, Darwinism said: Nice work bissyboat and a good choice of a more unusual colour scheme. Thank you. It was more fun using this colour scheme rather than paint the Duck as OOB. ⚓😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky Keg Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 Given the dated molds, this proves your exceptional talent. Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnl42 Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 Looks good! I like the scheme compared to more usual colors 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgeusa Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 You really scrubbed up this old kit well. It is hard to build, has some oversize surface issues, but you made them less obvious and a great "what-if" kit. Thanks for sharing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bissyboat Posted April 3, 2023 Author Share Posted April 3, 2023 On 31/03/2023 at 02:21, Sky Keg said: Given the dated molds, this proves your exceptional talent. Mike On 31/03/2023 at 04:05, dnl42 said: Looks good! I like the scheme compared to more usual colors On 31/03/2023 at 16:47, georgeusa said: You really scrubbed up this old kit well. It is hard to build, has some oversize surface issues, but you made them less obvious and a great "what-if" kit. Thanks for sharing. Thanks a million lads. So pleased you liked it. Much appreciated. ⚓🌟 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Des Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 Lovely idea and fantastic results from the basic kit you were working with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamiltonian Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 Nice. I have one of these in the stash, but have been avoiding it ever since I struggled with the Airfix Widgeon, of similar vintage I think, which eventually turned on to short finals to the bin. Glad to see yours has come together so nicely. Maybe I'll give mine a go after all. But then if it goes wrong I won't now be able to blame the kit ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 It may look like the same vintage from this perspective, but the Duck was quite a bit later and Airfix had moved on somewhat. However the top wing was rather too close to the fuselage, and there was no aftermarket industry to produce replacements. There was the same problem with the Supermodel Fiat CR.32, but with Warren struts it would be considerably more of a problem to correct. I strongly suspect that with their recent rerelease Italeri have not corrected this, but it would be good to be proven wrong.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bissyboat Posted April 4, 2023 Author Share Posted April 4, 2023 20 hours ago, Des said: Lovely idea and fantastic results from the basic kit you were working with. Thank you for the kind words. Much appreciated. ⚓🍷 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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