desmojen Posted September 10, 2007 Share Posted September 10, 2007 Here's one I finished a week or so back. This model has been built from a 1975 boxing of the Airfix Vb kit. It's all OOB apart from a few small points. I boxed in the wheel wells with plasticene and had to rescribe the panel lines because of the amount of filling that was necessary. I also removed the tail aerial mount and slightly modified the aerial post since the aircraft in question did not have an external aerial wire. Other than that, it is exactly as Airfix made it, including the very old decals. I used the model for a little experimentation with airbrushing techniques. I tried doing some post fading of the camouflage colours, as well as some preshading. It worked quite well, but isn't that obvious in the photos. I had a lot of trouble getting a match for Ocean Grey in acrylic and ended up using Humbrol enamel in the end, the other colours are Tammiya Sky Grey and Gunze Dark Green, with Tamiya Sky spinner and rear fuselage band. The model was built for the CBK SIG 1977 Airfix catalogue stand at this years Telford show. It was an awful lot of work, but I'm pleased with the end result. Jen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takamota Posted September 10, 2007 Share Posted September 10, 2007 very nice build again. I'm intending doing some post shading etc on my current build. Thinking of using Tamiya smoke really thinly. Hope it ends up looking as good as this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary West Posted September 10, 2007 Share Posted September 10, 2007 Good to see the jockey in something - you made it look sweet Jen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeew Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 Innit amazing?? This is probably one of those kits we all cut our proverbial modelling teeth on in our mispent youth, yet very few revisit it! Lovely job Jen, bet it bought back a few memories whilst you were building it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiffy Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 I built this kit for my little brother when I was a kid. We hung it from the ceiling behind a Matchbox Me-109 (which was trailing cotton wool smoke!). Very nice job Jen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 I'm pretty sure that was the first kit I built whenI was a kid. Nice work Jen Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobs_Buckles Posted September 16, 2007 Share Posted September 16, 2007 I built this kit for my little brother when I was a kid.We hung it from the ceiling behind a Matchbox Me-109 (which was trailing cotton wool smoke!). Very nice job Jen. I went one better... Me and my brother would build loads of 109's, spits and H-canes, get bored of them and end up giving them a Viking burial which involved them being set alight and lobbed out the upstairs window. Oh to be young again. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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