The Airfix Welcome Back GB from Jan 07 to Dec 07

The Spit is 99% finished now, just an aerial to add. The Hurricane needs the canopy repainting and I'll do that when I have the energy for it. The Lancaster will have to wait a while I am affraid.

Paul 

Hey there, anyone doing anything to their airfix headaches?

I am ready for paint!  I also have picked a paint scheme.  there is a 90th anniversary scheme fo the 13th sqdn I am going to atempt.  pretty sweet looking Tornado.

There is a decal set available but it is apparently out of print so we'll see, maybe I can mask and paint it on my own.

Ah Jay, what memories that brings back! Thanks for posting those! Man, there may still be some time for me to start another Aitfix kit! LOL

Tony, looking forward to seeing your 110! 

The Bf110c has decals! It took a while but they came in and I will post pictures as soon as I find where Jr. put the camera.

Tony

as promised!

Just trucking along here, I have the fuselage buttoned up and man are there some nasty gaps!  I think I see some sanding in my future!  After that I guess I'll be pretty close to paint.

I really should get some pics up, maybe one of these nights...

Beware! if you decide to do a "quick" reno and change a couple light fixtures, you may find an overwhelming urge to replace more/all light fixtures!  We had these dreadfull track lights in our kitchen and two of them burnt out this summer (So we've been toiling away in the kitch in near twilight every evening) and being the usual lazy butt I am I never bothered to switch them but in the end I couldn't find the right types of lights I needed so we decided to get rid of them altogether and put new fixtures up there.  WOW! big difference and it looks so much better with a lot more light!  Now the Wife wants ot change the dinning room and hallway lights - yikes!

I'm still here as well....

Just finished moving house and hope to spend some time at the bench sometime soon. The 1/72 Hurricane is virtually finished with the Spitfire not far behind. Not even started the Lancaster yet - got some PE for that one so it may take some time.

Hey guy's I am still in this GB also and enjoying all the good work being done in here. I have been up to my eyeballs in work and also trying to finish off some other GB's. I should be back to the Seafire this weekend.

Steve

Jay, looking forward to seeing your tornado pics even it is only so that I know that somone else is having as much fun as me.  Been spending my time between four dragon Ar234's and the Revel Snowberry.  There isn't a decent fitting seam to be found anywhere on those builds.

As for the Panzer III it looks awesome.  I use the polyscale too which is perfect for WWII aircraft but if I want a duller coat for armor I add a drop or two of tamiya flat base.  If you add too much you get a white pastie look.  I also always use tamiya acrylic thinner when thinning my paints.  I find it really reduces tip drying in the airbrush.

Here's a pic of my UM Su-122 that I did recently using polyscale and the tamiya flat base

Ok, so am I the only one who's working on this?  I've got the Tornado's fuselage together and boy does it need some work... no matter what I tried to do, i still got a step between the forward fuselage halves.  Anyway I really should post some pics.

Dave, the target you see is my 1:72 PzIII for the Kursk GB, if you check out the Kursk Gallery in the Armour forum you can see my finished pics. 

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The only thing I am not happy about is the final flatcoat.  I used a new type (pollyscale) I hadn't tried before and I thinned it with some water but it didn't go very flat and I had heard good things about the pollyscale stuff.  I may have to re-spray it with no thnning or very little.

Awesome Jay!    Good to see you around again. 

PS: What's that ground target thingy doing in your current projects sig? 

Looks good traveller! Hope you get your camera back

Azgaron

I hope you like the photo's. I could only get a couple of snaps before my sister took my camera back!!

A bit further!

I guess it's now the hardest part comes, mounting the wings and rigging. I got a few pointers so I hope I'll manage

Azgaron

Amen to that! I usually just put enough on to make it look busy. I don't like putting on so many small ones; one invariably gets lost/stuck to a finger during handling!

Lookinjg forward to seeing this Tornado!

Thanks Bondoman! Yeah this kit brought back memories! What a blast to be able to have built it!

jeaton01 wrote:

Great job on the Bo-105.  It captures the feel of the old days, even though it looks like you cheated and used an airbrush instead of a 1/4 inch paint brush.  That has to be the way to do these older Airfix kits, go fast and have fun.  Well, in my case "go fast" is a relative term.  Just slightly ahead of a glacial pace! The Spitfire looks good too.

Thanks Jeaton! And even though it looks like I did, I didn't cheat. I painted this little guy with the old standby brushes. Fortunately the paint was much more thinned than expected so I was able to get a smooth coat.

Now to find another Airfix kit I may be able to finish.....  

Another progress photo - not much further on from last weekend. The top of the wings are on a a few small bits of filler applied around the wing joins. Got to smooth out the wing tips and mask the tiny canopy next.

Paul

Really nice looking Spitfire!

I tried a different approach on my Sopwith, painting before assembling. I seems like it's a technique used by many ww1 plane builders. I haven't done much yet, but here's a pic.

Next I'll try to make the wood around the cockpit and some shade and highlights, and of course finish the pilot. Hopefully I can borrow my dads camera again.

Azgaron

 Here are the  finished pics of my 1/72 scale Mk I.  Decals are from an Aeromaster Battle of Britain set and the only other thing I added are the aerials (invisible thread).

Comments welcome. 

Thanks for the comments.

Bondoman: I've glued the bottom of the wings to the fuselage as I first checked to make sure there would be no gaps at the wing root. The allignment problems seem to be at the wing tips, rather than elsewhere on the wings. If I aligned the wingtips, then everything is out (panel lines etc) and there's a huge gap at the wing roots. Your way would work just as well. I just put the bottom on first to easily get the right dihedral.

razordws: So far it's pretty straightforward. No cockpit detail makes for a quick start. Masking the canopy will be a strain on the eyes I think. As I mentioned, some flash especially on the smaller parts requiring some delicate clean up, and the wings could be better.

Paul