80 Years of Airfix GB

That’s going to look really nice with a smooth metal finish!

Right,

I am sorry - I just could not resist a 50% discount...

Wish I had though :|

Look at that distorted wing to body assembly:

I thought worst case it could be a painting excercise but is it even worth that effort?

Be right back with the other stuff in line:

1/72 Typhoone - up for stencils (lost the original set)

1/48 Sea Hurricane - up for initial paint work

1/48 Sea Fury - can't get my head arround the colors in the pit...

1/48  P-40 - about to close the main frame (not even Sir Sidney, I am so loosing it...)

1/48 Harrier - live or let die

1/24 Typhoone - still watching the sprues for yet some time...

You guys are doing great - this is great fun thanks to you guys!

Very Best Regards

Svenne

Yeah, those old tool Harriers are pretty rough.  Hopefully we’ll get a new tooled 1/48 scale Harrier soon. 

Man, this is such a great GB!!  Loving the builds!! 

Here are a couple of progress pics of the Nimrod.  It is a nice kit for sure.  The only issue I have had was the mating of the wing assembly to the fuselage.  It was really weird.  One side fit almost perfectly and the other...well, I'm not sure what is going on there.  No matter what I did, it just would not mate up.  There was a huge space that no matter how much plastic I surgically removed, it just would not go down.  I doctored it up and it's better and should look fine after painting and all, but man was that weird.  Anyway, I got the grey under side painted and now need to mask it off for the Hemp on the top.  Nice build all around.

Here's that "gap" I mentioned.

looks good to me.. I saw one of these fly in 1973 at Ontario Place at an air show in Canada boy that was fun.

crown r n7

looks good to me.. I saw one of these fly in 1973 at Ontario Place at an air show in Canada boy that was fun.

 

Thank you sir!

Now that would have been cool to see.  I was in Desert Shield/Storm and went back to the Middle East 5 times and never got to see a Nimrod.  But I'm partial to anything Desert Storm/Middle East, so I'm going to do it up as the one stationed in Saudi.

Thanks again!

Mopar Madness

Yeah, those old tool Harriers are pretty rough.  Hopefully we’ll get a new tooled 1/48 scale Harrier soon. 

 

Most of the Harrier family has been done in 1/48 new tool kits. Between Hasegawa and Kitty Hawk, nearly all version have been covered. Except for the early AV-8B, than AV-8A & C, and the GR.1 & GR.3. And the Monogram AV-8A & AV-8B kits are the best of the older Harriers. Far better than the Airfix & Tamiya offerings. (What?! Monogram better than Tamiya? Yes, just like the 1/48 F-15 and A-10 too.)

Bobby, nice to see you got to grips with that wing. Going to have to be careful with that.I have the Alley cat resin engines so hopefully might not have that issue.

Svenne Duva

Right,

I am sorry - I just could not resist a 50% discount...

Wish I had though :|

Look at that distorted wing to body assembly:

I thought worst case it could be a painting excercise but is it even worth that effort?

 

That don't look good. Can it not be sanded down?

Bish

Bobby, nice to see you got to grips with that wing. Going to have to be careful with that.I have the Alley cat resin engines so hopefully might not have that issue.

 

You should be fine Bish.  I don't see where the engines come in to play with this at all.  It took a bit of work, but we got it straightened out. 

The Nimrod looks nice despite the gap!

Ready for gloss and decals then it’s on to some dusty Mediterranean weathering. 

Eagle90

 

 

Bish

Bobby, nice to see you got to grips with that wing. Going to have to be careful with that.I have the Alley cat resin engines so hopefully might not have that issue.

 

 

 

 

You should be fine Bish.  I don't see where the engines come in to play with this at all.  It took a bit of work, but we got it straightened out. 

 

 

Ok, i am not sure if the resin engine's completly replace the wing edge where it joins to the fuselage, but if the problem is wioth the fuselage, it won't effect it.

Chad, grat job on the scheme.

Thank you sir.  I’m glad I posted this photo. After seeing it I realized I forgot the white unit stripe at the rear of the fuselage! Glad I caught that before I started weathering.

Mopar Madness

Thank you sir.  I’m glad I posted this photo. After seeing it I realized I forgot the white unit stripe at the rear of the fuselage! Glad I caught that before I started weathering.

 

Its not a unit strip, its the Med Theartre strip. But well spoted.

Thanks Bish.  Did all Mediterranean planes in that theater carry that same white stripe? 

Mopar Madness

Thanks Bish.  Did all Mediterranean planes in that theater carry that same white stripe? 

 

Yes, they should have done. And often white tips for the wings on the underside. Its the same for those on the Eastern front but they were yellow.

Update on the Lundar Lander...

This kit is more than just the "Eagle" lander and astronauts. It also comes with 4, "experiments" as the kit labels them. 

Seeing as this is my first Airfix kit, I thought I'd start here. The moon surface base and astronauts are WIP, but the expertiments came out ok...

As it turns out, after doing some research, Apollo 11 had experiments with them, here are their images...

I couldn't find any photo of the parabolic dish, so I used some modellers license with it.

The astronauts need some work then onto the lander. I just have to come up with a way to replicate this...

All that gold colored Mylar surrounding the base. MMM I have an idea.

The lunar landing is a cool subject and kit. I look forward to seeing how it turns out. I found some time to finish the Tomcat this weekend. I did some additional touch up painting on the decals, painted the AIM's and added one last coat of flat testors. I should have seated the craft a bit more centered on the base but I think it still came out looking pretty cool in takoff mode. Thanks for letting me join in this group build.

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Tomcat, thats coming on really well, and you have some great referance pics. Does the lander come with a seperate base.

I was going to ask how you were going to do the footprints, but i see they have thought of that. Very nice.

I do like that jack, nice job on the build and a very nice display. Thanks for taking part, i'll get the front page updated.

Well, here she is: Maggie's Drawers! MPC/Airfix 1/72 scale A-26B. The kit is built straight out of the box. No after market except decals. Not the best build I've ever done but not the worst either. The NMF is Alclad Aluminum. The black stripe on the tail is MM Flat Black enamel. I built the kit to pose in flight so I wouldn't have to put a ton of weight in the nose. Besides the airplane looks a lot slicker in flight. Since there is pretty much no interior, I painted the inside of the clear parts flat black. The model depicts an A-26 of the 671 BS 416 BG, Spring 1945.The stand is from Cult TV man. The decals are Kits World.

You know, as much as I prefer to work in 1/48 scale, everything I've done for this group build has been smaller. The next kit in line is a new tool Airfix P-51D done as Col. Bruce Carr's "Angels' Playmate." Stay tuned.

I like that frank, come out very nice. Thanks again, front page is updated and you P-51 added.

Jack, also got your F-14 added. Thanks again.

awesome Invader. That one turned out really nice. The Alclad paint gives it a nice finish. 

I think the black windows look awesome for that kind of display! 

Interior of the Sea King is done, just need to seal up the fuselage. The 109 E-7 is all but done. Just waiting on the landing gear to dry so I can put on the gear doors and wheels. 

That's a nice clean build on the A26 Frank. 

That interior look great as well mopar. Keep up the good work on that helo.