80 Years of Airfix GB

UnwaryPaladin

The builds on this thread are amazing. Thanks Bish for the great work administrating this GB, it's one of the best!

Joe

 

Thanks Joe, but i just host the GB and fill in the roster. Its you guys that make it such a great GB with all these great builds and creating a great atmosphere.

I'm having so much fun!! I'm building kits I never thought I would ever build in a scale I thought was too demanding for an old fart like me. Thanks, Bish and thanks to all you folks who are taking part in this fun group build...

Hello everyone, I've been away from the group builds lately. I would like to enter in my three Airfix kits. The P-51D and P-40B look to be simple quick builds to help bust my build count for the year. The He111 H-6 my take a little longer, plus there are fairly new tooled kits. I'm waiting on get masks for the He 111 H-6.

IMG_3437 by Daniel Smith, on Flickr

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Good to see you back Dan, i'll get the roster updated. I hope you like the 111, i did enjoy the P.

I masked off the canopy and natural metal areas and spayed some ASB on the Eagle.

Gotta move this thread back to the top!

I've been working on the MPC Buffalo since Dorian passed by. Before that I had everything boxed up and I was getting ready to run. Anyway, since then, I haven't been able to find the P-39 I was working on. It's here somewhere I'm sure. Under something I haven't picked up yet. In the meantime, pressing on with the Buffalo. I bought a decal set from PrintScale for this kit. The Buffalo I'm building fought at Midway, VMF-221. The interior is MM Interior Green enamel. Next I'll put the canopy on and get it masked then do the period camouflage. That's all for now.

Thanks frank, i have been a bt distracted this last week or so.

Nice to see your underway with the Buffalo, i hope you can find that P-39 soon.

God to see the paint on the Eagle Ed.

68GT: Nice paint job on the Eagle.

Fotofrank: The Buffalo is coming along great.

I started the Curtiss P-40B last Saturday, the kit only has four sprues trees. The cockpit went together well. I airbrushed on Model Master Acryic Interior Green, then brushed painted the detail colors on. The Fuslage was a tight fit, there was some hair line gaps. I used Vallejo plastic puddy.

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I plan to go with the December 7, 1941 paint scheme.

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Dan, I've always had a soft spot for the P-40 ever since I watched "God is My Co-Pilot" with my dad so many, many years ago on TV. Found out, after he had passed that he got some P-40 time while assigned to Lowry Field in 1945. I'm going to follow your build. Maybe it will cause me to build another P-40!

Had a small mishap today while appliying decals.  It just fell off.

Frank - Glad to see you went with the Buffalo!

Ed - Too much pressure or too little glue?

Dan - I think I’d have to go with those marking too!

My least favorite part of most Luftwaffe builds... the splinter camo! 1.5 hours of masking for 10 minutes of spraying. Next I’ll cover most of it up with RLM 79 sand yellow.  

I'm gonna hafta get me a Stuka for the shelf. The only time I built a Stuka was way back in the '60s? Maybe earlier. I don't know if this is the boxing, but I built both around the same time.

Looking good, Mopar. The camo looks really good.

Mopar Madness

My least favorite part of most Luftwaffe builds... the splinter camo! 1.5 hours of masking for 10 minutes of spraying. Next I’ll cover most of it up with RLM 79 sand yellow.  

Take heart - at least you are not doing the dreaded “wave mirror” scheme, or splinter camo for a Viggen!  

I wouldn’t even know where to begin with that Viggen camo! 

Dan, nice job on that cockpit. Its coming together well.

That don't look good Ed, hope you can fix that.

Chad, i know that feeling. That splinter pattern has come out well.

A little post shading done on the Stuka. I added a hint of RLM 05 to each color to present the hint of a fade. Next will be the final basecoat of RLM 79 sand yellow.

Wow, you guys have been busy!
It will take some time to get up to speed with all the different projects being entered here...
All I can say is that you guys are doing an excellent job -and I think Airfix should have a sponsors link on their HP.

Speaking for myself I have gone from one Airfix kit (Monty's old Humber) to all in all 9 builds since January. Will try to get some WIP stuff on here ASAP.

@ DantheMan85,
Question to the P-40.
I painted the cockpit in a 50/50 mix of Tamiya XF-62 OD and XF-71 Cockpit Green and I am not happy with the result. To much OD.
Could you suggest a different recipe.

That Stuka is xlnt btw Chad...

Bump...

I’ll throw in a quick update. Got the RLM79 overcoat laid down. Another few pounds of putty and tape relegated to the garbage bin! Still quite a bit of airbrush work yet to be done before I call this camouflage finished.

I like the looks of that Chad, nicely done.

Modelpalooza is next month, October 18, 19, 20. Three of my entries for the show were built for this Group Build, the TBD-1, P-51D, and Boeing Clipper. The other two are "off brand"...lol...not Airfix. Just thought I'd share.

I keep telling myself I’m going to buy one of those Clippers! 

Mopar Madness

I keep telling myself I’m going to buy one of those Clippers! 

 

It's a fun build. I have two on the shelf and a third still in my stash.

have fun there next month frank and good luck with your entries.