80 Years of Airfix GB

Bravo Frank!

Lovely job on that frank. Great to see another one of these, thank you.

Here it is. The drone is completed. F6F-3K Hellcat Drone Aircraft 17. We're ready for the Battle of Palmdale: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Palmdale

This is my second drone. The first is a 1/48 scale Otaki F6f-3K with a yellow tail, aircraft 12. The kit is built pretty much out of the box. the exception being the cowling from a Hasegawa Hellcat kit. That cowling is much nicer that the kit cowling. The model was primed with Alclad grey primer and preshaded with Tamiya flat black. The red is Model Master Insignia Red enamel and the tail is Model Master Willow Green. The aircraft numbers are from Techmod and the national insignia are out of the scrap box. The exhaust stain is Tamiya Rubber Black shot with my Sotar 20/20. I used MOdel Master Dullcote to seal the paint and decals. Seems the Dullcote caused a halo around the national insignia. I was going to seal the model with Alclad Semi Matte varnish but opted for the Dullcote. Bad decision. Anyway, here it is:

The Vampire is really nice! The orange nose and tail really set off the NMF. I need to find a Vampire kit...

Thanks Piers, i will get the final pics done at the weekend.

And that is a real beaty. The bare metal has come out great and looks even better with the orange, thats a great choice of scheme.

Thanks for taking part, will get the roster updated as soon as i can.

Seriously great job on that Vampire!

fotofrank

The drone is almost ready for paint. I sanded the whole model to knock back the rivets and panel lines. I glued on some of the small bits before paint so final assembly wouldn't be so tough. The canopy mask is from Pmask for the Eduard F6F. With some cutting and slicing the canopy mask now fits an Airfix kit...lol.

 

My first thought with the light finish and black cowling?

That's one fat looking Zero there...

TJ, thats nice with those on.

Likeing the look of that frank.

Hellcat Drone Update: Like I said, I like me some red airplanes. The Hellcat has been out on the paint bench getting its drone colors. Drones were colorful but they didn't lead a very glamorous life as their colors might suggest. I preshaded with Tamiya Rubber Black Acrylic. I think the color is too dark and my application was too heavy. I should have used a grey color for the preshade. After the airplane sits over night, I'll give it another shot of red to see if I can mute the preshade a little more. The red is Model Master Insignia Red enamel and the green is Model Master Willow Green enamel.

That Gnat makes me want one. Nice work.

Cheers

Tony

I got most of the decals on the Kate and wanted to do some oil paint weathering. Thes came back to bite me in the rear as when I sarted to remove the oils I also removed some of the base paint....then only did I see I was using thinners and not turpentine !

Luckly not to bad and the affected areas have been reworked so I can get it done within the alloted time.

Pix to follow.

Theuns

We have markings 

Frank - what I always liked about the MPC offerings was the fact they came with a few groundcrew figures!

I'm going back through the thread as I get time. Bish, the Gladiator is excellent. Piers I really like the Vampire too.

Nice pick up Frank. I have it in mind to try the Airfix F-80.

Cheers

Tony

frank, nice little haul there, be good to see them geting done when ever you get around to it.

Thanks Tony. The Belfast is now done, just got to get the pics taken.

Got the front page updated with your 3.

Looking good Chad.

Nice paint job there TJ, will look good with the markings on.

Just want to show off the kits I nabbed today. A friend buys collections and resells online. I was helping him sort kits today and he let me pick and choose kits I'd like to have in my stash. Sometime back in another thread folks were discussing the merits of the Airfix Ford Tri-Motor. I'll eventually see how good/bad it really is. I saw the MPC/Airfix F-80 and had to have another one to go with the one already on the shelf. The Gladiator Mk. 1 is an original Airfix bagged kit. Bish, we'll see if the kit is as nice as your recent Gladiator build. Should be fun. I now have the Meteor kit we talked about way back in the spring. Nice kit. Recessed panel lines even. The F-104 and the Widgeon just looked like they would be fun builds. Bish, don't add these kits to the roster. I just wanted to share my good fortune. Not sure if I'll get anything built after the Hellcat drone yet.

I'm loving your Belfast, Bish, You don't see many Airfix ships built these days. I'm looking forward to the Tiger. 

Nice to see that red Gnat too. In my mind it's a classic Airfix subject.

Thanks for your comment Chad.

Cheers

Tony

Got the metal bits painted and the fuselage sealed on the Lightning. 

Geez Tony, you've made some outstanding armor!

Johnny - I sure do like those in the Red Arrows livery!

I like me some red airplanes...