AA, sorry to hear of your fit troubles. I've yet to build an Airfix kit and your problems put a damper on my enthusiasm. You can handle those wing roots. They are not pretty, but I've seen worse and I'm sure you have too.

Bish and Stik, thank you for your encouraging words.

Greg: Looks great! The canopy looks perfect to me. 

AA: Oh wow that blows. Sounds like a bad kit but then again I've had a few good quality ones that just seemed jinxed. Nasty seam there on the wing root. Have you any putty that you can remove with solvent so you don't have to sand off all that detail?

I'm stuck now in stenciling hell. About half of them are applied so far.  

EBergerud

Greg The cradle is clever. What scale is it - you can get them in HO, O and N? Eric

 

Eric, far as I know it is available in one size which is said to be for HO and N. The larger trough is for HO, smaller for N. I've never seen one for O scale.

I have two, they come in handy for all sorts of things.

That does not sound very good AA. The only build review i could finmd was of the Sea Hurricane and that does not mention any issues. So i wounder if you have a dud or a kit from an early production run.

Thats come out very nice Greg, should be pleased with that.

Well, I’m a bit disappointed once again with the Airfix 1/48 Hurricane Mk. I. For a company that puts so much really nice detail into their molds, that doesn’t transfer over into engineering the fit very well.  I had already had problems previously with the Albion refueling truck, and was initially impressed that the Hurricane appeared to be a great improvement over that.  Then I had some issues with fitting the wings together (had to shave down the main wing spar in places to get it to fit), and in the otherwise very nice machine gun bays, the final parts to put in (the diagonally situated structural members) both had to have some cutting done to them to be able to get them to fit, but nothing that couldn’t be easily fixed.  Now, though, trying to fit the fuselage over the completed wings/cockpit assembly is a nightmare!  The fit is just not there at all.  I had to shave down the outer sides of the aluminum tubing that surrounds the cockpit (luckily this will not even be visible) just to get the fuselage to fit over it, and when I finally got it seated, the result is still crap.  Took a ton of glue to get it to hold, will require a ton of putty to fill the atrocious wing root gaps.  Compared to the Tamiya 1/48 Spitfire Mk. I I just completed, also for this diorama, it’s like racing a Yugo against a Ferrari F1 car!  Seriously, the Tamiya you practically just shake the box, dump the parts out and it falls together - presto, done!  The Airfix is like a theatre of pain.  

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That looks great to me! 

It is always a treat to have no major disasters upon mask removal, isn't it?

This is neither my best nor worst, nothing bad enough to do over.

If there is anyone near here who knows as little about WWII aircraft as me (unlikely) the extra pieces are because this is to be the "car door" version of the Typhoon.

Edward provided masks for the closed door version, I had to cut some of the masks myself. Guess what, the Eduard masks worked better.

Bish, thanks for looking and for your comment.

mawright20

Greg, what kind of foam is that your using for a mount?

 

It is a foam cradle made for working on model trains. I have a couple, bought mine ages ago from MicroMark. They seem to work great for 1/48 scale model planes as you have noticed.

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Greg, i reather like what you have done to that.

Bit of an update on my 1/48 Eduard Tiffy....

A page back Jack mentioned the belly not having been pure black, but more of a dark grey blue. I decided to do a bit of streaking over the black. I grabbed the first grey/blue I found, and it happened to be RLM 74. Close enough. I enhanced the shadows to enhance viewing. It's not this stark in reality, and the not-parallel streaks don't stand out much.

Thanks Jack. If I messed up the idea, it isn't your fault!

The topside is all slicked up after decals. And I think I am passing on the stencils on this model. I'm going to try a coat of semi-gloss prior to Flory wash this time, so maybe tomorrow is take off masks day!

Thanks for looking.

Yes, but like most of the other model companies, Airfix has reboxed some of their older kits in the newest style boxings. The only thing new about them is the box, decals, and perhaps the instruction sheet as well. You have to research if it is an old or new tooling.

Eric, Airfix are re-releaseing some of their older kits i.e. pre 2006, in the new boxes. So it does pay to check. Unfortunatly there numbering system is not as clear cut as Dragons or Tamiyas. And yes, the turn around begain when they were bought up by Hornby in 2006.

But a few years ago, Hornby did anounce it was having finacial problems, even at the end of last year things were still not setteled. I just hope they can ride things out.

stikpusher

Jack, Gamera, and Brandon, thanks for your kind words. 

I think the only previous 1/48 kit of the Walrus out there was an old one by SMER. I’m sure that this new one by Airfix should be wayyyyyyyy better.

 

Thats the one Das beav built so will be interesting to see how the Airfix kit goes.

Jack, Gamera, and Brandon, thanks for your kind words. 

I think the only previous 1/48 kit of the Walrus out there was an old one by SMER. I’m sure that this new one by Airfix should be wayyyyyyyy better.

Stikpusher - nice job fixing those inaccuracies.

As for the Walrus, as has been stated, yes it's a new tool kit. Bit of a weird plane, so I can't wait to see it come together.

-BD-

castelnuovo

 

Bish

 

 

castelnuovo

Hey Bish, may I enter again, this time with Supermarine Walrus by Airfix in 1:48?

Cheers...

 

 

 

 

You sure can. I'll get you added. Is that a new tooled kit.

 

 

 

 

 

Don't know. How do I find out?

 

Scalemates is usualy the best way. But i just looked on Hannants, they list whether its a new tool kit, and the Walrus is.

Got it on the roster.

Bish

 

 

castelnuovo

Hey Bish, may I enter again, this time with Supermarine Walrus by Airfix in 1:48?

Cheers...

 

 

 

 

You sure can. I'll get you added. Is that a new tooled kit.

 

Don't know. How do I find out?

Greg, nice work on the black. Does make a chance to see one of tehse with the black undersides.

Great work there Stik, nice idea for filling those holes and i like the rudder pedals and stick modification.

castelnuovo

Hey Bish, may I enter again, this time with Supermarine Walrus by Airfix in 1:48?

Cheers...

 

You sure can. I'll get you added. Is that a new tooled kit.

Hey Bish, may I enter again, this time with Supermarine Walrus by Airfix in 1:48?

Cheers...

Thanks for commenting, G.

Greg: Looking very good. And it's good to hear you had such luck with the Tamiya tape. I know a guy who gets fantastic results with the 'blue' tape from the hardware store but I couldn't work without the Tamiya stuff and the 'Frog' tape that seems to be the same stuff. 

Jack: Thanks, I didn't know this. 

SP: Your improvements really help the model. Good call there! 

Jack, thanks for commenting on my model, and for the info on the black color.

I'm surprised Eduard calls out simply "black". They usually seem to do thier homework. Maybe Eduard should have you consult.