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John Healy
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1/72 Bristol Beaufighter TF.10.

April 10, 2019 · in Aviation · · 20 · 2.9K

This is the still new kit. The kit itself is superb, featuring solid engineering and great fit. I finished it straight from the box, including kit decals for 45 Squadron in Malaya during 1949. I did make seatbelts from painted Tamiya tape to dress up the cockpit and observer's seat a bit. This model required a tiny bit of Mr. Surfacer to blend the fin extension to the fuselage, but needed no other fillers anywhere. I painted it with Humbrol enamels, glossed with Future and brought it all together with a blast of Testors dull coat.

Another great new Airfix kit finished and on the shelf.

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20 responses

  1. Nicely done John, looks good.

  2. A beauty of Beaufighter! Well done

  3. Slick looking Beau John!

  4. Looks great! I have this kit in my stash, now it needs to get built!

  5. I like the Beau, don't know why, but I like it. I've built one more than 30 years ago, from Matchbox, and has another one waiting her turn...
    Your color scheme is unusual, but I like it, and the build turned out great!

  6. very nice john as always...would love to see more...that's a little jewel

  7. I really like this kit myself, and you've done a great job with yours. I'd love it if Airfix would up-scale this to 1/48 like they did with the Blenheim.

  8. Beautiful Beau! I'm gonna have to snag one of them new Airfix kits one of these days...

  9. Fantastic work with this Beaufighter. It is a very nice kit from Airfix as well and looking forward to build mine too, after seeing your work. Wonderful.

  10. Looks like you’ be spent a lot of time on this model.Looks brilliant.

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