Second Beaufighter
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The first Bristol Beaufighter model I built was in the early 1970's when I was a teenager. It was 1:32 scale and I remembered that it didn't fit together very well. I recall painting the model entirely in black and even fabricated the exhaust flame suppressors using drinking straws. It looked pretty horrible. Forty years later, I decided to take a crack at modeling again and bought the Tamiya 1:48 scale Beaufighter kit. At first I wanted to paint it in the green/gray camouflage scheme, but that didn't work out. So what I have here is the black paint scheme. I built a lot of Tamiya armor models back in the day and my go-to manufacturer for aircraft models was Hasegawa. But Tamiya did a nice job on this kit and It turned out pretty well for me.
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Tom Cleaver said on August 16, 2020
See? It is like riding a bicycle! 🙂
Nice result.
Greg Fabian said on August 16, 2020
Thanks! I think the new models are much better than what was available back then.
Ross Paton said on August 16, 2020
Nice model. I'll tackle it one day! Is it my imagination or was there once an Airfix 1/24 Beau for a brief period?
Greg Fabian said on August 16, 2020
There might have been a 1/24 Beaufighter, but I got out of the hobby completely years ago so I wouldn’t know. The first one I built was a 1/32 Revell.
Spiros Pendedekas said on August 16, 2020
This is a great Beau, Greg!
Welcome back to modeling and welcome aboard the fantastic iModeler!
Greg Fabian said on August 16, 2020
Thanks. I stumbled upon this site and it looks like a winner.
Robert Royes said on August 16, 2020
Looks great! and welcome, this is very user friendly.
Greg Fabian said on August 18, 2020
Thank you!
Greg Kittinger said on August 17, 2020
Nicely done! The Beau looks sexy in black!
Greg Fabian said on August 18, 2020
Thanks, it does look rather sexy in black - and sinister!