ONE DAY CHALLENGE – Airfix 1/72nd P40 Warhawk
So, whilst trying to find new video ideas for my channel, i came up with this idea. this is my effort for the one day challenge. The aircraft is freehand airbrushed with tamiya paints, and lightly weathered using Tamiya smoke and Tamiya panel liners. I wanted to do more weathering with oils, but time ran out.
I made a boo-boo with the decals, the roundal on the body is too far back and not quite straight, but i had cut the decals to help it settle before i realised, so taking it up and re-placing it was not an option.
I would love to see a few more poeple taking part in this, just for fun!
Rules for the one day challenge if you wish to partake:
1.) The kit must be started and complete within 24 hours.
2.) You can use any materials and techniques you wish, but the work must be stopped as soon as the 24 hours are up. (Photography is not classed as part of the 24hr period).
Well done, @fow_models. You picked a great kit to do in 24 hours. I have built a couple of these kits and they go together well. I would be hard-pressed to finish a kit in 24 hours, so I will leave the challenge to you young people. Cheers.
Thanks. Its not a bad kit. For airfix haha
Nice work on that! I need to try to build one in 24 hrs one of these days. When I was a kid, I built them in an afternoon…….
i think we all did. i had little regard for accuracy then haha
Well done!
Thank you!
It takes me 24 hours to read the instructions!
Nice work!
Thanks. Instructions? what are they?!
Well done. Mine would have a thumb print in it fer sure..
wanna know a secret? mine did. its just careful photography not to show it 😉
Well done, Tam! Amazing result for only 24 hours!
Thanks mate. I dont knbow what or when the next one will be, but you can bet it will be an airfix 72nd scale haha
Great result, Tam @fow_models
Especially if you consider this is just 1/72 and done in 24 hours.
I dont usually bother with 72nd scale kits, usually too faffy, but im rediscovering my love of them if im honest
Interesting
I'm going to try a 48th kit when i've found one i think will be doiable in that time frame. I have 1 or 2 i think will be ok, but i need to sit down and look at it properly
Interesting and valid idea. I think this can work on single engine propeller or 2 engine Jets.
I focus on kits one hour at a time usually .Maybe with the help of some strong coffee drinks over the day with rest stops in between. I’ll let you know !
I think some of the smaller Revell car kits might work too. i have a nice shelby mustang with only about 50 parts, i recon that could be done in a day, but i have that earmarked for my next group build in my Discord server
We Use to do this kind of contest in my Club... can I post one of those contestant? With similar name will be something like this:
ONE DAY CHALLENGE –
Hasegawa 1/72nd Shidenkai George
I managed to do it whilst stopping and starting during filming to adjust camera angles etc, so i think with a 72nd kit, its easily achievable to a higher standard than i achieved if youre not recording.
Very nice for a day's work, Tam 🙂 The Airfix P-40 is an ideal kit for this type of challenge.
There's a forum I belong to (the Unofficial Airfix Modellers Forum) which runs 'model-in-24-hours' group builds every year, which are referred to as 'Blitzbaus'. I've taken part a few times (one of them, an Airfix Wildcat, is posted on this site: https://imodeler.com/2019/12/24-hour-build-airfix-1-72-wildcat/). They're always a lot of fun and a good challenge, and always leaves me wondering why, if I can build a model in 24 hours, can I only manage 6 or 7 completions a year?