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A build I've wanted to get round to for a while.
The Beaufighter Squadrons were based at RAF Dallachy fairly close to the River Spey.
I decided early on that I wouldn't be doing a Black Friday Beau so this is my attempt at RD3549 of 489 [...]
This is a kit that is a joy to build, yes, even the canopy.
I wanted to do it as a Mk.1a and chose a scheme from 217 Squadron, RAF Luqa in 1942.
Aftermarket: Kitsworld Cockpit Decals, Eduard Look IP, CMK Resin Brownings and Brassin [...]
I really enjoyed this coming together, well, except for all those flaming stencils.
Yes they are all on and I totalled the time out at 10 1/2 hrs for the main fuselage ones alone.
There were one or two tricky moments with the intakes [...]
A build I thoroughly enjoyed.
Everything that is reported regarding the fit of this kit is accurate but I was trying to stretch myself.
Primed with Tamiya Neutral Grey.
Painted with Colourcoats Dark Admiralty Grey, Barley Grey, Light [...]
A nice, if tricky little kit.
The tolerances are very tight and not being too precise with the placement of some of the early parts makes it a little harder further down the line.
In saying that it goes together well and builds up [...]
A straight out of the box build except for Tape Belts and the serials and roundels were masked and painted as Trumpeter had them a tad on the fictitious side.
Primed with Tamiya Neutral Grey.
Painted with Colourcoats Extra Dark Sea Grey, [...]
Yet another fantastic kit from Arma Hobby.
It comes with some beautiful 3D printed parts that require some surgery to build the kit.
If I can do it then I would hazard that anyone can.
Primed with Tamiya Neutral Grey.
Painted with [...]
A kit that gave me no issues at all. Any problems along the way were caused purely by me.
The fit was fantastic and only required the smallest amount of filler.
Primed with Tamiya Neutral Grey,
Painted with Colourcoats PRU Blue, Medium Sea [...]
A reboxing of the Academy plastic with some lovely resin bits and transparencies from Special Hobby and surgical instructions to covert the Texan to the Harvard.
No real issues with the fit, my only complaint would be that the masking set [...]
I can't recommend this kit highly enough.
I only had to use smears of filler in a couple of places and that was probably down to operator error.
Primed with Tamiya Neutral Grey.
Painted with Mission Models Mitsubishi Interior Green, [...]
