Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.
Well, it went slightly differently in my head - and by differently, I mean better - but it is what it is and here it is!
PS: For all of you who have asked and waited patiently, part 2 of the Bf109E-4 will be arriving shortly! 🙂
Please excuse the multitude of white balance settings on this one - it's borderline multicoloured!
Where all future magic will (hopefuly) happen!
After a little teaser from the last video showing you how I vacformed the canopy for the little Stuka, here's the rest of the build.
Not a build video in the typical sense - that will be part 2 - but I just thought I'd show you all how I made my own canopy for this kit. Having built the cockpit from sctarch, the original one-piece canopy, being rather thick, would have [...]
Took delivery of this little beauty a few days ago. I was eager to see just what improvements Airfix had made over their dreadful original after my experience with it earlier this year and I have to say the improvements are many. Other [...]
So what started out as a fun build challenge in a tent one night in the summer, ended up being a full-on test of my ability and patience!
It's not perfect by a huuuuge country mile, but it was a great learning experience! It was the first [...]
Quite a simple kit. I polished the surface with a 12000-grade cloth to give a natural sheen as opposed to a 'sprayed on' one. The decals were a bit thick, but succumbed eventually.
When we got home from that camping trip, the little Zero sat on my bench, just staring at me, longingly, hopefully, expectantly. If it had eyes, they would have been the puppy dog variety.
So, I took it upon myself to give this amalgam of [...]
