Airfix scale model kits
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1/48 Airfix English Electric F1A Lightning: Just finished this today after about a week and a half of working on it. It is OOB except for the detail in the cockpit, seat, and behind canopy. Also added a few bits to the main wheel well and [...]
This is my second Airfix 1/48 scale P-40; this time in the guise of a Tomahawk IIb as flown by Wing Commander Peter Jeffrey, 3 Squadron RAAF, in the western desert in 1941.
Our IPMS-NSW club has a group build coming up later this year [...]
Hellol iModeler! Here is my Airfix 1/48 Hurricane, built almost out of the box except for a Quickboost resin seat. Paints were Vallejo Model Air shot through my Sotar 20/20. Photos were shot outside at a local municipal airport. [...]
Recently Airfix has released several new mold model kits which I was told demonstrated significant improvements in every aspect over the older Airfix kits. It had been a while since I had built any Airfix kit due to my dissatisfaction [...]
As the third specimen of my "Captured Warbirds" serie this one is quite interesting. This Zero was shoot down over Akutan, Alaska, in the Aleutian islands, in July of 1942. The plane was shoot in the oil return line so the pilot, [...]
These aircraft were just some of the many models entered in the 1/72 - 1/32 scale classes. My Westland Wyvern 1/48 Trumpeter was awarded the best in show for 1/48 scale and my Huey Hog Gunship 1/35 Academy MRC for Rotorcraft. Jets best in [...]
The initial set - from the novelties of 2016 firm Airfix. On the box of the model are located, bribing with their elaborate detailing, the photo of the front of the aircraft (in particular the finned cylinders of the engine).
In fact: [...]
Well at long last I got my second contribution to the Kasserine pass G.B. finished or nearly finished (More on that at the end... )
The Vehicle.
Based on the Austin K30 light truck and known affectionately as "Katy" by her crews [...]
What happens when a customer orders you to build a very very old Airfix model, and make it as good as possible? Well, it's time to use all the techniques that you have to comply with the order.
I've built a lot of these old school airfix [...]