Airfix scale model kits
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Destroyer HMS Dragon(very bad model, poor details unions..horrible), with generic etch Flyhawk, MK-1,Lion Roar, Bigblueboy ladders, Ciws Phalanx from Veteran Models, scratch with Plastruct improvements, replace Helo Linx HAS-3 from [...]
Mustang P-51D Old Crow
Kit: Airfix 1.24
Pilot: Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson
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My latest and last in 2016 completed build. This time Defiant Mk.I from Airfix in 1/48 scale.
Pretty nice kit maybe the panel lines a little bit soft and out of scale, but goes together no problem it all.
Decals I used for this [...]
Well here's a thing, I finished an Airfix Vampire too !
Built for the RNZAF 80th Anniversary GB over at Kiwi Modeller, the Airfix T.11/T.55 is quite simply a delight. Construction is virtually vice-free with only a 'smear' of putty here [...]
1/72 Airfix, my second Vampire, I modified and replaced a few things, finished in Tamiya and MM enamels with Future and Matt Cote or Micro flat over kit and spare Aussie decals.
First up Airfix's Rommel converted to USS Richard E Byrd 1/600 scale. Both were of the Charles Adams class DDG, with differences in radar and mast layout.
Second- Zvezda's November class nuclear submarine.1/350 scale
Third- Revell's [...]
The first upgrade of the Spitfire was the Spitfire II, developed to take advantage of a more powerful version of the Marlin engine.
Spitfire Mk.I K9788 was fitted with a Merlin XII in the summer of 1939. Tests demonstrated improved [...]
1/72 Airfix Douglas A-4B Skyhawk completed in the markings of VMA-324 "Devil Dogs" flying off USS Independence in 1963. Added most of an Eduard Zoom set, Quickboost gun barrels and ejection seat. Painted with Gunze Mr Color. I [...]
Finally got this together and set up. COLD SHOTS ! It's -6 C. I chose the alternate Romanian markings, and did some weathering. I counter sunk the air intakes, and made replacement pins and bushings for the props. Finished with Model [...]
Here's my version of the Airfix 1/72 Supermarine Spitfire F Mk. 22. For this project I wanted to go for a pristine post-war finish so I did very little weathering. I also used the AK Xtreme Metal polished Aluminum. I very much like that [...]