The Beaufighter Channel at iModeler (40 articles)

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Bristol Beaufighter

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It was going to be literally out of the box

by Scott Nelson on October 19, 2020
in Aviation — 20 Comments

A while back on another site someone started a thread about building a kit without painting any of it. Just a pure build to see how well you could do without hiding flaws with paint. Most everyone said “no way.” But I kinda liked the idea and so[...]

Second Beaufighter

by Greg Fabian on August 16, 2020
in Aviation — 10 Comments

The first Bristol Beaufighter model I built was in the early 1970's when I was a teenager. It was 1:32 scale and I remembered that it didn't fit together very well. I recall painting the model entirely in black and even fabricated the exhaust fl[...]

On This Day…

by david leigh-smith on June 3, 2019
in Photo Collections — 25 Comments

Ju88 crashed after take off in Holland, June 3rd, 1941. ____________________ On June 3, 1943, This MK.V1c Beaufighter ran off the airstrip into ditch when landing at Dobodura, Papua New Guinea. ____________________ Following the shock[...]

Bristol Beaufighter TF. X

by Tim T on May 23, 2019
in Aviation — 14 Comments

Here’s my version of the 1/72 Airfix Bristol Beaufighter TF. X. As most builders seem to, I chose to depict NE829, flown by No.144 Squadron from RAF Banff in Aberdeenshire. Built straight from the box, this is a great little kit, with a fit go[...]

On This Day…May 23rd.

by david leigh-smith on May 23, 2019
in Photo Collections — 19 Comments

American Volunteer Group squadron flight leader Robert 'R. T (“for tadpole”) Smith standing next to his P-40 Warhawk fighter, Kunming, China, 23 May 1942. Smith resigned his commission as a second lieutenant in 1941 in order to join Colonel [...]

1/72 Bristol Beaufighter TF.10.

by John Healy on April 10, 2019
in Aviation — 20 Comments

This is the still new Airfix kit. The kit itself is superb, featuring solid engineering and great fit. I finished it straight from the box, including kit decals for 45 Squadron in Malaya during 1949. I did make seatbelts from painted Tamiya tape[...]

Airfix 1:72 Bristol Beaufighter Mk.X

by Dennis Meyers on March 17, 2019
in Aviation — 6 Comments

Another nice Airfix kit completed. This is a very well engineered kit that essentially fell together. The only finicky issue was that the propeller/shaft assembly wouldn't seat fully in the engine until I filed out the opening some. This was [...]

100 Year RAF Anniversary GB Tamiya 1/48th Bristol Beaufighter Mk.VIf No.68 Sdn

by Chuck A. Villanueva on March 2, 2019
in Aviation — 12 Comments

One of the benefits in building these models is discovering and learning more of not only of the subject but of the men and squadrons that flew these often dangerous missions. Doing research at times when searching for particular markings or [...]

“Black Friday”

by Peter Vill on February 9, 2019
in Aviation — 19 Comments

These photos show my Airfix 1/72 Beaufighter which represents one of the aircraft that took part in the attack on Z-33 on the 9th of February 1945, if I recall correctly this one made it back. As for the kit, well what can I say apart from I re[...]

Revell 1/48th Bristol beaufighter TF.X in-box review pt 2

by Chuck A. Villanueva on December 9, 2018
in Reviews — 8 Comments

Now on to the 2nd part of the review. Going back over the kit in a nutshell. This new tool Revell Beaufighter brings us a kit with a few more detail bits than what the Tamiya kit does not have an option for. 2 different V tails, the ability[...]