Egilman Posted October 15, 2023 #31 Posted October 15, 2023 They were delaminating over England as well, it's just that on the home front, it didn't make it into the reports as often... (being close to the sun and all that) At that stage of the war, they really didn't want to listen to bad reports... It was dealt with and the aircraft repaired or scrapped, the problem was they didn't know which ones until they started delaminating... And yes, most were shipped to the SWPA before they knew they had a problem... Canute, realworkingsailor, Old Collingwood and 2 others 5 Current Build: F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale In the Garage: East Bound & Down, Building a Smokey & the Bandit Kenworth Rig in 1/25th scale Completed: M8A1 HST 1930 Packard Boattail Speedster M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer F-4J Phantom II Bell H-13's P-51B/C Temporary Suspension: USS Gwin DD-433 F-104C Starfighter "Blue Jay Four" 1/32nd Scale Terminated Build: F-104C Starfighter ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote: "Relish Today, Ketchup Tomorrow"
shipman Posted October 15, 2023 #32 Posted October 15, 2023 An interesting debate there, though during wartime the life expectancy of any combat aircraft could be days or weeks. Onwards with the build.... realworkingsailor, Egilman, Jack12477 and 3 others 6
realworkingsailor Posted October 22, 2023 Author #33 Posted October 22, 2023 Thanks for all the kind comments and "likes", it's great motivation to keep building! Among the last remaining items to add were the lights and the gunner's canopy. I discovered that on this airplane, the aft wingtip lights had been painted over, while the kit makes no mention of this, it was evident in prototype photos. As a little extra touch, I drilled a small hole in the aft end of the forward light and added a little red or green paint, as appropriate, to simulate the navigation light bulb. Well, I think I'm going to call this build provisionally finished. I'm planning on coming back to it and adding a bit of weathering, but for all intents and purposes I'm finished. Thanks to everyone who has been following along, and especially those who took the time to comment and/or "like". A few final photos for everyone to enjoy: Thanks again, everyone! Andy CDW, king derelict, Waitoa and 11 others 13 1 Quando Omni Flunkus, Moritati Current Build: USF Confederacy
Landlubber Mike Posted October 24, 2023 #34 Posted October 24, 2023 That came out great Andy! Sometimes the 1/72 and smaller scale planes look a bit soft and toylike, but Airfix (and you) did a really nice job with this kit. Congrats! Canute, Egilman, realworkingsailor and 4 others 6 1 Mike Current Wooden builds: Amati/Victory Pegasus MS Charles W. Morgan Euromodel La Renommèe Plastic builds: Hs129B-2 1/48 SB2U-1 Vindicator 1/48 Five Star Yaeyama 1/700 Pit Road Asashio and Akashi 1/700 diorama Walrus 1/48 and Albatross 1/700 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/32 IJN Notoro 1/700 Akitsu Maru 1/700 Completed builds : Caldercraft Brig Badger Amati Hannah - Ship in Bottle Pit Road Hatsuzakura 1/700 Hasegawa Shimakaze 1:350 F4B-4 and P-6E 1/72 Accurate Miniatures F3F-1/F3F-2 1/48 Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat built as FM-1 1/48 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/48 Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72 Citroen 2CV 1/24 - Airfix and Tamiya Entex Morgan 3-wheeler 1/16 Terminated build: HMS Lyme (based on Corel Unicorn) On the shelf: Euromodel Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde; Caldercraft Victory; too many plastic ship, plane and car kits Future potential scratch builds: HMS Lyme (from NMM plans); Le Gros Ventre (from Ancre monographs), Dutch ship from Ab Hoving book, HMS Sussex from McCardle book, Philadelphia gunboat (Smithsonian plans)
yvesvidal Posted October 24, 2023 #35 Posted October 24, 2023 On 10/22/2023 at 5:00 PM, realworkingsailor said: Andy, you finished a real marvel. I still remember one of my best friends some 45 years ago, as he tried to build that model (or a previous iteration of it). His did not complete in such a nice way.... but we were just kids playing and the glues, paints and putties were not what they are today. HUMBROL was dominating the market in Europe and that is all you had. Yves AJohnson, mtaylor, Old Collingwood and 4 others 6 1
AJohnson Posted October 24, 2023 #36 Posted October 24, 2023 Another cracking build Andy, really clean looking and the stripes; for all the hassle look good to me! Jack12477, king derelict, realworkingsailor and 4 others 6 1 Andrew Current builds:- HM Gun-brig Sparkler - Vanguard (1/64) , HMAV Bounty - Caldercraft (1/64) Completed (Kits):- Vanguard Models (1/64) :- HM Cutter Trial , Nisha - Brixham trawler Caldercraft (1/64) :- HMS Orestes(Mars), HM Cutter Sherbourne Paper Shipwright (1/250) :- TSS Earnslaw, Puffer Starlight
Danstream Posted October 29, 2023 #37 Posted October 29, 2023 Very nice Beaufighter, Andy. Clean and sharp work. I see that the landing gear was rightly assembled and it looks straight and solid. In my build, it didn't look equally solid. Love the pictures with the rotating propellers. Cheers, Dan Old Collingwood, Egilman, Canute and 3 others 5 1 Current build : Mayflower - AL 1:64, Lady Nelson - Amati Victory 1:64 Completed non-ship builds : Spitfire MK I - 1:48, Arado 196B - 1:32, Sea Fury - 1:48, F-15C Eagle - 1:48, Hawker Tempest Mk.V - 1:48, F104S Starfighter - 1:48 "The most effective way to do it, is to do it" - Amelia Earhart
Old Collingwood Posted October 29, 2023 #38 Posted October 29, 2023 This came out so nice - build - paint loverly job. OC. mtaylor, Egilman, Jack12477 and 3 others 5 1 Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1
king derelict Posted October 30, 2023 #39 Posted October 30, 2023 Beautiful work. You have made a very convincing Beaufighter Alan Canute, mtaylor, Egilman and 2 others 4 1
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