Saturday 31 December 2011

Friday 30 December 2011

US Marines F-5E Tiger II 1/72 Airfix






RAF SEAC Mohawk 1/72 Revell

A leftover kit from the Finnish Air Force Morane project has leftover decals recycled from 3 different Revell kits: a Hurricane, a Wellington and a Spitfire (I think). Paints for the SEAC camouflage are: Humbrol matt 29 for Dark Earth, Revell matt 68 for Dark Green (closest match to a Humbrol 116 tin which was dried up) and homebrew Revell 76 and 50 mix for Medium Sea Grey undersides.

The final results are quite nice for an informal "let's see what we have available in the stash" -style model. However if  you are using this as a reference, please note: 1) camouflage is for the Mohawk IV while the kit is (possibly) a Mohawk III 2) the serial # is unfortunately fictional, couldn't find the correct BS734 combination decals in single font so this became a BN888. But then again, before that knowledge this model didn't look too bad, didn't it?








Wednesday 21 December 2011

USAF F-100D Super Sabre 1/72 Italeri


Another Italeri winner, except that there are quite a few small errors which were found at a too late building stage. Worst is the canopy but that's Italeri's fault, not mine!
Decal placement was mostly guesswork as I built this model entirely without the kit instructions, they were missing between a first peek inside the box and starting to build the kit. (Am I having a some kind of trend here?)
Still, if you don't know exactly what a real Hun looks like, this model isn't too bad...







Tuesday 13 December 2011

FAA Fairey Fulmar Mk I 1/72 Airfix



My Fulmar Mk I in Temperate Sea Scheme camouflage.
Paints used:
Revell matt 65 for Dark Slate Grey
Revell matt 78 for Extra Dark Sea Grey
Revell matt 49/silk 371 mixture for Sky

I'm afraid a) the weathering got out of hand b) this isn't the right camouflage for British Navy planes in Crete 1941 c) rear canopy seams still aren't finished yet.

But I like the kit and the model! Final note, the original kit exhausts were mysteriously lost during the assembly but fortunately the Revell Hurricane IIc kits have a spare set!