NWR-Gordon-4 Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Sorry, but I think I am a little confused now. Is '0640104', an Airfix product number / code, for the Ford C-900 tractor unit and trailer in Ferrari livery, that you own? What model is the code '1403' for? Google search was not very helpful, unless I was searching with the code with wrong manufacturer. GNR-Gordon-4 (AF) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket Ron. Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Lovely builds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Sorry, but I think I am a little confused now. Is '0640104', an Airfix product number / code, for the Ford C-900 tractor unit and trailer in Ferrari livery, that you own? What model is the code '1403' for? Google search was not very helpful, unless I was searching with the code with wrong manufacturer. GNR-Gordon-4 (AF)06401-4 is the Airfix code,1403 is the Edai code. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailorman Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Now where have I seen those models before?? 😉Hi David.......Great to see you posting here.Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWR-Gordon-4 Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 @Ratch Thank you for that post. I am terrible sorry that I got myself confused last night. 😀 GNR-Gordon-4 (AF) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_hughes2 Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 Hawker Hurricane Mk.1. No. 274 Squadron RAF, Sidi Barrani, Egypt 1941Humbrol have produced a step by step guide to this build by Geoff Coughlin and loaded it onto YouTube. Frustratingly Airfix seem to have no knowledge of this as it is not linked from their website. As a relative newcomer to the hobby the videos were great and really helped me. Surely an opportunity to sell more of this kit and its associated Humbrol paints and accessories is being missed here?I wasn't sure if the camo (if that is what it is) at the front was mottling or 'sausages'. The reference photos below were inconclusive./media/tinymce_upload/5b5c1c7b2e83460530e276af1410c134.jpg/media/tinymce_upload/19e9bfd064b73e5636248780925c7546.jpg/media/tinymce_upload/688a0f2f6c2f38fac9010b5fba963f12.jpgI went for mottling, as I did not have a clue how to do the sausages without serious masking.I found a great photo from Doug Banks which showed a coloured flash, so I went for a yellow flash with a blue outline. Not sure if he has copyrighted the colour element so here is a link:https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/417145984214114218/The decals worried me but were a dream, as was the whole kit./media/tinymce_upload/03fcfa2dae94677a5e883300a3ba3ccb.JPG/media/tinymce_upload/3a2e39f0e87c46b154b592b1f26e5136.JPG/media/tinymce_upload/996cb02beff14fc80177876c4654e277.JPG/media/tinymce_upload/90fec367e0e190423db0369b4fc83659.JPGHere is the flash:/media/tinymce_upload/deaaf9bc3a163e6890806040a9dbc7d6.JPGMy next project is the Revell Battstar Galactica. (Yes I know, big mistake but I was literally on (prescribed) drugs when I purchaed it.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Earth Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 David, That Hurricane is stunning ! The painting and weathering work is inspiring.1/48 scale ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_hughes2 Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 David, That Hurricane is stunning ! The painting and weathering work is inspiring.1/48 scale ?That's really kind. It is the 1:48 scale A05129 kit.Like I mentioned the guide by Geoff Coughlin was excellent. It was a bit like following a receipe and I learned lots of new techniques. For example, I had tried using hairspray directly from the can on a 1:72 Mustang and it came out very chipped. I never thought to spray it from an airbrush.It was only after seeing the colour photo from Doug Banks I decided to deviate slightly from Geoff's instructions. The aircraft looked really tired, so I did not mask the camo, but attempted free hand and I took a scalpel to the decals. I then dry brushed them.I don't have a huge experience of kits but this was a different league to anything that I have built so far. I could find no fault with it and it really made this a pleasant build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 /media/tinymce_upload/638baf1459393d1c8398d3b781b86010.JPG/media/tinymce_upload/2ae194e09ea49c128916f0e0897e9ffa.JPG/media/tinymce_upload/f9f8a216461ad9e878a65f94ea0f6e57.JPG/media/tinymce_upload/75f0dbd47858d439f10c539e5676fd22.JPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Pascoe Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 This is my first posting on the Forum. I've been 'lurking' for a while and been meaning to build a kit or kits for the past 20 years. The last kits I started were back in the late 1980's, so with the current lockdown and the fact I have no work on at the moment, I thought I might drag out a couple of my old kits. The first was the Airfix E-boat, which I started probably in 1988 or so. I had it all stored in a cupboard and it has been quite a lot of fun finishing it off. I was even able to use the Humbrol paints which were over 30 years old.The difficult bit was the rigging and guard rails which I used cotton thread glued on with PVA glue. Some pictures attached. I'm appalled at my painting skills when I saw the photographs at 100% on my screen..../media/tinymce_upload/dbb1a5431c0e870ba3d03a3c8a24c6cf.jpg/media/tinymce_upload/384c329c2fc12f5094c92801bfb80dbb.jpg/media/tinymce_upload/82bf8a8c8d26f23212a9ae71000d3dbf.jpg/media/tinymce_upload/0db38ec5ac2f84814e7bfa38559170fe.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthony bailey1707820323 Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 /media/tinymce_upload/d3772032adb475d8a629a6547099492e.JPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_hughes2 Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 Wasn't sure if this thread was just for things that we have built during the pandemic, so if I'm being really honest I only built and added the snow-speeder and base during lock-down.Scale 1:144/media/tinymce_upload/f1b4289d48736015376a241aa954c42b.JPG/media/tinymce_upload/e9bc82e6efd406f067e96db775279124.JPG/media/tinymce_upload/c45b9f568b745345c822e525ed18bd83.JPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Earth Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Ratch,Excellent job on a classic B17.Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailorman Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 No. The idea is to post anything you've built (preferably Airfix - but we've had a few others too) and not just those built during lock-down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_hughes2 Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Thank you Patrick. I will keep that in mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Ratch,Excellent job on a classic B17.ChrisThanks Chris, I built it for a mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 /media/tinymce_upload/2110d56c03e3b8fb5d2c25f3585afe96.JPG/media/tinymce_upload/ca55ab27655fbf25b9f7ab71b7bb42bb.JPG/media/tinymce_upload/df5ea380c49474c9a0c03f77b6e46ba0.JPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailorman Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 Very nice indeed Ratch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_hughes2 Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Airfix 1:72 Curtiss Tomahawk IIB (A55101)/media/tinymce_upload/6a934c7da3c489bf6f0bc4d0200c8942.JPG/media/tinymce_upload/06635951c3609d07c451ef11c4b9b26d.JPG/media/tinymce_upload/c2375e3e9261a476edcd21e2c7a62880.JPG/media/tinymce_upload/fea3493f1199782c8921bec9639d24e3.JPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWR-Gordon-4 Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 david_hughes2, looks like you have there, a nasty combination of a shark and a plane! 😆 😉 😀 Great photos. 😀 GNR-Gordon-4 (AF) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 /media/tinymce_upload/7f012166f68cc42af9113e7b5b4685a2.JPG/media/tinymce_upload/f4075466dc8714428680547c1ffeba9a.JPG/media/tinymce_upload/662e3a4fa3272be12ae3891675f30edf.JPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Earth Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 Hey Jim Pascoe !Welcome ! That schnellboot is a great intro. Nice work ! It looks pretty huge.And more great work keeps coming from everybody . . . Armor, aircraft, sci-fi, ships, autosSome fine painting skills displayed !Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Earth Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 A trio of 1/72 Corsairs . . . /media/tinymce_upload/d78a3ad719a3a57ba478f1342896732c.jpg/media/tinymce_upload/40ef031ae3daec244eca0d6e21aa281f.JPGScratched Wingfold:/media/tinymce_upload/958433540827b8191c0ebf0c862e9d38.JPGThis photo reminds me that I have to dull down that fluorescent ZnCr green color. Yikes ! And their younger sister . . . /media/tinymce_upload/6df3515f87e69d8db67053463596c279.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Pretty Mediocre Modeller Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 1/72 F-101B Voodoo, USAF. Brush painted/media/tinymce_upload/e31faf9e51ec67ad4729bda894624431.jpg/media/tinymce_upload/7a9e56b2f06484e39b0eea4379ffc132.jpg/media/tinymce_upload/27d7e1a3b5496d30f3fa48118e8ca48c.jpg/media/tinymce_upload/c8030cb7f133fe819e6a201aad7b7efe.jpg/media/tinymce_upload/9fc013f95d448e072dd8205025467e58.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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