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Lockdown has given me the time and opportunity to get the D-Day Air Assault set diorama built. It's the first time that I've attempted something like this, and I've thoroughly enjoyed the project. First of all, here's a picture of the completed project:
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Then taking the various components one by one, here's a picture of the finished Typhoon Ib:
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And now a close up to show the cut-away gun cover flap and the armourer reloading the 'tanks' whilst on the other wing, someone tops up the forward fuel tank in the wing:
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The various vehicles (the Tilly, the Bedford light truck and the motor cycle) were all interestingly intricate. So first of all, a picture of the Tilly's chassis:
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And I decided to add a driver and a passenger - the passenger being a pilot on the way to dispersal:
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Next the Bedfortd truck, which I opted to model without the canvas top - I thought it made a more interesting and utilisable model with an open back. Again a picture of the chassis (to show its detail) then one of the truck itself, to which I added a bit of my own interest by having the bonnet open and a mechanic getting threatening with a very large spanner. (Don't tell anyone, but the mechanic is actually from the Luftwaffe figure set...). I also added the tow-rope to the nudge bar at the front using a bit of thick thread. The Bedford has a reasonably detailed engine which you can't see unless you model it with the bonnet open:
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And lastly from the actual set, a couple of the figures with the motor bike:
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I also happened to have the ambulance from the RAF Emergency set, with the appropriate figures, so that's gone into the background as well, and I've added a pilot figure from the slightly out of scale set produced by a manufacturer beginning with 'R'...:
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To work on the base, first of all I glued it to a sheet of plywood, then it was painted with acrylics, then the 'grass' was added using lots of PVA glue. To stop any reflective 'shine' from the acrylic paint, it was all sprayed with Vallejo Matt varnish.
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As I said at the top, it's the first diorama that I've attempted, and whilst I'm looking forward to going back to just modelling aircraft, I must say I enjoyed the variety of the tasks involved. Although it's largely finished, I'm in the process of adding a fuel bowser (from the Refuelling set) and sometime when I've time, I might get round to building the control tower.
So there we are - hope you approve!
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Part of my Battle of Britain themed modelling is looking at the 'Aircraft of the Aces', and with the availability of alternative markings, it of course makes it possible to model specific aircraft. So here is my attempt to produce Sergeant Eric Lock's Spitfire, using the Airfix A68206 Spitfire Mk Ia in 1/72 scale. As usual for me, it was painted using a brush and Vallejo paints.
Sergeant Eric Lock is thought - by some analysts at least - to have been the top scoring pilot of the actual BoB period. This is an aircraft that he was known to have flown: EB-G N3162 of 41 Squadron, based at Hornchurch in September 1940.
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As well as the specific code letters, I've added the correct serial number, and also the 'kill' markings. The other 'add-on' (I try as far as I can to build OOB) was the pilot figure, which was a resin PJ Productions figure - to which I added the oxygen tube... In the close-up of the cockpit area, you'll note that I had a bit of difficulty getting the slid-open canopy to fit (which I had to detach with a razor-saw as this kit doesn't have a two piece canopy) and I've also tried to give Eric his stripes (not easy in this scale!). Having the open cockpit door I think makes a huge difference!
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A few people made some kind comments about my previous post (the Avro Anson), so I thought I'd risk another one... this time of the Airfix 1/72 Bf109-G-6. Modelled very much OOB, although I did manage to cut the canopy up with a razor saw so that I could have it open. The reason that I wanted to do this one was to try to see if I could replicate blotch-camouflage using brushes (I don't have an air-brush) - I'm reasonably pleased with the result, so will now be encouraged to try it again on the Bf109E that is sitting on the shelf waiting to be built. I enjoyed the build!
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And as an add-on, if anyone can tell me how I can change the name that appears with my posts, I'd be grateful! For some reason, this Forum has decided that my name is null-null98. I've e-mailed airfix@ but no reply... So if the moderator is able to effect the change for me, I'd like my name to appear as Landy
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This is my first post on the Airfix Forum – so please be kind with any comments! I returned to modelling after 50 years absence as a therapy following a hip replacement. I live near what was once RAF Warmwell, so that (and The BoB in general) forms a theme in my modelling so far. When I get round to it, I’ll post some images of other BoB builds, but the Warmwell theme has led to trying to build the aircraft that would have been seen there during the summer of 1940 particularly (but also later in the war so I could include a Whirlwind and a Typhoon!). This one is the Avro Anson Mk I, MW-V K8813 of 217 Squadron, which although based mainly at St Eval almost certainly flew in and out of Warmwell. On the 11th August 1940, it took off from St Eval at 12.15, piloted by P/O Anthony Gordon-Peiniger, sent a message at 16.57 saying it was under attack – and nothing more was heard from the plane and the wreckage was never found.
The model was built from the Airfix 1/72 kit manufactured I would guess in the 1960s (to judge from the box and the yellowed single sheet instructions!). There were, as one might expect, quite a few issues requiring filling and fettling, and I decided to scratch build the ‘headlamp’ and fit out the interior. The decal sheet was badly yellowed and anyway the serial number and code letters were not exactly what I wanted. The code letters were applied using white letters – I agonised over this, as to whether I should use sky grey or not – but all the pictures I could find (including the box art) seemed to suggest that Ansons carried the letters in white at this period. Vallejo Model Air acrylic was used with a variety of brushes – I haven’t yet graduated to an air-brush….
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1/72 Westland Whirlwind, 1/72 Westland Lysander (with ASR pods), 1/72 Sopwith Camel ..... All new-tool obviously!
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Westland Whirlwind 1/72 scale fighter/bomber. I know that Special Hobbies do one as does Pavla, but they're incredibly expensive and I gather from a friend who built the Airfix one (Starter set A50096) that it was a really well produced kit and all the parts fitted, unlike the SH version which was apparently a nightmare. I'm trying to build all the RAF aircraft that were flown from RAF Warmwell during WW2, so the Whirlwind - as flown by 263 Squadron (Code HE- ) in 1942 and again in 1943 would be a great addition.
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Westland Whirlwind 1/72 scale fighter/bomber. I know that Special Hobbies do one as does Pavla, but they're incredibly expensive and I gather from a friend who built the Airfix one (Starter set A50096) that it was a really well produced kit and all the parts fitted, unlike the SH version which was apparently a nightmare. I'm trying to build all the RAF aircraft that were flown from RAF Warmwell during WW2, so the Whirlwind - as flown by 263 Squadron (Code HE- ) in 1942 and again in 1943 would be a great addition.
Typhoon Ib out of a big box
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I thought I'd make the most of finishing (for now at least) my D-Day Air Assault set by posting in this forum group some details of the aircraft component of the set - a Hawker Typhoon Ib. If you're interested in how the diorama turned out, I've posted about that separately in the Dioramas section... Look under D-Day Air Assault lockdown project
The kit is nice to build. There were no real fit or finish issues, and only a little bit of filler was needed (on the starboard wing root). There is a reasonable amount of moulded detail inside the cockpit area of the fuselage:
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However, the cockpit opening, once the fuselage is closed up, is so small that if the pilot is going to be included, you can hardly see any of the detail. But nevertheless, I know it's there!
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And here's one of 'Stap-me' Stapleton (whose aircraft this was) in the 'office'. I like to use the somewhat better detailed pilot figures produced by PJ Productionsd, but as already mentioned, hardly any of him was going to be visible - besides which I had to amputate his legs to get him in anyway, so I stuck with the figure that was included in the kit, just adding the harness made from painted masking tape...
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One of the nice things about this kit is the option to open up the gun covers in the wings. So I detail painted the guns and ammunition:
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As a result, when the wings are closed up, I think it adds a little bit of extra interest (although it's a pity I didn't deal with the ejector pin marks...):
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Taking this option gives a pleasing extra detail, especially when the neatly folded cover panel is added, and an armourer is allowed to get on with his work:
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Once the painting was completed - as usual, I used brush-applied Vallejo Model Air colours - it was on with the decals (again, straight from the box). I had difficulty getting the invasion stripes to work; even with Microsol, they didn't want to wrap around the wing fronts, line up with the guns and the wheel bays and the rear edge of the wing, and allow for the bomb mounts/pylons to be covered (amnd all at rthe sdame time), so I scrapped them, and masked and painted the stripes (although the stripes at the rear of the fuselage were OK):
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Even trickier were the yellow wing edge warning strips, so once again, it was out with the masking tape and on with the paint:
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The next two pictures show how little of the pilot is actually visible:
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As I said earlier in this post, it was actually quite a fun build, with no major problems or issues, even for an elderly newbie like me. And the finished model I think captures some of the rather imposing stance of the actual aircraft:
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And this picture gives a more general overview:
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As do these two:
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I hope I've done this kit justice, and that you've enjoyed looking at a few pictures of this part of the set build. Thanks for reading this far, and just to show you what it looks like in amongst the rest of the diorama set with which it came, here's a picture of the whole thing (with more to look at on the Dioramas forum page):
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