Sailorman Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 Started my Airfix 1:144 Concorde. Early stages as yet. Removed the surface detail and scribed new panel lines. Filling and sanding come next. Wings are not glued to the fuselage yet. Three schemes to choose from ....... not sure which one to go for yet.Makes a pleasant change from my usual scratchbuilt ships. Model seems to be going together very well. Nice thing about 1:144 is that there is no real need to bother with the cockpit interior! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailorman Posted February 24, 2023 Author Share Posted February 24, 2023 Also started the Airfix Boeing 737 and for my sins I also started a 1:144 vacform Airspeed Ambassador. This is an extremely basic kit but I've always wanted to build a model of this plane because my father flew on the first time he travelled to the UK sometime around 1955. I'll finish it in the BEA livery of that period. These three when finished will bring my commercial aircraft fleet up to 15! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailorman Posted March 13, 2023 Author Share Posted March 13, 2023 Bit more work done on my Conccorde. Pre shaded and first coats applied - final glss whie coat remaining.Progress also on the 737 and the Airspeed Ambassador. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailorman Posted March 13, 2023 Author Share Posted March 13, 2023 The Ambassador is a bit of a tough one. It is a vacuform and has pretty basic fit of parts and no props. A fun challenge. Lots of filling required around the wing joints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Barbour Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 I won a painting competition in 1976 (Cadburys mini rolls) and won this model It wasn't first prize (that was a flight on Concorde) but I was so excited for the kit I didn't care!I remember the absolute tragedy of making it. The white gloss paint looked awful and the decal stripe down the side a disaster. I ended up putting the whole lot in the bin. I wish I had your skills when I was 9. Actually I wish I could have your skills now :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailorman Posted March 14, 2023 Author Share Posted March 14, 2023 Well .......I'm 68 and still struggling to get a good finish! I suppose that is partly my fault. I've never been into clubs so I funble along and learn by trial and error. There was no internet in my early ( and middle years) do nowhere to get advice. I'm sure that nowadays it is possbile to gain skills very rapidly if one discusses any issues he (or she) may have with other model makers.White was always an issue. Humbrol 22 used to turn yellow after a year or two. It was difficult to apply and didn't "cover" very well. When I was younger I used a brush and tried everything to apply white paint with including warming the tinlet in an attempt to make the paint go on smoother. I tried rattle cans - but the paint went on too thick. I tried Matt white - which was easier to apply but was a nightmare when it came to applying decals.Airbrushes have helped immeasurably and the new formulations of paint don't yellow.Modellers have never had it so good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailorman Posted April 16, 2023 Author Share Posted April 16, 2023 Concorde is complete. This is the Airfix 1:144 kit. Right click on the image and "open in an new window" to see it properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailorman Posted April 16, 2023 Author Share Posted April 16, 2023 The Ambassador is complete too. This is the Welsh Models 1:144 vacform kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 Concorde is such a beautiful aircraft heart_eyes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailorman Posted April 16, 2023 Author Share Posted April 16, 2023 Sheer elegance! Airfix have captured the concave shape of the wings beautifully. It's intresting to see it next to other aircraft. It's fuselage is of such a narrow diameter. The plane seems to be all wing. Only the Comet seems to have such a slender fuselage.I need to buy the original 1960's release to compare the two ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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