I made one of these in the 1960s when the most basic and cheapest Airfix models came in a plastic bag with a carboard strip sealing the top bag and cost a couple of shillings or so. Paint was not included.
I have this one waiting for me to find the time. These new tooling kits from Airfix are beautiful, I'm not far off 70 years of age and have been building kits since I was young and the old Aifix 1/72 kits are prehistoric compared to these new ones, the detail is stunning particularly in the cockpit which used to be just a seat and a shapeless blob for a pilot. Well done.
Thanks man! Yes the detail they are getting these days is so much better, modern technology is helping to allow the designers to do things never possible back in the older days!
Gary, a thought regarding lights. You often paint the back silver to mimic a reflector. How about a tiny scrap of kitchen foil glued across the back? Then you don't have to worry about running out of silver paint - plus the foil in the long term is probably cheaper.
Your paint and weathering technique look very realistic! I have this kit, and it has been sitting on the shelf all year and now i have the inspuration to build it!
This excellent video pops up while I'm finishing off the exact same kit :-) I've applied the decals, masked off the underside of the fuselage to complete the paint job using Tamiya 6mm masking tape and attached the canopy. A few dabs of paint here and there and I'll have gotten closer to being more experienced enough to tackle my stockpile of 1:48 kits!
I plan to do this kit. Enhance weathering with some simple adds.. Will give it a wash. Dot filter. Chipping. Exhaust stains. The radiator and propeller dry brushed with silver. Wheels with pastel mud.
Another terrific build, thanks.....I really love AirFix models. I've made well over 20 of them thru the years, not a bad kit in the bunch. Humbrol paints are some of the best.
Washing the parts first definitely makes a difference, I've noticed. Apply acrylic paints to unwashed parts (Ooo-er) and it won't adhere to the surface very well.
Hi... Honestly I've completed about 8 starter sets recently and they all have the same problem. When I paint the camouflage, I always manager to get the green on the underside sky colour. I've tried masking it with tape but it never seems to work, have you any tips which could be useful? Thanks (By the way, apologies for the amount of questions, as a young person trying to get into the hobby i have limited knowledge, despite my dad letting me use his tools when he was in the hobby)
Daniel, don’t apologise. The only way to learn divides into two - ask others and try it yourself. I think back to when I was five and colouring in was a thing - do the edges first then the rest. Same with kits. Do the edges first then worry about filling in the rest. If you are using tape make sure the paint isn’t too thin and always paint away from the masking tape edge. That way you won’t push paint under the tape. I’ve always found the Humbrol underside sky paint to be quite strong, if it is mixed well before use, so should be able to handle any overspill. Most of the time the line will follow a panel - like under the nose of the Hurricane and Spitfire, so you don’t need to be absolutely accurate if you are going to do a panel joint wash in black as that will fill in the line for you. Most important is to always try to paint along the line with the brush - sounds a daft thing but brushes work best and are easiest to control when you kind of pull the brush along the line you want to paint rather than swiping it side to side. I’m sure there are some good vids on YT about this. But it really does make it easier to follow a line, especially along a panel edge. Another thing is, just keep practicing. Many of the videos you see on YT are from people who have been doing this for quite a while and for whom this is all second nature. The most important thing of all is to remember this - if you are happy then that is all that is important. You will get ‘better’ as you try more techniques and so on, but you only ever need to be good enough to please you and no-one else. This hobby is meant to be enjoyable, so enjoy!!! I hope that helps. Have fun!!!
Masking tape IS tricky to get the hang of. My philosophy is that I'm not going to beat myself up for not making a 1:72 scale kit look it was made a seasoned long term committed modeler - the important thing is that you tried and that you'll improve very quickly with each attempt. Some people buy scores of model kits and never even bother to build them so you're already way more accomplished than they are :-)
Looking great
I made one of these in the 1960s when the most basic and cheapest Airfix models came in a plastic bag with a carboard strip sealing the top bag and cost a couple of shillings or so. Paint was not included.
I have this one waiting for me to find the time. These new tooling kits from Airfix are beautiful, I'm not far off 70 years of age and have been building kits since I was young and the old Aifix 1/72 kits are prehistoric compared to these new ones, the detail is stunning particularly in the cockpit which used to be just a seat and a shapeless blob for a pilot. Well done.
Thanks man! Yes the detail they are getting these days is so much better, modern technology is helping to allow the designers to do things never possible back in the older days!
Gary, a thought regarding lights. You often paint the back silver to mimic a reflector. How about a tiny scrap of kitchen foil glued across the back? Then you don't have to worry about running out of silver paint - plus the foil in the long term is probably cheaper.
Nice idea - I guess you could use a dab of PVA as it goes transparent on drying...
Thanks Gary! I’m new to modelling, and this amazing video has helped me know what to expect when this kit arrives in the mail (soon, hopefully)!
Glad to hear it!
Your paint and weathering technique look very realistic! I have this kit, and it has been sitting on the shelf all year and now i have the inspuration to build it!
This excellent video pops up while I'm finishing off the exact same kit :-) I've applied the decals, masked off the underside of the fuselage to complete the paint job using Tamiya 6mm masking tape and attached the canopy. A few dabs of paint here and there and I'll have gotten closer to being more experienced enough to tackle my stockpile of 1:48 kits!
Feels like just yesterday I saw something about this kit🤔👍☕🐢
I plan to do this kit.
Enhance weathering with some simple adds.. Will give it a wash. Dot filter. Chipping. Exhaust stains. The radiator and propeller dry brushed with silver. Wheels with pastel mud.
Another terrific build, thanks.....I really love AirFix models. I've made well over 20 of them thru the years, not a bad kit in the bunch. Humbrol paints are some of the best.
Another good build, just goes to show what can be done with basic materials...keep up the good work!
Thanks Alan!
Great job with that model. Congratulations for brushpaint. Just finish that model but have use Revell paints
Another fantastic build!
Thanks Matt!
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Great build and paint, so inspiring.
Good kits to get your mojo back nice work
Found I had to work a little on the left wing
Welcome to my chanel.
I've been making kits for 40 years and never washed them.
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Washing the parts first definitely makes a difference, I've noticed. Apply acrylic paints to unwashed parts (Ooo-er) and it won't adhere to the surface very well.
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Hi...
Honestly I've completed about 8 starter sets recently and they all have the same problem. When I paint the camouflage, I always manager to get the green on the underside sky colour. I've tried masking it with tape but it never seems to work, have you any tips which could be useful? Thanks
(By the way, apologies for the amount of questions, as a young person trying to get into the hobby i have limited knowledge, despite my dad letting me use his tools when he was in the hobby)
Daniel, don’t apologise. The only way to learn divides into two - ask others and try it yourself.
I think back to when I was five and colouring in was a thing - do the edges first then the rest. Same with kits. Do the edges first then worry about filling in the rest.
If you are using tape make sure the paint isn’t too thin and always paint away from the masking tape edge. That way you won’t push paint under the tape.
I’ve always found the Humbrol underside sky paint to be quite strong, if it is mixed well before use, so should be able to handle any overspill.
Most of the time the line will follow a panel - like under the nose of the Hurricane and Spitfire, so you don’t need to be absolutely accurate if you are going to do a panel joint wash in black as that will fill in the line for you.
Most important is to always try to paint along the line with the brush - sounds a daft thing but brushes work best and are easiest to control when you kind of pull the brush along the line you want to paint rather than swiping it side to side. I’m sure there are some good vids on YT about this. But it really does make it easier to follow a line, especially along a panel edge.
Another thing is, just keep practicing. Many of the videos you see on YT are from people who have been doing this for quite a while and for whom this is all second nature. The most important thing of all is to remember this - if you are happy then that is all that is important. You will get ‘better’ as you try more techniques and so on, but you only ever need to be good enough to please you and no-one else. This hobby is meant to be enjoyable, so enjoy!!!
I hope that helps. Have fun!!!
Masking tape IS tricky to get the hang of. My philosophy is that I'm not going to beat myself up for not making a 1:72 scale kit look it was made a seasoned long term committed modeler - the important thing is that you tried and that you'll improve very quickly with each attempt. Some people buy scores of model kits and never even bother to build them so you're already way more accomplished than they are :-)
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Wings on mine are awefull, soo much exccess overhang on the bottom wings, huge gaps on the trailing edges. Needed some work to get a good fit
Did you farnish the kit once completed?
Most of the time I put a varnish of either matt or satin on the kit, depending on the era. For WW2 normally matt.