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With the release of Star Wars Force Awakens thought I would share this build from 2011
Model is ‘from the box’, Fine Molds use quite a hard plastic and the kit is superbly engineered which made for a nice project
Brush painted with Lifecolor and Citadel\Games Workshop acrylics plus MIG Enamel washes
More here from the time: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/78812-fine-molds-172-star-wars-x-wing/
I see Bandai do a ‘Force Awakens’ version in 1/72 so may have to get one of those, off to see the film at IMAX this Saturday – can’t wait
Finished this back in 2011, I picked up this Airfix kit in a Modelzone sale a few years before they went out of business.
Finished in Lifecolor plus the Humbrol acrylics that came with kit and some Citadel\GW, all brush painted
Doctors suit is non-specular blue with stripes hand drawn using an old fashioned bow pen in Azure Blue followed by blue wash to tone down, tried many ways unsuccessfully before trying this and was pleased with result, gather you can get masks to easily do the stripes now. Tie and Converse were detailed by brush.
Here are some pics of finished Lysander built OOB from Revell kit around 4 years back; a reissue of old Matchbox release
Painted by brush with Lifecolor, panel lines picked out with Games Workshop washes. I painted model using pictures on internet of real plane at Hendon and used the kit decals which match this real life example
Base is a picture frame from 99p shop covered with static grass
I fondly remember building Matchbox release in the 70s as a kid when it was moulded in 2 shades of chocolate brown, its in boring grey now
Yesterday, 1st November, was Bahn-Stormer Sunday. Weather was grey and misty but some interesting vehicles were to be seen
Airfix Spitfire MkIXc in markings of MH434 painted as a MkI from the 1969 Battle of Britain movie. Cannon bulges removed as per the real thing, model is finished with Fundekals sheet over Tamiya and Vallejo Model Air paint.
Skipper is from Airfix Defiant as this kit has an undersized chap in fast-jet clobber ….
I installed a tiny motor obtained on eBay, wired through a piece of aluminium tube into AAA battery box and switch hot glued inside coffee jar lid.
I’ve got a Special Hobby Buchón to do as a film Bf109 which will get same treatment.
Sorry the pics are dull, sun went in as soon as I went outside!
Hope you enjoy
More from a few Sundays back
Recently finished this one
Nice kit, any faults are mine
Airbrushed with Tamiya Satin Black then Vallejo Model Air Matt Varnish to finish
Some figures from the 80s, recently refurbished
Was lucky enough to meet the sculptor Sid Horton a few times, a local Brighton resident
CJHM 