1/48 RAF Night Fighter dual build Tamiya Beaufighter & Blenheim

[F-104nut]

It was time to build some RAF Night Fighters. Always loved the Beaufighter & and Blenheim in the NF scheme. The Tamiya Beau is a wonderful kit and built several. The Airfix Blenheim is full of detail . Lots of parts that require some dry fitting befor gluing

Brian

 

[Capt. Vick]

Lovely indeed!

 

[rochie]

Should be good

 

[Wurger]

 

[Gnomey]

Good work so far!

 

[fubar57]

Good start

 

[F-104nut]

More parts painted on the Beau tonihgt, I used AK real color aluminum on the cylinder heads. The used the shaow hobbiw thinnerline circle cutter to cut mack to spray the Mr color medium sea grey for part of the engine crank cover .

Brian

 

[F-104nut]

Start messing with the landing and wing on the left side. Blose away by the aount of detail that Airfix provides. Fit of the strut is really nice. Next i will pray some primer and paint before i install the strut and close the wings

Brian

 

[Crimea_River]

That Blenheim looks like a tasty kit. Nice details.

 

[nuuumannn]

spray the Mr color medium sea grey for part of the engine crank cover .

Enjoying your work, but a wee note, the Bristol Hercules engines were nominally painted black when fitted to Beaufighters. Existing photos of night fighter Beaus confirm this.

Bristol Hercules 2

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[F-104nut]

Enjoying your work, but a wee note, the Bristol Hercules engines were nominally painted black when fitted to Beaufighters. Existing photos of night fighter Beaus confirm this.

View attachment 607372Bristol Hercules 2

View attachment 607373RD253 01

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Thanks I will fix that next time I'm in the hobby room ! By the way what is the color of the inside of the beaufighter cowlings ?

Brian

 

[nuuumannn]

Based on the photos above, probably Interior Green and I suspect no one will criticise if you do them that colour. It might have been different on the night fighters though. I have only seen B & W photos of night fighter Beaufighters.

 

[F-104nut]

Based on the photos above, probably Interior Green and I suspect no one will criticise if you do them that colour. It might have been different on the night fighters though. I have only seen B & W photos of night fighter Beaufighters.

So on the the entire Beau engine is black including the cylinders and crank over ? or is it just the center section black and aluminum for the cylinder heads ?

 

[nuuumannn]

So on the the entire Beau engine is black including the cylinders and crank over ? or is it just the center section black and aluminum for the cylinder heads ?

Looks like the entire engine bar the cylinder heads, as per the photos. You can just see the cylinder heads in the cowled engine on RD253.

 

[F-104nut]

Looks like the entire engine bar the cylinder heads, as per the photos. You can just see the cylinder heads in the cowled engine on RD253.

Thanks i will be fixing them again. I will restripe them down and reapint..

Brian

 

[nuuumannn]

The same is likely with the Blenheim's Mercuries as well. These photos show a Canadian Fairchild Bolingbroke, but the casings are also black.

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The same on this flyable Blenheim I, although it too is a modified Bolingbroke.

0707 Duxford Blenheim I

 

[F-104nut]

The same is likely with the Blenheim's Mercuries as well. These photos show a Canadian Fairchild Bolingbroke, but the casings are also black.

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The same on this flyable Blenheim I, although it too is a modified Bolingbroke.

View attachment 6073790707 Duxford Blenheim I

Thanks good to know in the Blenheim.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Gnomey]

Nicely done so far!

 

[wrcook]

I see this with interest. I just started this same kit build last week, it looks like a wonderful kit, easy to build out of the box. Just what I wanted to get started building again after almost 20 years.

What paint are you using for the interior? It looks pretty close to the chip that I had (maybe still have it). The chip that I had came from the wheel well of a Beaufighter, the one at Rockcliff, before restoration.