****DONE: 1/32nd scale Beaufighter VIF, 46 Sqn RAF, Egypt 1943 Group Build

[B-17engineer]

Beautiful!!

 

[Wayne Little]

 

[ozhawk40]

Marvelous build Terry - it;s looking great!

Cheers

Peter

 

[Airframes]

Post #380 - eh?? I'm not buying!
Thanks very much guys.

 

[muller]

It looks great with the decals on Terry, looking forward to seeing this beauty finished! 8)

 

[B-17engineer]

Glad to hear you're using this: I plan to keep it much more aggressively up-to-date than has been the case in the past, but don't hesitate to let me know if you find errors or need clarifications.

Nice try with the sig....

Is this a ban-able offense mods?

 

[Wurger]

Really great work Terry.

 

[Airframes]

Thanks Keith and Wojtek !
All the decals are now on, and the dark serial numbers have been touched in with red paint. They're a bit rough, as it was virtually impossible to gain access with the spotting brush, due to the decals being under the tailplanes, but, being in the shadows, and dusted over with dirt and 'sand', they look acceptable enough.
The main part of the weathering, paint fading and scuffing, and the addition of 'dirt' has been carried out, to give a worn, dusty look, with paint stripping, particularly on the black paint, which was prone to flaking and chipping from the wind- blown sand.
It looks a little harsh at the moment, and the lighting for the pics has emphasised some areas and masked others, but when it has all hardened, further work will be done to tidy things up and tone down those areas which need it. When the matt clear coat is applied, the next step, it should look how I want it - I hope!
The pics show the model as it looks so far, and the next stage, after the matt clear coat, is to add the landing gear, and proceed with the scratch-built entrance hatches etc.
Thanks again for your interest, and I'll have some more pics soon.

 

[ozhawk40]

Great job with the weathering Terry - it's looking very impressive.

Cheers

Peter

 

[Heinz]

Wow Terry its really alive now mate. Top stuff

 

[muller]

Love the weathering Terry! 8)

 

[jamierd]

looks fantastic i love it

 

[109ROAMING]

f****** love it mate! 8) weathering looks SWEET!!

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Wow T, that's going to be some beasty, great paintwork

 

[Wayne Little]

Yeah...Wow Terry!

 

[Wurger]

Cool.

 

[rochie]

looks the part now Terry

 

[lesofprimus]

Very nice work so far Terry, cant wait to see the matte coat tone it all down....

 

[Airframes]

Thanks very much guys. I haven't got any more done today, been feeling a bit rough. Hopefully get some more pics by the weekend.

 

[B-17engineer]

Nice stuff!