Hi all
Now the Academy Spitfire is across the finish line, this will be my next build - a return to my first love that is the one true scale of 1/72! That's right 1/72 is THE one true scale!!
So this has been sitting on my workbench for about two months, saying build me.....mainly because I have no room to put it away!!
These really are one of my all time favourites, as evidenced by the fact this is the first wingy kit (different boxing) I built (badly) on my return to the hobby, the fact that I have another six in the stash and the fact that I have a 7th very special one arriving as a Christmas present.
This was a Fleabay purchase for a reasonable price and although the kit and decals are intact, going by all the other box pics of this kit, I am sure the paints and brush blister have been removed and reattached at some point, not that I am at all worried.
As it happens I am considering trying to use the kits paints as a sort of challenge and have even thought about doing it gun bays open, as that is an option with the kit and I have never done that sort of thing before.
Below you will see the usual obligatory box and sprue shots, reference material and my previous attempt (try not to laugh).
ACW as usual.
Andrew
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Box, AM, sprues and reference material!
And this is my first attempt at this kit and what I have to 'beat' with this build.....May 2018....and as you can see badly done with the brush and yet I still have it and won't throw it away because it's part of my modelling journey and a reminder of just how far I have come!!
Now the Academy Spitfire is across the finish line, this will be my next build - a return to my first love that is the one true scale of 1/72! That's right 1/72 is THE one true scale!!
So this has been sitting on my workbench for about two months, saying build me.....mainly because I have no room to put it away!!
These really are one of my all time favourites, as evidenced by the fact this is the first wingy kit (different boxing) I built (badly) on my return to the hobby, the fact that I have another six in the stash and the fact that I have a 7th very special one arriving as a Christmas present.
This was a Fleabay purchase for a reasonable price and although the kit and decals are intact, going by all the other box pics of this kit, I am sure the paints and brush blister have been removed and reattached at some point, not that I am at all worried.
As it happens I am considering trying to use the kits paints as a sort of challenge and have even thought about doing it gun bays open, as that is an option with the kit and I have never done that sort of thing before.
Below you will see the usual obligatory box and sprue shots, reference material and my previous attempt (try not to laugh).
ACW as usual.
Andrew
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Box, AM, sprues and reference material!
And this is my first attempt at this kit and what I have to 'beat' with this build.....May 2018....and as you can see badly done with the brush and yet I still have it and won't throw it away because it's part of my modelling journey and a reminder of just how far I have come!!
. These newer Airfix kits are usually really nice. We had a GB a while ago in which we just used the stuff in one of these starter kits. It was fun and some great models were built.
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