Dave Ward's 1/48 Revell Beaufighter TF.X 2018 Tooling.

[Tim Marlow]

Coming on great guns Dave...nice work.

[Dave Ward]

Finally back to the bench, and the engines installed

Next - gloss varnish, to prepare for decals etc.
Dave

[Jim R]

Hi Dave
Late in - sorry. Looks quite a nice kit. Not any complaints about the fit and detail. Good progress and the "zebra stripes" look nice after giving you a bit of grief.
Jim

[Dave Ward]

Decals applied - ROPOS aftermarket...................

Very thin, and very delicate! They look a bit wrinkly at the moment, I'll wait and apply the second part of the Mig Decal solution set, and hopefully all will snug down.
Dave

[yak face]

Looking great dave , any particular reason you went for aftermarket decals ? Revells decals are usually excellent to use . Cheers tony

[Dave Ward]

Tony,
I used a/m Decals because I wanted to show my Beaufighter with rockets ( not supplied by Revell ), and the 2 versions from Revell are shown as torpedo carriers
Dave

[yak face]

Tony,
I used a/m Decals because I wanted to show my Beaufighter with rockets ( not supplied by Revell ), and the 2 versions from Revell are shown as torpedo carriers
Dave

Ah i see :nerd: , cheers tony

[Dave Ward]

Decals sealed in with varnish - now onto some delicate painting - the canopies

Hand painted, then a cocktail stick used to scrape excess paint away. A little more scraping needed, I think.

The rockets make their first appearance.....................


These will be added, almost as the last operation.
Dave

[stona]

Hi Dave
When I mask I use a thin cut strip of tape at the edges and work it into the detail. It's really important to stop that bleeding. I've heard of people sealing the edges with varnish, but I've never tried that. I then fill in the area to be masked, something like this 'Zebra' striped Dornier:



As far as possible I spray away from the edges of the mask, to avoid those annoying build ups along the mask. This horrible Revell kit (I must have made it for a bet or something!) came out like this:




I really had minimal touch up to do on the painting. I can see you've made a great job of sorting yours out, but it's bloody annoying having to do it!

Cheers

Steve

[Dave Ward]

Steve,
the larger the aircraft, the more tape you use, the greater the risk of bleed. The D-Day stripes, all being straight, makes it stand out more!
I have tried sealing the edges with varnish - however, the varnish proved to be pretty tough stuff, and when I peeled the mask off the whole varnish sealing peeled off - not to be tried again.
I did my1/48 ICM Hs126, using Tamiya Masking Sheet relatively easily (!?), at least the wing!.
Pretty flat wing, small(ish) segments...................

One of these things, you think you've got masking cracked, then a poor result dents your confidence
Dave

[colin m]

Looking good Dave. The Beaufighter has a nice 'sturdy' look about it.

[Guest]

this 'Zebra' striped Dornier:

A duck-like pattern would be so much more appropriate for that particular aircraft than zebra stripes …

[stona]

One of these things, you think you've got masking cracked, then a poor result dents your confidence
Dave

Yep, I know the feeling!

Cheers

Steve

[Dave Ward]

This almost counts as a stalled build, but with the TK tankette, and the Provost on the go, I didn't have enough room for this large beast.
Picked it up again, and added the undercarriage - I used CA to fix, as this is quite hefty.

I had almost forgotten that the outer flap sections had stripes- I'd better add them before rockets are installed.............................
Dave

[Dave Ward]

Proceeding quickly, now.....................

Still a whole host of minor parts to add, before I even think about weathering
Dave