Airfix 1/72nd Westland Sea King HC.4

[Guest]

That’s not looking anywhere as bad as you claim it does

[Waspie]

It's completed and you didn't give up on it that's gotta say a lot Steve. Well done buddy - perseverance pays. As Jakko said, it's not half as bad as you intimated.

As for the finish. Hey, don't beat yourself up. I worked on 'Junglie' Wessex deployed to Norway and to be totally honest, we 'daubed' paint on them by hand. The finish would have made modellers cringe :upside: .

Now - what next??

[Mark1]

Yeah i agree with what the guys have said,does look better than you made out and to be fair you did kinda throw yourself in the deep end with the paint scheme so well done.

[Guest]

The finish would have made modellers cringe :upside: .

If you paint a model like the real thing would have actually looked, you wouldn’t win any prizes in contests. The jury report would probably say things like “poorly painted,” “unrealistic,” “unconvincingly weathered” and similar.

[Flip]

Ditto to all the above. Better than you said :thumb2:

[JayCee]

There is nothing wrong with that, Steve. It's your first model so don't be so hard on yourself.
John.

[David Lovell]

Steve thats not that bad and we've all suffered the chest up on a build at some point you did mention about practice with the airbrush if you dislike it that much its a great airbrush test crash dummy. Dave

[stillp]

Nothing wrong with that at all.
Pete

[Gern]

I'd have been well pleased if my first kit had come out that well! Regardless of any issues you have with the finished thing, you should be proud of your perseverance. That approach bodes very well for your future models.

[Miko]

I think that's what they call 'disaster averted'! The problem solving characteristic of the modeling community wins again! Yaayy!!

Miko (suitably impressed)