papa 695s Bristol Beaufighter Airfix 1/72

[yak face]

AAH ! all becomes clear Ian! You had me worried there for a bit- I thought 'hes never going to tackle the ancient Airfix beau when theres a brand new tooling just come out!?' but for what its going to be the old one is perfect . Great idea , watch out for the differences between the mark 1c and the kits mk X , mainly the angle of the tailplanes and the torpedo shackles and rockets, you might have to scratch a df loop and perspex cover too but nothing major, looking forward to seeing this one develop , cheers tony

[papa 695]

AAH ! all becomes clear Ian! You had me worried there for a bit- I thought 'hes never going to tackle the ancient Airfix beau when theres a brand new tooling just come out!?' but for what its going to be the old one is perfect . Great idea , watch out for the differences between the mark 1c and the kits mk X , mainly the angle of the tailplanes and the torpedo shackles and rockets, you might have to scratch a df loop and perspex cover too but nothing major, looking forward to seeing this one develop , cheers tony

Thanks Tony the one I'm doing was a Mk VI but I will still need to do some changes to it. It all adds to the fun.

[Guest]

This is going to be great.

[papa 695]

This is going to be great.

To be honest Ralph I'm really looking forward to starting this one, something I can really get my teeth into. But it will probably be a letdown in the end.

[papa 695]

Made a start on this one too. Got the two halves and wings together. The yellow tape is to show where to make the cut, and I will use the Airfix Beaufighter to show were to put the detail back on after sanding it smooth.

[Robert1968]

I like this idea Ian and this will be something really differant


Bravo on the discovery. I'm sue there will be something special coming out of the deep soon


Regards


Robert

[Germanjim]

Well with all this time I have doing nothing didn't imagine I'd see this again dived on this wreck in 2001 not a great deal left of it but interesting all the same will be watching with interest


Jim

[papa 695]

Well with all this time I have doing nothing didn't imagine I'd see this again dived on this wreck in 2001 not a great deal left of it but interesting all the same will be watching with interest
Jim

Thanks Jim I'm an advanced open water diver myself been to Malta once but didn't dive this one. but I will if I go again.

[papa 695]

I've been marking this up and done a little cutting and rebuilding

[Robert1968]

There's a beau in the deep.


Even at this early stage Ian you can see the makings of something wonderful.


I'm impressed really I am


Regards


Robert

[Dave W]

A good start.Probably the best thing you could do with that old kit.Should look very impressive.

[papa 695]

A good start.Probably the best thing you could do with that old kit.Should look very impressive.

I agree with you on that one Dave the kit is poor but it is OLD

[Robert1968]

It's nice to see the tooling is getting better on some of these newer kit offerings. But if your gonna do a wreck what better than a kit that's old.


Regards


Robert

[Guest]

Good work going into this Ian.

[papa 695]

Done a little more to this one. I've cut the front end off the main body and wings and put some plastycard over the gaps