Bristol Beaufighter TF.X, Airfix, 1/72

[papa 695]

Looking very good Paul

 

[PaulTRose]

Nato black should be fine paul , the invasion stripes were a temporary finish anyway so probably the paint would have worn / faded pretty quickly. The off black of Nato black should be bang on.

unfortunatly its Meng paint and i think its way too light

 

[PaulTRose]

Y'know, you see photos of 'planes with 'invasion stripes, and they're different widths, wavy edged, not straight...

they only did it to make our lives difficult 50+ years later on! lol

any one got a 3 inch paintbrush?

 

[Tim Marlow]

Apparently in some cases they used a yard brush.....

 

[PaulTRose]

Apparently in some cases they used a yard brush.....

of course........we didnt go metric til 1965!

 

[Steve-the-Duck]

So, you'd be completely justified in hand painting them - 'it's SUPPOSED to look scrappy!’
I like the way the edges of the codes and roundel in your spit pic are roughed up too

 

[Jim R]

Hi Paul
That has gone together very well and quickly "Running out of black" - ain't that always the way. If you didn't need black you'd have bottles of the stuff!
Jim

 

[PaulTRose]

have i mentioned that i hate masking?,.....god i hate masking!...... ...i hate even more when you take it all off and you see all the bits that need touching up....grrrrrrr.....

but its getting there slowly

 

[yak face]

Looking mighty fine paul , cheers tony

 

[papa 695]

Very nice

 

[Steve-the-Duck]

Like we were saying about the stripes - they're never really straight.
Masking? Use a wide brush
Scrappy edges? I say just go with it!
But that's just me
Cos I'm lazy

 

[PaulTRose]

decals on, ready for a matt coat and then final assembly

 

[Archetype]

Looking good!

 

[Tim Marlow]

Great stuff. Apparently the Beau was a pig to fly, but the airframe shape looks fantastic, especially when painted and decalled as well as this one.

 

[Steve-the-Duck]

Yup
Another of those minor details I like with the new Airfix is the separate clear pieces for the nav and landing lights, especially obvious on the Beau wingtip