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John Rixon
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After a sizeable break, brought on, in part, by ageing family issues and a new distraction (motorhome!!), I have, for some inexplicable reason, turned to aircraft. I guess I was hitting the "Groundghog Day" feeling with AFVs, and not feeling as challenged, if you will. I bought a 1/48 Tamiya P47D, which is an amazing kit, possibly the best kit I've come across, beautiful mouldings, excellent fit etc, which was the point I realised I'd need to airbrush it, to realise it's full potential. So I equipped myself with a top flight (arf!) airbrus half way through the build, by which time I'd cocked it up a bit, due to being a bit experimental with weathering approaches...
It came out okayish, but exposed a huge gap in my skills as a modeller - planning, in particular, but it served a great purpose in helping me realise how I was going to have to change my approach, which fuelled my enthusiasm. I shall build another one of these, down the line, as it's really worth getting it right!
I followed ths up with a 1/48 Bird Cage Corsair. Another beautiful kit, and all has gone pretty smoothly with this one. I'm just at the point of weathering and final coating:
I've just cleaned this all off and given it a coat of Testor's dull coat - which was scary as hell, as it seemed to crackle the decals (EEEK!) but this seems to be settling down (aaand breathe)! The upshot of all this is I have placed an order for a 1/32 A6M 2 Zero, which is going to really challenge me, but I seem to be happiest when slightly out of my comfort zone.
I'll post the finished bird anon. Thanks for listening!
It came out okayish, but exposed a huge gap in my skills as a modeller - planning, in particular, but it served a great purpose in helping me realise how I was going to have to change my approach, which fuelled my enthusiasm. I shall build another one of these, down the line, as it's really worth getting it right!
I followed ths up with a 1/48 Bird Cage Corsair. Another beautiful kit, and all has gone pretty smoothly with this one. I'm just at the point of weathering and final coating:
I've just cleaned this all off and given it a coat of Testor's dull coat - which was scary as hell, as it seemed to crackle the decals (EEEK!) but this seems to be settling down (aaand breathe)! The upshot of all this is I have placed an order for a 1/32 A6M 2 Zero, which is going to really challenge me, but I seem to be happiest when slightly out of my comfort zone.
I'll post the finished bird anon. Thanks for listening!
