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 So here I sit looking at the gap between engine nacelle and wing contemplating the best way to fix this. I decide to glue the halves of the nacelle to the edges of the wing and then angle them in to meet at the front. This of course left me with huge gaps to fill and . . . → Read More: Airfix 1-72 Grumman Widgeon the next step  Leave a comment  Airfix Model Airplane Kits, Posts by NZFlyBoy, Sea Planes of World War two, WW2 Eastern Theatre Operations, WW2 Model Airplanes to Build  Accelerator, Aluminium Tubing, Aluminum Tubing, Brass Tube, Engine Nacelle, Fuselage, Gap, Gaps, Grumman, Grumman Widgeon, Little Gap, Millimeter, Nacelles, Next Morning, Plasticard, Propeller, Propellers, Rivets, Size Hole, Super Glue
The Airfix kit of the Grumman Widgeon in 1/72nd scale is a nice little kit of an interesting amphibian. Used operationally by both the British, her Commonwealth and the Americans it gives a wealth of possible subjects.The two in this kit are one Fleet Air Arm subject and one American coast guard. . . . → Read More: Airfix 1-27nd scale Grumman Widgeon One comment Airfix Model Airplane Kits, Posts by NZFlyBoy, WW2 Eastern Theatre Operations, WW2 Model Airplane Projects, WW2 Model Airplanes to Build American Aircraft, Amphibian, Blob, Canopy, Coast Guard, Cockpit, Commonwealth, Dries, Fleet Air Arm, Fuselage, Grumman, Grumman Widgeon, Hot Water, Locating Pins, Misalignment, Moulds, Pilot Figure, Proper Alignment, Rubber Bands, Side Windows, Tail Planes, Tool Setter I thought it about time I mention Airfix model kits,the company has been around in one guise or another for as long as I can remember. For me these kits are nostalgic, I built them as a youngster they were cheap easy kits to build and were easy for me to purchase as a youngster. As . . . → Read More: Why I love Airfix Model Kits Leave a comment Airfix Model Airplane Kits, NZ WW2 Model Airplanes, Posts by NZFlyBoy, RNZAF 15 Squadron, RNZAF 489 Squadron, WW2 Eastern Theatre Operations, WW2 Model Airplane Projects, WW2 Model Airplanes to Build Airfix Model Kits, Duck Quacks, Free Period, Frog, Glue, Guise, Interior Detail, Level Of Detail, Love Kits, Modeling, Models, Molds, Pocket Money, Revell, Rivets, Widgeon, Youngster As I said before the hardest part of this build and the most time consuming was masking the splinter camouflage. German splinter camouflage is relatively easy task to do as the lines are all straight. So out with the Tamiya masking tape and away we go. The largest problem to over come is that the splinter . . . → Read More: Masking Splinter Camouflage of the Airfix Henchel Hs123 Leave a comment 1-48th scale Ww2 Airplanes, Airfix Model Airplane Kits, Airplane Model Building, Posts by NZFlyBoy, WW2 Eastern Theatre Operations, WW2 Model Airplanes to Build Camouflage, Canopies, Canopy, Case In Point, Caution, De Havilland Mosquito, Eduard Kits, Express, Framing, Job, Ki, Knife Blade, Masking Tape, Masks, Mosquito, Most Time Consuming, Paint, Painting, Painting Interior, Scalpel Blade, Time Consuming Task, X Acto Well here we are guys, my latest project the Airfix Henschel Hs123. I’ve always liked this kit right back to the time I first built it some where back in the dark mists of time when cars were insured against viking attack. I use it as a test if you like, to see how far my . . . → Read More: Airfix 1-72 Henschel Hs123 Leave a comment Airfix Model Airplane Kits, Airplane Model Building, Posts by NZFlyBoy, WW2 Eastern Theatre Operations, WW2 Model Airplane Projects, WW2 Model Airplanes to Build Airfix Kits, Better Halves, Bottom Wing, Camouflage, Cockpit, Fuselage, Golf Ball, Honey, Instrument Panel, Joints, Masks, Mists Of Time, Molds, Plasticard, Putty, Reflection, Seams, Seventies, Sixties, Wings Airfix Finnish 1/72nd Me109G6 Okay guys here it is my new project. I know, I know I said I was going to do the Italeri 1/48Th scale FW190 with photo etch! but as any modeler knows, when inspiration strikes (or in this case seeing the new Airfix kit) you do what inspires you! I wanted to . . . → Read More: 1/72 Airfix Me109G6 (new mold) Leave a comment Airfix Model Airplane Kits, Airplane Model Building Airf, Canopy, Cockpit Detail, Decals, Fw190, Inspiration Strikes, Interior Details, Italeri, Matchbox Kits, Mold, Nz Dollars, Photo Etch, Pilot Figure, Revelation, Scale Thickness, Scratchbuilding, Seams, Skillful Design, Surface Detail, Trenches, Wheel Wells 1/72 Airfix Strikemaster I thought it timely to discuss the topic of decaling and the reason you ask? I’ve just finished a nightmare decaling session with my latest non World War Two build, Mk88 Strikemaster by Airfix, as flown by the RNZAF. (See a theme here??) The decals were brittle beyond belief, not printed on the usual . . . → Read More: Decals: How to Apply Them and Solve Problems Leave a comment Airfix Model Airplane Kits, Airfix Strikemaster, Airplane Model Building, Model airplane decals, Posts by NZFlyBoy, WW2 Model Airplane Projects Case In Point, Cigarette Smoke, Excesses, Glue, Ground Attack Aircraft, Habit, Hasegawa, Luftwaffe, Model Airplane, Model Info, Model Kits, Model Makers, Old Model, Picture Frame, Plastic Model, Revelation, Rnzaf, Scale Model, Stashes, Strikemaster, Sunlight Fading, Tragedies, World War Two, Yellows Federal standard colours and their equivalents in hobby paints. While taking a break from figuring out how to document my build on the 1/48 scale Italeri P40M-N I’ll be building next, I realized I had two 1/72 scale kits of the North American Harvard to build. One by Airfix and the other by Academy. I liked one . . . → Read More: Searching for colour matches for FS 595a & b colours Leave a comment 1-48th scale Ww2 Airplanes, Airfix Model Airplane Kits, Airplane Model Building, NZ WW2 Model Airplanes, Posts by NZFlyBoy, WW2 Eastern Theatre Operations, WW2 Model Airplane Projects, WW2 Model Airplanes to Build Academy, Acrylic Paints, Airfix, Camouflage, Colour Scheme, Colour Schemes, Colours, Enamel, Equivalents, Federal Standard, Google, Half The Battle, Ipmsstockholm, North American Harvard, Paint Brush, Paint Scheme, Paints, Stocks, Wonderful Things, World War Two 1/72 Airfix beaufighter In my previous post I covered the beginning of the construction of the Airfix Beaufighter Kitset. And left it at the construction of the cockpit, this post can be found here, Making the Airfix Bristol Beaufighter 1/72 scale . Well now onto the construction of the cockpit, again Arifix provided nothing in the . . . → Read More: Making the Airfix Bristol Beaufighter 1/72 scale One comment Airfix Model Airplane Kits, Airplane Model Building, Bristol beaufighter, Posts by NZFlyBoy, WW2 Model Airplane Projects, WW2 Model Airplanes to Build Airfix, Bench Seat, Bristol beaufighter, Bulkhead, Cockpit Canopy, Correct Angle, Dihedral, Fuselage, Glue, Gunners, Hubs, Instrument Panel, Plastic Strip, Stabilisers, Stumps, Tail Wheel, Tyres, Undercarriage, Wheel Wells, Wings Last time I wrote about the Airfix Bristol Beaufighter and it’s relationship with RNZAF 489 Squadron of World War 2 in the ETO, here is a link to that article Airfix Bristol Beaufighter 489 Squadron RNZAF ETO This is an Airfix kit I have recently purchased and have begun to build. With the removal of the tabs and . . . → Read More: Making the Airfix Bristol Beaufighter 1/72 scale 3 comments Airfix Model Airplane Kits, Airplane Model Building, Bristol beaufighter, Cheap Model Airplanes to Buy, NZ WW2 Model Airplanes, Posts by NZFlyBoy, RNZAF 489 Squadron, WW2 Eastern Theatre Operations, WW2 Model Airplane Projects, WW2 Model Airplanes to Build Airfix, Bottom Of The Floor, Bristol beaufighter, Canopy, Contour, Eto, Fuselage, Glue, Gunners, Hurdle, I Beam, Peice, Plastic Strip, Radio Operator, Squadron, Steel Ruler, Styrene, Swivel Base, Swivel Chair, World War 2 1/72 Airfix Beaufighter Two things attracted me to this kit, the first is the price, $12:00 New Zealand! The second is that it wont take much to make this kit look one helluva lot better!! Now I’m not a rivet counter or badly affected by A.M.S. (Advanced modelers syndrome). When assembled it’ll look like a Beaufighter, . . . → Read More: Airfix Bristol Beaufighter 489 Squadron RNZAF ETO One comment Airfix Model Airplane Kits, Airplane Model Building, Bristol beaufighter, NZ WW2 Model Airplanes, Posts by NZFlyBoy, RNZAF 489 Squadron, WW2 Eastern Theatre Operations, WW2 Model Airplane Projects, WW2 Model Airplanes to Build Airfix, Bomb Bay, Bombers, Bristol beaufighter, Canon, Canterbury Public Library, Cockpit, Conjunction, Enemy Fighters, Flak, Flash Issues, Gunners, New Zealand, Pilot, Raaf, Radio Gunner, Rockets, Squadron, Targets, Torpedo |
 
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