WW2 Model Airplane Kits

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 [...]

March 11th, 2010 | Tags: 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 | Category: Airfix Model Airplane Kits, Airplane Model Building, WW2 Eastern Theatre Operations, WW2 Model Airplane Projects, WW2 Model Airplanes to Build | Leave a comment

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 see what the [...]

February 27th, 2010 | Tags: 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 | Category: Airfix Model Airplane Kits, Airplane Model Building | Leave a comment

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 blue paper [...]

February 1st, 2010 | Tags: Glue, Ground Attack Aircraft, Luftwaffe, Model Airplane, Model Kits, Model Makers, Plastic Model, Rnzaf, Scale Model, Strikemaster, World War Two | Category: Airfix Model Airplane Kits, Airfix Strikemaster, Airplane Model Building, Model airplane decals, WW2 Model Airplane Projects | Leave a comment

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 [...]

July 5th, 2009 | Tags: 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 | Category: 1-48th scale Ww2 Airplanes, Airfix Model Airplane Kits, Airplane Model Building, WW2 Model Airplane Projects, WW2 Model Airplanes to Build | Leave a comment

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 way of [...]

April 28th, 2009 | Tags: 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 | Category: Airfix Model Airplane Kits, Airplane Model Building, Bristol beaufighter, WW2 Model Airplane Projects, WW2 Model Airplanes to Build | Comments (1)

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 [...]

March 20th, 2009 | Tags: 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 | Category: Airfix Model Airplane Kits, Airplane Model Building, Bristol beaufighter, Cheap Model Airplanes to Buy, NZ WW2 Model Airplanes, RNZAF 489 Squadron, WW2 Eastern Theatre Operations, WW2 Model Airplane Projects, WW2 Model Airplanes to Build | Comments (3)