I need to stop feeding the stash monster but some opportunities need to be taken. I’ve been on the prowl for a Typhoon or Tempest for a while now and finally stumbled upon one, and had enough store points accrued to get it practically for free.
I’m hoping the “Spitfire and Hurricane” seatbelts are valid for the Tempest and Mossie too 
The A-6E has been killing my motivation so maybe this weekend kit will be an easy win to get my mojo back.
The best April Fools jokes are the ones that that disguise themselves as jokes…!
Wait, what…?
On April 1st, Airfix posted their newest kit on their facebook page…
Everybody knew it had to be a joke, right.
But there was a link, to a blog post…with 3D printable model files! 
So, while it may not be a kit release announcement, per se, it’s still a new Airfix model!
I printed mine today. 
What a waste of pap…
Intruder has been killing my motivation with all the fitment issues so I went on a retail therapy binge and decided to knock out some easy kits, starting with an Academy P-51B in 1/72.
I did a similar thing. The camo on the Belgian Sea King is a bit frustrating. It will take some work to make the lines clean, and yellow/sand is already hard to do on a non-camo model (such as the Tornado I did earlier)…
Last weekend, my brother in law came over to our place. His favorite aircraft is the F4U Corsair. I decided to build the 1:72 Hasegawa Corsair for him, setting the weekend as a deadline for myself.
It was a lot of fun. It helps that it’s a very well fitting (I love Hasegawa) small kit with few parts, and a dark uniform paint scheme. Except for the yellow cowling, which I forgot initially, so that’s the ugly part. But for the rest, it turned out really nicely. With magnetically attached fuel tank, and a pilot added in. All in a fraction of the time I usually spend on a model.
End of day 1. Very proud of the engine.
End of day 2. Only the canopy and pilot to go.
Finished those in an evening. the canopy did not even need glue, it just snaps into place!
I took some weathering equipment with me and did a few small decals and weathering here at the delivery site.
I’m feeling very energized and motivated to finish the Sea King!
That looks pretty spectacular!
Thanks! For the engine I used a simple technique I learned from my brother, who paints Warhammer 40K models a lot. Wash, then paint, then same wash again. Black acrylic wash and AK Gunmetal grey for the paint.
Once you figure out how to wash or drybrush, it becomes super easy. As a recovered 40k addict, it does teach you how to make detail painting stupid easy.
I still struggle with drybrushing, but yeah I love painting beautiful detail without doing detailed painting. It’s magic!
I have to buy a simple airbrush kit/set- me and my son are doing his first model car.
I found something on Amazon, but in case there’s any suggestions I’m all ears.
@Freak did you paint the blue of the Corsair skin with an airbrush?
You’re in germany! Don’t you have one of those Conrad stores nearby…?
I never new such a thing existed! Checking now!
Thanks man!
I looked at their website and they carry the very nice Harder&Steenbeck range, but they are not exactly cheap.
And there’s really very little use for a double action airbrush. I find that it’s better to use one where you can regulate the air with a trigger and set the needle point (amount of paint) with a screw, gives much better control. I used a double action top trigger airbrush but my fingers ached after using it.
How about something like this?
Or, if you’re painting a car with basically single colors, a Tamiya or Revell spraycan will give good results too…
The idea and price range are good but with that I also need to buy the compressor…
Let me see what I can find.
I just did it with regular brushes and simple Vallejo Model Color acrylic paints. I took dark sea grey as a base and mixed some blue and black into it to take out the green hue.
Started out with 2 very thin (almost wash) black base layers.
Then 2 layers of the dark blue mix.
Dark colors on a black base are fairly easy to get a clean look. Especially if you dilute your paints properly (water for acrylic) and make sure there’s not too much paint on the brush before touching the model.
Yellow not so much, if you want to cover large parts in yellow I’d recommend an airbrush and/or more chemically hazardous paints.
Drybrushing is a struggle for me as well. I want to highlight just the raised bits, but end up with glitter all over the flat bits too.
Starting to realize I should have done interior green instead of zinc chromate, particularly for the cockpit…
Get a silent one, with a tank!
What he said!
Mine is intended for airassist when lasercutting (When I get around to at long last building the enclosure and setting up my 3D printer and hooking it up with the laser head i have.)
I live in an appartment so I’m pretty sure that the neighbours would not appreciate the noise from a standard compressor.
I would recommend cheaper starter set from Fengda
definitely not the cheapest one, but there are nice sets for reasonable prices
