Bristol Beaufighter Mk.VI | Tamiya | 1/48

Post by **Parker** » Mon May 25, 2020 11:59 am

OK, here we go.
Let’s see if I can work out how to post images.

Post by **Parker** » Mon May 25, 2020 12:00 pm

https://www.flickr.com/gp/188544611@N02/5rUc8

Post by **Parker** » Mon May 25, 2020 12:01 pm

Right. That didn’t work.

Post by **Parker** » Mon May 25, 2020 12:02 pm

Post by **Parker** » Mon May 25, 2020 12:03 pm

Let’s read the tutorial again.
Back soon.

Post by **Parker** » Mon May 25, 2020 12:12 pm

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Post by **Parker** » Mon May 25, 2020 12:13 pm

Way hay!

Post by **Parker** » Mon May 25, 2020 12:25 pm

Little dude.

Post by **Parker** » Mon May 25, 2020 12:28 pm

This is the first model I’ve tried my hand at weathering. Dry brushing, scratching. I should also mention that I don’t have an airbrush and I do this on the kitchen table, on a towel.

Post by **Parker** » Mon May 25, 2020 12:30 pm

Any comments, suggestions, thoughts welcome.

Post by **Parker** » Mon May 25, 2020 12:36 pm

Wheels

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Post by **Parker** » Mon May 25, 2020 12:40 pm

Engines

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Post by **Parker** » Mon May 25, 2020 12:41 pm

Other engine bits.

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Post by **Parker** » Mon May 25, 2020 12:44 pm

Dry fit

Post by **Parker** » Mon May 25, 2020 12:52 pm

Painting painting painting

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Post by **Parker** » Mon May 25, 2020 12:53 pm

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Post by **Parker** » Mon May 25, 2020 12:54 pm

It was about this time that I realised I should have masked the canopy.

Post by **Parker** » Mon May 25, 2020 12:57 pm

Goodonya

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Post by **Parker** » Mon May 25, 2020 1:00 pm

So then I started faffing about with a 4B pencil.

Post by **Parker** » Mon May 25, 2020 1:02 pm

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Post by **Parker** » Mon May 25, 2020 1:03 pm

I then got a bit free form jazz with the weathering.

Post by **Parker** » Mon May 25, 2020 1:09 pm

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Post by **Parker** » Mon May 25, 2020 1:10 pm

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Post by **Parker** » Mon May 25, 2020 1:11 pm

And somehow got a cracked effect on the underside when I put a clear coat on.

Post by **Parker** » Mon May 25, 2020 1:11 pm

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Post by **Parker** » Mon May 25, 2020 1:13 pm

So that’s where the Beaufighter is up to. I’m still faffing about with the weathering, but not much more. Trying to restrain overworking it.

Post by **Parker** » Mon May 25, 2020 1:19 pm

There’s plenty of errors. I forgot to make holes for a couple of antennas, there’s supposed to be some on the wings but I broke them and threw them in the bin.

Several of the decals are either torn or crookedly applied. I tried using Mr Mark Softer for the first time and over did it. Lesson learnt after the forth decal tore.

Post by **Parker** » Mon May 25, 2020 1:26 pm

If you good folk have any tips, suggestions, thoughts or whatever, I’m more than happy to listen.

Cheers all.

-P

Post by **RangerNeil** » Mon May 25, 2020 2:19 pm

Parker wrote: Mon May 25, 2020 12:28 pm This is the first model I’ve tried my hand at weathering. Dry brushing, scratching. I should also mention that I don’t have an airbrush and I do this on the kitchen table, on a towel.

Join the airbrushless club sir!! I use the workstation the PC etc sits on... And a bit of the adjacent dining table much to the wifes annoyance...

Post by **Parker** » Tue May 26, 2020 6:11 am

Thanks for the welcome, Neil.

Post by **Quax** » Tue May 26, 2020 9:41 am

I think you've done a great job, well done!

Paul

Post by **Parker** » Tue May 26, 2020 11:15 am

Quax wrote: Tue May 26, 2020 9:41 am I think you've done a great job, well done!

Paul

Thanks Paul.

I’m about to tinker with it a bit more now, just a few bits that I’m not happy with, then I’m calling it done.

Post by **Tomcat64** » Tue May 26, 2020 11:19 am

Yep you've done a good job putting that Beaufighter together

It's a shame about that crazing underneath though - maybe the colour coat hadn't dried fully before you put the top coat on? Let us know what paint/clear coats you're using and someone may have some experience that might help.

Just one thing is it looks like you're posting up images directly to the forum which uses up a lot of bandwidth & space etc so the approved method is to post them up on something like Flickr and then link to the forum. Matthew (bfrd) created a really neat interface to make that easier so maybe take a look at this: viewtopic.php?f=16&t=25080

And feel free to ask any questions - someone will most likely have the answers

Post by **Parker** » Tue May 26, 2020 12:42 pm

Thanks Neil.

The clear coat was Mr Hobby, Top Coat, flat matt. Could be correct re previous coat not dried fully. I was trying to ‘finish’ on Sunday afternoon, probably rushed it.

And sorry about the images. I’ll read the link and sort it.

-P

Post by **Parker** » Tue May 26, 2020 1:18 pm

Calling it done.

Post by **Donkeywalloper** » Tue May 26, 2020 1:20 pm

Beautiful job chap

DW

Post by **Parker** » Tue May 26, 2020 1:42 pm

Cheers DW

Post by **digger303** » Tue May 26, 2020 1:43 pm

neat job

Post by **Tomcat64** » Tue May 26, 2020 3:16 pm

Nicely finished off

and the pics look good too

I've not used the top coat you mentioned there but yeah I've got the same habit of wanting to get things finished sometimes and not leaving stuff to dry properly; the upper surfaces look great though

Looking forward to seeing more of your work

Post by **Kevthemodeller** » Wed May 27, 2020 8:14 am

Lovely result mate

Post by **Parker** » Wed May 27, 2020 10:26 am

digger303 wrote: Tue May 26, 2020 1:43 pm neat job

cheers digger

Post by **Parker** » Wed May 27, 2020 10:27 am

Kevthemodeller wrote: Wed May 27, 2020 8:14 am Lovely result mate

cheers Kev