Special Hobby 1:48 Fairey Firefly Mk.I

[Joesdad]

Welcome ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls...
Continuing with a my recent Fleet Air Arm thing, I'm going to have a go at this....



The usual spure shots....



Quite nice detail here, but the plastic is, what I would call, a bit rough. I don't think you can see it in my pics, it's certainly not like Tamiya or even Airfix grade...





Oo a little bit of resin, not a clue whether it any good or not as never done it before....



How about the clear stuff, it's ok probably gonna need a sheep dip of Future tho..



Decals next, not great if I'm honest lads, really shiny and a bit thick...we'll have to see



Lets do a bit of building shall we?
The sprues aren't numbered so you have to keep referring back to the instructions...a bit annoying. I don't think there's going to be much in the way of fit issues tho..



Oh dear.....



A bit better...



As I said, decent detail...





That's it for a bit, can't to start painting to be honest. I've tried a bit of scratching in the pit so we'll see how that turns out. Anyway thanks for looking, if you want to comment please do so....



Tim

[Tamiyasnob]

Ah, nice one Tim, been looking forward to this. Look,s a decent kit, detail,s nice and busy cockpit. Apart from the annoying ejector pin , I like it a lot . Keep the post,s coming I am going to enjoy this hope you do as well, cheer,s Dave.

[Nige201980]

Looks a great kit mate looking forward to it mate.

[Joesdad]

Thanks chaps, update soon.....

Tim

[Rob]

Nice subject and a good looking kit. I'll be back for more!

[RobertA]

NICE!!!!!!

[Joesdad]

Cheers Bob's.
Going to get some primer down some time at the weekend and have ago at the 'pit.... Ooooo I could crush a grape.....

Tim

[wally]

Don't give up

This is stunning aircraft. I have one of these in my stash, so I will be watching this build very closely. Keep up good work.
This kit is more hard to work compare to Tamiya or even Airfix but with pation and look on the details it should end up with very stunning model

[Tiger131]

looking real nice

[Joesdad]

Update time... Cockpit side walls painted...





Pilots seat and panel...



Observers 'pit...





I've used Humbrol 78 for the colour and Vallejo Model Colour to pick out...er... the colours.
In fairness with Ultimate thinner the Humbrol went pretty well, I know some dont like them but there you go. Lets try a bit of weathering...

Side walls..



Pit



Too much??? Thinned down Lifecolor black with a bit of Citidel Sepia (don't think you can tell).
Anyways that'll do for now, thanks for looking shout me if you like.

Tim

[T3hGuppy]

Very cool subject dude.

Looking like this will be a nice bird when done. Some really nice details.

[RobertA]

Nicely detailed 'pits'...

[Joesdad]

Cheers Gup, I've just noticed there's no locater lugs on the fuselage or wings, so gonna be interesting when buttoning up

Tim

Thanx Robert

[RobertA]

Just take your time.. patience is a virtue!!


...or so they say...

[Joesdad]

A little update..
Wings on and a bit of filler used....





That's it for now. To be honest not felling it with this kit, don't know why really, some of its really ok but some of it ain't unfortunately. Impatient?! Proberly....
Thanks for looking chaps
Tim

[Nige201980]

Greta work mate looks cracking to me

[Piatchie]

The weathering looks fantastic! I'm about to try it for the first time! Its a bit hard in the nerves! Keep up the good work!

[Joesdad]

Cheers Nige.....

Thank you Piatchie, what ever you do, the trick is dont do too much (that's what I've learnt on ISM anyway).....

[RobertA]

Looking good... and yes, less is more!!

[MakingModelsAgain]

Special Hobby... ah Special Hobby. Their kits require some extra attention, but it looks like you've got this one under your belt.

[Joesdad]

Thanx Rob, somewhere someone has resisted the temptation and done a "just delivered" version of their kit...

Cheers Gary, trouble is no one told me!!!!

[wally]

I see you doing very good job with this Firefly. Filler job looks perfect I think. Keep up good work. Looking forward to see paint on it.
Cheers

[Joesdad]

Me too Wally, me too.... Not long now

[HWGuderian23]

Very interesting subject! Your paintwork on the cockpit looks excellent ! I'm curious to see this one finished ...

[Joesdad]

Going a bit slow this one... Ready for a bit of a prime I reckon







A bit of a strange kit this, no location points, a funny photocopied instruction booklet...
Hopefully I'll be chucking some paint on her at the weekend.
Thanx for looking (a bit boring i know).

[RobertA]

It's prime time..

Modelling is NEVER boring, rest assured.. and as far as I'm concerned, I rather follow a long build thread with some reasonably detailed pictures to watch and learn from, than a 'wham, bang, thank you ma'am' build.. So take your time..

[MakingModelsAgain]

I always maintain that it's no bad thing that a kit give you a run for the money and it looks like this one is doing just that. But at the end of the build you will be a stronger, better skilled modeller as a result. Then get as nice Tamiya kit for a stress-free build!

[Joesdad]

Here we go, it's prime time (cheers Rob)....
I still a novice at pre-shading



This is ok I guess...



This not so...



Now, lets have ago at some camo work.. Lifecolor UA 227 Slate Grey





Next colour.... Lifecolor UA 516 Dark Sea Grey





I used "white tac" for the camouflage design and its trickier than you think. What other techniques are there other than freehand?
I'll have a go at the underside tomorrow all being well.
Thanx for looking guys, feedback welcome....


Ps hope your right Gary...

[RobertA]

Impressive result so far..

[T3hGuppy]

Great work dude.

What way where you using the White Tack?

The best way I found was to use it in thin "Worms" on the edges filled in with masking tape.

[Joesdad]

Haven't updated for while lads... So an early Sunday morning decalling session......



I don't like decalling......
Bah......

[Joesdad]

Ah...that's better all properly dressed





Next comes the fun part, a bit of weathering. I might try a bit of streaking, after a Ultimate wash of course.
Did I mention I don't like decalling?

Thanx for looking...