Paul's 1/48 Airfix :0 Supermarine Seafire FR.46/FR.47

[Paul]

So i saw one of these the other built up and liked the look of it so thought i would get one.

Cockpit all assembled primed painted and weathered, wings together and filled and fuselage glued together, wings aren't glued on yet

This is my afternoons progress

[Nige201980]

Looks great mate quick work too

[shortCummins]

I was really tempted by this kit, how is it?

if I'd not 'come across' my Swordfish it was a toss-up between this and the Trumpeter 1:48 Sea Fury

rgds
John(shortCummins)

[peppie]

The interior completely black?

[Paul]

So over the past few days I've built this up, its gone together well enough just needing a tad a filler here and there but no fit problems






The canopy on the other hand is a real let down, it doesnt fit properly and the clarity is shocking so I've ordered an aftermarket vac form one.





Got it primed in badger primer






Then preshaded it, and sprayed the side and lower fuselage with Akan Sky, which looked great





I then masked it off and sprayed the extra dark sea grey using mr hobby 333, the masking worked perfectly and its starting to look good now

[Andreas]

well done sir. You make it look effortless .
Looking forward to seeing how you sort out that canopy

[Nige201980]

Cracking paint job Paul she is looking great

[Goose]

You see Paul, when you do as I taught you everything goes well

Me show off??nooooo

[Paul]

Lol Goose

So wasn't going to use the supplied decals for the ID stripes so i masked them of and sprayed them, took a while but worth it

[heel]

First class paint job, Paul. The stripes turned out perfect.

[Paul]

So the seafire was glossed and decaled, no problem with the decals at all, and solvaset settled them nicely




The prop was decaled and the tips painted



My replacement canopy arrived, much better than the kit one, crystal clear and after carefully cutting the excess from it and making it was fairly easy



Much better fit, ignore the fingerprint



It was then cleared again, given a panel wash and any final tweaks done, the final reveal can be found here http://www.intscalemodeller.com/viewtop ... 66&t=12331

[conradschmid99]

That looks great

[m0gb0y74]

It's a lovely kit - I've one in my stash.

So have you changed your opinion of Airfix then?

[Paul]

It's a lovely kit - I've one in my stash.

So have you changed your opinion of Airfix then?

No they still suck, their business ethics of reboxing older kits in newer boxes is shocking imo.

They make a handful of decent kits though

[m0gb0y74]

their business ethics of reboxing older kits in newer boxes is shocking imo.

Airfix is not the only culprit - so do Revell, Hasegawa and Italeri. Sometimes the Revell kits are really old Monogram or Matchbox kits.

I'm not trying to convert you to Airfix - just pointing out that to many companies with a large back catalogue periodically wheel out their old kits. I've been bitten a few times and I slowly learned to check the internet or magazines first when it comes to all four of these companies. If you do regularly buy Airfix kits you know in advance what are new tools and what are not, but it can really hurt the new or returning modeller.

While they can make lovely kits, I really hate the way Hasegawa wheel out old kits with new decals and charge the earth (and then expect you to buy stores for them!).