Airfix 1/72 Lockheed S-3A Viking

[graham22]

started a new one today
Lockheed S-3A Viking, pretty old kit on my stash, its got a Beatties price tag, £3.85 reduced to £1.93 so must be at least 15 years old lol, seems OK so far, instructions are a bit brown and paints are the old Airfix codes lol, remember M6 Matt black,

Wings are just pushed in, cockpit pretty good, keeping my US carrier theme going

[chief5437]

I've always wanted one of these! Can't wait to see it finished, good luck with it mate.

[EasyEight96]

Cool a vintage airfix can't wait to see it done

[graham22]

Viking major components assembled, needs some minor filling at wing roots

not a bad model for 20 years old lol

[ManCupboardModels]

Looking good for a golden oldie!

[EasyEight96]

Wow nice are you using the kits decals?? And what's that ship behind you?? Looks nice too

[graham22]

Wow nice are you using the kits decals?? And what's that ship behind you?? Looks nice too

Yep - as long as they are ok i'll complete OOB
the ship behind is Airfix HMS Belfast - see http://intscalemodeller.com/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=5444
thanks for the comm ents

[graham22]

bit more done, added pylons and undercarriage,

getting closer to painting

[graham22]

Masked and ready to spray
had to take off the engines to paint seperatly as they are 1/2 Grey / 1/2 white and i'd never have masked them in situe
nice model - perhaps Airfix will re-issue some time

[EasyEight96]

Getting there nice job

[LocoFeldwebel]

Looking good. My last cruise in 1995 we had S-3B's on board. A side bit of trivia, they use the same basic TF-34 engine that The A-10 Warthog uses. Cheers, Doug

[jayjay1964]

Remember building this kit as a youngster a good kit in its day and by the looks of it still a good un. Coming together really well look forward to seeing her with a lick of paint

[UKscalemodeller]

£3.85 from Beaties?!?

those were the days

Classic work going on here

[graham22]

£3.85 from Beaties?!?

those were the days

Classic work going on here

- it was reduced to £1.93 ....must have been bought somewhere between 1991-1995 when i worked in Birmingham
thanks - I kept looking at it on the shelf - thinking one day....
it's a great model - just remember to put some weight in it - i think i used 2 or 3 1p coins (1p=3.5g in case you're wondering)
it's in the Paint shop now - all cleaned and masked - just need some time to get out the airbrush lol

[graham22]

Been in the spray booth tonight, painted the underside Hu130
White on white.... Not that easy but done now, masking next for the Grey upper surfaces

[EasyEight96]

Nice never used humbrol to airbrush before hopefully I'll try next time

[longlance67]

nice work mate, and cool looking aircraft


keep up the great work buddy


Shane

[graham22]

Sprayed the grey, unmasked and attached the engines again

Painted the anti glare panel and window frames

[graham22]

Nice never used humbrol to airbrush before hopefully I'll try next time

I use Humbrol Acrylics with humbrol Acrylic thinners, I used to use water but the thinners are much better and less susceptible to grease.
Thanks for the comments much appreciated

[EasyEight96]

Cool it's so beautiful and thanks for the advice on the paints graham

[graham22]

Nearly ready for decals
Had a coat of clear 24 hour drying time

[EasyEight96]

Stunning paint job

[graham22]

Just a few odds and ends and all done

[longlance67]

beautiful work mate

decals and paint job are wonderful


Bravo

Shane

[graham22]

Viking now finished




this has been a really enjoyable build - hope you like the results
thanks for looking

[EasyEight96]

Stunning job mate

[Yellowlazer101]

Looks brilliant mate, well done.

[ludicrusmaximus]

Another great build Graham! Very slick

[portlandjoe]

Looks great,I love the work and the pics. Thank you for sharing it with us.

[AchtungPanzer]

Really good work buddy