Global Scale Modeller

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

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

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

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

not a bad model for 20 years old lol

Looking good for a golden oldie!

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

EasyEight96 wrote: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

bit more done, added pylons and undercarriage,

getting closer to painting

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

Getting there nice job

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

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

£3.85 from Beaties?!?

those were the days

Classic work going on here

UKscalemodeller wrote:£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

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

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

nice work mate, and cool looking aircraft


keep up the great work buddy


Shane

Sprayed the grey, unmasked and attached the engines again

Painted the anti glare panel and window frames

EasyEight96 wrote: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

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

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

Stunning paint job

Just a few odds and ends and all done

beautiful work mate

decals and paint job are wonderful


Bravo

Shane

Viking now finished




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

Stunning job mate

Looks brilliant mate, well done.

Another great build Graham! Very slick

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

Really good work buddy