Airfix 1/72 CAC Boomerang under construction

[yak face]

Finally starting to look like a model, now its in the primer. The rivet detail looks quite nice , and the temporary canopy/mask seems to be ok. Ive got to add the cannons before painting , or should i say ive got to MAKE and add the cannons before painting ! The kit supplied ones are just not up to it , having a seam line running all down both sides , by the time ive cleaned them up theyre not going to be usable. Ive heated and stretched a piece of styrene tube to give me the tapered shrouds, all ive got to do now is the barrels with their recoil springs and muzzles with brass tube and wire. heres the pics . tony

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[yak face]

Ok, its time for the cannons. The airfix offering is , quite understandably, not ideal . Obviously no-one is going to be able to mould a tiny cylindrical tapering shape like this and not get mould seam lines so lets not be too harsh on airfix. After i had stretched the styrene tube i cut it to the same size as the kit shroud and then got some 1.0mm(approx) brass tube. I used one of the pieces to wrap around a single strand of copper wire , courtesy of an old bit of 15 amp lighting cable, to form the springs . Once cut to the correct length the springs were slipped over the tube , and the tube inserted into the shroud. A tiny drop of superglue and both were fixed.All that needed adding now was a thin strip of tamiya tape to form the end and bobs your teapot! they just need careful painting and fastening on last off tony

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[Andy2035]

This is looking great, may I ask if you are or have the eyes of Superman, because the small detailing is outstanding Sir...

[Guest]

Thats one impressive piece of 1/72 scratch building, i doth me cap to thee!!

[Guest]

great scratch building there,although mad man does seem appropriate at this point in time lol

mobear

[Ian M]

Been following this in the background but those guns deserve comment. That's a great bit of scratching there Tony. Nice work!

Ian M

[papa 695]

Hi Tony like the rest have said, some very impressive scratch building on this kit looking very good, very good indeed

[Guest]

Those scratch built cannons are awesome!

[Guest]

Tony those cannon barrels are over the top and 1/72 scale!!! I'm ashamed of my 1/48 scale ones now,very humbling Dude

[flyjoe180]

Amazing work Tony, every time I view this build progress there is something new to impress.

[colin m]

When Tony starts a 1:72, you know we're in for something of a treat.

Look what I said back in March - now look at the cannons. March, flippin' heck Tony, I think I've lost my crown as the slowest builder here.

[yak face]

Look what I said back in March - now look at the cannons. March, flippin' heck Tony, I think I've lost my crown as the slowest builder here.

I know! i cant believe its taken me so long , mind you i have got 2 vultee vengeances and a sukhoi su9 on the go at the same time , its like buses you wait ages then four come along at the same time!! Hopefully ill be getting some paint on it when the votes are counted , at the mo its evens at 4 all! cheers tony

[mossiepilot]

Wow Tony, this build has been awesome, the scratch building is just amazing.

Tony.

[yak face]

At last the paint has started to go on ! After deciding on the sky blue undersides with foliage green upper , i pre-shaded the model and got a coat of the underside colour. This is a pale green blue very similar to raf sky , so I mixed it up using tamiya acrylics until it looked just about right , using walkaround pics of various aussie aircraft in museums to get a good idea of the colour. I ended up using a mix of 1 part xf 14 IJN grey with 1 part xf 2 flat white . Next step the foliage green upper surfaces , another custom mix! Cheers tony

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[Guest]

Nice Tony,I like that you used the belly tank as well .I was on the fence about leaving mine on and opted not to at the last minute. Looking forward to seeing the Green go on!