1/72 Dogfight Double

[stona]

Right then, it seems I've got two 'newish' kits to ruin then

Thanks for the input, we'll see how they go together soon!

Cheers

Steve

[The Migrant]

Great move by Airfix to update the 'Dogfight Doubles' with new-roil kits, I always loved those boxings as a kid.

[stona]

Great move by Airfix to update the 'Dogfight Doubles' with new-roil kits, I always loved those boxings as a kid.

I do remember them but not the Bf 110. Maybe my brother got that I think we had to split them and build one each! We certainly had a good selection of badly made and inappropriately painted WW2 aircraft hanging from our bedroom ceiling. Most of them eventually got shot to bits with an air rifle, along with a rather improbable fleet comprising Bismarck and HMS Nelson and Victory.

Cheers

Steve

[stona]

The little kits are coming along nicely. I'm building both together as they are not exactly complicated.





The relative newness of the kits is revealed in the fit. The Spitfire in particular would probably 'click' together without glue!

The only adjustment I've had to make was to shave a bit of the instrument panels to get the noses to close up and consequently the wings to fit properly. Strangely this applied to both kits.

Cheers

Steve

[Guest]

Nice looking little kits Steve

[monica]

both are looking good ,Steve, nice paint work, on the figures as well,

[flyjoe180]

Great starts Steve. Putting me to shame building two at once to such a great standard. It takes me weeks to cobble one together.

[stona]

Great starts Steve. Putting me to shame building two at once to such a great standard. It takes me weeks to cobble one together.

The thing is Joe that the entire Spitfire has less parts (by a long chalk) than the engine of the large scale project I've put on hold

I've even dug out an old Iwata airbrush with a much smaller paint cup to do the painting without wasting too much paint!

Cheers

Steve

[stona]

I have discovered a new definition for the word FUN



Looking on the bright side, I now have these two tiddlers just about ready to prime.



Cheers

Steve

[Guest]

Looking really good so far Steve.

Scott

[stona]

I've sprayed the underside colours. Sky and RLM 65, talk about two different solutions to the same problem.



The Luftwaffe colour is more similar to Azure or Mediterranean Blue as used by the RAF in tropical climes. Maybe the Sky colour is a reflection of the less than bright blue skies we enjoy for 48 weeks of the year here in the UK

Sky was the result of much research by Cotton and his mob and is the same colour as the 'Camotint' he developed. I'm sure the German colour is also the result of arduous research, just under clearer skies!

Cheers

Steve

[Guest]

Although these are not classed as new tooling in the new catalogue they are most definately a world apart from the original 70's offerring of the same pair. These are actually quite nicely done kits and I'm sure Stona will make a cracking pair out of them. They are looking really good so far.

[stona]

Richard they are definitely much better kits, at least the Spitfire. I well remember the original Airfix offering and the plastic bag it came in! I never made the old Bf 110 as far as I can remember, but this version is really well engineered and is consequently easy to put together.

I was going to do these strictly as per instructions and OOB but the splinter scheme for the Bf 110 in the instructions is, well, just wrong I'm afraid. This I will alter to a more realistic scheme.

Luftwaffe colour expert Michael Ullmann and Bf 110 guru John Vasco both pretty much agree on what the splinter pattern should be and that's what I'll go for.

Cheers

Steve

[papa 695]

They are both looking very good Steve

[monica]

looking good there Steve, real like how you do see so much off the panel lines,