discussion Airfix 1/144 Vanguard + 26 Decals

[Guest]

Hi All


Well, 2 in 2 days, I imagine it'll be a little while before the next one is complete, I would say this is almost certainly the last for 2015.


Anyhow, it's the Airfix 1/144 vanguard, filled & sanded and painted to represent a merchantman G-APET, in the interim British Airways / BEA livery that I saw the real aircraft wearing in 1979 - God, that makes me old !!


Anyhow, I was a little caught out by how translucent the 26 decals were. Still, I have to say, I'm happy with how it's turned out.


Cheers


Tony

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[yak face]

Brilliant job tony , i love the old british turboprop liners and youve made a very old moulding look bang up to date , cheers tony

 

[takeslousyphotos]

Very nicely done Tony....... You really have some skill with the tiny scale.

 

[PhilJ]

Very nice, clean, neat little build.


Phil

 

[papa 695]

Very nice Tony

 

[Guest]

Hi All


Thanks for the comments, glad you like it. It's an old kit, but it does still go together pretty well, yes there's some filling & sanding, not least because I wanted to build the freighter version, and it captures the look of the vanguard.

 

[Guest]

Brilliant.


Scott

 

[Guest]

Nice job, that looks great

 

[Guest]

That's really good, Tony. I don't think I could make a decent job of an airliner at all, let alone such an old kit.

 

[flyjoe180]

That's a beautiful Vanguard Tony, nice work.