discussion Airfix 1/72 CAC Boomerang under construction

[Guest]

Amazing Tony, you guys really make hard work for yourselves, the final results are always outstanding and well worthy of the additional efforts. Great job.

Andy

 

[Dave W]

Some great scratch building there Tony.

 

[Guest]

Sweet scratching Tony ,keeps inspiring me to do more on mine but its paling in comparison and its 1/48 scale so I've no excuse lol!

 

[yak face]

Bit more done on the pit over the weekend. A few more details have been added (various levers ) and the pedals and ducting have been painted and fitted. The switch panels have been painted too, all thats left to do is add the armoured headrest ,control column ,seat, gunsight and one more throttle lever thats on the very edge of the cockpit, so im leaving that off till later to avoid any mishaps. I finally decided to open up the canopy , so crash moulded another one from clear acetate. The back sliding section of this will be used in conjunction with the kit windscreen to allow the canopy to be posed open. If it had been a straight edged canopy (i.e. like the hurricane) i could have just cut the kit one in two but the boomer has a curved top section which would have been impossible to cut . The kit canopy was then cut up and the windscreen shaped , the same for the crash moulded back section. heres the pics

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[papa 695]

Super detail in the cockpit Tony but sublime work on the canopy

 

[Guest]

fantastic job on the office and that canopy is awesome

mobear

 

[colin m]

All looking very nice Tony. Any thoughts about a wash for the inside ?

 

[yak face]

Cheers colin, ole. As far as a wash goes i dont usually bother in 1/72, its dark enough when the fuselage is closed up and any wash will only make it darker. A wash is great on moulded on details but as most bits have been added separately they tend to cast their own shadows. I think ill just highlight a few areas with a lighter green and do a bit of drybrushing with silver for wear and tear , cheers tony

 

[Guest]

i want one now lol

 

[yak face]

OK troops , one last look before the seat goes in and the fuselage gets stuck together. The only things left to add to the cockpit now are one more throttle lever (left until very last as its right on the edge of the cockpit sill and wouldnt survive the rest of the build!) and the gunsight. The last pic is the completed gunsight , made from a piece of plastic rod , turned in the dremel type tool to get the ridges and then tihy pieces of clear holographic confetti stuck on for the lens and reflector,all it needs is carefully cutting off the end .I think ill leave the gunsight till last too,here are the pics , cheers tony

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[Guest]

a scratch built gunsight in 1/72 ?..... smeggin awesome !

Hopefully you'll be able to catch a glimpse of these little details through the canopy when it's all closed up.

Nive job so far Tony.

 

[papa 695]

Great work Tony just great

 

[Guest]

i just dont know how you do it, this is not the biggest bird in the world to start off with yet you fit so much realistic detail in the cockpit it almost seems life size.

I bow to you Sir

 

[yak face]

All zipped up , now the building can begin!

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[Guest]

Fantastic, Tony! I don't know how I've missed this so far. From now on I'll keep an eye on this build.

cheers!

 

[Guest]

awesome

mobear

 

[Guest]

Great detailing. Such a lot of work in this one, and at 1/72, too!!

 

[flyjoe180]

Simply amazing detail, really nice work Tony. I have this kit too in my stash, I think I will leave it a few years now.

 

[yak face]

Starting to look like an aircraft at last! Wing joints are very good , just a bit of fettling needed around the wing leading edges and the scoop on top of the nose . tony

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[colin m]

Looking good Tony. What have you used on the wing roots ? They look nice and smooth with no loss of detail.

Colin M..