This is the tale of my Revell 1/48 Beaufighter. There have been several other builds of this kit on here and very nice they've been too. And then there's mine:
I started this model round about April this year. It didn't get off to a great start - the lower wing was badly warped. I sort of fixed this by gluing and clamping in stages so it didn't look too bad.
The model then remained in primer for quite a few months partly because work was manic all summer as usual but also because I spent far too long putting off masking the invasion stripes. In the end I thought they turned out ok.
I finished up the other main painting and decided this was the model that was going to get some clear coats. I'd bought some W&N varnishes from a place that was open, thought they looked a bit on the thick side, wasn't sure what to thin them with so brushed it. I was somewhat disappointed with my efforts on the gloss coat but went ahead with decals and matt coat. Didn't think it looked great.
I then proceeded to completely mess up the undercarriage and lose one of the torpedo mounts to the carpet monster.
So here we have a wheels-up Beaufighter with no crew. On the plus side I was happy with how the exhaust rings turned out although they might be a bit big.
For those that have read this far I thank you, here are a couple of pics of it at the bench:
She's been consigned to the highest shelf for now.
Nick
I started this model round about April this year. It didn't get off to a great start - the lower wing was badly warped. I sort of fixed this by gluing and clamping in stages so it didn't look too bad.
The model then remained in primer for quite a few months partly because work was manic all summer as usual but also because I spent far too long putting off masking the invasion stripes. In the end I thought they turned out ok.
I finished up the other main painting and decided this was the model that was going to get some clear coats. I'd bought some W&N varnishes from a place that was open, thought they looked a bit on the thick side, wasn't sure what to thin them with so brushed it. I was somewhat disappointed with my efforts on the gloss coat but went ahead with decals and matt coat. Didn't think it looked great.
I then proceeded to completely mess up the undercarriage and lose one of the torpedo mounts to the carpet monster.
So here we have a wheels-up Beaufighter with no crew. On the plus side I was happy with how the exhaust rings turned out although they might be a bit big.
For those that have read this far I thank you, here are a couple of pics of it at the bench:
She's been consigned to the highest shelf for now.
Nick
