discussion papa 695s Bristol Beaufighter Airfix 1/72

[papa 695]

I wasn't going to join this SIG but found this in the stash. But there will be some changes.


I will explain all later.


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[Guest]

Old, but hopefully gold eh Ian? Those decals might need replacing though

 

[papa 695]

Old, but hopefully gold eh Ian? Those decals might need replacing though

Thanks Patrick

 

[flyjoe180]

Nice choice Ian. Look forward to seeing what you do with this old kit.

 

[papa 695]

Right, the story of what I'm doing.


On the 17th March 1943 at 11.25hrs 9 Beaufighters of 272 SQN where escorting some Beauforts of No 39 SQN on a bombing mission on some Axis ships near Malta.


At 11.38hrs the Beaufighter N for November with Pilot Sgt Donald Frazee and observer Sgt Sandery started to vibrate violently and had to ditch. Both crew members survived and were picked up after 5 minuets.


The plane lies upside down in 38 metres of water at the mouth of St Julian's bay.


Here are some reference pictures to look at


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So with that in mind the first kit will be the wreck, and this one I will build to look like it was before it crashed.View attachment 248366

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I'm hoping to put the wreck in a Perspex box with the other sat on top.


I'm just glad it's a SIG and lasts 6 months I may just need it.

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[flyjoe180]

Great idea Ian, that's going to be awesome.

 

[papa 695]

Great idea Ian, that's going to be awesome.

Thanks Joe I just hope I can pull it off.

 

[Guest]

I like it Ian!


Different and interesting

 

[Guest]

Fantastic idea Ian, really thinking outside the box.

 

[Dave W]

Great idea Ian. That's the new mould airfix Beaufighter isn't it?.

 

[papa 695]

Great idea Ian. That's the new mould airfix Beaufighter isn't it?.

The second one is yes Dave

 

[Robert1968]

This is going to be interesting ( you'll have to excuse my slow brain ( busy at work lately) your building two kits of the same aircraft but the first will be the wreck as depicted in the pics and the second will be the Aircraft as it was before the ditching?


Great idea too by the way and I'll defo be watching with interest


Regards


Robert

 

[papa 695]

This is going to be interesting ( you'll have to excuse my slow brain ( busy at work lately) your building two kits of the same aircraft but the first will be the wreck as depicted in the pics and the second will be the Aircraft as it was before the ditching?
Great idea too by the way and I'll defo be watching with interest


Regards


Robert

Yes thats the sum of it Robert

 

[Jambo]

Having just built a matchbox Beaufighter as part of the 70's group build let me know if any spares or transfers are helpful, I got a decent sheet of transfers and only used the Burma ones.


Jambo

 

[papa 695]

Having just built a matchbox Beaufighter as part of the 70's group build let me know if any spares or transfers are helpful, I got a decent sheet of transfers and only used the Burma ones.
Jambo

Thanks for the offer Jambo I will take it up if I need any many thanks again

 

[yak face]

AAH ! all becomes clear Ian! You had me worried there for a bit- I thought 'hes never going to tackle the ancient Airfix beau when theres a brand new tooling just come out!?' but for what its going to be the old one is perfect . Great idea , watch out for the differences between the mark 1c and the kits mk X , mainly the angle of the tailplanes and the torpedo shackles and rockets, you might have to scratch a df loop and perspex cover too but nothing major, looking forward to seeing this one develop , cheers tony

 

[papa 695]

AAH ! all becomes clear Ian! You had me worried there for a bit- I thought 'hes never going to tackle the ancient Airfix beau when theres a brand new tooling just come out!?' but for what its going to be the old one is perfect . Great idea , watch out for the differences between the mark 1c and the kits mk X , mainly the angle of the tailplanes and the torpedo shackles and rockets, you might have to scratch a df loop and perspex cover too but nothing major, looking forward to seeing this one develop , cheers tony

Thanks Tony the one I'm doing was a Mk VI but I will still need to do some changes to it. It all adds to the fun.

 

[Guest]

This is going to be great.

 

[papa 695]

This is going to be great.

To be honest Ralph I'm really looking forward to starting this one, something I can really get my teeth into. But it will probably be a letdown in the end.

 

[papa 695]

Made a start on this one too. Got the two halves and wings together. The yellow tape is to show where to make the cut, and I will use the Airfix Beaufighter to show were to put the detail back on after sanding it smooth.


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