discussion Restoration of a 1:72 childhood Brewster

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This is a Matchbox kit I did when I was around 12. My mother had apparently kept it of all these years (I’m 38 now) cos she gave it to me now that I re-entered the hobby.

Having just bought an airbrush and a few paints, I decided to do a restoration of it, to test out my new equipment and try some colour mixing. I didn’t think of taking any before-pictures of it, so I can’t show any. Try and picture this in your mind though; flash hadn’t been cleaned, canopy was broken and smeared in glue, putty was sanded with something that looked like 50-grit sandpaper and Humbrol Enamels where used to “smooth” the scratches, panel lines where gone.

Stripping 20+ year old Humbrol enamel was a real pain, but off it went. Glued the thing back together and tried my luck on some panel scribing and a bit of detailing. Here’s how it turned out:

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Some fuel lines added to the engine:

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Antenna and cross-hair in the iron-sight made from my girlfriends hair (she now has a stake in this hence letting it stay on display in the living-room, neat trick huh?)

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Painting script and round markings in stead of using decals was a lot harder than I though, but it was fun trying, so I can live with the way they look.

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Thanks for stopping by - happy modeling!

/Daniel

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hi daniel, brilliant job on the restoration, it cant have been easy. Like you ive used my missus' hair for aerial wire a few times, just as well i dont do many biplanes - she'd be as bald as a coot!!!LOL cheers tony

 

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nice restoration mate ,bet it was fun striping 20 yr old humbrol lol

john