Johnopfor Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 The victim....er, I mean the kit....the new mold Airfix 1/72 scale Hawk Mk.IA/51 kit. Where I am at this point,m most of it together The sparse cockpit.... More to come later...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Johnopfor Posted February 4, 2012 Author Share Posted February 4, 2012 AAAAHHHH!!!! %^*#(^%@##$!*&$%@#*@&*^#&%^*^!! :russian-roulette-smiley: I just completely F*!$#) it up! After preping it up for painting, I decided that I was going to use Kustom Kolor paint instead of my customary MM Black. I don't know if the plastic had an adverse affect from the xylene, but the plastic crinkled after painting. I tried stripping it, but it pitted the plastic..... So, intead of using the Airfix kit, I'll just one of the Italeri kits that I have, along with the Airfix decals.... So, back to square one......AAAAGGGGGHHHH!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 Well, thats the joy of modeling sometimes, keep at it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Johnopfor Posted February 10, 2012 Author Share Posted February 10, 2012 Cool! I'm back on track..... I used the Italeri Hawk kit, and painted it with my customary MM paint. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 (edited) Looks good to me! Edited February 10, 2012 by phantom Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Johnopfor Posted February 13, 2012 Author Share Posted February 13, 2012 All done...... More pictures posted in the finished builds section... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Finished up great! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dmthamade Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Now that looks great!! Would like to see those markings in 1/32, The black with skull and crossbones gives it a sinister look. Don Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew Doppel Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 That turned out real nice. Regards Andrew Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChernayaAkula Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Yup! Really neat! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andre Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Me like. :) How did the Airfix decals perform? Cheers, Andre Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Johnopfor Posted March 14, 2012 Author Share Posted March 14, 2012 I have been impressed with Airfix's new kit decals. Both the MiG-15 and the Hawk decals went on with little trouble, they were thin and reacted well to MicroSet and required little work to get them into panel lines. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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