Frank Wouts Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 (edited) Hi all, I've built this model for my friend Martin Wolfs from the 1:72 Airfix kit B Mk.III Halifax bomber from WWII, which he had received for his birthday late sixties but never built it himself. This is my second hobby, besides that I play the trumpet as professional and beautiful as I possibly can, usually together with Martin. In return, Martin keeps me free with all drinks in the breaks of the rehearsals of the bands we play together until the end of the year. Martin will also take care of a nice piece of apple pie with coffee when I come to visit him to deliver the Halifax for in his cabinet. Here are some pictures. Thanks for looking! Edited February 25, 2015 by Frank Wouts Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Frank Wouts Posted September 5, 2014 Author Share Posted September 5, 2014 (edited) Here some more... Edited February 25, 2015 by Frank Wouts Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andre Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Great build! Is this out of the box, or did you add /modify ? Cheers, Andre Quote Link to post Share on other sites
breadneck Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Well Frank, you just built a classic ! And you did a very nice job as well. I am sure your fiddeling friend Martin will be satisfied with his new Halifax bomber. As we know this particular subject (NP-C of 158th Squadron survived the war whatever that would imply, haha) I suppose it didn`t survive the peace then.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Frank Wouts Posted September 9, 2014 Author Share Posted September 9, 2014 Hi Andre and Breadneck, Thanks for the nice words! Everything out of the box, except for the eight turret guns, of which I broke three (!) during cleaning of lots of flash and other redundant hard black plastic, so I had to use my 2x4 1:72 72-031 Master Browning machine gun replacements (intended for other buillds, so I had to order more) for them all. Glue was the normal Tamiya with the brush, paint is Tamiya for the blacks (some variation, but ofcourse not visible in the pictures ;-( ) and Model Master for the Dark Earth and Green. Modest green filter on the whole upper camouflage. Wire is Eazy Line (elastic) with white glue drops painted black. Cheers, Frank. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Frank Wouts Posted September 9, 2014 Author Share Posted September 9, 2014 (edited) Oh I forgot, The build went easy, fit was relatively good, specially the wings into the fuselage fitted like a glove! Only problem was the canopy as well as some other glass parts, which don't fit at all. I made the canopy fit perfectly when dryfitting, with some Evergreen polystyrene strip sanded and shaped, but for some reason did not manage to get it aligned well when glueing... Strange! Also problematic were the decals, they shrinked well under some Daco Strong decal setting without silvering, but some were so yellow and old of age that colors are too light and a little yellow.. But hey, it's a classic! Edited February 25, 2015 by Frank Wouts Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Frank Wouts Posted February 25, 2015 Author Share Posted February 25, 2015 (edited) Here some more pictures of the build. First the plans: a lot had to be figured out yourself in the sixties obviously... Edited February 26, 2015 by Frank Wouts Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Frank Wouts Posted February 25, 2015 Author Share Posted February 25, 2015 (edited) Next, building started in subassemblies, NOT following the clear sequences in the instruction plans... Edited February 26, 2015 by Frank Wouts Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Frank Wouts Posted February 25, 2015 Author Share Posted February 25, 2015 (edited) Then, assemble the subassemblies into a model, again only following my own logic and testfitting and fiddling. Edited February 25, 2015 by Frank Wouts Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Frank Wouts Posted February 25, 2015 Author Share Posted February 25, 2015 (edited) And on... Edited February 25, 2015 by Frank Wouts Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Frank Wouts Posted February 25, 2015 Author Share Posted February 25, 2015 (edited) Masking for airbrushing the camouflage pattern. Edited February 25, 2015 by Frank Wouts Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Frank Wouts Posted February 25, 2015 Author Share Posted February 25, 2015 (edited) And the result after airbrushing and assembling the wings after sufficient drying time. Edited February 25, 2015 by Frank Wouts Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Frank Wouts Posted February 25, 2015 Author Share Posted February 25, 2015 And again, the result. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stevehnz Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 A very nice job on am old kit Frank & exquisitely well painted. There's a lot to like about this build. Steve. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Frank Wouts Posted March 11, 2015 Author Share Posted March 11, 2015 Thanks Steve. Regards to all in your beautiful country! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MacStingy Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Nice build, Frank and a great story. My favourite part of the story is the apple pie and coffee. Makes me smell Oma's kitchen in my mind. You've made a silk purse from a sow's ear on that kit. Cheers Paul Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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