Collin Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 Airfix 1/48 Seafire 47 OOB, original 1996. For a kit this old....it builds very very nicely. This for sure is a 3 footer. Painted the stripes. Kit moved along pretty well until I got to the decals. Had a set of the aftermarket PMA (PMAD017) and they were complete garbage. Every decal shattered hitting the water. So out came the 26 year old decals and man that was a tough road. Each and every decal needed ~10 minutes to just come off the paper, and any modern day decal setting solution had zero affect on them. Some silvered, some just simply wouldn't stick. Toward the end I just wanted to finish, which caused me to paint the nav lights backwards. Another COVID build for the work display. Cheers Collin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Mark Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 If you hadn't mentioned the nav lights I would never have noticed! The whole build has really come up great, so much so that I actually feel like adding that kit (or one like it) to the stash...! 🤔 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Collin Posted May 17, 2020 Author Share Posted May 17, 2020 1 hour ago, Captain Mark said: If you hadn't mentioned the nav lights I would never have noticed! The whole build has really come up great, so much so that I actually feel like adding that kit (or one like it) to the stash...! 🤔 I believe Airfix re-popped this kit recently. So the old molds with new decals would be a winner IMO. Cheers Collin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Underdog Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 Collin, Despite the challenges and frustrations with the build, I really like the subject aircraft and especially the paint application. We don't see this aircraft being modeled much, and you did a really good job on it. Fixing the Navigation lights shouldn't be difficult. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChernayaAkula Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 (edited) I think this kit (along with its F.24 sister) and the 1/48 Lightning from those days are regarded as the best kits of the "old Airfix". This one sure turned out great! Edited May 22, 2020 by ChernayaAkula Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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