Airfix 1/72nd Beaufighter TFX

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Thanks guys. Its going together well.
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Progress has ben slowed a tad by my Wellington build, but i finaly have something to report. I got the pit installed, completed with the coloured PE. The floor alon with the seat, goes in after from underneath.

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The floor went in well, certainly easier than the Airfix stuka.

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After that the wings and tail were fitted. Some filling was needed at the join of wings and fuselage, more so at the front.

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And the eduard PE flaps were fitted.

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I'm now working on the engines so i can get them painted and fitted and get the rest ready for painting.
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Well done!
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Interesting engineering on the pit
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Looking great Martin!

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Finally able to get an update posted. I was able to get the missiles ready for painting. I am useing Plus Models resin set for this. I originally bought just one, i was planning to have missiles laid out on the ground ready for loading. then i saw some photo's of Mosquito's and beaufighters being loaded with the missles on Type C bomb trailers. I thought that would make a much better secene, but decided i needed another set of missiles, which arrived mid week. I'd already attached the resin mouthing plate to the kit, these are the missiels and rail ready for priming.

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I got the aircraft primed and painted. This is my first time doinf invasion stripes. I had to tidy them up a little after spraying, but didn't worry about them being perfectly neat.

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And then the DK decals.

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The decals include 2 Australian flags to go one either side of the nose. But the photo's i have seen of this aircraft which show the right side there is clearly no flag. But pics of other aircraft show one of the left side. So either way, DK have got that wrong, and in light of having no pics of the left side of this aircraft, i decided to put the flag there.

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Now for some light weathering.
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That's looking great!

D-Day invasion stripes were painted by hand and never straight 90% of the time anyway. Yours looks pretty good. :shoutout: :shoutout: :shoutout:

I've got a Tamiya Mossie kit in my stash and want to do it in Operation Jericho scheme. I don't have the Beaufighter though.
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Ditto, that!
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Looking good Bish! The D-Day stripes tend to make any allied aircraft type more visually attractive & interesting.
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Looks great. Will have to look into this kit
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