Hello everyone,

Just wanted to post pictures of the progress I've made with my two Airfix kits. I have completed the build and they are ready for priming and painting. I think I will go for a desert scheme. Here they are:

More work on the Dornier,

all the masking, and most of the temporarily attached transparencies removed and the decaling under way.



Decalling, all bar some swastikas, if I can find some the right size in the spare decal box,



Including the instrument panel.



Si

Nice looking build you have there Joseph.

Progress is slow as I have been busy all week, but, progress has been made.

The finish is, well, patchy, the decals are on with the exception of the underside stencils and the canopy parts need proper masking, the liquid mask was not a great success.

Onwards and Downwards

Simon and Mike both coming along nicely!

Okay guys/gals all done with the Anson just need to put the pics up in the gallery!

Great build Chris!
Added this model to my wish list.

Nice work on the Annie Chris.

The Instrument panel in place, took a little wrangling, but wasn't too tricky.



The stbd main leg in place, nicely detailed and solid fit.



Main undercarriage leg done, for two parts it is very solid and looks well detailed. Flaps also on.



Mudguards & wheels on and sat the right way up.



The wheels aren't glued. hence the moulded in flat not yet squared up.

Si

@ Joseph, Simon, Mike, Chris - looking good chaps!

Right - the Hunter is all sealed up, and as you can see, the primer is on! I decided to use all four fuel tanks, rather than rocket pods. Due to the way the undercarriage goes together, I will be painting those parts separately, and attaching them last of all.
I'm going to blu tack the undercarriage doors in place during painting, as I have to work out how to cut the serial number decals to fit the doors, before the undercarriage and stores get attached.

Cheers Everyone!

My suggestion is to use a template.

1; Place the u/c doors butting together onto an upside down piece of masking tape. Make sure the doors outer surface is uppermost.

2; Take a sheet of tracing paper, cut a bit big enough to cover the doors and give an overlap of about an inch+ either side. Overlay the doors, you can press the overlap to the tape to hold it in place.

3; Using a sharp 2H pencil (not HB it dulls too easily) draw around the door outline.

4; Cut the decals from the sheet and lay them onto upside down masking tape.

5. Remove the tracing paper and position it over the decal using the tape to secure it once you are happy with the position.

6; Using the lines and a sharp knife cut the decal

You now have what you need. Hope it helps

Thanks for that Mike, I'll try that out, and I'm sure it will work.

Hello everyone,

I was able to spray primer on my Matilda. Here's how it looks:





Thanks for looking,

Joseph

Just popping in to say i'm still here. I've had some health things come up that has prevented me from working on my SBD,but now im in remission I should be able to get back to work somewhat baring my collage schedule. Only real update i have is that i finished the fill work and after a little more minor sanding should be able to prime and get ready to paint.

Because of other committments I'm very late to this, and also the hairy stick campaiggn.
Because I only do thing that have legs.....(Figures)
I can only make airfix figures straight from the box in so many ways.
So...... For the hairy stick campaign I tipped a load of japanese multipose into a bowl, picked parts at random and I have a japanese infantryman ready to paint.

Because I have many of the 1/32nd scale collectors series historical kits as well I thought I may as well do the same.
My official entry is a hybrid (conversion) figure out of airfix parts only and now have a bengal lancer charging, lance lowered with a scots greys right arms adapted to hold the lance and on a scots greys horse.
I haave yet to add the riders legs and feet because I want to give him proper spurs for extra detail later.

Please check this link to my album

http://gallery3.kitmaker.net/data/29741/IMG-20150102-00489.jpg

Thanks for looking

Pauk

Well, here it is, my first completed campaign, and my first completed Airfix kit. I enjoyed the build, and had a fun time weathering the heck out of the Zero I think it looks better in person than in pictures, I need to figure out settings and lighting to get better model pictures.
So I present to you, the Airfix Dogfight Doubles P-40 vs. Zero.






And can anyone give me a walk-through on how to upload to the campaign gallery? I tried, but couldn't get it to work.

The most common cause of upload failure is the images being too large. Try resizing them to 800 X 600.

Thank you Jessica for the photo guide.
Again this points to the need for a "How To" pinned on the site.

Casey:-
Take you time and build when you can,if you finish after the end of the campaign not a problem just let me know when for the ribbon posting.

Paul:-
The mixed up man came out great!

Logan:-
Your dual build look's great!
Let's hope that there will be more Airfix campaign for you to enter in the future

Logan,

Did Jessie's tip solve your problem, or are you still having trouble?

Richard,

You're probably right. If I actually wake up this morning, I might take a shot at it.

Michael

Another common trip-up is that you have to log in again when the gallery page appears.

Actually, I'm still having some troubles... it's telling me that
"The category you chose for this photo can't contain photos"
How do I remedy this?

you have to have the folder open in the view where you can see previously uploaded images thumbnails.

Hi Logan
Check out this link:-

https://aeroscale.kitmaker.net/forums/170740&page=1

Also searching in the box at the top of the page will find other info as required.

Thank you everyone, I got it!
I got my inspiration for this build after watching the two planes tangle at an air show this summer-

Good looking build so far Joseph ....





Nice duo Logan and cool inspiration pics too.



And here's my effort so far, attacked the 50 year veteran Sherman using sharp knives and solvents ....

Brent