Ok, it's been a good long while since I've posted anything on armorama, and I've never posted anything in the aircraft section before. Between work, family, etc., there just hasn't been a lot of modeling going on. Anyway, I did manage to get close to done with the 1/48 Hasegawa Tiffie I started last summer. I bought a set of Aires resin/photoetch RAF underwing rockets and rails to add, and I've gotten stalled out on them. (Anyone have any experience with them? They're awfully fiddly.) Thought I'd post pics of the plane without the rockets, though.

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https://photos.kitmaker.net/showphoto.php?photo=10244&password=&sort=1&cat=500&page=1

https://photos.kitmaker.net/showphoto.php?photo=10247&password=&sort=1&cat=500&page=1

https://photos.kitmaker.net/showphoto.php?photo=10246&password=&sort=1&cat=500&page=1

https://photos.kitmaker.net/showphoto.php?photo=10245&password=&sort=1&cat=500&page=1

There are a number of boo-boos on it, and the build was an - ahem - "adventure." First airplane in about 10 years, though, so I can't really complain.

Darn it, I used to know how to get the pictures in the message itself, rather than just links. Oh, well.

:-) A little hand in posting the pics (I can PM you the lowdown if you like)






Pictures are a little blurry and dark, but from what I can see only the antenna post sticks out (should be verticle) as any sort of a problem. Painting looks well done. If this is your first plane in ten years you don't have much to worry about. Thanks for posting
Mal

Nice job!!!

Q: are those decals on the body, or a paint job? I'm curious, because I notice the decals on the main body look painted on... IE: I can see the panel lines 'behind' it showing through... On the 1/72 scale I just did, the decals covered over top...

So, if they are decals, do you cut them so that you can get the panel lines to show through? ( I hope you can understand what I'm saying... I think I just managed to confuse myself!)

:-) Azarius,
Yes they are decals. Rather than go into a long winded explanation, if you can wait a little while, I have just submitted an article on this very subject. If it is excepted it will, hopefully be on the site in a couple of weeks. The panel lines aren't showing through, it's the weathering that part-timer applied. This makes a real difference IMHO, to the finished look of a model. On a real plane the markings are painted on and weather with the rest of the airframe, so you should weather the decals if you weather your model. :-)
No need to cut the decals, my article will explain. :-)
Mal

Those are aeromaster decals. After laying on multiple applications of solvaset, I helped "relieve" the decals with an x-acto knife and a .25mm Koh-I-Noor Rapidograph pen (that's the source of the black ink in the panel lines). Here's a close-up (but slightly blurred) picture of the roundel on the wing:

Grr, now I really don't know why I can't get the pic in the post. Here's the link https://photos.kitmaker.net/showphoto.php?photo=10394&password=&sort=1&cat=500&page=1

Very nice! It makes a HUGE difference on the outcome!

Hurry up with that Holdfast! I love your tips!

PS - what's the aerial wire made out of, and how is it attached to the tail?

The aerial is made from stretched sprue (i probably spent 45 minutes getting a piece thin enough) attached with a dot of super glue.

I'm DYING to get my hands on this kit!!

:-) For antenna wires I use invisable mending thread. It isn't actually invisable, and I use the grey sort. It is nylon, so after attaching with CA glue I simply pass a heated pin under it which shrinks it, slightly a pulls it taught. You can see examples of it's use in my article on the Bf 110G-2 Bf 110G-2 Helldiver Pacific Helldiver Corsair Pacific Corsair and Stuka Ju 87 B-2 Trop
The IFF wires on my Typhoon are actually done using shearing elastic
I much prefer invisable mending thread though, much easier to work with :-)
Mal