What's on your work bench atm ?

[jeaton01]

Has anyone but Classic Airframes ever done the fabric wing Hurricane in 1/48?

[Stuart]

Thanks for the info Stuart. I know that Airfix backdated one of their 1/48 Spitfires to an early Mk.I with the flatter canopy hood and the two blades wooden prop. I was hoping that perhaps they had done a backdate of their new tool 1/48 Hurricane as well.

I'm afraid not Carlos - just their 1/72.

Man that's an old kit!

[Stikpusher]

I don’t know if I have posted this on here before, but if I did, the thread is way buried and not easily found. It’s the old early 80’s 1/48 Hasegawa A6M5 Zero. Anyways, I started this one, barely, several years back, then sidelined it for some unknown reason. In the summer I pulled it out and resumed work, primarily in the cockpit. Anyways, seeing how this is a simple kit and that the end of the year is approaching, I decided that I wanted to try and get it finished by the end of the year, so after all the hustle and bustle of the Thanksgiving weekend was over, I got back to work on it.

Yesterday I finished up the cockpit



Then I assembled it into the fuselage



Today so far I did seam clean up on the fuselage, then added the wings



Then I added the horizontal stabilizers



and test fitted the engine and cowling



So far, so good… I love these old kits that take shape practically overnight.

[BlackSheep214]

Looks great, Carlos. Yeah... Those old kits pratically pur themselves together on its own.
Just like the P-38 Lightning kit I've been working on. It probably won't be done by the end of the year unless I managed to score on insignia decals quick.

[Stikpusher]

Thanks Tom. The old kits are good enough for me. I don’t get bogged down in too many sub assemblies, and the level of included detail is mare than adequate.

[tempestjohnny]

I'm at the time of my life where I want to finish as much of my stash as I can. I add extra on one or two kits a year but most of mine are pretty much out of the box

[KSaarni]

Very nice Carlos-san !

- Kari

[Stikpusher]

Domo Arigato Kari-san. Other than drilling out the lightening holes in the seat, and adding some PE seatbelts, the cockpit is OOB.

[Duke Maddog]

I'm at the time of my life where I want to finish as much of my stash as I can. I add extra on one or two kits a year but most of mine are pretty much out of the box

I'm right there with you. I've been building OOB almost all my modeling life, mostly for that reason.

[Stuart]

Great to see another Zero being built, and very apt considering the date - what scheme are you planning Carlos?