Airfix 1/72 Bristol Blenheim mk.IF
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Re: Airfix 1/72 Bristol Blenheim mk.IF
Thanks Gents - It's coming together, I'm getting the internal parts painted up now. I'm not sure how well the nose section is going to go together, it's a five part assembly, none of which fit together very well.
Here's the painting - dry brushing and washes to do, along with the decals.
Here's the painting - dry brushing and washes to do, along with the decals.
Stuart Templeton 'I may not be good but I'm slow...'
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Re: Airfix 1/72 Bristol Blenheim mk.IF
okay... long past due an update on this one, sorry for not doing so sooner but work has been insane this week.
Word of warning if you ever attempt to build this kit - It's shit. The cockpit assembly is a joke, five parts, including three clear, that don't go together very well. And even when you get them together, all of the major parts have bad fit issues. The main problem basically boils down to Airfix trying to save themselves a few quid and getting both the long nose and short nose versions out of the same kit. This basically requires you to build the fuselage around the wings, which would have worked if this was a Tamiya kit, but it isn't and so it leaves you with fit issues on the nose, the bomb-bay, the wing leading edges and the wing roots. What they should have done was have a separate fuselage moulding for each version, and then built the wings around the fuselage instead.
Anyway, here are some horrid photos - this is not my best work, but the fit of the kit is just awful (To be fair, the cockpit came out okay)
Oh and did I mention that the clear parts are too narrow - look at that step!
Oh and I couldn't avoid getting finger/glue marks on the clear parts - and this is the second round after I polished and futured dipped the parts.
A lot of filling and sanding later, this is where I am now. Strangely, now that I'm over the build of the main parts, the rest of the kit goes together well - the fit of the flaps and u/c was really good.
Cheers!
Word of warning if you ever attempt to build this kit - It's shit. The cockpit assembly is a joke, five parts, including three clear, that don't go together very well. And even when you get them together, all of the major parts have bad fit issues. The main problem basically boils down to Airfix trying to save themselves a few quid and getting both the long nose and short nose versions out of the same kit. This basically requires you to build the fuselage around the wings, which would have worked if this was a Tamiya kit, but it isn't and so it leaves you with fit issues on the nose, the bomb-bay, the wing leading edges and the wing roots. What they should have done was have a separate fuselage moulding for each version, and then built the wings around the fuselage instead.
Anyway, here are some horrid photos - this is not my best work, but the fit of the kit is just awful (To be fair, the cockpit came out okay)
Oh and did I mention that the clear parts are too narrow - look at that step!
Oh and I couldn't avoid getting finger/glue marks on the clear parts - and this is the second round after I polished and futured dipped the parts.
A lot of filling and sanding later, this is where I am now. Strangely, now that I'm over the build of the main parts, the rest of the kit goes together well - the fit of the flaps and u/c was really good.
Cheers!
Stuart Templeton 'I may not be good but I'm slow...'
My blog: https://stuartsscalemodels.blogspot.com/
My blog: https://stuartsscalemodels.blogspot.com/
Re: Airfix 1/72 Bristol Blenheim mk.IF
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On the bench:
Tamiya F-4B Phantom II 1/48
Kinetic F-16A (new tool) 1/48
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On the bench:
Tamiya F-4B Phantom II 1/48
Kinetic F-16A (new tool) 1/48
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Re: Airfix 1/72 Bristol Blenheim mk.IF
Way to keep after it! It looks to have been handled very well.
To make each build less crappy than the last one. Or, put another way, "Better than the last one, not as good as the next one!"..
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Re: Airfix 1/72 Bristol Blenheim mk.IF
Man, that was an atrocious fit with the canopy, wasn't it? That reminded me of some Monogram fit issues I've seen through the years. But now, you do seem to have her going your way, Stuart! Good show!
Re: Airfix 1/72 Bristol Blenheim mk.IF
Thanks Gents - yeah it's been an 'experience'...
Stuart Templeton 'I may not be good but I'm slow...'
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Re: Airfix 1/72 Bristol Blenheim mk.IF
"Calm seas do not a good sailor make"
You dealt with the gaps well enough. I think I would have opted for styrene shims for some of those gaps, but you took care of them Sinatra stye. Well done!
You dealt with the gaps well enough. I think I would have opted for styrene shims for some of those gaps, but you took care of them Sinatra stye. Well done!
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Re: Airfix 1/72 Bristol Blenheim mk.IF
Stuart, I commend you on your persistence and for getting it done and done well. You took this on and did a sensational job beating it into submission.
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"Do you know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I get and beat you with 'till you understand who's in ruttin' command!"
-Jayne Cobb, Firefly Episode 2 "The Train Job"
We are modelers - the same in spirit, in hunger to insanely buy newly released kits, hustlers in hiding our stash from our better halves and experts in using garbage as replacements for after-market parts.
Re: Airfix 1/72 Bristol Blenheim mk.IF
Thanks Gents - it was worth sticking with to an extent as it's coming along - the painting and decaling are done.
Stuart Templeton 'I may not be good but I'm slow...'
My blog: https://stuartsscalemodels.blogspot.com/
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