1:72 Airfix Bristol Beaufighter TFX

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Was in a small town in upstate New York and happened upon a model shop. In amongst the new whizzy drones and r/c stuff, there was a shelf of dusty model kits:



Ended up buying this for $9.95 which would have been a lot cheaper pre Brexit sterling plunge.



Box faded, held together by an elastic band, bits inside rattling around, instructions yellowed, and it has one of those clear plastic stands that models in my youth had.





So will give it a go.

Question:

How do these colours.....:



......translate to modern Tamiya ones?

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dr_gn said:

Nice find.

This any use for paint colours?

https://www.scalemates.com/products/img/9/4/6/1049...

Brilliant, cheers!

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Wash, dry and most superfluous bits of plastic cut off. The good news is it all the bits seem to be there. The bad news is that there is no cockpit detail at all - just a bench for the pilot to perch on. And the canopy fit is terrible.

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I am trying to fabricate a cockpit out of bits of cardboard... wish me luck.

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Hmmm this model making lark is giving me OCD. Can’t be doing with defects like that.



Very bad wing fit, needs a lot of whittling with a sharp blade to get the edges to line up.





Tamiya grey primer.