Airfix HMS Illustrious

Scale:: 1:350
Status:: Completed
Started:: February 11, 2011

This will be a build of Illustrious in the timeframe the kit depicts her, after the great refit of 2005, still carrying Sea Harriers. So no kit surgery, but building the kit using the excellent WEM PE set. I have a lot of aircraft for her, and I might try to fill the deck - but that remains to be seen. The base will be a somewhat lively sea, and will house only this ship - just for reasons of space.

Project inventory

Full kits

HMS Illustrious

Airfix 1:350

A14201 2010 New tool

Detail and Conversion sets

HMS Illustrious and Invincible Class detail set

White Ensign Models 1:350

PE 35142

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Airfix Illustrious progress

1:350

Project: Airfix HMS Illustrious

1:350 HMS Illustrious and Invincible Class detail set (White Ensign Models PE 35142)

Part of my Collection

My modeling portfolio

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Comments

12 November 2011, 10:57

Holger Kranich
Nice project and a long way to go. You´ve got a lot of bending-work in front of you!

12 November 2011, 10:59

Frank Spahr
Yup. Right now it´s elbow grease which is in demand, as I´m cleaning up hull seams - but they´re by far not as bad as expected.

12 November 2011, 11:03

Holger Kranich
Sounds good, is the Airfixkit a new tooling? Haha, elbow-grease, very nice!😢

12 November 2011, 11:04

Frank Spahr
In each project, there is the point when you feel you don´t make progress at all, at least in my experience. I´m plodding my way through subassemblies without actually realizing where I stand in regard to completion. I will not post too many images as Illustirous might yet become a print magazine article, but will add a few.

14 January 2012, 06:41