Beaufighter Progress

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Cockpit with Eduard PE.
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Eduard PE for the wheel bays.
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Colors used: For the Camo, Tamiya XF-68 and XF-59.
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Colors used: For the underside, XF-23.
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Decals done. Not alot of decals in this kit.
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Comments

2 4 February 2018, 19:23

Björn Svedberg
I've started on the Tamiya Beaufighter. I'm going to do the Maltese version from the box. I've also got some Eduard PE for the kit.
The Cockpit is finished and most of the assembly is done. Next will be assembling and painting the engines.

4 February 2018, 19:26

gorby
That cockpit looks great.

4 February 2018, 20:14

Soeren R.
Count me in! The cockpit looks already very promising!😉

4 February 2018, 20:25

Stephan Ryll
I'll take a seat - the cockpit looks very nice 👍 has the kit raised panel lines?

4 February 2018, 20:29

Björn Svedberg
Thanks mates! 🙂
No the panel lines are not raised.
/B)

4 February 2018, 20:51

Erik Leijdens
Nice start with the cockpit Björn. The wheel bays look nice too with the additional PE. Also a nice choice this Maltese Beau!

4 February 2018, 20:57

Vinny Panda
Superb start, I'll be following this one.

4 February 2018, 22:32

Stephan Ryll
Thank you Björn - now the kit is on my list 🙂

5 February 2018, 16:44

Björn Svedberg
Thanks guys!
@Stephan It's a nice kit, but the detail level is not as high as the Mosquito I just built, so some additional kit parts and PE is needed. It fits really well, like most Tamiya kits. 🙂
/B)

6 February 2018, 07:35

Björn Svedberg
So, the base camouflage is finished. I once again freehanded the camouflage on the top as it's alot more fun spending time airbrushing than masking. There are some cleaning up to do, and the next step will be masking and painting the copper color on the engine cowls.

14 February 2018, 20:14

Björn Svedberg
Thanks James! 🙂
I used Tamiya XF-68 and XF-59 for the camo and XF-23 for the underside. It's not what the doctor ordered, but I think it is close enough for me.

14 February 2018, 21:43

Soeren R.
Another really nice Project Björn.
The paint job looks indeed really nice.

15 February 2018, 13:56

gorby
Nice to know that I'm not the only one to use the closest Tamiya paint colour.😉

15 February 2018, 17:21

Björn Svedberg
Thanks mates! 🙂
The decals are on. Not alot of work here as you can see, and just a few stencils on the underside. Preparing for weathering. I will have to dull down the shine of the copper color a bit.

17 February 2018, 08:39