The start to 2019 was an interesting one - plenty of new builds and a foray into some kits I wouldn't normally work with.
Matchbox Gloster Meteor NF 14
This is a commission build and the kit provided was the venerable Matchbox NF 11/12/14. Until something better comes along, this kit is one of the few ways you can built a 1/72 twin-seater Meteor. Other methods include doing some major surgery to a single-seater or by kit bashing a combination of kits to make one.
I won't pretend it was an easy build - no kit from the 80s is going to be utterly perfect in every way - but the finished result looks every bit like the aircraft it is supposed to. This photo was prior to weathering and finishing - so it looks very 'new'.
Airfix Messerschmitt Bf 110 E Tropical.
This has been lurking around on the display shelf for a while now, to make the model look a bit less 'toy-like' I decided to opt for some weathering. Out came the washes, pastels, chalk powders and paint chipping materials - below is the final result of some washing/chipping/splattering/any other thing you do when weathering a model.
Airfix Hawker Typhoon IB (Late)
Another single-seater that got weathered and battered. Probably my favourite fighter of WW2, the Typhoon really looks good in whatever scale you make it. The real thing was quite a big old thing and this translates even into smaller scales like 1/72. It makes a Spitfire or Bf 109 look a bit weedy by comparison when you stick them next to eachother!
The next update will likely be bigger than this one, simply due to having no less than 6 (!!!!) builds on the go at the moment.
