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[BlackAce7727]

Final update for the evening,

Prop and exhausts attached, at least she doesn't look stubby now!

...and yes the prop spins...

[BlackAce7727]

Afternoon to all on SAS,

Today I'm proud to present my completed Revell Spitfire Mk.IIa in 1/72 scale. As a final conclusion this kit was very enjoyable and fun to build, I have to admit though for 1962 this mold has aged nicely with a bit of tweaking here and there with not many dramas. One thing I will state is that the kit is VERY fragile and you have to handle her like a porcelain vase when finished, especially with the undercarriage as that's thin like paper but conforms to gluing well. I didn't liquid poly the landing gear as I feared it could have melted it into the wrong areas or damaged the legs so I used superglue which worked well.










Also as a bonus here is the Revell Spitfire next to a kit from the same period which is the Airfix Bf-109E-4, this model I built in 2017 and has aged very well.

[Andy H]

Splendid result with that oldie. Looks nice next to the Messer. 

I was seriously tempted by some old Revell kits while I was foraging in my local model shop today...maybe next week. 

[BlackAce7727]

Depends on which kit you get, with classic models it's like playing poker.. either you get lucky or you get stiff armed with a bad one...

After researching old models it's why I buy kits I know I can make Andy, saying that I was guilty of buying the diabolical Airfix Spitfire Mk.IX and you saw how that turned out... a disaster.

Considering this model was 4 years younger than the Airfix Spit, it was FAR superior in terms of quality and build as well as usable decals.

Still, a huge thanks for the compliment Andy... means a lot mate.

[spit05]

très belle bête ce spit

bon travail 

[BlackAce7727]

Merci mon pote 

[BlackAce7727]

Evening all on SAS,

Here I present my next project. It's a VERY old kit but one I've had my eyes on for a long time and it's the 1960's classic FROG Bf-110G-4 in 1/72, not many reviews of this model exist so I'm just going by historical model making with FROG back in the early 2010's when I constructed their Me-410A-2 with the BK-5 Cannon. The kit went together brilliantly but the only thing that let it down were the decals which shattered when I looked at them!

The kit comes with 2 paintschemes and back in this day political correctness crap didn't exist so she comes with FULL markings. I had to source some second hand ones after the ones in the kit looked pretty worn down and yellowed.

So... here she is...

[Gaston]

Frog model kits... do they still exist ? It is so old...

[BlackAce7727]

Gaston,

You can usually find them on eBay and for reasonable prices, I bought this kit earlier last week for £20 and it's in perfect condition. Revell released this tool in the 1980's after Frog went bust... as far as I'm aware this is one of 3 toolings out there. Italieri and Eduard made much superior toolings to this but the Frog kit was the first.. but they command higher prices due to better quality.

[BlackAce7727]

Morning all on SAS,

In continuation of my introduction from the 1968 kit by Frog the interior and propellers are painted. This aircraft will be made as a Bf-110G-4 of NJG.4. Also I'd like to point out the pilots... they are very strange, they look like they come from the mysterious land of ''Abazagabadaba''.... Wolfgang-Schnaufer looks native...

[Andy H]

Ancient aliens. The mysterious case of the Easter Island pilots. 

[BlackAce7727]

Andy...

Right onto a historical matter. The Bf-110G-4 of NJG.4 DID exist... however FROG misinterpreted the paintscheme naming it after Wolfgang Schnaufer who was the highest scoring nightfighter pilot with 121 kills.

The aircraft itself was a listed Luftwaffe aircraft and met her demise by forced landing in 1944 but the markings are incorrect on the kit and 9G+AA was NOT one of Wolfgang Schnaufer's mounts.... although it's a nice representation of this particular nightfighter.