International Scale Modeller

so i have decided to do the handley page halifax from revell but rather than doing the normal black, dark earth and green that represents the night time bombers i will be doing the the coastal command variant

heres some reference pics






heres the revell colour call out of:
No58 squadron RAF, Stornoway, Scotland, early 1945


and the top


so lets get onto the sprues and i have to say this is a absolute bargain for under 20 quid!
the heap of sprues!


another nice touch from revell is doubled up sprues!


heres the wings




and a zoom in on the awesome panel lines


heres the fuselage half from the outside


sorry about the quality but heres the panel lines


and heres the cockpit and this is were the worst part is
no it isnt the detail but rather the tiny little ejecter pin mark!!


the same on the bombay!!!! come on revell


some of the insides


i have cut the sprue shots short because theres just so many of them!!
so here is the decals that are in perfect register and are thin


the instructions


instruction 1


to instruction 99!!


this is it for the inbox review a bit of history will be on its way soon!

Terriffic choice from the looks of the kit.

ModelingMatt wrote:Terriffic choice from the looks of the kit.

i am looking forward to staring it!!

heres some quick shots of my dry fitting of the aircrafts fuselage and wings



the fit is very good in most places plus the reason why its doesn't look to good is because the tape didn't hold it together to well


and with the wings

hey these parts look fimiliar
did take my kit lol
great start i did not dry fit mine yet
but it looks big when you do i see
good luck with your build
cheers Mark

Nice choice dude.

Looking very nice kit from Revell.

Always good to see an RAF bomber - great start James.

MarkVerploeg wrote:hey these parts look fimiliar
did take my kit lol
great start i did not dry fit mine yet
but it looks big when you do i see
good luck with your build
cheers Mark

LOL i didnt realise that you were going to do the same kit
its lucky i am doing the grII variant

looking forward to this coming together james.

so here is my first update for this build

the finished painted cockpit side wall 1


heres it after a wash


i used three different washes to create different shading effects


and a little dry brushing


the other side wall


the rear undercarriage


after weathering


this time i used the flory washes and this

i put it on in streaks and then added enamal thiners to it to make it thinner and clench to the raised bits

after that i thought i might as well put the windows in but one was missing


i couldn't find it so i thought i might a well use this for the first time!


so i chose a spot and taped the front of the window up


and then applyed the micro klear from the inside


it turned out like this and i am pretty happy with it


this is my progress so far and apart from the mysterious disappearance of the window this kit has treated me well and i can
not wait to do more on it!

nice progress on your halifax
i still have to put my update on it on my thread
i don't know if you started on the engines but i find that they are very easy to missaline( hope i spelled that right)
i had to sand a pretty big seemline from mine
but otherwise this kit falls together
best of luck with your build
cheers Mark

Looking good so far!!!
Painted, washed and dry brushed I dont Think the ejector pin marks will be a problem by the looks of it.
They kind of blend into the busy background.

Tip: Hard to get to pin marks can be sanded out with a pointy sanding bit on the Dremel.
But one has to be careful...a slip can be costly! (low rpm or the plastic is gone in no time)


Tip: Dont tape when using Kristal Klear, just gently "smear it in" starting at the edges, until the hole is full, gently pull out the stick. The Surface tension in the PVA will hold it in place by itself.
That way it hardens really crystal clear when drying in the open.

patrickroos wrote:Looking good so far!!!
Painted, washed and dry brushed I dont Think the ejector pin marks will be a problem by the looks of it.
They kind of blend into the busy background.

Tip: Hard to get to pin marks can be sanded out with a pointy sanding bit on the Dremel.
But one has to be careful...a slip can be costly! (low rpm or the plastic is gone in no time)


Tip: Dont tape when using Kristal Klear, just gently "smear it in" starting at the edges, until the hole is full, gently pull out the stick. The Surface tension in the PVA will hold it in place by itself.
That way it hardens really crystal clear when drying in the open.

thanks for the tips!

MarkVerploeg wrote:nice progress on your halifax
i still have to put my update on it on my thread
i don't know if you started on the engines but i find that they are very easy to missaline( hope i spelled that right)
i had to sand a pretty big seemline from mine
but otherwise this kit falls together
best of luck with your build
cheers Mark

thanks for the heads up! and good luck with your build as well!

Great update mate.

so hers and update and i have finished the cockpit and the wheel wells and nearly done with just some bits and bobs to be added to it!

heres a youtube vid of the cockpit just to warn you i do go over some of the stuff i have already been over
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http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjsWN0y ... d8mog/feed

so i will start by showing the wheel wells
heres the bottom of the wheel wells


here are some of the parts of the wheel well before they were assembled






heres when it is assembled but some pieces still need to be added


here is it added to the wing


some of the walls in the cockpit




them added to the main parts of the cockpit


the instrument panel was then added
i did dry brushing on this and also applyed some colour with a cocktail stick


the seat was then added
so was the control stick?? (if thats what its called)


completed cockpit!!


practice fit
and the view of the cockpit


another birds eye view


I also had to drill holes for the version






so thats the update finished
hopefully i will be able to put the fuselage halves together soon

James, great progress!!!
Love what You have done so far and great vid! (tip: when you show detail parts try to shoot them on a black or blue background, then things show much better)
The windows turned out just fine, did You try to use kristal klear "on its own" without tape?
Just love the way your not afraid to try things, thats the best way to learn, just keep doing it.
Great build so far!

Thank you!

I really like the look of this - I'll be back for more!

thank you

This is another plane, like the Lancaster, that I don't have much knowledge of here in the USA. Watching your build, though, is making it much more interesting to me. You are doing such fine work on this!

Great looking interior on the this bird loving your work on it so far.
Will have to catch up on the videos soon

That cockpit looks brilliant, well done . Looking forward to seeing you do some more.



Mark

Thanks guys!

Coming on nicely James. I thought the Revell Halifax was a raised detail kit, but I guess they re-tooled it at somepoint. I built the older one, with the raised detail when I was younger. Found a lonely rudder from it last time I was at my parents too lol.

Coastal Command one should look good!

Thanks gav! It is a great kit with amazing detail! I would highly recommend it!

Hey James, that looks really nice. I never build a bomber before ( don't have much money at the moment). I really like the effects you achieved with the wash.
oh, and check your google+.

Jos

Will do! And thank you

after taking a couple of weeks off this build not because its an awful kit but just because its a long build, i decided to sit down and do a bit more work on the kit

it may not be very much progress but i have learnt how to rescribe panel lines during the build!
so i will show you the side walls of the front of the cockpit

i added a wash and the clear parts, i also did a small bit of dry brushing but not to much

when i put the fuselage halves together there was a slight seam right near the cockpit!
i find the problem with this is the dust that youve made from sanding gets in the cockpit and it gets stuck in there


again on the front of the fuselage there was a gap! more filling!


i didnt want to display the bomb bay so i dint paint it in the end


for sanding i will be using these magical tools!
V

for rescribing


after many attempts at rescribing i finally got a semi decent attempt






this is the end of the update hope your enjoying the build so far and i hope all your builds are going well

Great looking bird! Great job on the interior!

Good job on the re-scribing dude.

Hope the rest goes well for you.

Thank you

Looking very nice James. Keep up the good work buddy.

Your doing a fantastic job, Iv wanted to buy that kit for a few months but every time I go to buy it it's sold out

Good work and progress, looking nice!