Fairey Gannet by Airfix in 1/48
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J KI have just ordered this myself. Your model looks brilliant. I hope to do half as good a job as you have done.
Kendrick BrownThe uglier the plane, the more interesting they turn out. Fantastic work.
Maurizio LaudisaThanks everyone. Indeed it's one of those "so ugly it's beautiful" subjects. It certainly has presence on the shelf.
Paul EdenGorgeous kit. Air craft is a proper chunky boy, I love it. Excellent work. Think this may be a bit too hard for me but it looks awesome.
Maurizio LaudisaThanks Guy and Paul... yes the kit is excellent but quite fiddley, not difficult per se, just a lot of delicate subassemblies that require patience and stamina. Do it!
Landlubber MikeBeautiful work! Airfix should pay you to put it in their marketing materials! This is about as good as an advertisement for the kit as any!
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The finished model of my Gannet by Airfix. I finally got this one off my bench, it seemed like the never ending project, always "one last thing" to do. It is a superbly well-engineered kit from Airfix, with excellent Tamiya-like fit, very fine and sharp surface & molded detail, excellent decals / stencils for three separate marking options, and very clear error-free instructions.
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It is not for beginners, however, due to the ~300+ parts count, delicate sub-assemblies, tricky folded wing geometry, and 100+ stencils (decalling, which I generally dislike, took me three days).
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I wanted to show a glimpse of the turboprop assembly, so I opened up an access panel and scratched the internals as best I could. I added some wiring to the wing folds based on reference photos.
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I black-based the model and used some post-shading to highlight a few panels, as well as washing it with oils. I'm fairly pleased with it, although it started to fight me a bit towards the end and I struggled through the finish line.
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The base is black acrylic and a total dust magnet, can't help it. Aftermarket resin figure from plusmodel.cz, Eduard cockpit detail set and seat belts, 815 Naval Air Squadron emblem from eBay.
