jinx46 Posted February 9, 2013 Report Posted February 9, 2013 (edited) I was wondering if anyone has made a Bristol beaufighter in 72nd scale and what the kit used was. Today I played around with flightsimulator (FSX), took screenshots of Dave Garwood's Beau and made some color profiles using Photoshop from the flight sim screenies. I attach them here. The singanture Serge Birkin is a pseudonym I often use in my art work. Regards, Nick from Greece Edited February 9, 2013 by jinx46
jinx46 Posted February 9, 2013 Author Report Posted February 9, 2013 (edited) One more profile will be uploaded in the future... Edited February 9, 2013 by jinx46
ghodges Posted February 9, 2013 Report Posted February 9, 2013 I don't build 1/72, but would be VERY surprised if Airfix (or Matchbox) didn't make a Beaufighter. I fact, I'd expect several variants to be available. Tamiya makes a very nice Beaufighter in 1/48, and then there's the venerable (and hard to find) 1/32 kit by Revell from the 60s-70s era.. GIL
Ron Bell Posted February 9, 2013 Report Posted February 9, 2013 Matchbox did a late model Beau with the radar nose and it's a typical Matchbox kit. Airfix did an earlier one that is actually not that bad of a kit considering it's age. I think Frog did one, but that was pretty toy-like. None of these have anything approaching an interior. This is the Airfix one.
David M. Knights Posted February 10, 2013 Report Posted February 10, 2013 Hasegawa did a couple of boxings of the Beau. The availability varies, but they can be found online.
jinx46 Posted February 10, 2013 Author Report Posted February 10, 2013 Ron, Your model looks every nice indeed. I had made the old Frog one, which was motorised. I still have its props and motors. And my cousin had made the oiginal and very old Airfix one. The Hasegawa is probably the best of all as it is newer.
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