64Comet404 Posted January 30, 2022 Posted January 30, 2022 I just finished this build of the old Airfix VW 1200 kit. Paint is Tamiya throughout, with Alclad for the bumpers, handles, and hubcaps. I have a number of these old kits to build, so it's nice to get one off the bench! 1
rightrudder Posted January 31, 2022 Posted January 31, 2022 I like it...well done! I hear those Airfix kits can be a real challenge in terms of fit. Just-right shade of green for the exterior.
happy grumpy Posted January 31, 2022 Posted January 31, 2022 Nice little bug. Even in this scale it looks well detailed.
64Comet404 Posted January 31, 2022 Author Posted January 31, 2022 19 hours ago, rightrudder said: I like it...well done! I hear those Airfix kits can be a real challenge in terms of fit. Just-right shade of green for the exterior. They can be fiddly to build cleanly, but they do give you a chance to build subjects which were never tooled in 1:24/1:25 scale (the Beetle excepted, of course!). Thank you for the compliments on the colour choice!
rightrudder Posted February 1, 2022 Posted February 1, 2022 18 hours ago, 64Comet404 said: They can be fiddly to build cleanly, but they do give you a chance to build subjects which were never tooled in 1:24/1:25 scale (the Beetle excepted, of course!). Thank you for the compliments on the colour choice! Yours is super clean. ? I was looking at their 1/32 Aston DB5, but after reading some online reviews, I decided against it and went for something easier!
64Comet404 Posted February 1, 2022 Author Posted February 1, 2022 2 hours ago, rightrudder said: Yours is super clean. ? I was looking at their 1/32 Aston DB5, but after reading some online reviews, I decided against it and went for something easier! The Aston is a product of its' time, but it still better than the 1:24 Doyusha DB5! If you want to build the DB5, find yourself the earliest version you can locate. Tooling wear has made the front end on more recent editions look cross-eyed!
rightrudder Posted February 2, 2022 Posted February 2, 2022 3 hours ago, 64Comet404 said: The Aston is a product of its' time, but it still better than the 1:24 Doyusha DB5! If you want to build the DB5, find yourself the earliest version you can locate. Tooling wear has made the front end on more recent editions look cross-eyed! Haha! I'm the one who's cross-eyed looking at all these tiny parts! Very interesting how the body can morph with tooling wear.
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