Saturday, July 1, 2017

Airfix Shorts Skyvan

(From the archives, built in 2005)


This little, boxy beauty, exhibiting the traditional Airfix rivet treat was a relaxing project. Fit wasn't great, flash was abundant, pieces exhibited stubborn warps, but, for some reason, it was a delight to build (why, I wonder, we insist with these aging models...is that a case of inexplicable longing, looming childhood memories, toy-ish moving pieces, sheer masochism?). Acrylics were used for general finish, enamels for metal details, future for the transparencies. Decals behaved  schizophrenically, but justice triumphed again. 






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3 comments:

  1. UnknownDecember 8, 2017 at 9:46 AM

    At this scale, the rivets (especially Airfix type) do not you think it affects the accuracy?

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    1. gabriel sternDecember 8, 2017 at 1:02 PM

      Hi Clau
      Surely they do!
      If you read the subtitle of the article, this model was built in 2005. Now I can produce better models, we all learn with time ;-)
      It's funny, because I just made a joke in Britmodeller about exactly the same issue, with this same kit:
      http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235030026-miles-aerovan-mikro-mir-172nd-completed/&page=2

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  2. UnknownDecember 9, 2017 at 1:42 PM

    Thanks for the reply. Next time I read the subtitle;-))

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