claidheamhmor | Fairey Fulmar (Reply)

Last week, before the monthly model club meeting, I finished my Fairey Fulmar model kit, an MPM 1/48 Fairey Fulmar Mk.1. The Fulmar was a two-seat long-range naval fighter used by the Fleet air Arm in world War 2, and it was the highest-scoring FAA fighter of the war. It was a so-so model kit - fit was reasonable, but it wasn't always clear where parts fitted. Detail wasn't bad at all. The cockpit detail was pretty awesome - there was an entire sprue for cockpit parts.

I screwed up right at the end, when I was gluing the last few pieces on. I managed to open the superglue bottle too sharply, and several superglue drops splattered across the top. Not much that could be done about it apart from matt-coating them so they don't stand out too much.

Here's a link to the album with start to finish pictures

I thought the weathering and black-basing effects came out really well on the bottom.

Kat found me some fine threat for the aerials, and I actually used a tiny drill bit to drill the holes that I glued the aerials into at several points.