It's been a while since I posted here, been pretty busy with life in general.
I was getting a bit overwhelmed with including as much detail and accuracy in my current scale builds and believable details in my Whiff builds as possible. I was having to force it, not fun. I needed a way to relax and still build as I was avoiding my workbench
.
I came across an old folder of mine from a very long time ago. Back when I were a lad I joined a local model club in 1975
to help grow my modelling skills and get to yak to like minded people (there were girls in the club too
).
The club had a particular type of build, a very strict
"From the Box" comp throughout the year. And after reading through a couple of pages of hints and tips and other trivia I came across the pages for the "From the Box" builds and the rules long forgotten by meself.
Being I like old kits (I have a "few" in the stash) and as I said I was stressing about my flock of current builds and the difficulties I had created for myself with advanced cases of Researchitis and AMS, a germ of an idea started.
The most relaxing way I could think of was to build a few models without embellishment OOB as it were, no stress, just build, paint etc. Didn't actually work out that way in the long run but help it most definitely has.
First off, the rules for an
Out Of the Bag/Blister/Box build, (slightly edited by me to make it a bit clearer than originally written)
1) Build with
ONLY what is in the box,
NO additional pieces allowed,
2) ONLY use a paint colour scheme from the kit's instructions, using the colour call outs provided. I've had to make a small change to this rule as it is not possible to use the paints specified by many older kits as the manufacturers may no longer exist or the particular paint range is no longer manufactured and readily available so I can use modern day equivalents to the original paint colours.
3) Only use the kit provided decals,
4) Weathering is allowed,
5) Varnishes are allowed, (not something you saw back then often in the land of "silvering" and after a while "falling off" decals),
6) Use the best skills and techniques possible to get the best result from the model,
7) Above all,
HAVE FUN!!!!So I selected three suitably "old" models from the stash, and over a period of weeks started them. Although the builds ran into months with some "challenges" along the way, along with trying out new and or modified techniques to attempt to get the best out of these old kits I actually had fun too.
There will be more builds added to this thread over time from different manufacturers all built to the above rules.
They were all Airfix 1/72 scale kits from the 60's and 70's, two Blister Packs (1973? or so) and an original Baggie from 1965, one of the mold tools even comes from 1958!
I actually used some of my dwindling stock of Airfix and Humbrol Authentics paints to do these and try to stay as faithful to the instructions as possible.
Some of my stocks of Airfix and Humbrol Authentics,
DSC01218cropSml by
Neil, on Flickr
DSC01219cropSml by
Neil, on Flickr
First off,
Airfix 1-72scale Focke Wulf Fw 190D "TD+X1" Kit 01021-0, the 1958 mold, started 01Dec2019, finished 09May2020 (a blister pack kit issued in 1973?). Still not sure if the model's meant to be a D-9 or D-13 and no one knows what the proper factory radio code should be as "TD+X1" doesn't exist and "TD+XI" cannot be found. This Fw IS the weird one as it really is misshapen, especially in side elevation to start with not to mention the HUGE panel lines, odd little spinner and narrow propeller blades etc etc, Aifix paints were used where applicable and they still airbrush very nicely,
167. Finish by
Neil, on Flickr
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206. FinishOOB by
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And lastly 50years or so between these two builds of mine,
fiftyoneYearsC by
Neil, on Flickr
Thanks for looking gents
The other two built so far very soon, the WIFEU's calling
Regards all
Stay Safe
FAA