Tim's Tunnan (Airfix 1/72) **Finished**
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Tim's Tunnan (Airfix 1/72) **Finished**
I picked this up for £3.00 last month. Having built one in a Blitzbau back in 2010 I should be able to get this done in 6 weeks.
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Re: Tim's Tunnan (Airfix 1/72)
Nice, the Tunnan is a great quirky machine that I rather like. I never knew Airfix put one out though - I wonder if it's a re-pop of another company's tooling?
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Re: Tim's Tunnan (Airfix 1/72)
6 weeks - I reckon you could Blitz that in about 6 hours Tim. Look forward to this as I've never built a Tunnan yet, but the shape of the aircraft is growing on me these days!
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Re: Tim's Tunnan (Airfix 1/72)
Shaun - It's a re-pop of the Heller kit.
Al - the last one I built took 19 hours so I should have more than enough time for this one.
Al - the last one I built took 19 hours so I should have more than enough time for this one.
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Re: Tim's Tunnan (Airfix 1/72)
welcome Tim to the GB nice choice i'm looking to pick one of these up ,which option will you be building
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Re: Tim's Tunnan (Airfix 1/72)
Yes, it's the Heller one. I'm making another one elsewhere on this GB. Sweet kit actually.ShaunW wrote:Nice, the Tunnan is a great quirky machine that I rather like. I never knew Airfix put one out though - I wonder if it's a re-pop of another company's tooling?
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Re: Tim's Tunnan (Airfix 1/72)
Apologies for the late start but there has been some progress. First I painted the cockpit interior and stuck the wings together.
Once everything had dried the fuselage was closed up and the wings added.
Once everything had dried the fuselage was closed up and the wings added.
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Re: Tim's Tunnan (Airfix 1/72)
Good progress so far, think I'm going to have to get myself one of these
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Re: Tim's Tunnan (Airfix 1/72)
I thought it was time I rolled out the barrel again so after sanding down the seams the camouflage has been painted.
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Re: Tim's Tunnan (Airfix 1/72)
Double post.
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Re: Tim's Tunnan (Airfix 1/72)
Great job of the camo scheme, Tim. The Tunnan has a lot of charm IMHO.
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Re: Tim's Tunnan (Airfix 1/72)
Thanks Shaun, it does have a lot of character. I got the undersides painted yesterday.
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It needs a bit of touching before I add the decals.
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It needs a bit of touching before I add the decals.
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Re: Tim's Tunnan (Airfix 1/72)
I got the decals on today and added most of the remaining parts.
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Re: Tim's Tunnan (Airfix 1/72)
That is a sharp looking build, TimJ. I've got to get a Tunnan for myself one day as I've seen so many great build on the forum.
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Re: Tim's Tunnan (Airfix 1/72)
that looks great Tim nice camo scheme and paint job ,you lookk like your almost over the finish line with the tunnan ,i bet by the time a get around to wrapping up the GB you will be done
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