Beaufighter FB.11

[Brian da Basher]

Very good --- 

my style of modelling --- 

Concur! Great stuff!

Brian da Basher

[Taiidantomcat]

Pure genius 

[buzzbomb]

neato... hope to see this finished

[kitbasher]

Thank heavens for the extension!  Work, etc, has got in the way this last week, so not as close to completion as I'd hoped to be.  Nevertheless some progress.  Building is essentially done, painting next.  Picture shows the Beau with undercoat drying as I type!  Nacells done, priming has revealed some blemishes that need to be sorted.  Props (from the Frog Hornet that gave up its wings and Merlin to my 'Gloster Mercury' a couple of years ago) ) blu-tacked on at the moment.
How to finish it though?  Will be SEAC, originally thought of the more common Day Fighter Scheme (Dark Green, Dark Earth, Medium Sea Grey) seen on Beaus, but consider the F.11 as a multi-role aircraft, so would the night fighter scheme of Dark Green and Medium Sea Grey be more appropriate?  Also my research to date suggests SEAC NF and intruder Beaus didn't carry the white ident stripes.  Can anyone confirm either way?
So, which scheme??

[sideshowbob9]

Also my research to date suggests SEAC NF and intruder Beaus didn't carry the white ident stripes.  Can anyone confirm either way?

I have seen a pic of a TF.X with white ID stripes. It's NV862 of 211 Sqn and it's in the squadron/signal book. Can't find the pic online but someone has made a nice profile of it here:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MXu96taKq-Y/S7jPvxspogI/AAAAAAAAJpM/SWOEtqDN_bg/s1600/49.gif

[trekaddict]

Dutch Night Fighter.

[kitbasher]

Apologies for any confusion earlier - when asking about the white ident stripes I was referring specifically to RAF night fighters in SEAC colours.
And thanks sideshowbob9 for the profile - I'd seen that one before (and similar) and was familiar with the 'Day' scheme with white ident markings.
Trekaddict - nice idea but this is definitely going to be an RAF Beau.

[kitbasher]

Cutting it rather fine here!  Dark earth top on and drying as I type, hope to get soe Dark Green top coat done this evening.  Medium sea Grey undersides all sorted.

[kitbasher]

Phew, done! Pics in the completed builds bit, here's a few more:

[van883]

Love it!

Van

[Brian da Basher]

That's really sweet, Kitbasher! I especially like the light blue prop spinners that perfectly match the center of those SEAC roundels!

Brian da Basher

[kitnut617]

Yeah! I really like this one -- 

[rickshaw]

Thats turned out rather nice.  Those big honking Griffins look rather menacing.  Good job!   

[GTX]

Damn fine work!

[NARSES2]

Gorgeous