1/72 Hasegawa Beaufighter

Gallery Article by Reimund Manneck

 

Hi everyone! My name is Reimund Manneck, I am 18 years old and I live in New York. I started modeling at 8 and doing it more seriously for the past three years. Thanks for all the support and inspiration from all the guys at ARC and Hyperscale.

This is Hasegawa’s 1/72 scale kit built straight out of the box with kit decals which, by the way, worked perfectly (even the black stripes decals, with a little bit of work and patience).

 

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This was a very straight and fast build. If I recall right it took 8 days from the day I bought it to the day I started decaling. This is certainly the best 1/72 kit I ever. I have also built their Mk. 21 and have the Mk. VI waiting at the bench.

Paints are Model Master Acrylics. The upper color of Extra Dark Sea Gray was not available at my hobby shop so I made my own mixture.

As you can see by the pictures, by the time I took them I had not yet added the bombs to the model. By the way, I am sorry for the poor quality of the pics, I am still practicing that trade.

Reimund Manneck

(The photos look just fine to me, Reimund.  Geez - I wish my models looked like that when I was 18 years old!  - Ed.)

      

Photos and text © by Reimund Manneck