[Shamrock]

Another IXO addition until something better comes along in the near future I hope. This aircraft (not this model) has always been one of my WW 2 favourites. It's sheer size, power, and armament are impressive. Enough of this waxing lyrical and on to the review.

As you expect from IXO there are heavy panel lines, little general detail. A skilled modeller would have a field day upgrading this model. I removed the cockpit and inserted a spare pilot figure (I know I'm a lucky SOB). The seat assembly comes out in a module and underneath this module I struck oil! Talk about Jim's oily IXOs! You could have powered a two stroke Yamaha 50 on the amount of the bloody stuff! I eventually mopped up all the oil with a soft tissue.

The pilot takes the bare look of the front part of the fuselage. Massive gaps between the wing root and fuselage, basic U/C legs but all these could be remedied by the experts on this forum. The tail plane dihedral may be wrong as I think it is to steeply angled.

The RPs are great, massive amount of metal in the model. Worth buying IMHO.

[Epapazian]

I got one of these a while ago because no one else has made the Beaufighter. As you point out, it has many of the usual IXO flaws but all things considered , it's not that bad for an IXO model. I sure hope that those rumors about Gemini making a Beaufighter mold in 2008 are correct. They will do a far better job of it.

[warbirdman]

I used black paint to connect the upper and lower invasion stripes on the leading edges of the wings.

Dennis

[skydriver]

Nice plane, but the panel lines do look like crap...IMHO

[YYK950]

As for diecast aircraft IXO does filling the missing links till a better model comes along. I couldn,t stand it nolonger and built a Plastic kit of a Australian Mk21 "Green Ghost". May end up getting this one as well to have a mate.

[Shamrock]

I love the the armament and engine fit on the Aussie Beaus YYK. The 4 .50 Brownings along with the 4 20MM Hispano cannon give it the same punch as the P-61 Blackwidow. Hopefully they will do this aircraft when going through the possible liveries.

[ZS-VAN]

I saw this model on Thursday and was tempted because I doesn't look bad. I'd really like a good Beaufighter model. Then I remembered that the rockets on the IXO would take the props off if fired and that someone else just had to make this plane. I waited for the Typhoon, I'll wait for the Beaufighter.