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I apologise if this topic is in the wrong place (I did do a search first to find another suitable 'spot') or has already been covered - I am not a daily visitor to BM so do not keep up with everything. Anyway, without further ado, I'll get on with my gripe. I'm getting a little alarmed and frankly disappointed with the growing trend in 'kit bashing' (and here I'm not talking about converting kits) that is taking place on our great site. From my own observations this 'disease' started on ARC and Hyperscale, which is why I now seldom visit the former, largely emanated from Stateside and was mainly focused on products coming from Asia. I have always taken pride in the fact that our website (I'm a Brit living and working in Norway before anyone decides to take a swipe) is different and has a uniquely British flavour to it, even if the spellcheck keeps correcting my 'English' !. In recent weeks/months I have witnessed 'behaviour' that would suggest otherwise and that we are risk of slipping into the same mould as the others. The Trumpeter 1:48 DH Vampire story, Kittyhawk 1:48 Mirage F.1B accuracy, Trumpeter 1:48 HU-16 Albatross box art (!) issue and most recently this ridiculous thread on the Eduard 1:48 Spitfire IX decal sheets all point towards an emerging trend which I, for one, do not like. Don't get me wrong....once a kit is released I would be the first to applaud those that take the time and trouble to point out faults so I, as someone who likes to spend wisely, can make an informed decision on whether to expend my hard earned cash on the kit, accessory or whatnot. To start tearing kits to pieces before they have even hit the streets is frankly ridiculous and I certainly don't buy into this 'We're only trying to help the manufacturer with their QA process' argument either. We modellers have never had it so good with the current pace of releases and this in a period of world recession too. I cannot, in over 40 years of being a modeller think of a better time, particularly for those that favour the bigger scales of 1:48 and 1:32. Sure, some manufacturers are faring better than others in the accuracy and presentation stakes but they are all willing to put considerable sums of money into the hobby and we could at least reciprocate by being a little bit more civil and not passing judgement until after the event. So, I would like to respectfully ask that the moderators look very carefully at who the main perpetrators of this new 'trend' of kit bashing are (I already have my own list of 'usual suspects') and provide them with a gentle reminder as to the proper 'code of conduct' for kit 'reviewing'...Otherwise we face the danger of going the way of the other sites out there and modellers will opt out. Mark

Sadly Mark, some folks seem to take pleasure in rubbishing kits on the most tenuous evidence even before the kit is released. Maybe it's to garner some kind of internet kudos for being the first one to "point out" any faults (actual or perceived), or maybe they're just so anal that they can't see the back of their own teeth? Whatever the reason, they seem to enjoy the storms in teacups that they create. Whether they're doing it for their own dubious pleasure, or doing it to rubbish a competitor's product, I don't know. I understand that "corporate espionage" is on the increase on the web, with fake people presenting fake points of view to cast doubt on other companies' goods, so why should modelling be any different? I've already seen this with at least one company where someone was bulling up their own products without disclosing their allegiance. However, if we were to shut down any topic criticising a kit before release, we'd be accused of censorship, and that we'd been bought by X company, so we're in a no win situation to a great extent. We also know the main protagonists, and keep an eye on them, but when a thread is polite and respectful to other members, we're hard-pushed to shut it down for any valid reasons. As an aside to the recent "the sky is falling in" thread about the decal sheet for the forthcoming Eduard Spit, it strikes me as amusing that the rest of the kit was called into question because of an apparent decal error. Are we not aware that almost every product in our hobby is a product of a group of people? A guy does the decals (and even they're fallible), a group of guys do the CAD, someone else does the boxart (and they might not be experts on that particular type), and so on. It's funny how even someone within the industry can conveniently forget that fact when it suits them

Except it isn't censorship. Its about proper, informed critiquing instead of people rushing to their computers to mash away at keyboards in order to have their little five minutes in the spotlight. They don't really have anything constructive to say, but boy, they're gonna say it loud enough. And for the most part these armchair experts, who also tend to have scathing things to say about other modellers, display absolutely zero ability to do anything modelling related other than talk, talk, talk. After a while you tend to zone out a bit because its not constructive, its just utter tedium, verbal white noise. Cue the usual cod moralising about "well if people don't want to read criticism"... as if somehow they are the moral guardians of what is right and true. Yeah, I want to read criticism, if someone is going to tell me a kit has issuea, I want them to have it in hand so I can ask them questions about it, not just looking at screen and telling what they think they can see. And if I'm going to be lectured on something I don't perceive to be that much of an issue because I have the skills or attitude to deal with stuff that takes less time to fix than clogging up a forum whinging about it, then I'll take it from someone who makes models, not theoretical bores who can talk the talk but then flap around with all manner of weak excuses as to why they never seem able to present a completed model to show for their expertise. Yeah, the thing I liked about BM when it started out was it didn't have the kind of torch-mob mentality of other places where kits get crucified before anyone's even held plastic. And guess what, for the most past when that kind of detritus does wash up on BM's shore, its because its largely the same folk dragging it with them thinking they'll find the same ready audience here. So its not about censorship, its about the kind of objective, honest and accurate critiquing that I'm sure we all want, but in order to have that it has be qualified and quantified. We don't want censorship, we don't need it, perhaps this kind of stuff is best dealt with by being highlighted and called out when it happens. And if it means upsetting poor delicate souls who can't handle having their remote, screen-squinting expertise questioned, well then cry me a river. Perhaps to spare the hassle, we should all just say nothing and post this:

BUCCANEER S2 800 NAS, RNAS Lossiemouth, Mid 1966 I don’t know whether anybody out there remembers a certain mid-60s issue of Aero Modeller magazine with a painting of an 800 NAS Buccaneer attacking the Torrey Canyon on the cover. Inside were the best drawings of the S2 I had seen to date – and a photo of the first S2 to be delivered to 800 NAS in the grey/white scheme. This photo in fact: This is the only photo I’ve ever seen of this aircraft (XV156) in this scheme. It was delivered in mid 1966 but by October 1966 had been re-painted in an experimental EDSG/’Squirrel Grey’ scheme, and then repainted again in the overall EDSG scheme by March 1967. But thanks to Modeldecal, the grey/white scheme has been available in decal form since 1972. In fact the set I used on this model had been in my decal stash since that date! Similarly, the Frog S2 I used had been in my kit stash from roundabout the same time. The old Frog kit was typical of its time – see-through air intakes / undercarriage wells / cockpit with no detail at all. It was also based on an early RAF (ex-RN) aircraft in that the pylon spacing and type were different, and a single vortex generator on each wing top surface was deleted to incorporate this. The kit has the first 1mm or so of the pylons moulded in to the wings, so they all had to go. Similarly, the VG on each wing was replaced. But that was the easy bit. This was the rest: Air intakes were sawn off and plastic sheet blanks added to the rear and side. This enabled the intake interiors to be built up with Milliput. Engine fronts were added from an Airfix kit. Fin height was increased by about 2mm under the tailplane. The tailplane strake was replaced by plasticard and the front tailplane bullet replaced by rod and reshaped. I used the Freightdog resin nose which saved a huge amount of reshaping – thanks, Colin. I should have used the tailplane from the Freightdog set as well, but I had already reshaped the kit item before it became available (bear in mind this build has been ongoing for the best part of 40 years!) Cockpit interior was scratched – seats were white metal – not sure of the source (I’ve had them for a l-o-n-g time) Undercarriage wells were scratched, using tube to represent the jet pipes which are visible in the wheel wells. Arrestor hook, FR probe and nose U/C (with landing light removed)came from an Aeroclub white metal set. I used the kit main U/C as it has the correct style wheels (different inboard and outboard detail on the wheel hubs). Anyway, the 40 year old decals performed OK – they were a bit thick and brittle but laid down OK with Klear underneath and (many coats) on top. Roundels were also Modeldecal. Some stencils came from Xtradecal also. So at long last it’s done, and is a good companion to my 800 NAS S.1 completed last year at http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234922594-buccaneer-s1-800-nas-1964/?hl=buccaneer :

I promised myself that I would complete more FAA builds this year and here's the first. Its the venerable old ESCI Sea Harrier finished with Xtracrylix DSG and a variety of decals, squadron markings from an old Modeldecal set. It represents XZ500 in 1983 aboard HMS Hermes. Apparently the bow and arrow zap was applied by the Royal Norwegian air force in 1982 during operation Arctic Express. The only two issues with this build were that I still haven't got the knack of all four sets of wheels touching the ground at the same time and that I spilt some CA over the port side of the nose right at the end Thanks for looking

Just finished this and well happy with it The decals let me down though as some silvered badly in places even after two coats of Klear and applications of Micro Sol and Set. Oh and by the way ....a little boo boo with the decal....87 sqn ??? A really good kit overall and heres hoping for a Navy Merlin next year maybe !1 Andy

Hi all, Built this one from the box. Brian.

Hello friends here is the last one from the workbench. The "Revell" 1/72 kit, well... this is not a very good kit, shape is wrong, poor's and missing details, awful decals, hard and off registration... well i didn't like this one at all, lots of work to make it "shine" a little bit. I have made some scratch in the cockpit because this one was almost empty... well the pictures... regardes from Portugal :-) Vitor Costa

Decals on and gloss for wash:

The point is, at this stage we don't know whether that apparent "error" will make it through to the final kit or is just something that will get picked up in the proofing stage. But as ever, there seems to be a rush to find something - anything - to point out as some error which will no doubt propel a kit to the semi-comic "unbuildable" level prior to a kit actually making into people's hands. And in this instance the whole validity of a kits accuracy has been - or attempted to be - called into question based on one decal on something that may or may not be final artwork. Now at this point I'll anticipate the usual Greek chorus of "well if we don't point these things out, how will the manufacturers ever know" which is fine and so long as it is pointed out to them rather than being playing to the completely the wrong gallery for a bit gladiatorial sport. This kind of vacuous tedium tends to be the preserve of other places whether new kits get tossed into the mix so the usual (anti) social hierarchy may not have much to say much make sure its said loud enough. I have no problems with a kit being reviewed, critiqued even shredded if it warrants it, so long as its done with kit in hand. But all this premature stuff, and especially in this instance the sophomore-style sarcasm of "well if they screwed up a decal, the rest of the kit must be doomed..." Its not only just tedious, its quite pathetic.

Hi all My latest build, which is the Revell boxing of the Skunkworks kit of the General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper built as s/n 02-001 of the 174th Fighter Wing, New York ANG, Hancock Field, Syracuse in 2011. A good kit in my view - simple to build, I added just under 20g weight inside the nose and with no cockpit/major transparencies to paint and mask, she went together quite quickly. There is a small clear part in the sensor under the nose and there should be two wingtip clear bits but one pinged off the tweezers as it was about to be placed! Painted Xtracrylix Light Compass Gray all over with Alclad Aluminium on the spinner. The missiles took some careful painting (don't they always?). Decals were very good. It's quite a size in 1/48 and wouldn't fit in the photo-booth! It's NOTHING compared to the Skunkworks RQ-4 Global Hawk I have in the pipeline. Thanks for looking and all comments welcome as ever

I saw some WIP shots of this kit on this site earlier and looking forward to their updates. This is my just completed Me410. It is out of the box except for the BK5 50mm gun which is a "Master" turned metal one. A full build article will appear in a future edition of Scale Aviation Modeller International. Comments welcome!

Hi everyone Here is Trumpeter's M1A2 Abrams, which I have attempted to build to depict a destroyed vehicle. I'm still playing around with the ashes, which still don't look quite right to me - maybe needs to be darker? Also, I used various colours in some areas (reds, greens, sand etc), however they significantly faded once I dull coated it. Thanks for looking.

There's a MASSIVE difference between constructive criticism and histrionic whining and hand wringing over a kit's issues. The pitchfork mob, and they know who they are, aren't welcome at Britmodeller. The modellers that want to discuss a kit (and not eachother's parentage) in a calm and reasonable way will always be welcome. Just exercise some manners, some balance and perspective, consider that you may actually be fallible, and we'll all get on much better

Interesting thread. Personally I find it odd that anyone might expect that a £20-30 plastic kit (that's partly aimed at kids and the toy market whatever we might like to think ourselves) should be an absolutely 100% accurate representation of the real thing. Not at that price it won't be. There are decided court cases that state that even when purchasing a modern expensive car the consumer can not expect near perfection. There will be flaws. Its part of the manufacturing process for mass produced goods. Same goes for kits too. They are made to a budget and depending on manufacturer there will be compromises in the design and production process resulting in less than perfection out of the box when we open it. Once one accepts that is going to be the case then there is no harm in anyone pointing those issues out to those modellers like myself who may not pick up on the problems that a kit has. I prefer to read about what the problem is and more importantly how the writer suggests the problem is addressed and fixed. Some fixes are simple and improve things. Some that are not easily fixed will get after market solutions. Others might require some home spun ingenuity and modelling skill on a DIY basis. I think what Mark is saying (apologies if I am miss-representing you Mark! ) is that its how its being said and not what is being said. At work I tell the junior trainees if something/someone really "p"s you off then write that e-mail straight away but save it to drafts, go home and play with the kids, do a model, have a pint, walk the dog, whatever but do some chill stuff and come back tomorrow and re-read what you were about to send out. Nine times out of ten you will cringe and edit, then start again and rewrite the whole damn thing. And yes, there are people who will edit and actually make it worse than before One thing I would say is that when things get personal on threads here I tend to stop reading them. I just can't be bothered with it. I have too many clients in my work with real problems - not just whether - as Mike has so eloquently put it - the sky is falling in over 2mms of plastic, a colour shade or whatever. Also when I stop to think about it those threads that the Mods have closed over the nature of the posts have tended not to be informative or helpful to the likes of myself. Lastly we should all remember that when we post the Mods have to read it and then try and referee the ensuing debate to ensure that we all don't self nominate ourselves for time on the naughty step, so can I make a plea that we should all try and make their lives a tad easier? The Press won't self regulate but we grown ups should be able to. John PS - I know that I don't display my efforts because they are crap and I know it but I do enjoy what time I have with them as well as the vast majority of well informed and extremely helpful guys posts on this site which do make my feeble efforts more satisfying if not actually any better

To be fair, like said before, it is often quite entertaining to see people quite upset about minutiae. However, their passion is to be admired and their expertise, even more so. Ours, beyond forums and occasional meets, is a solitary hobby.,The knowledge acquired is usually retained with no outlet. (The look of the beloved when trying to discuss the varies angles of the wobbling rods on a MkXII) Imagine the delight when a model is produced in that particular area of expertise. No doubt the expert has to be restrained at the opportunity to display their adroitness to the world of their beloved subject. Big enough place for us all I reckon, without getting too "het" up. Aidan

Can't believe I've missed this one until now mate - great stuff. I've just read Bryan Cull's book about the air war in the Aegean and the tussles between these floatplanes and our Beaufighters - fascinating to read about. Will be watching the rest of this now

Well said Mark , beats me how anyone can make informed comment without having handled a kit first. OK , maybe photos can suggest a problem , but I think there are too many variables to be definative without an inspection of the actual kit. Lets have less speculation and more threads like JKT's Vampire comparison please. Andrew

Hi guys, not been able to post much recently due to a number of problems but pleased to say things are getting back to normal. Managed to get a new website up and running and would love to hear your comments on it Visit My Website. Here's a couple of new paintings featured on it, a tribute to the Red Arrows, Flt Lt Sean Cunningham 1976-2011 Flt Lt Jon Egging 1978-2011 Cheers, Terry

gcn: Agreed wholeheartedly. Mark: Censorship is exactly what you are suggesting. You are doing it very politely, but you are requesting that people do not post about what they see as faults. For fear of what? Upsetting some poor delicate souls who cannot cope with different opinions existing in the world? I think you grossly underestimate the moral strength of the membership.

Thanks as always for the support and platitudes! Heavy construction of the canopy is now complete. Photos and video shall speak on my behalf. Moving Picture

I haven't finished him. If I do it wrong, he'll be just an orange man-shaped blob, and he's far too nicely detailed for that More pics? Okay, les voila! Luna Probe Soyuz, showing off how top-heavy the Soyuz makes it look Vostok by itself The "first stage" boosters are decidedly underscale, which is immediately apparent when you compare the Soyuz stack with the real thing. Also note that the Soyuz model's Launch Escape tower doesn't match the real one. This may be a relic of the fact that very little was known in the West when this kit was tooled, and also likely due to the fact that Soyuz has been evolving pretty much constantly during the more than 4 decades it's been flying.

Is the roundel going to stop me from buying one ? NOPE !

To me at least, these days BM and Hyperscale are becoming increasingly similar

Maybe I'm not a real modeller. Maybe I ought to be able to see what the fuss is about. Maybe, I should take this more seriously. But honestly, I can't. I genuinely couldn't care less about this. That is such a trivial 'mistake', it makes my head spin to even see it being mentioned. The vast majority of modellers who build this kit won't care; virtually everyone who sees the model completed with those decals won't notice the incorrect proportions and those that do care and will notice, will replace them. Simple. As. That. But what makes me raise an eyebrow, is the comment that because of this, we should question the accuracy of the rest of the kit. Really? How many aftermarket decal sheets are 100% accurate: should we write-off decal ranges because of an error on one sheet? And so what if Eduard are trumping this kit? Maybe they're proud of it and want it to sell well!!! Seriously guys, it really is time we got a grip, stopped throwing polemic around like confetti and realise that nothing is perfect... Spence

What a load of melodrama... What is the modelling world coming to? Jennings, sort your sense of perspective out mate

I for one don't give a monkeys about a 'roundel' being the wrong size. If it's soooo bad and disastrous, don't buy the blasted kit.

An almost forgotten heroin of the air Harriet Quimby was the first American woman to get a pilot's license 1911 and the first woman to fly across the English Channel 1912. As her flight across the Channel coincided with the loss of the Titanic she didn't receive the media coverage she deserved. After only 11 months of flying Harriet Quimby was killed in a flying accident when along with her passenger she was thrown from her aircraft at an airshow. As it's 100 years since her epic flight and her being quite a good looking girl and the fact that MAVAS (Manchester Aviation Art Society) are doing an exhibition next month on pioneering flights I thought I'd do a little tribute to the lady. It's quite a small piece, about A3 and is painted in oil. I've tried to do it in a period style, sort of sepia and art nouveau ish. Thanks for looking. cheers, Terry

inished this baby... tried out new techincs and I enjoyed building it... Cant wait to start next model Cheers Roman

Hi folks, Here goes my Airfix Spitifre, a wonderful cure for the plastic disgruntled... I only added Eduard etched belts, so I know the wheels are wrong for this version. Thanks to the people at Airfix for sending me so quickly a spare decal sheet (I must have peed on some decal wizard's grave inadvertently, all my decals are cursed). Anyway, a very short WIP can be seen there : http://su22m4.free.fr/spitfireprxix/spitfireprxix.htm Hope you like it. All comments welcome. Cheers, S.

Hi, finished this one quite a while ago but I was to lazy to take any pictures, it's a 1/48 Hasegawa F4U-5NL built as an Argentine Navy Birds from the 60's, it's mostyl OOB with the exception of the weels and the decals. I'm not thrilled with it, even when I haven't done any screwup (that was the main goal on this build) but sometimes I think it's a bit dull. Hope you like it PD: Photobucket: your're going backwards!!!

Ahhh...the vagaries and illicit pleasures of linking individual serial numbers to aircraft code markings: a task that is, at its core, a virulent form of insanity albeit catalysed by the ever-present temptation of new-found wisdom that all too often is wracked and shredded on the implausibility of incorrect book-keeping, mistaken interpretation of photographs and the omniscient "sods law" decreeing, to those who have ears to hear and eyes to see, that even though illogical and out of step with the orderly military mind, sometimes people just did stupid stuff! Yeah...been there! So "state of the thought" is overall silver with black port underwing and potentially some retention of pre-war section markings. and, since this is Sep '39, no fin flashes. Now if we could just get clear markings info for the aircraft on the Konigsberg raid...Oops, there I go again. Back to the happy bouncy room for you m'laddo!

Mint. More UAVs please. Can't wait to see the Global Hawk.

Right, take two. To start with I coated over the top with a thin layer of Light Ghost Grey, the original base colour. I then went over the majority of the ship with a grey mix, this time following the lines, using the card technique. I'm much more pleased with the results and it looks a lot more authentic. Definitely glad I decided to go over it again. Thanks for looking guys

Why cant we accept that the manufacturer has done 90% plus of the work for us.How many of us tinker and buy resin parts sometimes costing more than the kit itself in the name of improvement.Some kits might not be to the buyers liking but many are perfectly presentable and still some of us will still spend money on resin parts.My opinion FWIW is if it looks a close representation its good enough if your not happy with improve it after all its called modelling. Ian

A really lovely aircraft and a delight to paint Lockheed Constellation, Aeronaves De Mexico. Oil on canvas 20" x 17" Thanks for looking. All comments welcome. Cheers, Terry

My wife was so jealous with my hobby that I've given to her a eggplane... you know "keep your friends close and the enemies closer"! Definitely eggplanes are a good fun!!!

Morning, just dusted off this build from last year,Despite eyesight bought a few 1/72 kits to try and get something finished. tried a light brown wash just to see how it would turn out,white stripes painted as decals were very poor. thanks steve.

Terry, Jolly well done Sir. Nice ....

I don't think he wants to dwell on that too long. Just need to keep focused on the rest of the season. I think Seb has been calmed down.

Looking good Enzo

Doesn't it have decals for Webber's car (haven't looked at the kit tbh, modern F1 doesn't hold much interest anymore) - if it does sales may actually increase....??!!

That looks pretty damned sharp! Now if only Pavla were to do a full cockpit to fit the Airfix kit and someone would do some etch for it too.... Guess I'd better add a few to the stash now that Airfix have re-released it, especially since the new decal sheet itself is pretty darned tasty! Mark.

Enzo, Looks quite AMAZING.. Brilliant start ..nice!!

During the late sixties discussion really started – and is still carrying on – over whether the responsibility for civilian rescue should be by the Armed forces, the Coastguard or the RNLI. An opportunity for the Coastguard to provide its own SAR helicopters arose in 1971 when the RAF SAR flight at Manston had to depart hurriedly for the Middle east. A contract was arranged between the Coastguard and Bristow helicopters for the provision of SAR helicopters and crews. The Bristow Whirlwind WS55’s were based at Manston for three years and acquitted themselves with honour, flying 700 rescue sorties and saving 150 lives, before E flight, 22 Sqn moved back. Also during the 1970’s the whole structure of maritime life in the North Sea was changing. Oil had been discovered and Oil Platforms and Drilling Rigs along with service vessels became a common sight. After Manston, Bristow concentrated its SAR efforts in the oilfields. Firstly it provided an ad-hoc service, then from 1978 a formal SAR contract was agreed with BP, followed a year later with one from Shell using Bell 212 helicopters based offshore. The rugged Bell 212 was to provide SAR services within 100 miles of the Brent oilfield. Equipped with the first generation Louis Newmark autohover system it paved the way for more ground breaking civilian SAR helicopters. With an increase in the Oil Industry in the Northern Isles of Scotland the Coastguard decided to base a full-time SAR helicopter in Shetland. In 1983 the competitive bidding process was won by Bristow helicopters who supplied a upgraded S61N. Fitted with the Louis Newmark fully coupled autopilot/autohover system, infra red camera (FLIR), radar, homer, extra search lights and extensive medical fit. This state of the art aircraft was truly an all-weather, day or night machine, more advanced in some respects than the military Sea King. A contract in Stornoway quickly followed, then Lee on Solent in 1988 and finally Portland in 1995. CHC Scotia won the contract for all four Coastguard bases in 2008, replacing the aging S61’s with AW139’s and S92’s. The wheels have turned again and Bristow have won the SAR contract back again. With their many years of experience and commercial success in the civilain helicopter market Bristow will provide a professional first class service to the Uk public. John

Hello, This is my first build for many years, from a Hasegawa 1/48 kit. It depicts the Hurricane G-AMAU "The Last of the Many" flown by Peter Townsend at the 1950 King's Cup. For me, it was a leap forward from my early modelling years, being the first time I used an airbrush, and the first time I made my own paint masks. On close inspection the paint texture is a bit rough at some places. I blame my own inexperience with an airbrush, and the Vallejo acrylic primer coat which came out rather grainy. For later models, I will use another sort of primer. The main colours are Tamiya X-4 blue and X-12 gold, with some Alclad on the leading edge. I used Hasegawa's special King's Cup boxing but was unsatisfied with the gold decals and with the white metal exhausts, so I could have started with any Hasegawa Mk.IIc. Exhausts and wheels are from Ultracast and the vacuform canopy from Squadron. I used Montex masks for the canopy frames and an Eduard Zoom photoetch sheet at some places. Paint masks were cut at a local printshop from a vector drawing. A single decal was used, for "The Last of the Many" under the cockpit. It was printed on his Alps printer by Bob Santos, to whom I'm sending many thanks.

smashing picture, nice lines on connies too.

I've written couple of times here about my Brush painting. You'll get as many responses as there are brush painters, but hopefully these will help: And here's another post with similar stuff, but most importantly, stuff about brushes:

First post on here so please be kind haha. I recently bought the new tool Airfix P51 D kit. I enjoyed painting this, first silver plane I have done so that was an experience in itself. I didn't use all the decals from the kit, personally I think the yellow stripes that its supposed to have look a little naff, and I frankly wasn't up for masking off them and painting them in. So yeah, comments are welcome. Its built as is from the box, no extras. I do need to find a replacement aerial mast at somepoint though... Cheers

Thanks mate I've made a few very small changes. Added a little surface control movement and took a little light off the tail. Terry