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  1. Nightmare kit with Aires resin seat, Eduard interior and their non fitting air intakes PE.
    19 points
  2. Yes another big Tiffi. I picked this up at the Hornby factory sale some time bag for £40............ well it was rude not to. Not my usual scale but ....hey ho. The one thing you notice about this kit is it's BIG........ very BIG. Not in the league of Tamiya but still a very good kit (even more so for the money!!) It's taken me over 2 months to make spending a good 2 hours on it every day. Parts need careful prepping as they can be a bit flashy. The only mod I have made is to change the seat harness to a paper on. I do feel the undercarriage could do with steel rodding as it is weak. Any way on to the pic's. Please feel free to comment. Thanks for looking Dick
    18 points
  3. Very nice kit to build. The only problem part of the build was the join between the fuselage and top wings. Unusually the join of the bottom wing was perfect to the fuselage. The decals for the coloured stripes (and codes) were xtradecals. The bang seat was also an resin after market one. This was the first time using mig ammo Panel line wash. I was very very impressed with it. really brought the model to life I scratch built the engine intake covers (the rear ones are which are eduar 1/48 spitfire wheel hubs) Fancied something other than the usual grey/green. 20170218_131518 by Richard Page, on Flickr 20170218_131529 (2) by Richard Page, on Flickr 20170218_131537 by Richard Page, on Flickr 20170218_131543 by Richard Page, on Flickr 20170218_131552 by Richard Page, on Flickr 20170218_131604 by Richard Page, on Flickr 20170218_131619 by Richard Page, on Flickr 20170218_131636 by Richard Page, on Flickr 20170218_131646 by Richard Page, on Flickr 20170218_131657 by Richard Page, on Flickr
    16 points
  4. Hi this is my 1/72 Huey, straight from the box build. Decals are own printed to represent Philippine Air Force. Many thanks for looking.
    16 points
  5. The RFI of "Yellow nosed baskets, six o'clock high" 1/24 Messerschmitt bf 109-E by Airfix. Hi There. It's been three months in the making but after a lot of blood, sweat and stuck together fingers we have an RFI of epic proportions. It hasn't been a particularly sunny day today but I set up a little booth in the dining room and went a little bit snap happy. The build Started with a slightly drunken purchase while on holiday in the new forest, and escalated to a hell of a build. scratch built parts for the pit engine, undercarriage and bays, a lovely donated instrument panel by "Yahu" and some camo masks sent by "top notch masks for models" Thanks guys. Thank you to Everyone who contributed and sent photo ref during the build, Too many to mention but you know who you are and again my greatest thanks. The build got it's name from @TonyTiger66 who mentioned this film. And who could resist ? not me that's for sure. During the build I found some info about the real yellow 9 here. http://www.aviationmuseum.co.uk/109.htm and @tango98 sent me amongst other really helpful words and pictures this report. "Report No. 3/162 Me 109 Crashed on 15.11.40 at 11.30 hours at Horndon-on-the-Hill, Essex Map Reference: M.1002. Markings: not known. The cause of the crash is presumed to be fighter action. Pilot baled out. Aircraft dived into ground at speed and is almost completely buried. Evidence of M.G.17’s in wings and armament therefore presumably 4 M.G.17’s. Bomb rack for one 250kg bomb traced. Pilot prisoner. No further details possible." This turned out to be the point where I had to build a bomb rack and 250kg bomb for our lovely lady. After much effort we are here today with a final model. I'll stop rattling on and get on with the good bit. May I present the "Airfix 1/24 Messerschmitt BF109-E" with extra stuff. And that's all folks. She was airbrushed with Tamiya acrilycs and weatherd with a hairy stick and various weathering pigments and pencils. I think she turned out quite well. I hope you enjoyed the WIP as much as I did. if you didn't see it you can find it here Thanks again for all your help and interest and I hope you'll join me in me in my next build that can be found here. Take care and I hope you all have a wonderful weekend. Take care and most of all...... Happy Modelling Johnny boy.
    15 points
  6. Hi folk's,I started watching Rogue Heroes on BBC 2 last week and couldn't resist Tamiya's old but still good Jeep.The SAS "requisitioned" some shortly after they arrived in Egypt (up till then they had relied on the LRDG for their transport) and modified them for their long missions behind enemy lines,cheers for looking.
    13 points
  7. #4/2017 What the Versailles Treaty was for Germany, the St.Germain Treaty was for Austria after the end of WW1. Austria´s military wasn´t allowed to have a standing army bigger than 30.000 men, no heavy artillery, no tanks and no aircraft. Nevertheless, like Germany, Austria secretly formed a Fliegerkorps in 1927 with Austrian, British and German built aircraft. In 1928 the pilot training started, a technical infrastructure was built up and further aircraft ordered in Italy. The first of the latter ones arrived in 1933. Two Fliegerregiment were formed and stationed in Wien-Aspern and Graz-Thalerhof. And finally in 1936 the typical Austrian roundel was introduced. On April 22nd 1937 the Austrian Airforce ordered a single Bf108 which arrived in Wien-Aspern on July 27th 1937. In October 1937 a wing broke off during flight and the aircraft crsahed, killing all 4 crewmembers. Eduard kit (old black boxing), added handgrips on the roof and rudder joints from the sparebox. The aircraft was painted in blue, most likely Messerschmitt factory blue (RAL5008) so my dad made a selfmix. Wooden propeller from the Eduard Brassin line. The Luftwaffe style letter decals are from Fantasy Printshop. Couldn´t find the correct number style decals, especially in that small size, for the rudder, therefore used some US Navy style decals from Superscale. DSC_0001 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0002 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0003 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0004 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0005 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0006 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0007 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0008 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0009 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0010 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0011 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0012 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0013 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0014 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0015 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0016 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0017 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0018 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr
    12 points
  8. This is the Wingnut Wings Bristol Fighter, what more can I say, beautiful kit in every way, challenging yes, but for all the right reasons. Built with no major mods other than some additional wiring and rigged in monofilament with the essential "Bobs Buckles" eyelets. This formed a welcome distraction from 1/400 aircraft carriers at the time !! Thank you for looking !
    11 points
  9. Hello guys. I finished this model last December. Great kit. Out of box except the cockpit and some small details as antennas and cables. The biggest problem is the Hasegawa decal. I did not use the orange ray decal. Bad quality. Terrible! I made a stencil with 3M tape and painted it. I used acrylic paints - Tamiya and Gunze. Please enjoy and comment. Cheers, Cristian Zarichta
    11 points
  10. Hi everyone Just a quick one. I've changed the interior colours of the 17 and added the Jostle transmitter to the bombay.. Gotta dash taking the boy flying from Newquay this morning.. and the Jostle txer.. Catch you all later Iain
    9 points
  11. Just a couple of recent completions. The Airfix Dakota IV is a pretty neat little kit with (for me anyway) near perfect fit. The kit supplies markings for a DanAir machine and a BOAC version in a camo finish but I liked the aluminium finish option on the Xtracdecal sheet so that's what I went with. Overall Alclad white aluminium. Very pleased with the result. Then the SH Tempest V 1/32. This was a bit of a trial, partly my fault (I really, REALLY hate invasion stripes as I cannot get a decent white paint laid down) but also the instructions. There is an awful error with parts numbering surrounding the front wall of the u/c bays. I tried my best to figure out the correct configuration, flipping back & forth through the pages & the various (supposedly) helpful diagrams but didn't realise my error until I came to fit the undercarriage itself. No shots therefore taken from the undersides; I'll remember this particular SNAFU when I come to build the Tempest II I have in the stash! I also had issues fitting the main u/c legs which seem to be designed to fit into "troughs" that are attached when building the bays. I actually wondered whether they were intended to "snap" into their locations but it was VERY tight & I didn't like to use to much force as I could see myself shattering the bays & ending up with the parts trapped inside the wings. A lot of sanding & I got them to fit but it was a hairy phase of the build. The nose is provided as separate halves into which the radiator assembly is fitted AFTER the two halves have been joined. Fit isn't great but it all looks fine once assembled. Normally I'd attach the halves of the nose to the respective main fuselage halves first to avoid any kind of stepped joint but I thought this would make it hard to attach the radiator assembly. I needn't have worried as the fit was spot on. Xtracolours & kit decals for "Bee" Beaumont's machine, 1944.
    9 points
  12. Hi, guys, Let me introduce, my last Lady - A-26B Invader in 1/72 scale. The Italery model is worth to be correct in terms of the fuselage width. The width was cut up to 3.5 mm and the Lade get much more shapely as it should be. A lot of other details were corrected and added: - the interior, including the bomb bay and weel bay was developed a lot using BigEd photoetched and scratch built parts. - the lines was corrected (get more narrow) and added with foil in some places. - it was riverted. - diving rudders were cut off. - resin R-2800 egines by Vector were added by some scratch built parts, - gear and bomb bay doores are from scratch - landing gear are from scratch - painted by Alclad II and Gunze metallics. With best regards!
    9 points
  13. Kit manufacturer: Tamiya Scale: 1/24 Type: ARTA NSX JGTC Extras used: seatbelts Paints and colours used: Zero paints fluorescent red, Tamiya and MIPA clear lacquer Not 100% happy with the gloss coat, but getting better with every one i do.
    8 points
  14. What if there had been troubles with the P.1 program? Engine fires caused by fuel leaks setting the development back enough to warrant buying a stopgap aircraft. Needing something with the speed and acceleration close to that promised by the Lightning, the MOD turned to Lockheed, and bought 2 squadrons of F-104s 56 sqn introduced the aircraft into service. The only modification being the fitment of coolant systems for Firestreaks missiles. Kit is the 1/48 Revell/Hasegawa F-104, fitted with Airfix Lightning Firestreaks.
    8 points
  15. Thanks guys for all the good wishes - very kind of you All went well so it's just a matter of getting over the sedative... although I'm not sure whether this is just my usual 'dopey'! Thanks Benedikt, Sarge, PC, Leon, Giorgio, John, TT and Clive. Nice purchase - hope you get on with it Thanks TT - some nice nurses (although the one that took my 'history' was a bit grumpy) and you're right... one minute you're lying on the bed, then sedative and you're waffling rubbish (like Ian!) and the next you wake up in the ward. Painless, unlike the Avia! Thanks Charlie - fortunately I avoided those, sounds awful! Good luck with the Su-2. Gentle day planned for today which might include some modelling... hopefully
    8 points
  16. Does opening the boxes count towards the 25% started rule? I haven't made any engine noises yet.... Which to start with though? My friend Scimitar swears by the 'production line' method, where you progress as far with one model as you can and the go on to the next while the first one is setting, drying, or warping beyond redemption. I'll give that a shot then. So..... De Havilland Construction in Sequence, DH 1.... Despite my trepidation on using this vacform, it actually seems quite good (!). The wings have only top surface rib detail, but it is nicely done, so major re-detailing will need to be to the underwings only. The fuselage (2 types - for Renault and Beardmore engined versions) is devoid of detail - but since the original was ply-covered this is pretty much correct. There is a crude representation of the Beardmore big six cylinder engine in vacform and no Renault V8, so scratch or aftermarket is the only option really for both. The strut material supplied seems perfectly acceptable, but the material for the tailbooms is very flimsy, so some brass rod will replace that. No decals are supplied - I've decided to model a Middle East campaign aircraft DH1a with Beardmore engine which will be doped PC12 (a first for me ever!). Roundels from just about any RFC 2-seater model should fit, the chord of the DH1 wing being the ubiquitous 5'6" - the same as BE2, Brisfit, RE8, Sopwith Strutter and others.
    7 points
  17. Hi all, This is my completed Tamiya 1/35 Type 90 Tank with Mine Roller. Build Summary I built this pretty much OOB, with the exception of stowage, the wires on the smoke dispensers which were scratch built using thin wire and the antenna, also made using slightly thicker wire. The visors on the hatches were made by mixing Microsol Klear and Tamiya X-23 clear blue. I decided to keep the tank clean and weather it very slightly. The tracks, and mine roller were weathered a bit more but the tanks as a whole has a clean look. This is how I like it. I built the tank first and the mine roller second, as I prefer to build in sub assemblies. The mine roller tow cables broke off and so look slightly bent in the final model. With the stowage I added a few civillian Jerry cans to add some colour and a brief case carrying the launch codes! The colours on the tank are slightly off as I decided not to use the Tamiya JGSDF colours as I do not like to paint with acrylics, so the tank was painted using Humbrol enamels, with colours that were eyeballed to match but also to create more of contrast. Finally the panel lines were highlighted using Copic Multi liner pens - Black using the 0.03mm tip and the 0.05mm tip. I prefer using these to washes as it gives me more control and also helps create that clean look I was going for. The paint was faded slightly in areas and preshaded in others to give that ever so slight weathered feel. Kit Details (from www.scalemates.com) Brand: Tamiya Title: Japanese Type 90 Tank with Mine Roller Number: 35236 Scale: 1:35 Type: Full kit Released: 1999 | Rebox (Updated/New parts) based on Tamiya Kit 35208 released in 1996 Final Video Type 90 with Mine Roller Type 90 without Mine Roller Final Photos I hope you all like it. All comments welcome.
    7 points
  18. I have been working on this for the past few weeks. I wanted a 1/1 prop to house a Ceti-eel from the Star Trek movie The Wrath Of Khan, it will also go with my TWOK costume. It started out as a make up box, the guts stripped out of it and re lined. I scratch made parts, bought parts and raided the parts bin for anything that would work and look right. It has working LEDs/switches, sample tubes with samples made from Tamiya clear and two part epoxy, the Ceti-eel is 1/1 and came from America, all primed and weathered. It is 90% finished with just a couple of small bits to do but they are just a small probe thing, but the box is finished.
    7 points
  19. Hi everyone thought I would show this one as it is about to make its retirement flight to the loft to free up a space in the cabinet.
    7 points
  20. This was my first in 2017. I finished at the end of January. It's a bad kit, but the dimensions are ok. I really wanted an "A" version on my shelf. The Stuka is one of my favorite WWII aircraft. I scratch the interior and I used an old PE set from Eduard (recommended for Italeri kits). I adjusted many things around the kit - pitot tubes, flaps links, rewrote lines, small rivets, and so on... I used Gunze acrylics. Thanks for watching. Cristian Zarichta.
    7 points
  21. The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is a tandem two-seat, twin-engine, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor aircraft/fighter-bomber originally developed for the United States Navy by McDonnell Aircraft. It first entered service in 1960 with the U.S. Navy. Proving highly adaptable, it was also adopted by the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Air Force, and by the mid-1960s had become a major part of their respective air wings. The Phantom is a large fighter with a top speed of over Mach 2.2. It can carry more than 18,000 pounds (8,400 kg) of weapons on nine external hardpoints, including air-to-air missiles, air-to-ground missiles, and various bombs. The F-4, like other interceptors of its time, was designed without an internal cannon. Later models incorporated an M61 Vulcan rotary cannon. Beginning in 1959, it set 15 world records for in-flight performance, including an absolute speed record, and an absolute altitude record. During the Vietnam War, the F-4 was used extensively; it served as the principal air superiority fighter for both the Navy and Air Force, and became important in the ground-attack and aerial reconnaissance roles late in the war. The Phantom has the distinction of being the last U.S. fighter flown to attain ace status in the 20th century. During the Vietnam War, the U.S. Air Force had one pilot and two weapon systems officers (WSOs),and the US Navy had one pilot and one radar intercept officer (RIO) become aces by achieving five aerial kills against enemy fighter aircraft. The F-4 continued to form a major part of U.S. military air power throughout the 1970s and 1980s, being gradually replaced by more modern aircraft such as the F-15 Eagle and F-16 in the U.S. Air Force, the Grumman F-14 Tomcat in the U.S. Navy, and the F/A-18 Hornet in the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps. The F-4 Phantom II remained in use by the U.S. in the reconnaissance and Wild Weasel (Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses) roles in the 1991 Gulf War, finally leaving service in 1996. It was also the only aircraft used by both U.S. flight demonstration teams: the USAF Thunderbirds (F-4E) and the US Navy Blue Angels (F-4J).The F-4 was also operated by the armed forces of 11 other nations. Israeli Phantoms saw extensive combat in several Arab–Israeli conflicts, while Iran used its large fleet of Phantoms in the Iran–Iraq War. Phantoms remain in front line service with five countries. Phantom production ran from 1958 to 1981, with a total of 5,195 built, making it the most numerous American supersonic. In 1979, the Checkerboards became the first 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing fighter squadron to deploy to the Western Pacific under the Unit Deployment Program (UDP). Since joining the UDP cycle, VMFA-312 has made five six-month deployments to the Western Pacific as well as participated in numerous training deployments around the United States. Upon completion of the first six-month UDP rotation, the Checkerboards became the first squadron to receive the F-4S variant of the Phantom, which incorporated leading edge slats as well as advanced radar. In July 1987, VMFA-312 retired its F-4 aircraft and transitioned to the F/A-18A Hornet. This is the Tamiya 1/32 kit, which is starting to show its age, not sure why they include the screws for fitting, but anyway, she went together rather painlessly I used resin ejector seats and engine pots, with quite a lot of Eduard brass in, the pilots were from PJ productions, again my thanks to Jenifer @ JS miniatures for the lighting rig, and programming the chip. Main decals were from the colourful F-4J phantoms, very nice, more than could be said for the kit decals, they were dread full, and I had to delve in to my spares box, good old spares The armaments were Eduard but only the sparrow and sidewinders, I was going to use the Eduard kit on the bombs but the kit sufficed nicely. She was all painted using Tamiya paints, Enjoy
    7 points
  22. Finally finished my Soviet Winter Camo project. I was inspired to build this by the box top artwork. Trouble was I hadn't done anything like this before, so it was a bit trial and error to achieve a convincing worn and weathered temporary winter white camo. The model kit itself was easy enough, and did not present any particular problems. It looks like a Yak-7 to me, and I am reasonably happy with the end result. Thanks to those that offered help and advice along the way. Links to those threads. http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234998914-yak-7b-soviet-winter-camo-finish/ http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235004627-soviet-winter-camo-weathering/ Hope you like it Thanks for looking.
    7 points
  23. hey guys!! Update on the Warspite, I have done quite a bit with her since the last update and she's coming along and getting close to completion! I have also used some new techniques and something different! just want to say thank you everyone for your kind comments and thank you 73north for recommending the flags also! I shall be purchasing a set to finish of the ship towards the end of the build! (if im aloud) hope they look good on your build! Well I've put it off for too long, that is the 30, 20mm Oerlikons, which consist of 5 brass parts each! but they look really really good just very very time consuming and dare to say a little tedious! I dread to think what a 100 AA gunned battleship would be like! Then it was on to the Pom Poms! I have also given the lifeboats some paint and got four of them glued in place to the mid structure and hanger! Then it was weathering to the hull including some new techniques and finishes! I used the hair spray technique for scratches and chipping and a different shade for a rusty beat up hull, then oil washes to bleach and fade it all in and salt streak effects. I have seen on another warspite and ships defining plating on the hull so i thought i would give it ago! I think it adds an interesting effect . Looks heavy on this picture but the oils and a fading coat blends it in later on! I did some detailing and weathering to the superstructures also a start on some rigging! This is where she has gotten too so far!! got some painting on the pom pom's to do, still some deck details to do, anchor chains railings props and touch ups to do and she is very much getting there! hope you all enjoy the progress and i shall post up the next lot as i go along! Thank you Beezwhat
    7 points
  24. Moaning Chaps Another of the jobs that was stalling on the bench This is one of those, 'You have got to build' kits... The detail, quality and engineering is fantastic. Not an easy kit to build, but well worth getting one. Finished in Tamiya TS 14 Gloss Black, which was a laugh in itself, trying to keep it shiny shiny throughout the final stages. The interior is TS-8 Italian Red, gradually matted down with Matt Clear. Yes, I could have used matt red for the interior, but it just didn't look right. Also used the Hobby Design PE set on this one, (well most of it anyway), and the whole lot was finished off with a couple of coats of clear and a bit of Polish A lot of people knock Tamiya kits as Shake and Bakes (and a lot of those people never build them) and this kit certainly isn't one of them.... Apologies for the photo's, really is hard trying to get nice pics on a black car on my phone (Camera purchase in progress) (and ive just noticed the Benz logo on the side is damaged, oh hell now everyone's going to look at it....) Any and all comments are always welcome Thanks for looking Mad Steve
    6 points
  25. She's done, the Koensayr Manufacturing BTL-A4 Y-wing starfighter, painted up in a dulled down 'squid pink' for something a little different. Lovely kit to build, everything goes together so well. It's my third build and my favourite so far; got to try out some new techniques - hairspray chipping and adding washes which I hadn't done before but which have worked well. There is a WIP here: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235015735-bandai-172-y-wing/ if anyone is interested. Purposeful bomber pose, not a bad shot from an iPhone. Overall I like the look - the front cannons are a bit 'heavy' and its not helped by the Tamiya Gunmetal I painted them with, it is (in my hands at least) very 'lumpy' and I'm not much keen on it. The droid - my terracotta tea-pot that I'm not so pleased with, I thought he'd set-off the Y-Wing by being a different tone but it doesn't really work as I wanted. I could have repainted him but I thought I put him up and see what others think of him. The pink stripes on the nacelle came out better than I expected - I really struggled with the masking and then on my next trip to the hobby shop found out you can buy special tape for masking curves... The underside, really pleased with how the weathering - a combination of Vajello washes and MIG enamels has come out The two little rust streaks are my favourite bit of weathering. I wasn't sure if I should add more - but working on the 'less is more' principle I thought I'd quit while ahead and leave it as is. Little streaks of grime added with MIG enamels. The pink paint was chipped with MIG chipping fluid and the 'undercoat' chips were sponged on after. The chipping fluid was the 'heavy' version which resulted in chips a bit too big for my tastes - I'll try to pick up a 'lighter' chip effect fluid before reusing the technique on something this small. Well used craft - some Tamiya weathering pastels were used to add the soot/blast marks. Thanks for looking - any feedback gratefully received.
    6 points
  26. Moaning Chaps I finally finished off my Roadrunner....!!! Just little things needed finishing and I just never got back to it, and it was looking so forlorn and rejected in the cabinet..... This is Round 2 repop of the old 68 Roadrunner and what a fantastic kit... I usually try to avoid AMT kits, but I love Plymouths so I had to build it. Excellento kit, actually all fits together nicely, and has some nice tyres that come with it, with pre-printed makers brand on one side, and red stripe on the other. Only addition to this was some detailing in the engine area, with hoses and wiring etc added. The RoadRunner is finished TS-52 Candy Lime Green over TS-47 Chrome Yellow with a Matt Black bum stripe and bonnet. I usually don't like building AMT kits, but this one is a little gem and well worth it... All comments welcome Thanks for looking Mad Steve
    6 points
  27. I've finally got around to getting some paint on the Striker. I've gone with a base colour mixed from Tamiya Ocean Grey and Gunze Off White, which has given a subtle bluish tone, while still being fairly neutral. I added a few drops of Tamiya X-22 Clear into the mix to leave a smoother finish Once it was all covered, I mixed a bit more Ocean Grey in to the remaining paint and sprayed some post shading over the panels lines Incidentally, The green stuff is a silicone putty I've just acquired. It's essentially the same as silly putty, but easier to get hold of in the UK, and you can get it in different grades. The one I've got is a medium consistency, but it's a bit harder than I'd like, so I'll probably order one of the softer grades. It's pretty cheap, and you can get it in various pack sizes Okay, back to the painting. I mixed a very light grey from Gunze H308 Grey and White, and sprayed it over the centre of the panels as a highlight The next step was to break up the finish more, and I did that with a Vallejo Blue Grey wash applied by sponge, randomly over the surface The last step I've done for now was to mask off a couple of panels and spray them with a darker grey mixed from Gunze 308 Grey and Tamiya Medium Blue. I then added some NATO Black into the same mix and sprayed some further panel shading, and a few streaks here and there All the above steps were done on the wings as well. I'll do the detail painting next, then add the few decals that go on the fuselage. Andy
    6 points
  28. Ok chaps sorry for the previous cock up , lets hope i get it right this time. Heres some pics of my Tamiya Lancaster i built a few years ago, with the news Tamiya are to reissue this kit i thought it would be nice for all you Lancaster fans to see what a treat is in store for you . Hope you like it .
    6 points
  29. Hi there, this is my old 1/72 F-5A from Italeri. I opened the gun bay and scratched build the M39 from hypodermic needles and small pieces of plastic. I also used a resin seat to add realism to the cockpit. Base is from Coastal Kits. Many thanks for looking.
    6 points
  30. Thanks Rob, Tony, I do have a great affection for the little Boomer too, the only problem is fitting in all the kits I want to build next (it won't be the Boomerang I'm afraid, as I have one or two Mosquitos lined up on the perimeter track ready for the De Havilland Group Build)... Thanks Jean, yes, they have mostly gone together very smoothly, as one expects with a Hasegawa kit, with a couple of baffling fits of parts, as one also expects with a Hasegawa kit, where you can never be really sure if they did something wrong, or if you did! Thanks Bill, yes I decided that the Hasegawa was definitely more user-friendly than the Special Hobby kit - I do hope you start the production line, as I always enjoy your WW2 subjects Hi Andy, go for it - if I recall that Airfix kit is pretty straightforward so would be ideal if you wanted a quick build with no fancy work involved - the only problem would be where to score the RNEIAF markings for the Dutch aircraft? I got the canopies masked and fitted - I added the F2A-3's telescopic gunsight and just cut a little cross-shape in the windscreen mask to allow it to poke through. Hopefully it is still a tight enough fit to prevent any paint getting in. Hopefully. I do recommend the Eduard mask set, it isn't perfect but it does allow you to sidestep quite a bit of work most of us would find tedious. Cheers, Stew
    6 points
  31. Belle of Lagos, 1868 - British barque built for trading to and from West Africa. 20 feet to 1 inch (1:240). Building time 42 hours, including display case and carrying case. Bob
    5 points
  32. Made from the Artesania Latina kit about sixteen years ago, she was my first attempt at a plank on bulk head model. Hope that the photos are of good enough quality, cheers.
    5 points
  33. Hey all. Haven't posted much on here for several months. Not that I haven't been building (I managed a total of 17 builds for 2016), I guess I just haven't had the mojo for making up some forum posts. Anyway... Today I present builds Number 1 and 2 of 2017, but first. 2017 marks the 150th anniversary of Canadian Confederation. Happy 150th Birthday! As such, to show my patriotic spirit, I am going to primarily focus on the Canadian subjects in my stash this year.... with exception to the T-72 currently on my desk, which is being built to try out the new Mission Models paints... However... Build Number 1: First out of the gate this year was Tamiya's 1/48 Mosquito B.Mk.IV finished as a De Havilland Canada B.Mk.XX. De Havilland Canada managed to crank out 1133 Mosquitoes by the end of the Second World War, seeing service with the RCAF, USAAF, RAF and the Nationalist Chinese Air Force in their fight against the Communists in the immediate Post-War period. The first 5 examples of the Mk.XX were named after 5 Canadian communities leading in war bond sales other forms of support for the war effort. Acton, Ontario; New Glasgow, Nova Scotia; Saskatoon and Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and Vancouver, British Columbia. KB162 "New Glasgow..." went on to serve in 139 "Jamaica" Squadron until it was lost on the night of 13/14 October, 1944. Build Number 2: Whilst researching other subjects I came across another Mosquito with a unique Canadian connection. This machine was a Mk.XVI belonging to 692 Squadron, Pathfinders and crewed by Ft. Lts. Andy Lockhart and Ralph Wood, both of Moncton New Brunswick who bestowed upon not one, but three different aircraft, the name Moncton Express, numbering I, II and III. Now the search began for a Mk.XIV mosquito, a search that did not last long with the Airfix 1/48 example being the only route that didn't involve various resin conversion parts, which in hindsight, may have been the easier option... New Glasgow was given resin seats, exhausts and 50 gallon tanks from Ultracast, with the decals for the nose art and serial coming from Iliad Decals (of which two sheets had to be purchased as only one "New Glasgow..." is given on the sheet, whereas it is on both sides of the real aircraft). Painted with Tamiya's three RAF colours and given a minimal weathering job to depict a factory fresh example. Moncton Express III was given a resin cockpit modified from the True Details set for the FB.Mk.VI, resin wheels, elevators and 50 gallon tanks from Ultracast, with the nose art and serial being printed with my laser printer on "Experts Choice" decal paper. Aircraft codes were modified in MS Paint from a colour plate, printed on Tamiya masking sheet, cut out and painted. The rest of the model was painted with the same Tamiya colours as New Glasgow. This one, however, was given some heavier exhaust staining befitting a machine in active service. Additionally, the carburetor intakes were removed and replaced with Evergreen tube and blended in. Any questions and comments are always welcome, especially with regards to the Airfix kit as I know there are not many reviews online. Regards, ANS Links to my Flickr albums for both builds: https://flic.kr/s/aHskRkJKqd https://flic.kr/s/aHskUy6mEE
    5 points
  34. http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af273/snitok1983/IMG_8689_zpsqo0szvpj.jpg
    5 points
  35. Hi folk's hot on the heels of Wimbledon's t-72 is the Chieftan,Tamiya's kit is big and despite it's age still build's beautifully.
    5 points
  36. Here we go, we are finally done. The RFI can be found here. It's been a fun few months, thank you all for tagging along with this build and giving the best moral support in the world, you guys on BM are the best and I don't know what I'd do without you. so here she is There are a metric tonne of pics in the RFI, I hope you enjoy them and you're all welcome to join me on the new build. Take care and as always. Happy modelling. Johnny boy.
    5 points
  37. Hi, I built this for the NATO GB so thought I'd post it in the RFI WIP is HERE if you are interested Hope you like her Cheers
    5 points
  38. I'm planning on making all the aircraft in Xtradecals D-Day 70th Anniversary sheet. Whether it'll actually happen is another matter but there are 6 MkIX and 2 MkVIII overtrees on their way from Eduard, the MkVIIIs will be converted into MkVIIs.
    5 points
  39. Dear friends. It is time to take stock. I would like to note that without the participation of the members of this Forum, I would not be able to effectively carry out this mission. First of all I want to thank all those who were not indifferent to my idea to restore Polish pride in the aviation phenomenon of the 1930’s. I am proud to be able to use my skills to built miniature models of famous aircraft, such as the PZL.37, and make them look as real as possible. The result is in front of you. I personally want to thank the participants and fans of this forum, for your encouragement, and most of all your participation. Best regards Andrii ps."Ready for inspection" chapter PZL.37 coming soon (on next week I hope).
    5 points
  40. She's finally done! It took only 11 monthsIt's the ancient Academy kit, which I still believe is far more accurate in terms of the overall shape than the modern HobbyBoss one. Aftermarket goodies: Verlinden cockpit (modified according the F version) and AN/ALQ-131 Paragon flaps & slats FlightPath Pave Tack Master pitot tube Eduard GBU's, some of the photoetched details NorthStar wheels Afterburner decals Made of scratch: gear bays, bomb bay, doors, wheel legs, nozzles, Pave Tack cradle, blah blah... Cheers from Czech rep. Andrew F-111F Miss Liberty II, No.70-2390, 48th TFW flagship, Col Tom Lennon
    4 points
  41. I am still awaiting the arrival of my Welsh Models Albatross kit, so had another rummage around and came across this little fella. There are not a lot of parts but the masking for the paint should prove to be enough of a challenge to keep things interesting, I may even make an attempt at rigging it too.
    4 points
  42. With the new Yamato series about to be released, I've prodded myself to start yet another kit to smother the work table! This one is the EDF Kirishima, Okita's Kongo class flagship at the Battle of Pluto from the first episode of Yamato 2199. I don't think it'll be a long build. It's a small kit - and I'm ready for paint after just one morning! The only glue used so far is on some bulges and the fins. Everything else is press fit for painting. That's all for now. Hopefully some paint after work on Sat and Sun.
    4 points
  43. Hi all I am not sure why i bought this ugly bird....but as i started work on other drones, predator, raptor...it was somehow in line with this path. Easy to build, general very good fitting, simple, only issue is with wings in the root, where you need to be careful to align properly, simple color scheme just with different shades of some panels in gunship gray , minimal almost none weathering, some silvering after applying decals even with gloss finish and use of decal solvent solutions (at the end Tamiya ultra thin cement save the day).......and that was all......at the end only stayed to find enough place in the display cabinet for this beast. In general, not nice looking flying machine.....but somehow different. I hope you will like photos...but it is hard to expect with this ugly thing. Best regards to all
    4 points
  44. Here a Herny J Gasser. I used a Ross Gibson Chrysler Crossram RB, Hinges from Detail Master. The inner door and side panels are 3 D printed parts that I made. The rear tires and the AFB carbs are from Fireball Modelworks. Thanks to Chief Joseph from Fireball Modelworks
    4 points
  45. I bought the PR.9 a few years ago, but the Xtrakit came courtesy of eBay just a few weeks ago. I managed to pick it up pretty cheap - $25 with free shipping if my memory serves me right. Ah, you got a better deal than me! Don't feel sorry for me, I knew what I was getting into. If I was a monk, I'd probably be doing that self-flagellation thing. That would be great - what do you think the chances are? I still don't think it has to be moved. In your build of WT333, you state: Gary I had a look at the position of the vent mast and not only is that in the wrong place so is the tail bumper! it needs moving back to about in line with the leading edge of the tail plane! This is the same conclusion I arrived at above. This photo shows it quite clearly - the panel line, front of the tail bumper, and the leading edge of the panel line are all very close to being aligned. When we look at the fuselage photo you posted above, it's the PR.9 whose tail bumper is lined up to the leading edge of the tailplane. The B(I).8 is too far forward. On the PR.9, what seems to be wrong to me is the location of the panel line. It's too far forward of the leading edge of the tailplane. I just don't think there is enough of a reason to move the little guy. There are bigger fish to fry with this kit! This is a beautiful build, just exquisite. I love it! I'm a sucker for anything that's Raspberry Ripple (even ice cream!). Is this 1:72 or 1:48? I ran through your WIP pretty quickly, and missed what the scale was. I just got back from my LHS, and I picked up some 0.005" styrene, as @stever219 mentioned above. I think I'd prefer to make the strengthening plates from plastic, even if I have to sand them down a bit. Having a look at the BareMetal Foil that I have, it's incredibly thin. I don't think it will have the effect I'd like. I started fooling around with some stuff on the belly of the beast. First, the "lip" that Airfix moulded all along the original outline of the bomb bay was removed. Next, I filled some erroneous panel lines, namely the three lines that were supposed to represent the crash strips and one line that ran parallel to the hinge line on the starboard side of the bomb bay. (With my luck, that one is supposed to be there!) Then I ran a 0.020" diameter rod along the hinge lines to represent the rain channel. This was faired into the fuselage (just on the top side) with Perfect Plastic Putty. The photo makes it look like I just put strips of styrene there, but once it's primed you'll see that's it's been properly faired into the fuselage. The two sets of three crash strips per side were added right behind the bomb bay hinge line. I also added the two crash strips right in front of the nose gear, and the two that are right aft of the bomb bay on centerline. The crash strips were made by putting the pieces of styrene rod onto tape to hold it in place while I used a sanding stick to remove enough material to make them "half-round." The crash strips will be sanded down a bit so they are not quite so prominent. I will use some of the 0.005" styrene to represent the details around the forward fuel tank. There is one strip that is quite noticeable along the aft edge of the tank, and then there are what look like straps along the side. There are also two strakes that run alongside the square camera opening at the rear of the bay. These need to be added as well. Lots more to come, I'm sure! Cheers, Bill PS. It's not my intent to make this an epic, really it isn't.
    4 points
  46. well after weeks of fannying around I'm done with them. Ready for some rivets!
    4 points
  47. Neither of the 1/72th Airfix Canberras has been in production for a while. They got such a panning from some quarters when they first appeared that they may not be back for some time, if at all. Your best bet presently if you want one is trawling the second hand market. Maybe Airfix might be persuaded to do a complete retool (of bomber, interdictor and PR variants) in time for the 70th anniversary of the first flight of VN799 in 2019.
    4 points
  48. More Paint After a short period where my health took a bit of a knock I'm back at it and applying camo. Heavily thinned Tamiya NATO Green for the first lot of squiggles. Followed by Heavily thinned XF-64 Red Brown for the er... brown squiggles (Colour balance isn't quite right as the phone camera kept compensating for something not white ) I'll fix any spatter during detail painting time. That's all for tonight folks Thanks for looking in Phil
    4 points
  49. A bit of progress and some out-of-focus photgraphs to prove it: I've also been gathering some kits together for a build I have planned for later in the year, just waiting for some Eduard Spitfires to arrive.
    4 points
  50. Morning Everyone, I managed to get some more work done on the King Tiger this weekend, Progress has been slow though as this kit does have some very complex sub-assembly's never mind trying to spray all the parts required. The engine was a build in itself! and that's putting it lightly. The first job of the weekend was to apply some of the decals to the interior parts along with touching up some of the paint I had caught: I have also just noticed a few seem lines that I have missed that I will address shortly With these in place, I was able to start construction of the engine and also some of the engine bay components including the fans and radiator units along with the engine bay compartment walls. I have given the exhausts a treatment of rust pigments also even though I have not started to age the engine just yet. All the parts of the engine fit really well, and any alignment holes seems to line up perfectly, although I have seen other modelers complain about this throughout the kit I have yet to experience this issue. A bit more detailing to the engine parts: While all this was drying overnight to allow the paint to harden, I started working on the turret :D. Here I did run into a few issues with parts fitting correctly. Often the locating pins were too long and pushed the part out of place, however a quick bit of sanding and test fitting sorted this issue. Again this build is complex in itself, lots of small parts in a very small space. The turret is also loaded with shells and these required assembly. They end up been glued together in a block which would make painting them rather hard. I decided to leave them separate and to paint them all before assembly. What I did like about the shells is the PE caps that go on to provide the shell with more detail, although these are fiddly to attach: These parts then all received a coat of primer and have been left drying overnight. Back to the Hull of the tank and I started to fit the parts into the engine bay. This was very tricky! Hardly any room to work and if anything is out of alignment you have to fight with it. I have fit the engine as best as I could but im still not 100% happy with it, I will continue to tweak the fit as time goes on. This is as far as I got before the missus reminded me she still existed . I now have some more pipework to fit the engine bay so I have again primed and sprayed these ready for fitting, although I have a bit of detail to add first That's all for now folks, thanks for looking. Chris
    4 points
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