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Finally finished and ready for the cabinet.

All fingers legs arms and toes crossed here that this coming week brings this particular model subject much closer to reality; subject to wind and tide, we should see a Royal Navy Aircraft Carrier back at sea for the first time in many years, ready for the first F-35B to land on later next year. These markings for 809 Sqn in HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH and HMS PRINCE OF WALES are largely from my own imagination and courtesy of my inkjet printer, but perhaps not that far from the truth. This is Fujimi's delightful 1/72 F-35B kit, with a little hacking about from me (e.g. the rather obvious auxiliary air inlet is missing on the kit) and my own decals. I haven't fitted any weapons in the open bays yet - but some scratch built Meteors and SPEAR 3s are on the workbench! For those who doubt that colour can ever be applied to these aircraft, check out the USN variants at sea now! And as a comparison, here she is alongside Italeri/Revell's old X-35B kit Edit - here is a link to my second build scheme and an update of this one post FoC Flying Trials: 2018 Updates FLY (ROYAL) NAVY ! FredT

Here is my Special Hobby Oxford representing the ambulance version in 1940. The build involved constructing a new tilt-up door, moving some windows and detailing the visible inside. This took some time and for the first time I took a snap of my labours (to prove that it is there) as most of it cannot be seen after closure of the fuselage halves. Otherwise it was a straight forward build that was finished with Tamiya paints and decals from the spares box and a few custom made ones from my friend at MAV decals. Finally here's a note on the B/W image; Girl Guides from all parts of the British Empire contributed donations towards the purchase of two air ambulances and a motor lifeboat in 1940. This photo shows one of the air ambulances and with Guides and Brownies on the day of its presentation. As usual comments (especially on bo-boos) are welcome. Cheers, Etienne. .

Today I finished this Hobbyboss 1/72nd P-39Q. Built box stock including decals. Painted with Tamiya acrylics except for the Olive Drab and Neutral Gray, where I tried Model Masters. Somehow I managed to get some fogging or dirt on the inside of the canopy. Not sure what happened, I'd used Tamiya green cap to fix the canopy down and a few hours later when I masked it, it was fine. Other than that I'm pretty happy with it, particularly given cost and the small amount of time invested. It went together pretty well. Needed a few spots of putty, nothing big. Most of the panel lines on the fuselage where inconsistent in depth so I re-scribed the bulk of them to try to get more uniformity. I've picked up a few of these Hobbyboss kits and some, like this one, are pretty much fine. Others, like the Buffalo with the missing belly window, less so. The plastic in all of them is soft, kind of like a bar of soap, so you have to be careful with it.

This is my latest build; a 1/72 S-3A Viking. Hasegawa is my go to company when I want to build something and this one was not a disappointment. Fit was very good, with one exception. The decals were good and I think it make a good build. The one exception to the good fit was the underside wing to fuselage joint which I had to fill with 10 thousandth card. Also used was the Eduard interior. Next up is the Mach 2 X-24A

Good day, gentlemen! It's my next model from excellent model maker - Eduard.

Just finished this - reasonably happy with it. It is a nice, straightforward build - not too much filling and sanding, great fun, a nice subject. Mostly out of the box, I used Hataka acrylic paints, gloss seal coats by Pledge, decals ( 501 Squadron, RAF Filton) by Xtradecal. Top semi matt finish by Model Master acrylic, with some very light panel washes using Flory washes. Metallic finish was using Vallejo acrylic metal aluminum colour. I didn't go attempting multi metal shades, since the actual aircraft were painted high speed silver, rather than left as bare metal. I attempted "black basing" for some shading / tone variation. It didn't quite come out as I wanted, but I still feel it made a positive difference. Build thread:

Hi I have just finished it. This is CASA-Breguet 19 A2 with W-type Elizalde engine. I had a single kit of an elusive Polish company producing some years ago very interesting short-run kits. It was hard to me do a choice of version, so I decided to breed it a bit. I did the CASA-Breguet 19 A2 (presentsd now) and I am still constructing version 19.8 of Royal Yugoslavian Airforces. I have feeling that HIt Kit made very short series of this 19.8 as well, but there are no traces of this in net. the WIP thread is here: Shortly - the model is made of some plastic original parts but whole fuselage and tail are my resin copies of orginals. The CASA licenced build Breguet had more fabric covered fuselage, so this convesion was done out of scratch . Here is result: I hope to present Breguet 19.8 in not far future... The painting scheme is for fall of 1936 or early 1937. Comments welcome Best regards Jerzy-Wojtek

Hi Folks Continuing my F102 theme, this one from the 57thFIS based in Iceland. Decals from Superscale and painted with Xtracolor. Cheers Ian

Hi here in my finished Bf109-F2. It portrays Hannes Trautlofts aircraft from JG 54. It uses Zvezda's 1/48 109F2 kit. Thanks for looking.. Cheers Plasto

Hi, The Fredrich is complete... Thanks for looking and following along.. Nice kit... A bit 'fiddly' but great detail and value for money... Cheers Plasto

Polikarpov I-16 Type 24 Eduard 1/48 I don't often post in the aircraft section, as I'm usually an armour and SF builder, but I've been sorting through the photos of some of my older builds on Flickr, and came across this I-16 I built back in 2015. I didn't get around to posting it at the time, so I thought I may as well do so now. It's a strait OOB build of Eduard's excellent Polikarpov, and the third one I've built over the years, painted with Gunze Aqueous and weathered with various AK pigments and washes. Thanks for looking Andy

This is something I shall plod away at. My father gave it to me years ago but like many of these kits it has just sat there. Everyone knows they need a lot of work but that's what modelling is all about - or rather I think the reason I didn't enjoy the Eduard Hellcat kit very much was because it was boring and unrewarding just slotting bits of plastic together - much like Tamiya kits. They're fine to just throw something together, but I personally get little out of them otherwise. I do however like the sense of achievement from building a tougher kit of an unusual subject. The Fonderie Miniatures Handley Page Hampden The parts are fairly rough: ...and the instructions rather "home made" looking: Still, it's a Hampden and I like working with tools and materials. The parts don't look that bad. If considering this as "an injection moulded kit" and by that most people really mean "something very easy to slap together" then it's a horror. Unlike that massive waste-of-money Sanger Short Sunderland though, the parts are more or less Hampden shaped so this should actually be buildable with the right mindset. The mindset I am adopting is to treat it as a chunky vacuum formed kit. Absolutely everything needs clean up and mating surfaces wet sanded - so it's more like a vacform than a mass-produced injection kit. I happen to like vacuum formed kits. With an hour or two with sanding sticks and a sheet of 240grit wet and dry paper laid on a work surface and kept wet, we get something that kinda fits together. It's not warped and the wings are the same shape as each other, so I think we're in business. I haven't bothered with the window cutouts yet because I want to check they're all in the right place and symmetrical etc. I expect to have to pack and shim with styrene so there's no point in filing them out until I know what dimensions to open them out to. The wings need a little more sanding at the root ends to reduce the thickness by another 0.5mm or so to match the fuselage's aerofoils.

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Here is the pictures of Republic F-84F Thunderstreak from Italeri kit. Italeri kit I chose because of the excellent and interesting decals for Greek Air Forces markings. Larissa Airbase 1972. I added Aires cockpit and wheel bays. I've used also Quickboost correct nose. Scale - seroius 1:48th

he ha you really think the stash is kept near here? You really think there is a stash? ebay is my stash.... except for a few over there in the cupb.... In all the excitement of preparing for Coventry I did a bit more on the Bucc Added the blown air ducts both sides and tried out a couple of new (to me) Vallejo paints, Burnt Iron and Natural Steel - nice Here's the starboard side ducting before the intake area and inner wing is fitted, for clear bit of 30 amp fusewire with a sliver of small Aeroclub tubing as the connector With the engine arrangement sorted to my satisfaction its time to attend to the fuselage interiors Thanks to the efforts of General Melchett (ta Andy) I have ebough info to make the nosewheel bay Here's the roof being fettled and the recess getting marked to suit and the box fitted for size preliminary holes for the ends, need shifting across a tad of course but the two drilled openings were easy to make into the regular oval shape Now we have a box I'm beginning the cockpit fettling held down by a piece of plasticene for now whilst I work out side walls and floor angles Ced if it helps I have been told the Coventry Air Museum are having an open cockpit day on Sunday...

Just finished an Airfix 1/72 Bf109E 7. Built out of the box with the exception of the decals.

OK here are some new photos. I have also added the finished article in the Ready for Inspection forum. Enjoy.

Hey Peeps. What's up. It has been such a long time. Hello to the new members and old acquaintances I made when I was in the UK. I have been away for too long but finally, I know have a completed kit that I want to show to you guys. More informations and more photos and bigger ones can be found on my blog as usual - http://modeller-innovation.blogspot.com/2017/06/tiger-model-135-amx-30b2-brennus.html Please do have a look and thank you so much in advance for any feedback you guys may have. C&C are welcomed. I may have lost some of my previous skills. Thank you for always supporting and for the kind words and various encouragements. Until the next launch.

This aircraft is something close to my heart as I am the membership and events secretary for the Hawker Typhoon Preservation Project, We are aiming to get the world's only flying Hawker Typhoon MkIb flying again. This kit is the superb Hasegawa kit with Eduard cockpit upgrade,and 4 prop spinner from Ultracast. The aircraft was delivered to 174 ‘Mauritius’ squadron on 4th Jan 1945, based at B.100 Goch, and received the code ‘XP-W’. RB396 was lost on operations and was recorded Cat ‘E’ on 1st Apr 1945. Originally equipped with bombs after conversion to the Typhoon (July 1943), 174 squadron converted to rockets by January 1944. The squadron spent the next few months attacking radar stations, flying bomb sites and German communication links in northern France. After D-Day they moved to Normandy providing close support for the Army and attacking German tanks and transport. By September 1944 they had moved to the Netherlands where their remit was offensive sweeps over Germany. On the 1st April 1945 RB396 was the mount of Flt Lt Chris W House setting out from Goch for an offensive sweep. Shortly after selecting his target and releasing his salvo of rockets RB396 was hit by flak, too low to bail out and rapidly losing height Flt Lt House force landed his aircraft to the North East of Denekamp. In the immediate aftermath of the attack the whereabouts of Chris House was not known and as squadron members returned to Goch they reported that he was seen to successfully force land RB396 and it was assumed taken POW, had he survived the landing. He had indeed survived and successfully evaded capture, making his way back to allied lines and much to the surprise of his comrades arrived back at the squadron on 5th April. After 174 squadron was disbanded on 8th April Chris House went on to complete further operations and remained in the RAF until retirement long after the war. If your interested in further information have a look at:- http://hawkertyphoon.com/ Or: https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=hawker typhoon rb396 restoration

Hi, I thought I might create this thread for anyone to post pictures in of any events that happened today. I guess I'll start off; I went to Cosford for a superb concert by the Glebe Symphonic Wind Orchestra- with an excellent series of flypasts (and landing) from a BBMF Spitfire: Kind regards, Sam

I have got a bit more done today. After much surface preparation of the issues highlighted by the first coat of primer, including a bit of Squadron white filler here and there I was eventually able to redo the preshading: When that was dry I reapplied more Alclad white primer: The preshading has almost disappeared in that photo but it is still quite evident in reality. Tomorrow I plan to complete the masking and get the blue applied. Bye for now, Nigel

For the first time after months of intense work, I put my 806 on her legs. I feel very excited, I feel I am the first man walking on the moon! Photo 1: chassis alone: Photo 2: front view: notice the brake cables lying on the floor (for instance...) Photo 3: front view with the engine: Photo 4: with Pietro Bordino on board: Photo 5: with the body on: our build are our babies, and I feel I gave birth to a beautiful baby, while I know there is still a lot to do... Photo 6: Photo 7: it is a kind of consecration, after so many hours spent in research, travel, and above all build (often scratch...), so many steps done and redone to get the desired result... Photo 8: Photo 9, a profile view, to finish. I have a thought for vontrips, hoping he feels OK and he may see what his great tyres give with my respoked wheels. Pity, we don't have news from him, he left us as others did. We can understand, we are now on page... 137! And it is not over, and I don't count the Gangshow, that I joined on the last 4th september (I feel it is years ago, so many things happened). Now, I know my model will be over for the 90 years of this beautiful grandma, passed away too soon. In Turin, the "Old lady", as you probably know, is the name given to the soccer team, la "Juventus"... Ironicly, one of the reasons Agnelli ordered the end of Fiat involvement to G.P was the low interest he showed to car races, while he was more interested in football. But our "Old Lady" is very nice too and gives a lot of emotions too, like football... Sorry to be so verbose, it is excitation...

24/6 update. More work on the engine. Radiator assembled. First track complete but still unpainted: The colors are copied from a Restoration build of an FT in the US of A, you can find the engine walk-around on You Tube. Time to watch the F1 qualification and see if Lewis can work towards bumping Scummi off the top of the list of career poles .

To kick the Easter weekend off in style, I have completed my most recent Lynx model (my 8th Lynx) in the markings of (what else but) 815 Sqn Fleet Air Arm, as previously embarked in HMS SOMERSET. Last month (March) saw the final retirement of the lynx from the RN, after a front line career of nearly 40 years and active participation in at least 6 major conflicts (Falklands, Gulf 1, Bosnia, Kosovo, Gulf 2, Sierra Leone), plus continuous service in anti-narcotic, counter-terrrorism and anti-piracy roles around the world. It has now been replaced by the AW159 Wildcat, which is essentially an advanced Lynx development, but to my mind, nowhere near as elegant an aircraft!. This one is based on the modern Hobbyboss kit, which is a fairly easy and satisfying build, but has some serious shape and detail issues, some of which I have sorted, others of which are beyond my skills. I definitely prefer the Airfix offering. However, my finished model "looks like a Lynx to me!" The RN Mk8 issue doesn't seem to be easy to find around these parts, so this is the German issue, which i also used for my Black Cats Lynx. I think the box contents are the same though. I haven't yet written up all of the changes I have made, but in essence: Rotor head mount trimmed down (it sits about 4m too high) Tail rotor direction reversed Top and bottom door rails added Airfix doors substituted (Hobbyboss window in wrong position) Inflatable internal seat added (taken from an Airfix kit) IR/laser detectors added to nose/flanks/disco ball under tail Flare launchers added to undercarriage sponsons Wire MF aerial added CPI added to top of tail Rear flotation bags added to sponsons. Engine top deck modified Several wires/cable details added. ... and the main things I couldn't change: Windscreen too shallow & rounded Simplified rotor head (no actuators) BERP blades very poor shape Fuselage underside too curved Nose underside profile wrong - seems to curve up too much. I'm also not sure the flares would be appropriate for a full Sting Ray weapon load, but who knows And to finish, a wild pack of Lynx..... FredT

I will be back in a fortnight. With a considered response to the above. Be afraid. Or moderately perturbed. Either way, take good care of yourselves mes braves. Tony

Lying on the ground waiting to be loaded? Did they have bomb trolleys back then? I've done a bit of research, and several drawings and paintings, of the Short 184 seaplanes, esp those doing anti-submarine patrols out of Newlyn/ Land's End. This concrete plinth features in some of the photos:- Detail:- The image is from direct photo references rather than something I just made up. Haven't come across anything actually carrying or manhandling the Bombs. You've an option to leave the plane intact, and make a wee yellow/mustard bomb dispersal plinth to pose along side . That nose over photo really brings home the size of this thing, eh?

Just finished this Revell DO-17Z-10. It's the ICM kit repacked and new decals. It will be reviewed in Scale Aircraft Modelling in the near future.

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Kora Models is to release in July 2017 1/72nd Curtiss Wright CW-22 kits. - ref. KPK7243 - Curtiss Wright CW-22 Falcon - RNeth. East Indies Army AF. Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2494 - ref. KPK7244 - Curtiss Wright CW-22 & CW-22B Falcon - captured/ in Japanese markings. Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2505 V.P.

Dragon's 1/6th scale type82 Kubelwaggen. I built this some years ago for a magazine review. Due to it's size I had to put it away in the loft where I rediscovered it today. It needed some repairs, and I've lost the passenger side mirror/indicator. When I built it I added a loads of extra detail as it was very simplified, and toy like. I rebuilt the poorly moulded floor grid out of wooden drink stirers and rebuilt tool and weapon clasps out of wire and plastic. The weapons and personal gear comes from various manufacturers. So now fixed, it's back into the loft as I have no where else to put it! Thanks for looking Angelo.

Hiya Folks, I`ve been wanting to built a RCN Silver Star for some time so when the GWH kit was released I had my perfect excuse,..... but was struggling to find some decals. Here is where my Canadian friend Jim Bates came to the rescue,....... he contacted his friend David Knights who kindly sent me part of the Canadian IPMS limited run sheet on the type,..... thanks fellas you are true gents. Here is the real thing; For the silver I used Tamiya rattle can Bare Aluminium and for the Day Glo I used a can of Halfords VW Orange applied over a base coat of white. The rest was brush painted, as was the matt varnish which helped to dull the model down, as per the real thing. This is a lovely model to build and is highly reccomended,...I used the Taiwan special edition as the original kit sold out so quickly. Cheers Tony

It's all I seem to assemble lately. Probably the last for a while because this one made it clear it was happier left alone in its box. On that note, you will notice the canopy appears not to fit properly. That's because it doesn't. It was slightly short shot on one of the arms and is warped, splayed like it's been sat on. I tried rectifying that without success so it'll have to do. Hasegawa 1/48, 95% from the box. I added seatbelts to the kits seats and used TwoBobs decals. Painted with Tamiya, Mr Colour, Humbrol and Revell acrylics. Weathered with my usual mix of pound shop eye shadows. Finding enough reference pictures of this aircraft at a single point in its life proved difficult. There are a fair few pics around but never more than a couple from any one point in time. I decided therefore to take what I liked from each era and try to apply it to my model. I'm not sure on the travel/ACMI pod combo either, but I wanted something under the wings. Anyway, on to the pictures. Some family pics with my previous build: Thanks for stopping by. Comments, constructive crits and advice on how to fix that canopy welcome!

I've always admired the graceful design of the Gloster Gladiator. The RAF's last bi-plane fighter has some fascinating stories attached to its brief career as a frontline fighter, cut short in the build up to WW2 by the development both in Germany and the UK of faster monoplane designs powered by the type of inline, liquid-cooled engines that fascinated the public during the Schneider trophy era. Nevertheless, there are some absorbing stories associated with the a/c, not least the hectic struggles of Faith, Hope and Charity over Malta before the beleagured island was reinforced first by Hurricanes and later by Spitfires. As a BoB nut, a few years ago I joined the Battle of Britain Historical Society and went on a few pilgrimages to crash sites with other members. Amongst these, I got to know the son of a family whose name is readily associated with the hilarious TV series following the exploits of Rowan Atkinson and his colleagues - Blackadder. My friend's father, William Francis Blackadder, joined the Auxiliary air Force in 1937 and in mid November 1939 flew with 607 (County of Durham) Squadron to France to support the BEF and the Allies against the German threat after the invasion of Poland and the declaration of war. At the time, 607 Squadron were still equipped with Gladiators, and Francis Blackadder flew to France in a/c registered as K8000 AFoF. Throughout the winter of 1939/40, the squadron operated their Galdiators but were fortunately re-equipped with Hurricanes just before 10 May 1940 when the German advance west started. Gladiator K8000 was lost in March 1940 when the squadron was practising squadron attacks in France. It collided with another of the unit's aircraft when both pilots were killed. Francis Blackadder wasn't involved in this tragedy and after leave back in England in early May 1940, returned to 607 Squadron and eventually returned to England after Operation Dynamo. He flew Hurricanes with 607 Squadron through much of the BoB based at Tangmere near Chichester and was awarded the DSO and promoted to Flying Officer. I decided to reacquaint myself with the frustrations of bi-plane construction and rigging, using Roden's 1:48 scale kit to portray Blackadder's Gladiator, the result of the build being the subject of this post. Not being blessed with particularly nimble fingers or great eyesight, it was a satisfying build but not without its frustrations. This is actually my 2nd effort. I made a fundamental error after completing the first one by spraying it overall with what I can only assume wasn't the right acrylec satin spray which produced an overall effect as if the model had been operating in a Finnish winter scenarion, covered in a white mottling. Impossible to correct, hence my second attempt where I fortunately managed the finish reasonably well. I spent quite a bit of time mixing a shade to replicate something like the texture of the weathered & singed stainless exhaust system of the Galdiator's radial engine after looking at the renovation that was then going on of a similar a/c up at Duxford. It was also one of my early efforts at producing some measure if the scratches. oil and exhaust stains that typified a/c in service generally. The radio antenna required a bit of ingenuity but turned out OK, as did the rigging with careful location of pre-drilled holes and that wonderful elasticated rigging material. I didn't complicate the build by adding too much detail to Roden's OOB offering apart from some etched seat belts, some fuse wire brake lines and the decals from various aftermarket sheets but I was quite pleased with the finished item. Any confidence I've developed in terms of bi-plane building will doubtless be completely eroded once I have a go at one of the WnW 1:32 scale offerings.

Today started badly for this build when I realised that the system that I was planning to use for masking the mesh areas could not be used as I had left it too late in the build and there was no way I could wriggle the masking tape into place. I tried but the model was having none of it. Jealous of all the attention the Roc has been getting I guess! After a good cuss at myself for being so sloppy, I painted on some Mr Surfacer 1500 as a primer. I will just have to resort to some very careful work with the hairy stick. Fortunately the mesh bits have a raised border so I can mask these when painted without too much difficulty. While I was not on a roll, I decided that the time had come to button up the fuselage. This went tolerably well considering the butchering it has had to take and there should only be a moderate amount of filling required, certainly less than I had thought. I also added the mesh on the top of the transmission housing, the fairing at the rear of the same, the underside of the fuselage (not a good fit) and the tail assembly. Hopefully I can start getting things cleaned up on Monday, being out on patrol all day tomorrow with the MVS. Anyway on to the pictures and thanks for looking. Martian

I'll send him back via Parcel Farce, there's a sporting chance that they will be able to loose him somewhere. A most entertaining proposition, though for some strange reason, the General wants him back? Perplexed of Mars In a late news item, copious amounts of plastic strip have been laminated together and are curing in preparation for carving the correct main fuel tank for the fuselage.

Hi all here is the next update .

Gent's thanks for all the links and information you can always depend on the good people of this site to come up with the goods I appreciate all your help A little bit done for now on the ships boats I have added a cover for one and tried to add some detail to the other I have also been adding a little detail to the deck vents as these were solid so opened up with a combination of drills and a mini grinder beefy

I've been busy with the paint and Decals after finishing the Emil... Mr colour paints again I free handed the camo scheme. JG54 aircraft are hard to pin down to a colour scheme I read a lot and went with 2 greens I like the result.. The decals need finishing and I need to seal them in and the. Start the final build up. Cheers Plasto...

Starting this model I had great fears, but generally there was no tragedy. It is similar like czech short run :)). Camo - not confirmed- Lt Zuhair Dawood, 93rd IAF squadron - attributed to shooting down January 17, 1991 during the first Gulf War, US F-18 Hornet. The Iraqis dont boast too much, and the Americans say that the F-18 was hit by ground AA rocket. I need make Iraqi Foxbat, so why not paint the number (25211 side number - hand painted by waterproof marker on transparent decals). There were some add-ons to the model: - Resin correction of the nose - Barracuda - resin short nozzles - Barracuda - Zoom into the cabin, Eduard PE for the exterior - resin R-40 with PlusModel - pitot - Master - Resin wheels - Barracuda - some handmade wires and FOD. I invite you

Thanks for everyone's help. My interest in KA114 has a personal element. My dad worked in fuselage assembly at DHC when 114 was built and possibly worked on it. When 114 debuted in Canada I took him to see it fly, that was the last outing I had with him before he passed on. Dave

Here's one I prepared earlier. The lovely Aeroclub 1:72 kit. Ian

I am currently converting Hasagawa's 1/72 S-2F-1 Grumman Tracker in to the S-2G as flown by the Royal Australian Navy from 1967-1984. Australia also flew the S-2E variant. I have used the donor kit, Plane Bits conversion set, Hawkeye decals and the Eduard coloured photoetch to add more cockpit detail. 1st step was to re-scribe all the panel detail.....and there was lots. Next step was to add the resin detail...... The fuselage extension was one of the characteristics of the S-2G variant. Other work included hollowing out intakes and drilling appropriate openings. and of course adding the etched pieces..... It's slowly starting to take shape.

The second clip is the most interesting Andy, I was wondering what sort of anchor pattern a lightship would use but on this clip you can clearly see that there are no stern anchor(s) so that would indicate only a single anchor at the bow (with two anchors and the ship swinging on the current you are asking for a lot of problems). Just my

Bandsaw badass sounds better mate !

Long time lurker on here so I thought I'd post up some of my recent builds. Here is my 1/24 Typhoon that I recently finished. Whilst it was a marathon build, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Additions are the Airscale instrument decals, HGW harness, Master Models rockets, Eduard wheels and cannons. All markings were painted using Montex Masks. This was the first time I had used them but I've got to say I'm converted! Hope you like. IMG_2075 by Phillip Loughlin, on Flickr IMG_2078 by Phillip Loughlin, on Flickr IMG_2080 by Phillip Loughlin, on Flickr IMG_2082 by Phillip Loughlin, on Flickr IMG_2083 by Phillip Loughlin, on Flickr IMG_2081 by Phillip Loughlin, on Flickr IMG_2076 by Phillip Loughlin, on Flickr Finally, here is one on its base at Salisbury Model Show, eventually it will be busied up a bit with ground crew, pilot, missing cowls and general clutter IMG_2027 by Phillip Loughlin, on Flickr

23/6 update. First off thanks to Chris, Kev and Cesar for the encouragement, much appreciated. In answer to Keith's questions i can only say that there isn't really a move to the big scale builds taking place, just happen to have had a couple of nice models in 1/16th scale available. The bigger scale isn't really easier on the eyes, they are pretty much messed up by staring at a computer terminal everyday every week The part I am looking forward to on this build is the camo with all the snazzy French colors More work on tracks and engine. Fitted the ignition leads, filled any seams with dissolved putty and gave a first base coat of Vallejo acrylic grey, the a coat of Vallejo acrylic gloss black and finally Alclad aluminium ( aluminum for the inhabitants of Trumpland). More to come on the engine front. The shells arrived from Shapeways, very nice looking print and will fill the ready racks nicely:

Great choice by Airfix. If we all buy enough Wellingtons, we will see a new Stirling, Halifax and Hampden....I can feel it in my creaking bones!

I think the Falcon canopy will be a shoo-in on this one: Thanks for looking, Adrian

Thanks glad you like it... here is the underside... RLM 65 with RLM 04 panels and I've left one of the wing panels off to show the nice rib detail... RLM 02 for the wheel wells and inner wing surfaces... Cheers Plasto..