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my last for 2017. 25591862_1518572691513439_3224366477315530329_n by paul sabin, on Flickr25591597_1518572831513425_5348907322992766623_n by paul sabin, on Flickr26001111_1518572734846768_4853420791523534623_n by paul sabin, on Flickr26047096_1518591988178176_4153189773317742566_n by paul sabin, on Flickr it's a nice little kit,and having done a couple of resin kits now it was no real challenge...the decals were more of a callenge as they are printed inverted(colour side down) so that took a bit of getting used to. overall it has been an enjoyable build and i suspect they will be getting more of my money in the future. oz rb fan Posts: 827 Joined: Mon Apr 14, 2014 7:28 pm

Thanks Tony, Simon, Giorgio, Leon, Keith, Jon and Roger - and a very Merry Christmas to you and yours! Quick update - here's the ONE coat of DG: Nice. ready for a polish and touch up after the festivities. I've also polished the prop and given it another coat - before and after: I want it to look really smart before I apply those tiny markings. I hope you all have a great day and that Santa fills your sacks with everything you hoped for. Must get off to bed now - he won't come if I'm not asleep...

The 1:72 Eduard kit of the two seater MiG-15UTI built in Soviet markings. This aircraft was flown by Yuri Gagarin and Vladimir Seryogin on March 27 1968. Quite a nice build, although I didn't quite get the intake right, so there was a gap in the intake, so had to make a FOD guard to hide it. Overall Tamiya X-11 Silver. Decals are the kit decals, which posed no issues. Then disaster struck... While in the finishing stages of attaching anetennas etc, I ended up somehow broke the undercarriage, then while trying to fix it, super glue ran all over the wing underside, which meant having to rub it down, respray it and find a replacement decal. Decal came from a leftover decal sheet from a previous Eduard MiG-15 build. Build Progress Photos MiG-15UTI-49 by Ryan Hothersall, on Flickr MiG-15UTI-50 by Ryan Hothersall, on Flickr MiG-15UTI-51 by Ryan Hothersall, on Flickr MiG-15UTI-52 by Ryan Hothersall, on Flickr MiG-15UTI-53 by Ryan Hothersall, on Flickr

Well folks, here she is! The first half of my Sopwith double build is now in the cabinet. The interior, all struts, beaching trolley, tail surfaces, and tail stand are scratchbuilt. The Lewis is MiniWorld, prop and engine are Aeroclub. Mods to the kit included removing the headrest and moulded front "visor", reskinning the entire top surface of the fuselage with .005" sheet to correct the cockpit shape and improve the definition of the rear turtledecking, reskinning the fuselage underside to reduce the depth, and drastically reducing the height of the main floats. The opening in the upper wing was also filled as photos show this aircraft without it. Rigging is .06mm (0.002") monofilament, with similar sized stainless wire used on the tail float. The sling on the upper wing is simply a couple of pieces of cotton tied together and CA'd in place. The model represents a Sopwith Baby with Nore Flight, Isle of Grain, in May 1916. This particular aircraft was there by 24th April 1916, and was capsised and wrecked in mid May. It was struck off charge in June of that year. She's just become one of my personal favourites, I hope you like her! Ian

Hiya Folks, I wasn`t expecting to post many models here this year following my hospital stays and ill health,...however I was quite shocked to see just how many I have got through and I hope that you like them! DSCF0588 by Tony OToole, on Flickr 1/48th Silver Star, VU-32, RCN.,.....GWH kit. DSCF9793 by Tony OToole, on Flickr 1/48th Firefly T.1, 743 NAS, Royal Canadian Navy based at Dartmouth in 1948,..........Belcher conversion with Grand Phoenix kit. DSCF9862 by Tony OToole, on Flickr 1/48th Harvard, OFTS, RCN, Shearwater, Nova Scotia 1949.......Monogram kit. harvard 18 by Tony OToole, on Flickr 1/48th Harvard, 728 NAS, Malta, Monogram kit DSCF0372 by Tony OToole, on Flickr 1/48th Harvard, 728 NAS, Malta, Monogram kit DSCF9878 by Tony OToole, on Flickr 1/48th Harvard, 2 Wireless School, RCAF, Sheppard, Canada 1943,...... Occidental kit. DSCF0276 by Tony OToole, on Flickr 1/48th Wirraway, 24 Sqn RAAF, Rabaul 1942,.....Special Hobby kit. DSCF0340 by Tony OToole, on Flickr 1/72nd Wirraway, 21 Sqn RAAF, later Y Sqn. RAF, Malaya 1941/42,.....Special Hobby kit DSCF0343 by Tony OToole, on Flickr 1/72nd Yale, RCAF,............... RS Model DSCF2156_NEW by Tony OToole, on Flickr 1/72nd Noresman Mk.IV, RCAF,................Matchbox DSCF2015_NEW by Tony OToole, on Flickr 1/72nd Northrop Nomad, RCAF,....................Special Hobby DSCF2010_NEW by Tony OToole, on Flickr 1/72nd Northrop Nomad, SAAF,...................Special Hobby DSCF2042 by Tony OToole, on Flickr 1/144th Canso, 162 Sqn RCAF,......................Academy DSCF0238 by Tony OToole, on Flickr 1/32nd Spitfire Mk.IX, 322 Sqn, R.Neth.AF, Netherlands East Indies 1949,....new Revell kit. 1/32nd Spitire Mk.VIII, 79 Sqn, RAAF, South Pacific, 1945,.....converted from new Revell kit. DSCF9690 by Tony OToole, on Flickr 1/72nd Spitfire Mk.VIII, 54 Sqn. RAF, Australia 1945,.... KP kit. 1/72nd Spitfire Mk.Vb, 57th Guards Fighter Regt, Soviet AF, 1943,.....KP kit. DSCF0386_NEW 2 by Tony OToole, on Flickr 1/72nd Thunderbolt Mk.I, `Kiwi' 146 Sqn RAF, SEAC, India/Burma 1944,.....Hasegawa kit DSCF9711 by Tony OToole, on Flickr 1/72nd Kittyhawk Mk.Ia,94 Sqn RAF based in Libya in 1942.......Hasegawa kit. DSCF9718 by Tony OToole, on Flickr 1/72nd Warhawk, French AF, N. Africa,........ Special Hobby kit. DSCF9744 by Tony OToole, on Flickr 1/72nd Warhawk, USAAF N.Africa/Italy,...this a/c recovered off the coast of Italy in recent years.,.....Special Hobby kit 75 by Tony OToole, on Flickr 1/72nd P-40K Warhawk, USAAF, Western Desert,.....Special Hobby kit. DSCF8786 by Tony OToole, on Flickr DSCF8807 by Tony OToole, on Flickr 1/72nd P-38, USAAF, N. Africa 1943,...... Hasegawa kit DSCF9633 by Tony OToole, on Flickr 1/72nd Bombay, No.1 Australian Air Ambulance Unit, Italy 1943,...................Valom DSCF9663 by Tony OToole, on Flickr 1/72nd Fortress Mk.III, 223 Sqn, 100 Group, RAF,.....converted from original release of the new Airfix B-17G. DSCF9836 by Tony OToole, on Flickr 1/72nd Fortress Mk.III, 220 Sqn, RAF .... converted from original release of the new Airfix B-17G. DSCF1965_NEW by Tony OToole, on Flickr DSCF1942_NEW by Tony OToole, on Flickr 1/72nd Halifax Mk.I, 138 (Special Duties) Sqn RAF, Stradishall/Tempsford,...... Matchbox kit,.....one model,....with early and late markings for the same aircraft on either side. DSCF2178 by Tony OToole, on Flickr 1/72nd Mitchell Mk.III, 320 (Dutch) Sqn, Belgium 1945,.......Hasegawa kit. DSCF2001_NEW by Tony OToole, on Flickr 1/72nd Marauder Mk.III, SAAF, Italy 1944/45,............Hasegawa kit DSCF9647 by Tony OToole, on Flickr 1/72nd Boston Mk.III, 18 Sqn RAF, Italy 1945,.................Special Hobby DSCF0622 by Tony OToole, on Flickr 1/72nd Boston Mk.V, 13 Sqn RAF, Italy 1944/45,.............Special Hobby DSCF0469 by Tony OToole, on Flickr 1/72nd A-20G Havoc, 22 Sqn RAAF, New Guinea, 1944,.....Special Hobby 1/72nd MPM Blenheim Mk.V/Bisley,...5 Sqn, SAAF, N.Africa 1943. DSCF1655 by Tony OToole, on Flickr 1/72nd Wellington Mk.X, 424 Sqn RCAF, Tunisia 1943,..............Matchbox kit DSCF1668 by Tony OToole, on Flickr 1/72nd Wellington Mk.XIV, 74 OTU, Egypt 1944/45,.............Matchbox kit DSCF1888 by Tony OToole, on Flickr 1/72nd Wellesley, 47 Sqn RAF, East Africa 1941/42,.......Matchbox kit DSCF1741 by Tony OToole, on Flickr 1/72nd Wellesley, 47 Sqn RAF, Egypt 1943,.......Matchbox kit 1/72nd Curtiss Shrike, seen in USA prior to delivery to RAAF being cancelled,.......... Matchbox kit. DSCF0504 by Tony OToole, on Flickr DSCF0527 by Tony OToole, on Flickr 1/72nd Beaufighter TF.X, 45 Sqn RAF, Malaya,.............to add to the ongoing 45 Sqn collection,.............Airfix kit DSCF0564 by Tony OToole, on Flickr 1/72nd Barracuda, 847 NAS, Tirpitz raids, Norway 1944,...............Special Hobby DSCF0564 by Tony OToole, on Flickr DSCF1372_NEW by Tony OToole, on Flickr 1/72nd Strikemaster, Omani AF, used in support of the SAS in the Battle of Mirbat,.....................Airfix DSCF0800 by Tony OToole, on Flickr 1/35th Matilda, 2/4th Armoured Regt, Australian Army, New Guniea, Pacific 1944,...........Tamiya DSCF0629 by Tony OToole, on Flickr 1/35th Comet, `Iron Duke IV' 1 RTR, 7th Armoured Div, NW. Europe 1945,................ Bronco BUT,..... I still have not got around to finishing this 48th scale Gannet vacform which is probably older than my son by now! x148th Gannet by Tony OToole, on Flickr Cheers and all the best, Tony PS; I`ve also updated last years Yearbook which fell foul quite quickly to the Photobucket fiasco!

Bf-109 E-1 Eduard ProfiPack. Was build simple out of the box. Thanks for looking, and Merry Christmas!

I have always had a soft spot for the Lightning, built my first from Frog-Hasegawa when I was a teenager. Not really a beautiful aircraft, but it transmits a sense of brute force... very much like a MiG-25 or an A-10. Then the Trumpeter kit came, and I decided to build it. Then the Airfix kit came, and being more accurate in shape, I decided to build it. Then the Sword trainer came, and... why not? So here they are. The Trumpeter F.6. With Aires cockpit, Aires corrected exhausts, Xtradecal decals and Master pitot. The Airfix F.6, OOP except Xtradecal decals, Master pitot and scratchbuilt cannon muzzle brakes. From a 1.25 mm steel tube with cuts made with a cutting wheel. The Sword T.5, OOB except the Master pitot, and the fin decal. The original was totally out of scale, so I used the one of the Airfix kit. The resin seats and colored photoetched parts are from the box. I couldn't get access to the forum for 1 day, so now finally I've been able to post pictures from Imgur.

As somebody who has managed a model shop for the last 3 years , I'm surprised at how well the DH88 sells .and it well overdue for a reboot . I believe it's the oldest surviving Airfix tool still in production?

To be entirely candid with you, it was only because I couldn't find a clip of his similar appearance on Clerks: The Animated Series. And now, with absolutely no apologies to Wham! (who, if anything, should be apologizing to me, to you, to everyone who's ever been alive and in a shopping mall within a week of Christmas, as I was Friday): This Christmas, I masked a Wimpy And forgot to say, started painting it yesterday This post, to save me from arrears I'll get it all up on Flickr (Flickr) So t'other day, I actually laid down the Dark Earth (Colourcoats, natch, and what a pleasure it remains to use) first, since I feel like it makes more sense to do the lighter upper colours and then the dark undersurface and flank colour. There should be a substantial amount of masking any way one does this scheme, so the best thing is just to get on it. 20171223_111425 by Edward IX, on Flickr The Dark Earth dried with pleasing rapidity, and I used the classic "blu-tac and tape" method to mask it, which I'm getting much better at. I have some mild colour perception issues (one reason why I rarely if ever try to mix my own paint colours), and the low contrast camo guides in both the Techmod decals and the Trumpeter base kit may have given me a migraine, but I think I figured it out. The Trumpeter roundels are rather off anyway, so you should buy aftermarket decals (and Techmod're really the only ones who give you many options), but even if not, the Techmod painting guide is a much more sensible size, given the generally decrepit state of modellers and their eyes across the world. (I'm always a big fan of the modellers who do youtube videos in footbal/futbol/soccer jerseys -- you're not fooling anyone, pal). 20171224_095714 by Edward IX, on Flickr Annnnnd...presto! Unmasking, phase one. Now to wait for this to dry and do the Night undersides and flanks -- the demarcation on this aircraft abaft the cockpit seems to have been rather higher than on some other Wimpys, going by the paint guide, and I can't see much different in the two photos. 20171224_101103 by Edward IX, on Flickr Hope you're all enjoying your pre-Christmas jollities; I cleaned the entire main bathroom and kitchen last night, including floor washing and all the trimmings, and Mrs P has graciously taken the kids to have brunch with her parents, so I've had a blissful and quiet morning. It is in fact the ninth anniversary of our first date today (lunch at a now-closed sandwich shoppe -- the extra e for expensive!). My how time flies.

Here is my latest build and second Lynx Mk8. It was built for a mate who was the M1 on the flight doing counter-piracy in the Indian Ocean. I used the Eduard Big Ed photo-etch set and scratch built a few bits as well. Red

I was was tossing up between a desert Sherman or a firefly, not having built a desert Sherman I thought I would give this on a go. I couldn't think of a better day to start my thread. Proof of life picture hopefully she will look somthing like this. the reference for the above picture, a really good book as it has some nice Sherman pic's. Merry Christmas to you all taking part.

I finished modelling for the year about 3 weeks ago as I have left my bench for the UK (Jeez it's cold) First Nitto 1/100 Tristar with home made decals (on a borrowed stand) 1/72 Vacuform Bison WIF Air Forski One, had the kit for years..had to do something with it! 1/72 CMR/AIrfix Combo York My favourite, 1/72 Vacuform Britannia again with home made decalage 1/72 vacuform (AIM) Stinson rescued after years languishing on the shelf of doom , 1/72 Mach 2 Viscount, yeah yeah home made decals 1/48 Roden T-28, who doesnt like a round engine? 1/72 Modified Airfix Jetstream, home made decals 1/72 Roden Cub, I have since fixed a few decal issues with this but havent taken a decent pic yet, home designed decals printed for me by Dekls (for the white elements) 1/72 Matchbox Stranraer Another WIF Hasegawa Shin Meiwa, just cos I like Flying boats Glue Bomb resurrection, a rare Aurora Super Beech 18S modified to represent a Super H18 home made decals, a nostalgia project for me also rescued from shelf of doom. Still something to fix with this but ran out of time, Airfix Canberra nose modified with a 1/32 Mustang drop tank shape

Hello all! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year ! I present to your attention the result of the test-build of the new model from MiniArt - the early T-55A Enjoy watching !

Hi never posted before, so hopefully these will come out! Airfix 1/48 Hurricane, oob. I'm a really slow builder but I do have a selection that have been made over the last few years so I'll start with these. Restarted modelling on and off as time etc permits a few years ago. Not great by any means but perhaps enthusiastic! Constructive crit welcome, any more pics just ask. (Little afraid to say this but I also enjoy 1/35 armour!😈) Thanks and Merry Christmas. Darryl

Well.... what a year this has been From wife being diagnosed with, and beating breast cancer, to me being retrenched and my girls asking who’s that old man cleaning the house? Working away from home the past 11 years, I actually like being a stay at home dad now😊 Anyhoo, onto this year’s victims( as you can see, like other years, I stuck to one theme ) Airfix Supacat Jackal & Quad 1/48th This was started a while ago, and finished this year. The Jackal has the PE set from Airfix. Loved the kits, especially the Quad. Both finished in Tamiya Acrylics Trumpeter JGSDF NBC Detection Vehicle 1/35th I wanted to start building Armour again, and decided on modern Japanese stuff. Bought a whole heap of JGSDF kits during the year, built exactly one. Finished in Tamiya German Luchs 1/72nd This was a mojo build. Lost the will to stick for a while, so I dragged myself kicking and screaming to the model shop, forced myself to buy something I don’t normally build and voila… Likewise with the JGSDF I thought 72nd scale Bundeswehr vehicles would be fun too, bought heaps of them, built none of them… I quite like it, was loads of fun to build. Finished in Tamiya Acrylics. I have been an abject failure this year in bringing wee plastic bikes into the world, but in my defense, one was a big one 😊 Tamiya Kawasaki KZ1300 1/6th This was a grail kit… I have wanted one ever since I saw them in the window of Beatties in Birmingham yonks ago. It may be 30+ odd years old but it still is to today’s standards and it is mahoosive. Its finished in Tamiya TS 37 Lavender, and It pains me to admit, but the colour doesn’t suit the bike (my opinion) so now I’m looking for the Z1300 too 😊 Tamiya Kustom Katana 1/12th I love Katanas and love building them. This one is a slight custom, has a 4 in 1 exhaust, wheels come from a YZR 500 and front mudguard from a Hayabusa. It’s not immediate noticeable from the pictures but its actually painted in three types of Black. Semi Gloss, Matt and Rubber Black, from Tamiya. Ducati 1199 Panigale 1/12th This was from the Panigale Buddy Build that was on again, off again, on again… you get the picture. Just about every Panigale I had seen built was red, and I didn’t want mine to be red. Its finished in Tamiya Chrome yellow, Rubber black and Gloss Aluminium. Hobby Design PE set was also used (well most of it, part of the chain is still stuck to my cutting mat😊) This is the best bike kit Tamiya have ever built. Period. Cars fared a bit better… Revell Shelby Mustang GT500 1/12th What a whopper 😊. It is an excellent kit in that it builds up very nicely with no issues, but it fall’s down in the amount of detail that is missing, and could have been added, especially in this scale. It took ages to get the body smooth and proper for paint but I am very happy with the end result. Finished in Gravity Ford Grabber Blue and Tamiya Semi-Gloss Black. Moebius 52 Hudson Hornet 1/24th First time building a Moebius kit and I am very very impressed. They are fully detailed and all the bits actually fit together, (unlike some other American makes 😊). The grey is actually one of the AS colours if I remember correctly, or Haze Grey, something like that, and the white is Racing White. Can’t recommend these kits enough, really fantastic builds. Tamiya Aston Martin DB9 1/24th I love Tamiya kits and love Aston Martins. Finished in Tamiya TS Metallic Forest Green. What you can’t see where I spilled Acetone on it on the right hand side, so it wont be long before Mr DB9 will be getting an all expenses paid weekend trip to the Dettol Spa, where after it will be painted Titanium Silver. Tamiya Mazda MX5 1/24th There was quite a hoohah when this was released and rightly so, it is an excellent kit. Finished in Tamiya TS Mica Blue. It was supposed to be painted in Metallic Red, but I bought the wrong colour. Tamiya Honda S600 1/24th This is a beautiful kit, it really is a lovely car and it builds up fantastically, but I seem to have had a problem with the fitting of the engine, so I eventually removed it. Finished in Tamiya TS Pure White with Matt Red interior. Tamiya Mercedes 300SL 1/24th This took months to build because of the mojo bum out I had, but I decided to climb into it and finish it and I think it turned out quite nicely. Matt Red Interior and TS Semi-Gloss Black. Hobby design PE set was also used, well most of it. If I may brag just a little bit, at our yearly model car show this year it won Best Classic Factory stock, Best Production Car and was a runner up in Overall Best of Show 😊 Tamiya Honda NSX 1/24th Another new release, another fantastic kit and another ‘ah poo it doesn’t look right’ This kit actually went into the Dettol bath twice because I didn’t like the colour and I finally settled on Zero Grigio Scuro, (which is actually a Ducati Colour), but I was trying for a Matt Metallic Grey… I still like it, love the shape but I realise now the shape doesn’t lend itself to matt colours. Oh well, live and learn. Heller Bugatti T50 Barn Find 1/24th I must admit, I am not a fan of Heller car kits, so when I was added to a challenge at our yearly model car show I was well pleased ☹. Everything was going fine until I tried to get the bonnet to fit and it was about 2mm too short, so it went onto the shelf of doom until I was overcome by a desire to shove it under a tarp. Tarp is tissue paper painted over with diluted white glue, then various shades of Tamiya Acrylics to make it look dusty. I actually like the way it came out 😊 Italeri Iveco Turbo 190-36 1/24th I used to build a lot of trucks, but haven’t built one in about 10 years, so this was the first. Nice kit, finished in Tamiya TS paints, and decals from various other kits. Italeri Volvo FH16 Globetrotter 1/24th Second truck on the go, still not quite finished yet. Finished in Tamiya TS 41 Coral Blue. The nearly but not quite shelf was, at one point, actually cleared. Left unchecked however, it seems to have spawned into..... - Aoshima Lamborghini Sesto Elemento - Aoshima Lamborghini Aventador Lp700 Roadster - Aoshima Pagani Huayra - Italeri Tecnokar 20’ Container Trailer - Tamiya Kawasaki H2R (about to start on the carbon decals) - Airfix Jaguar XKR GT3 - Airfix Tiger Moth (red one)(Yeeeees a wingy thing) - Airfix BE2c (Yeeees another wingy thing) - Tamiya JGSDF Type 90 (glued the wheels together) - Meng Renault FT17 (no, still not finished) Thanks for looking chaps, all comments are gladly appreciated. All the best for the New Year and a Merry Christmas to you all Mad Steve

Great job!

Christmas Eve The wrecker module is almost finished except to install the pulleys on the boom ends. The wrecker and the truck box are just sitting in place waiting on some paint as it will be impossible to paint in place. Then it's string some cables, finish the tools and add chains, spare tire and junk. Still haven't found any white numbers/letters for the door so it's not in place yet either. Interesting and sometimes very frustrating build with poor parts fit, terrible amount of sprue gates and cleanup and mediocre instructions but it actually looks not bad.

Here's the work from this morning. Some holes filled and sanded down, a few pieces glued together, primarily the float. And some paint on. One of the prop blades was broken and had the be reglued into place, but looks OK. I was going to make it completely OOB But the seat in the rear cockpit is so wrong. It looks like an early ejector seat, absolutely no resemblance to a Scarff ring and no gun. The former I can make from plastic strip and the latter can be source from the spares box. There's one lurking in an Airfix Avenger boxing somewhere.

Yah can't win them all Simon. Indian Air Force post independence. Merry Christmas one & all, its a hot fine day here, really looking forward to cooking that roast later, (evening dinner) not. Looking forward to eating it though. Steve.

The outside lav. I deliberately built this freehand - being not too careful about the squareness of the top or sides. As with the wood store earlier, I wanted the lav to look as if it had been waterproofed with bitumen/tar and so gave the lav a wash with water/acrylic black dye. To age it, I rubbed the black back a bit with a glass fibre pen. The essential internal component will be a wooden box with a hole in the top. More weathering and detailing will follow. TFL Badder

1:24 Fairleigh Fruitbat GR(MAW)XXVIIb - the version with the hand-crocheted antimacassars ... Thank you - and a Merry Christmas!

Thanks Bill and Jon, feeling a bit better now Cut out the template with the Gyro-cut and stuck it on: Untitled by Ced Bufton, on Flickr Irritatingly the Remount didn't stick too well, either because I didn't apply enough or because I'm using too thick a paper. Nevertheless they acted as a suitable template for brushing the DG: I'l rip that off remove the templates carefully and touch up further coats freehand. Merry Christmas!!

At long last, what feels like months after effectively finishing, I've reattached the odd tiny part that fell off and taken some pictures. Finding somewhere to get natural light at this time of year is hard in this house, hence the thoroughly un-sealike backdrop! This was my first ever float- or sea-plane build, so thanks to the wonderful GB hosts for both inspiration and encouragement! Aeronavale Dornier-24T of Flotille 9F, based at Karouba, Tunisia, 1946. Italeri 1/72, painted mainly with (lots of) Vallejo light green. WIP thread here: Thanks for looking, and merry Christmas!

The rigging has started but I have given it up for the moment in frustration as the superglue takes too long to set which has resulted in some of the rigging being too loose. I have glued on one side lower wing and started the rigging with the access being slightly easier without the other side lower wing. Once this side is complete the inner rigging on the other wing will be harder to get to but will eventually be done. Using fishing line has resulted in a bit of structural strength just like on the original aircraft. If Ezy-line was used I don't think the wings would be a rigid as they are now.

Douglas DT 2 C, a torpedo-bomber development of Douglas DWC. US designed and Norwegian licence production. Equipped with Armstrong-Siddeley Panther engine. Scheme from April 1940, Norway. This "84" survived German attack on 9th April and then was captured. Scratch conversion of Williams Bros Douglas DWC. More photos on RFI This is my second in Gallery (besides Blackburn Rippon), I hope to finish third one (Hoever MF 11) Cheers Jerzy-Wojtek

Hello all! Here is my completed floatplane, The Burgess-Dunne. These were continually being modified, crashed, rebuilt and remodified, and references were scarce for a particular airframe. The kit was the Scaleplanes 1/72 Vacform, and I scratchbuilt the engine and fuel tank. I could not see any markings on images on the web, so I did not have to figure them out! Thanks to everyone who gave encouragement during the build, and what a fabulous GB this has been, you have all been great! Build log is here (I hope!) http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235026084-burgess-dunne-floatplane/& All the best everyone, may your Seaplane find still waters, Ray

Curtiss SO3C Seamew Sword 1/72 This was a build to help me get back In the groove following a break from the hobby. It certainly helped! The Sword kit is a typical short run kit with decent mouldings and some lovely resin parts. It all went together well enough with the only addition from me being some masking tape seat belts. In the main I used Vallejo Modelair and Tamiya acrylics. I hope you like it!

The Tupolev Tu-16 (NATO reporting name: Badger)[3] was a twin-engined jet strategic heavy bomber used by the Soviet Union. It has flown for more than 60 years, and the Chinese licence-built Xian H-6 remains in service with the People's Liberation Army Air Force. Role Strategic bomber Manufacturer Voronezh Aircraft Production Association [1] Designer Tupolev First flight 27 April 1952 Introduction 1954 Retired 1993 (in former Soviet Union nations) Primary users Soviet Air Force Egyptian Air Force Iraqi Air Force Indonesian Air Force Number built 1,509[2] Variants Tupolev Tu-104 Tupolev Tu-124 Xian H-6 The model is presented in different variants: with open hatches, with closed, with missiles, without them, with open and closed hatches. All pleasant viewing.

I didn't publish a yearbook last year, I wasn't in a good place emotionally, and wasn't really satisfied with any of my models, so I gave it a miss .But I'm back this year. So, in no particular order (basically because one of the snags of using Village.Photos is that the photos appear in a random order on there¬), Are you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin . . . In 1/72, the AModel Messerschmitt Bf109V-1 first prototype, built for the Bf109 Group Build on this very forum. Also in 1/72, the HobbyBoss MiG-3 made a colourful little model My most recent completion, Airfix's 1/72 BAe Hawk, wearing EuroDecals "DragonHawk" decals to represent the RAF St. Athan Station Flight aircraft. Staying with RAF trainers, here's the 1/72 Airfix Shorts Tucano in a commemorative scheme. The 1/72 FROG Grumman Avenger in not quite the right colours for a BPF kite! Heller's 1/72 Messerschmitt Bf108B in Bulgarian markings Revell's 1/72 F-101 Voodoo was NOT an easy build, she fought me all the way! As did KP's 1/72 MiG-19, seen here in Pakistani markings The Revell 1/144 TF-104G Starfighter is about 4.5" (11cm) long! While the KP 1/72 Avia CS-199 2-seater Messerschmitt Bf109 clone was my first model completed this year. Built for a "War in the Pacific" GB elsewhere, the Eastern Express 1/72 Fairey Firefly, represented "Evelyn Tentions" of the BPF. Revell's 1/72 Dambuster Lancaster was another kit that fought me all the way. Not a kit that's fun to build. Built as a ceiling hanger for my disabled stepson, hence the retracted undercarriage. Also built for that "War in the Pacific" GB, was the Academy 1/72 F4U-1 Corsair, finished as Lt.Cdr Tommy Blackburn's aircraft of VF-17 "Jolly Rogers". The Lindberg 1/48 kit of the Douglas X-3 Stiletto was a fun build, especially as the kit only cost 99p from "Home Bargains" In 1/72 Heller's Messerschmitt Bf109B added another variant to my Bf109 collection,even if the decals were off-register! Also from Heller in 1/72 was the 109's rival for the Luftwaffe contract (!), the Heinkel He112B. And finally (so far!), my only foray into armour this year, the Meng Models "World War Toons" Tiger I. Definitely a fun build! And that's all so far! There's a NOVO Supermarine Attacker on my bench at the moment, which will be finished before Hogmanay, and a FROG A-4 Skyhawk which probably won't! Also on the bench are 2 longer-term projects, a SMER 1/48 DH2 and a Revell 1/24 VW Samba bus, and a Heller 1/72 Fouga Magister at a very early stage, that's destined for Irish Air Corps markings.

Hi Steve. I have an answer for this but sadly I must head off to bed - early start tomorrow. Can we pop this in the hanger for the minute please? I'll get back on it Boxing Day evening most likely, when we get back from my daughter's gaff. Have a great Christmas! Steve Von Festive :-)

Blimey Jerzy, you will have finished three builds for this GB in the time it will have taken me to complete one! And all of yours are beautifully detailed too! P

Great progress. I remember building this as a kid, good to see it given an update

Merry Christmas fellow GBers, looking forward to seeing all the finished builds.

Added a n old mortar canister. I thought it looked cool and fitted in just right.

Great model!

@ Neil: You are right, this is a big airplane. Here it is beside what is commonly thought of as a 'large' fighter, the P-47: @ BigDave: The turret in fact did cause problems, especially with elevator flutter at speed. That is one reason the turret wasn't installed in early P-61s. Even after a design solution was implemented, it was still problematic. Not much to show today. I'm at the point where I must finish off the interior and add the clear parts, which must be done before I can begin painting. Unfortunately, due to poor planning on my part, the clear parts aren't ready. Although the clear parts, as provided, are very clear, the glazing for the radar operator's position had a small seam running down the center, which I had to carefully cleanup. That led to sanding with finer and finer grades of sandpaper, then repeated applications of polishing compound until all traces of the seam were gone. Here's the final result: But wait, there's still more to be done! I next dipped the parts in clear acrylic and have set them aside in a dustproof box for the acrylic to completely dry. Then, I'll need to mask off the canopy framing, which on this aircraft will be a big job. Bottom line is, it looks like I won't be doing any painting for a while. While waiting for the clear acrylic to dry, I took some time to clean out panel lines that had become clogged with gunk, then gave the aircraft a rub down with denatured alcohol. As predicted, the under-boom antennae didn't survive :-( I'll sign off for now by wishing everyone a very merry Christmas!

Nice progress, Ced Merry Christmas from me too Ciao

Not my usual kind of thing but those are really beautiful! Very impressive. Kind regards, Stix

She is getting there Ced, and looking good. We hope that you get over the lergy mate. You and Lady H. have a great Christmas. Simon and Lady R.

Pressing On... Remember - this is what I have to build now, or at least a fair representation of it. The last construction post got me some of the way and now I'm going to try to go a bit further. The prominent, horizontal intake slot on the leading edge of the conning tower appears to have some sort of splitter plate in it. That would make sense because it looks to me like any water that went in that intake came out the two outlets , one on either side of the tower, half way along the tower's flank. In the photo below, the splitter plate has been added using the thin high-quality plastic that New Zealand butter gets packaged in these days. Just another reason to buy from the finest dairy producing nation in the world! Here some skinning is being completed using more Tamiya PLA paper. In the period photo above, the slightest suggestion of individual steel sheets can be made out on the conning tower - so skinning this structure in this fashion can make for a pretty accurate representation. As with the Mig 15 project I find Vallejo plastic putty exceptionally good for this smaller-scale filling. I would not be without this stuff. It's soft, spreads easily, dries quickly and sands beautifully - the filler that is, not the butter... I also need to detail the bridge deck. some of the detail on the drawing below is actually associated with the vertical view of the periscopes rather than the deck itself - but the hatch is (obviously enough) on the deck and is a critically important detail. Here is a set of hole punches that I bought last year. The cutting tools in this are designed to cut perfect disks of plastic rather than to punch perfect holes in plastic - yes there is a difference between the two operations. It’s like butter and margarine - some people think they are interchangeable, but they aren’t! 🙁 Just tap the relevant sized die-cutter with a small hammer and a perfect little circular disc drops out the bottom. Which makes building this really easy... And makes for a good start on detailing the deck. Well, it's Christmas Eve tomorrow. Don't forget to use plenty of New Zealand butter in your Christmas cooking - there's nothing better you know. Not sure whether I'll get another post in before Christmas - if not, then it's best wishes to you all for a really good festive season and a happy new year. Bandsaw Steve

Couldn't agree more! This is beautifully done!

I am speechless..........bravo

Hi Giorgio, I used our beloved Trumpeter scriber along the wing folds' pane lines, some fine files and Tamiya green cap glue to remove the swarf. THEY MIGHT INDEED!!! I had no pictures at all of this area and thought everything inside was painted...black!!! Another area of interest is the wingfolds section, expecially the outside one, as it isn't easy to find somebody tall enough to take good pictures of this area once these wings' portions are folded up there!!! Here below a picture of the wings' edges glued and being worked on.Iused cianoacyilate and four to fil the aierons' gaps.The one on the left has already been fied down. A picture of these would be of great hep!!! Ciao Massimo

Much appreciated James. Working on painting the figure at this very moment. Will post shortly.

More modification done to the side engines. Added some bit's & pieces to an external part of the side engines and mounted it slightly opened.

Sadly the photobucket changes have removed a lot of the photos, but pressing on regardless, here are the rest of my 2017 Harrier builds for those that are interested and didn't see my 2017 Yearbook entry ... Following on from the Art Nalls FA2, I decided to have a go at one of the AV-8B II FSD (Full Scale Development) aircraft and chose 161397 ("Ship 2") for its striking colour scheme. It's the 1/48th Monogram kit ... Next up, and long over-due, was a build of the Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS.1. Typically, I chose an aircraft not in the kit, XZ452 when at the IFTU (700A NAS) and in the much loved EDSG / White scheme ... Following on, another rarity, this time a GR.5 in the Rolls-Royce 11-61 engine trials scheme designed by test pilot Heinz Frick. The aircraft was used to set four time-to-height records for VTOL aircraft. One of my favourite schemes, but difficult to know if I got the scheme colour correct ... The last build completed is the new Kinetic "T-Harrier" which allows gives you the basis for building any first generation two-seater. Long-awaited, it was a privilege to get an early example to build to show at SMW. You may ask why I did get one ... well a few of us in the Harrier SIG helped Kinetic with its production. Again I chose a scheme I've wanted to do for ages, but is not in the box, the shark-mouthed TAV-8S of the Spanish Navy Air Arm. It also carries the 25,000 flight hours celebration markings of Escuadrilla 8 which operated the Matador. A lovely kit, expect to see more next year ... Note I've since added more details to the ejection seat and tidied up the cockpit and canopy, but have yet to do the photos! You get the idea I'm sure Thanks for taking the time to look.

Let's kick the weekend off with a few period builds... An Airfix, first issue G91, complete with pointed nose. Humbrol silver, brush painted and early transfers. (Decals were later) A Frog Canberra, rattle can silver with a clear coat over that. Just about as simple as it gets. The early Frog stands are a thing of beauty. And a few boxed kits. The 0/400 has been daring me to build it for years now. I've opened the box, looked at the struts and the size of the thing, and promptly put it all back! At some point I'll get a builder kit and have a go. To possibly ruin this mint copy seems wrong to the collector side of me. Tony.

Hi Stix, The MTO Diorama is simply stunning! Very good modelling, composition and photography! Congrats Jaime

For those that prefer colour Kev

It would be great if BPK scaled their 1/72 kit down to 1/144. They'd sell a ton of them. Ben