Silverstone 2

Yes the decals are still a bit much. I toned them down and post shaded them but they are still a bit Bling or Blinga I should say.

1:350 Klingon K't'inga Class Battle Cruiser I.K.S Amar As seen in Star Trek The Motion Picture This is the POL950 Model complete with the add on Lighting kit. Polar Lights did a really good job with this kit as i believe the planning team created this with advice & direction from the 1/350 Resin Studio model Creator over in the US. Fit is really good for something so large 60cm in length. Looking forward to Polar Lights's later release POL997 'Kronos One' LIGHTS ON: LIGHTS OFF: Back ON:

Finished the Polar Lights NCC 1701 Built this in 2020 just before my 1/1500 Star Destroyer build. Has full LED lighting - with Sequenced Strobes and Nav Lights. Built the base with 3 Switches, so Lights could be selected. Warp Drive, Photon Torpedoes, Nav/Strobe etc. Took a lot of wiring and soldering that's for sure. All ran on a plug in mains 240V 2A PSU - Used aluminium hollow tube for the stand and wiring. The Hanger deck is fully lit, just cant seem to find any pictures of it the hanger deck at the moment

You are more than welcome. It’s a great kit from HB I’m sure you’ll enjoy building it, the fit of parts for something so big is unbelievably good. If only they designed the Clear Turret parts differently. The Tyres are an easy fix. Resin replacements worked a treat. Main landing gear struts: Everyone always believes that metal landing gear improves strength. I’m not too sure though. The metal legs may be appear stronger but also more brittle. The Attachment point to the wing is still the same so any stresses are transmitted through that point. In some ways the plastic landing gear with an inner core is better as it has a degree of flexibility which is what you want. I’d personally stick with the kit’s plastic landing gear. They are quite strong. Phil

Believe it or not, they are all decals. Just used the good old micro Sol/Set. Rolling a damp cotton bud gently, seems to work well in pressing them down.

They all get moved on eventually, especially the big 1/32 Aircraft. The Majority of these went to a collector of Model Aircraft last year. I really enjoy building Large Scale WW2 Aircraft particularly Luftwaffe. I also like to keep my space clear for current and future builds. I guess they all have a cycle of life.

Thanks everyone for the great comments.

I polished the clear parts after cementing the joints and carefully sanding with micro mesh. It does help hide the clear parts seems. Phil

Thanks everyone for the comments. I’m never too sure if I am not weathering enough some times. I like clean paint schemes & revealing surface detail which sometimes can lead to only slight weathering. Always a juggle between overdoing chipping and weathering and loosing the finish. it is also difficult to gauge the correct amount of scale realism with weathering. glad you all like it though. phil

Hi Everyone Again, Thought i'd also post my Revell 1/32 He-111 H6 - Built a couple of years ago Excellent model design by Revell. Shame these are hard to find now. Only a few fit issues but excellent to build. Maybe HKM may do one. Revell's BF-110 is also a great kit. Got that on the bench to finish soon. I'm doing a C-7 Night Fighter variant One downside of a 1/32 He-111 though...... They're huge!

Thanks everyone. The HobbyBoss Model is great, T highly recommend it. Although a tad too big when finished..... If only HB got the Clear Parts correct on the Turrets! Shame the Aftermarket people never released alternatives. The Models Interior is also quite amazing, as good as HKM standard, just cant ever really see any of it! Phil

My Finished B-24J It's the HobbyBoss Model which I have to say was amazingly engineered & delight to build. The parts fit is very accurate. Made a few mods - Brass .50 MGs all round. Resin Tyres Takes a lot of nose weight to keep it from being a Tail-Sitter. Biggest mod is that i made the wing removable of the Main Spar - Using neodymium Magnets - Just need to remove the indents for the hex nuts which i could never work out if they intended the wings to be a bolt fixing but their engineering stopped short. So the Neodymium magnets were inserted into the internal main wing slots to line up with the spars to get a tight fit to the fuselage. Tried my best to hide the usual suspects - Front Turret seems. Really these Are the only shortcomings from the whole model. Apart from the rubber tyres, easy fix to replace with Resin versions. The Undercarriage legs are strong enough to hold the heavy B-24 even with the modest 200g nose weight.

Thanks guys, It really did take ages to build with almost 4000 parts in total spread across all the 4 models. It was very big too. 1.3 Meters in total length. Bit of a silly project really but it did look quite impressive when finished. I sold it to a collector of Trains in the end, just too difficult to keep something so large. The dusting alone would have a been a nightmare! Phil

Thanks for the great feedback! Ju88s are such a great subject. The Revell A4 model was so good to build. the Fug Aerials are from the alternative Fug arrangement of the 1/32 He-219. Nose and nose cannons are the CMK C-2 conversion. I used brass barrels for the Schrage Musik cannons on the dorsal section. I also really enjoyed Revell’s He-111 H6. Such a shame they are so hard to come by these days. Hopefully Revell will release these 2 models again at some point. I have the ICM 1/48 offerings to have a go at, which I’m looking forward to building soon. 1/32 is normally my go to scale but I should try some more 1/48 subjects.