Henners

Hadn't realised there was a 1/125 option. How's consensus on the quality of the Heller model?

I have the revell 1/144 kit. Need to be very good and sanding and filling! Body sides were a long way away from lining up. Parts on the engine housing were non existent (right angled edges had just shrivelled away - I presume the mouldings have started to perish). Plastic thin and brittle. Lots of scratches on the body sides and wings. Really hard to make a good job of it unless modelling skills higher than average

I lived under the flight path. It was an event everytime it flew over. The noise prompted you to head to the window to watch and enjoy

Inclined to disagree with this viewpoint. From what I understand channel 4's two parter on concorde a few weeks ago was very well received as was the lego model. Both have occurred this year because of it being the 20th year since final flight. As an airliner it is unique and, until there is an aircraft to surpass it, it will hold huge appeal in my opinion

Been looking at 1/144 and 1/72 kits and the tooling are ancient. Potentially a good time for a manufacturer to release a new tool given 20yrs since the last commercial flight?

Hi, Sharing some pics of my completed RAF Harvard Mk II.a of the RAF's No. 32 Service Flying Training School (Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada). This depicts my grandfather's favourite aircraft he ever flew and I've tried to create something to represent this as accurately as possible given my abailities. This is the first model kit I've made as an adult and I've very much enjoyed learning new things such as airbrushing and weathering which I've never tried before. Plenty of lessons learned as well such as don't attach the landing gear until everything else is complete and (if painting roundels and numbers) apply a layer of clear first in case any paint escapes below the masking tape. Previous posts on this build here... Henry

Don't be silly! Heard some garlic in the undercarriage works well though

Bit of pepper going on tomorrow...

Bit of salt...

Getting weathered up...

Slowly but surely...

Some more painting...

Bit of yellow has gone on today. Think it needs one more coat when I get another tin of paint!

I'd be very pleased if my harvard build ends up at least half as good as this

I've moved this to the work-in-progress thread as follows...