Paul J

Finished. I expect there will be others here from the same kit and markings. The more the merrier I suppose. Considering my shakes kicked in at the wrong moments during the build which did not help. Especially trying to paint the canopy and windshield framing!! OH, I found a sort of suitable tailwheel that fitted the model of the right height but not quite what it should be. But it will have to do. More pics in gallery.

Airfix 1/72nd Hawker Tempest V. JN766/SA-N 486 Squadron RNZAF England 1944.

Hawker Sea Fury FB.11 WH588/114 Royal Australian Navy. Another little something I put together recently and reasonably successful. The kit went together very well except I found that I could not get a ice smooth join with the outer wing panels. Possibly due to my making. The kit decals worked very well .And I even used the stencilling. but the decal numbers were not shown on the placement diagram so I searched on the decal sheet for the matching decals in black so I could relate to the white ones that I would use. Also many thanks to Redcap here for sending me the Aussie items from the kit to replace the ones I damaged or messed up. Thanks chap!!!. Anyway its done and here it is. I accidentally omitted one feature from the model but have since rectified. Can you see what it was I left out???

I use I.ageshack. For a very reasonable cost annually it serves me well. Pretty straightforward to use.

More pics of build continuing. Almost there now. Top side. All primed and waiting for camo application with masking. Rear band waiting for decal to set before tidying up. \Still need a tailwheel from my spares box It wont be the right one but will have to live with it.

Hi. Can I join in on the fun with this: Both issues of the subject. But only one of them for this build. Note the different plastic colour! In progress. The fit of parts ahs been really good. i liked the way the cockpit coaming/surround is done. A very well fitting parts! Not completely fitted here. THis is how far I've got with it. Painting stage and fitting all the delicate parts. However, I have lost the tailwheel. So a search in my undercart spares box for something suitable will need to be carried out.

That's a coincidence. I was about to join this GB with the same subject and markings. I can see in the photo above the underwing stripes that look more like the ID stripes as applied to early Typhoons. So I would say the photo was taken in the UK . Also it looks pretty clean.

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Just trying to get back the mojo and started the above kit. My query is has any one else found an issue of fitting the outer wings in the flying position and getting a step at the fold/ hinge line? Is there something or a way of fixing it?

Another fairly recent finisher. The Roden 1/144th Convair 440 and Lima November decals. I chose this scheme as it depicts the one that attended a North Weald air show and was givin pleasure flights. I wanted to go on it but the wife , who was with me that day, wanted to go on the Dakota. Having been on a couple Dak flights already, I didn't want to and preferred the CV440 that would have added another type to my list. But it was not to be sadly. However a s a memento of that time, I have this model to show for it. The kit was very nice to build but the windscreen part was a tight fit and not quite flush fitting as it ought to be. I need to work on the nose area paintwork as the finish is not quite as it ought to be. That brings me to the decals. The dark blue flash on the nose looks as though it should meet in the middle but the decals don't. I will have to find photos of the real KLK and then render it it to what it should look like. Overall though, the decals are really nice.

These two have been on and off my bench for a while. As for the Devon, it was a quick build all the way through while I had a very brief mojo return. Both models are by Welsh Models . The Andover is a vac fuselage with resin flying surfacs , decals from my decal bank. No serials due to not having the time yet. The Devon is entirely resin and decals from the kit. It needs nose weight and i drilled a hole as re instructions ad crammed in some lead pieces but still not enough! The lit supplied decals for the rounfels are odd. the small set only included a couple pairs so I found suitable ones from my decal spares. There was only one underwing serial set but for two serials, VP971 and 981 So for one of the underwing sets I used both the supplied ones, painted out the middle digit(7 in this case) and applied one of the spare '8' over the top. Job done! And yes, I do know the roundel on the port wing is out of place because it moved before settling. Again, Ill live with it. The props I made from the metal parts from the kit but all the blades were broken so I used blades from spares. gluing plastic to metal was a bit stressful ,They look crap but i can live with them,

Just a hobby. It almost taken over the modelling time.

What a project! I remember building an injected kit of one of these back in the early 1970s. I think the kit was made by Bandai or Nichimo or someone. Real rubber tyres and all. Nice kit but I bet its stonking rare these days.

Took myself down to my gliding club today and managed flight in the club motor glider. My firdt flight of the year. Had to be done as the weather has been glorious though today the wind came back and turned the air a bit cold. But us at the club went flying regardless. One of the two Euro Foxes we have. the Falke about to emerge from its T hangar. A view of the airfield Its a quite well equipped cockpit and instrumentation.

Hi. Not my usual build o subject matter, but I have not long built this kit for my 52 year old stepson who is into this sort of thing. But, I quite liked Thunderbirds on TV so I enjoyed this challenge. Hope you Sci-Fi guys like it. Its not my best effort seeing as I am in semi retirement from modelling. ITs the AIR kit from Bachmann. TB 4 coming down the ramp. It amazes me that those four telescopic legs don't seem to have room to retract to !! Where and how????? Also how does the massive pod manage to float wheh dropped or lowered in to the sea remain afloat??? And how could a monster like TB 2 achieve 6000 mph with that enormous bulky shape??? Answers on a post card to....... The four telescopic leg things are lying at top right. The orange 'diggr machine comes with the kit as does TB4.