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Hi all, This was an exercise in perseverance to bring a 1950s-era kit up to modern standards! Originally built for the Salty Sea Dog groupbuild back in April this year, build thread is here: The USS Boston was a Baltimore-class WW2 cruiser which was converted (along with USS Canberra) into the first guided missile cruiser in service. Integrating the Terrier AA missile system along with advanced radars and guidance systems for the time, it quickly became obsolete but persisted in service to the end of the Vietnam era. The basic kit received a lot of modifications... All turrets replaced with 3D printed products from @Model Monkey Secondary armament directors also replaced with 3D parts Scratchbuilt some radars, main gun directors and many parts modified with plastic card and rod Bridge section completely replaced by Model Monkey product GMM 1/500 photoetch set used for replacement railings and some radars Sea base was made from polystyrene block, acrylic heavy gel and wood veneer. Not really happy with the rigging, it's the weakest part of my game! The Baltimore class were handsome ships, but the bulky postwar modifications upset their fine lines somewhat...but compared to the Chicago/Albany monstrosities, Boston got off lightly! Overall this was fun to build...despite its age, it fits together pretty well, but the modernisation work took a lot of effort and some tense moments with a sharp blade 😬 Anyway...thanks for looking, and remind me never to stop trying to rehabilitate these old kits, it's very satisfying! Cheers, Alan

Boeing KC-135E Stratotanker 314th ARS, Air Force Reserve Command, Mather AFB, California Seen at Mildenhall, May 1989 It was the 'Foxy Lady' nose art that caught my attention during a visit to Mildenhall in May 1989 (probably the arrivals day for Air Fete 89 but can't quite remember!). This KC-135 was sitting in a good position for photography. It wasn't until 2001 that I got around to building the model, and at the time had my own photos as reference. I also had a very informative article from Scale Models magazine on the subject of 707 and derivatives fuselage lengths and wing types, including suggested methods of shortening the old Revell 707 kit. Time has moved on and as I brought the model down from it's attic resting place I was unable to locate neither my photos nor the article, which I had intended to scan and post here. However, to my surprise a simple Google search on 'Foxy Lady KC-135' came up with a photo of that aircraft on that day, which I have now included here! One day maybe I will find the magazine article and will scan and post it if/when I do. Meanwhile on with the pics. The Foxy Lady nose art was hand painted by the way and I haven't included a close up of it because it becomes too obvious that it was! The real thing on that day in 1989:

Hi all - this is the old Revell/Dragon Focke Wulf Ta 154 kit. Quite a nice kit to build with no major issues and just the right amount of filler to make it interesting Painted to represent an aircraft photographed at an Me262 base at the end of the war - airfield uncertain but I have seen reference to both Lage and Oerlinghausen. (If anyone knows for sure, I'd be interested to hear). Although intended as a nightfighter, this particular a/c (supposedly the third production A-1, identified as 320003) was not put to use in that role and had no radar fitted - and no tactical markings either, which suggests it might not have been used for combat operations. It is thought to have been used as a twin-engine conversion trainer for single-engine fighter pilots making the transition to the Me262. Pictures appear to show the a/c finished in a standard 74/75/76 scheme, but with a very tight mottle (possibly in RLM70) applied over the top of the upper surfaces. Markings applied with some spare paint masks, decals for the hakenkreuz. Hope you like the pics..

My intention for this GB is to build the Revell B-17F kit as one of the Fortress Mk II operated by 251 Meteorological Squadron out of Reykjavik in 1943. The kit itself was picked up for a bargain price at the recent show at the de Havilland museum: All the sprues are still sealed in the bags (excuse the feet): I’ll be using decals from Kits World, a set of Eduard masks, and some Armory wheels: I’ve not yet decided which of the two aircraft to do, but as they’re identical aside from the markings I’ve got plenty of time to decide. James

Hello Britmodellers, For the Build One Kit In A Month (BOKIAM) Group Build I made this South African Gripen. Aftermarket decals came from MAV set 720625. Thanks for watching! Luka

Revell 1/720 Graf Zeppelin. I guess this is somewhat of a whiff as the ship was never finished. Built for TLC GB WIP:

I used the Revell A319 kit as well as Reskit wheels and decals from 26 decals on this build. If you are interested in a build video, I made one on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJUOEC-hzAM

Whoops, forgot to start this thread a while ago 😅 Heard Ukraine was getting Leopards, saw a Leopard Group Build, so I bought a Leopard. I've never built a tank before, so I went with a smaller one (easier to hide the mistakes). Box stuffs Started with basic turret assembly This build will really get going once I finish up my M2 Bradley, which is getting close.

Hi all I finished this one last week, this is the Revell 72nd kit built OOB apart from the Pitot tube which was replaced wing Albion Alloys slide fit tubing and ghe Seatbelts which were made from Tamiya masking tape folded over to make it double thickness. Brush painted with Colourcoats and Humbrol enamels and weathered with a dot filter and panel line wash using oik paint before some chipping and exhaust stains applied. I won't add a link to the WIP as it is a multi build thread and is 80 odd pages long, so is quite daunting. Enough of the waffle, here's the pics Pretty pleased with this one, just have a 32nd kit to doo in TSS one day soon. Thanks for looking in and thanks to those who followed along offering support and encouragement, it is always very much appreciated. Chris

Hi to all. I started several years ago this Revell kit, (n° 04517). I finished it a few days ago. It is a nice kit of a beatiful modern aircraft. I decided to add some extra detail from aftermarket accesories and scratch build. When I noticed, I realized I added too much extra detail on it... This is the (extense) list of aftermarket added: Resins: Wolfpack 48175 (Dassault Rafale C/M Cockpit set) Wolfpack 48190 (Rafale SNECMA M88-2) Wolfpack 48034 (Dassault Rafale B/M Standard F2 set (for Revell 1/48) L’Arsenal AC-48-29 (Multi task designation pod Damoclès for Rafale jet fighter) L’Arsenal AC 48-58 (Bombe GBU 12 avec corps CBEMS 250 pour Rafale 1/48) PE sets: Eduard 48284 and Eduard FE958 Decals: Syhart 48-079 Rafale M n°27 Tigermeet 2014 Flotille 11F When I added the resin sets, I realized the plastic oarts replaced was as good as the resin aftermarket. It was too late to regret. I hope you like it. Regards, Pablo

Another one from my production line. Revell's 2013 re-release of their vintage 1993 A330 kit. It sat in my stash for the past 10 years before I finally got around building it. Qualitywise,its the same as the A340. Everything fits quite well and detail is nicely done. The highlight of this boxing is clearly the decal sheet,courtesy of NAZCA. There are countless detail markings that cover probably every detail of the original. The most tricky part to do was the masking/painting of the purple parts. The tail has to be painted as for the stripe,the violet part is on the decal. But matching the colors is very difficult,so I decided to paint on all purple parts. Revell gives a helping hand on the instruction sheet,although there are some serious errors in their measurements for the windowstripe. In the end I made a copy of the decal stripe and used it as a template. The purple paint is from Gunze Aqueous H39. It was the closest match I could find. Depending on the pictures on the net,the purple looks different from pic to pic.Some show a very faded out purple,others even a bit metallic. The rest is Gunze white primer for the white parts,Testors aircraft grey mixed with white for the wings and Revell 374 mixed with Revell aluminium 99. On a forum I once read that Revell has the wrong engines for the Thai version. Thai uses RollsRoyce engines on their A330s. I got a set of BRAZ RR engines,that were included on another A330 kit,that I got 2nd hand. Research on the net later showed unfortunately the opposite... Thais earlier batch of A330s from 1994 to 97 had PW engines as depicted in the Revell boxing. As Thai Airways has named all of tjeir aircrafts,I had to "cheat"a bit... The superb Authentic Airliners detail set came to the rescue. There are "open" door decals included. So I used them on both sides.As the doors swing open outside/forward,they hide the name on both sides,which saved me a lot of trouble.😊 Cheers

It has been quite a while sice I posted something. I had a busy time,and also the weather here was not the best to make pictures on the balcony. Modelling was very busy though and a lot of airliners got finished since last summer.Some had been pre-started and finally finished,others were built from scratch. So,here are the first of a larger batch of kits that I will post in the comming days. I had the rather crazy idea of building my 8 A330/A340 kits ,I had in my stash for some years,more or less simultaneously. Had I known what a task that would be beforehand,I would not have gotten me into this mega-project.🤪 For my A340s I decided to correct the inner engines as good as possible. Revell's A340 was first released in early 1991 and has a few accuracy issues as it seems based on earlier drawings. The most obvious are the engines.They miss the little fences and the inner engines hang low due to the too high engine mounts. The outer engines look fine though and compared with the real thing,the inner engines should be at the same hight as the outer ones. To correct this as good as possible,I cut off the mounts from the nacelles and shortened them about 1mm.Then I reattached them on the nacelles using liquid plasic and a bit of superglue. The inlet rings on all engines were recreated with pieces of plasticard ,to avoid a seam. The rest of the build was by the book. The kit is very nicely detailed,esp. the landing gear,which makes it a bit fiddly to install though. Paints used are Gunze white primer for the white parts,Revell red 31 ,Testors aircraft grey mixed with white for all the grey areas and Revell grey 374 mixed with a few drops Revell aluminium 99 for the inspar panels. The decals for the Edelweiss livery come from DRAW decal and are of great quality with a very thin carrierfilm.Application requires some attention. I chose HB-JMD because that was the Airbus I flew on in 2018 from Zurich to Ho Chi Minh City on my way to Manila. It was a very comfortable flight with a great service. Edelweiss is the charter subsidiary of Swiss and has 5 A340s in service,all former Swiss aircrafts. The A340 was delivered factory new in December 2003 and changed to Edelweiss in September 2018. I actually wanted to photograph the A340 on my regular "apron" but I must have misplaced it😳 now a piece of runway has to do for the moment... Cheers

another one finished! The Revell 1/144 A380 finished in Qantas colors with excellent decals from Hawkeye. A tough one to finish, white, grey and red paint done with rattle cans, due to the large surface not so easy to get it smooth. Used the Revell decals for some details. However the silver window outlines did for some reason not fit the kit so I left them off. Modified the main gear doors and had to shorten the outboard landing gear to have all wheels to touch the ground. I only noticed that the left wing was slightly wrapped after completing the kit... Still have to add the decals for the landing lights. Now I have to find a place to put it, it is huge!! - Peter

This one started as a bag of bits from the Bay. Shell, Hood, interior and some chrome. So the bits boxes were raided... It was never going to be prototype accurate and it's certainly turned out that way. I hope you like what you see. And here's a link to the build Yes, it's very green. And it has purple wheels! Hence the Joker name at the top. I can't remember where or when I got the wheels. I stripped off the poor chrome and found purple plastic! And, Yes, the stance is somewhat nose high, as if it's about to launch. I think it was a brief fad in the U.S? It stems, however, from me having to use an early sixties floorpan from another car. Lots of cutting and shutting followed and it seemed okay before final assembly. Still, this is wot we got now so I'll stick with it. The bumper is attached to the chassis so this leaves a gap betwixt it and the grille. The lack of decent locating methods for the chrome on these kits always disappoints me. The decals are of course from the old Joker Goon car kit. I've had them for decades so it's fun to use them at last. Oh, and Mustang tail lights. Whyever not? The light here shows off the purple better. The engine is a bitsbox product too. I (obviously) didn't wire it up. No one else will ever look in there anyway. The floorpan had be altered in all sorts of directions. At least all four wheels touch the ground. And so it joins the others on the shelf,catching dust in the mancave. It's far from perfect but it was fun. And that's the main thing. Thanks for looking and all the comments along the way. Next time I'll be lurking in Sci Fi again. Cheers, Pete

Well I’m not going to hold my breath waiting for someone to release a new challenger so I set about correcting the available kits. Fun fact #1 If you want a challenger that has been sat for a while, you need the Revell kit, if you want one that has been moving for a while, you need the Trumpeter kit. Anything in between the Revell kit will let you play with the wheel position. The Trumpeter turret is slightly better than the Revell in shape and some details (especially the TOGS housing) it is also slightly taller than the Revell one. To make a Mk2/3 the front upper glacis of both kits need to be altered, (although the kit is correct for an early model, and could be found on later upgraded models, they are rare rather than the norm) the step in the glacis needs to be removed. This is easier to do on the Revell kit as the Trumpeter has some internal bracing, the glacis should be straight all the way across, ( the RHS one is just one that I have been playing with as regards to paints and weathering. I have started the strengthening braces on the front joints, Trumpeter has them depicted on the turret sides but not anywhere else, Revell are totally lacking in any. I also started modifying and rebuilding the rear turret stowage bin. Fun fact #2 The cutouts marked in red on the kits, should only be there for tanks designated to carry a dozer blade otherwise they should be the full width and the moulded on tools were either located to the rear top of the turret or some bin somewhere but not mounted where shown.

Hi all, I'm a very occasional AFV builder but since I built a Swedish S-tank a couple of years ago, I thought it would be worth following that with a Swedish Leopard 2. Kit was kindly sourced by my sister-in-law in Europe Revell_Strv_122_box by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr Revell_Strv_122_manual by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr Box crammed with sprues.. Revell_Strv_122_parts by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr And will go with this winter scheme Revell_Strv_122_scheme by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr Thanks for looking, good luck with your builds and happy modelling. All the best, Dermot

Well..... I´m going to my first GB I think the model does not need any presentation. IMG_20230527_114636820 by Shaky962, en Flickr IMG_20230527_114627740 by Shaky962, en Flickr

Well, as Craig points out, it's the start date, so here's the start of my build of Revell's version of Italeri's classic Leopard 1A4 (Revell H-2126) I'm actually in the Go Large or Go home build, but I'll put that on hold for this build which (I hope) won't take too long…. I want this to be the early all green Bundeswehr scheme, which brings up the first question, what colour should it be? Tamiya's own version calls for olive drab, but some pictures of newer, cleaner machines look more olive green. Was this something similar to the B-17? The colour faded a lot? Onto the unboxing: Box itself I like that arwork- I'll probably aim to build to look something like that No false starts (seriously if I had the tracks to build I would have done those earlier) Box contents - looks complete, except instructions - not bad for 12.99 on eXXy The parts look really nice, hard to believe this is from 1977, I reckon it will be more or less an oob build, I may make my own antennae No track assembly - they're already done!!!! Whoops, Scalemates doesn't have the instructions, but it does for the Italeri version, phew! Off to the wash...

This is the 1/144-scale Revell Ariane 4 kit from 1985. The kit includes the rocket and launch tower, complete with badly yellowed decals. There are some inaccuracies owing I believe to the fact that the kit predated the rocket's maiden launch in 1988; for one, the Viking rocket motors are totally the wrong shape. The launch tower, though inaccurate, adds some nice framing to the finished model. Even though I was able to mostly bleach out the yellowing on the decals (by taping the decals to my window and giving them a few months of sun), they still weren't quite clear enough against the white finish of the rocket. Luckily I had on hand the decals from the 1/125 Heller kit, which, surprisingly and happily, were about the same size. Finished she stands just under 17" tall. Painted with Tamiya, Mr. Color, and Alclad paints. Some wash and pigment on the tower, some light wash on the rocket body to add some contrast. Thanks for looking!

Hi all, Like @Chewbacca I also spent the first part of this year in the Salty Sea Dog Groupbuild mostly working on the Revell USS New Jersey in 1/350. It's a very old kit with knobbly, misshapen approximations of the various details, but the hull shape is pretty good. The main thing that lifts it into the 21st century is the Platinum Edition upgrade with brass barrels, tons of PE upgrades, and a splendid wood deck. I also used a bunch of Veteran Models accessories to upgrade the bits which weren't helped by the Platinum set. Here's the gallery entry for the SSDGB: And here's the build thread for anyone interested in how the Platinum Edition lifts the whole kit: Thanks for looking, happy to answer any questions etc! Alan

I wanted to recreate this picture from the collection of Reg Spittals, a tank commander with 2 Northants Yeomanry. This was done around 2010, using Revell Cromwell and Panzer IV IIRC.

Interesting discussion over on Hyperscale https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/hyperscale/1-48-rafale-correct-nose-cone-for-revell-t537766.html Love the logic where BAM makes a nose that is meant for the Hobbyboss kit, fixes an unnamed problem, so might fix it for the Revell kit too! But to the point, does the Revell kit have a problem? Haven't been able to find a drawing with any sort of provenance. Found a mention of the nose panelline being in the wrong place on a Greek site. But that's it. 🤷🏾‍♂️

Thanks to everybody who followed along during this slow build - I like to get my money's worth out of each kit and make it last!! A bit like playing golf - if I'd paid to play a round of golf I'd want to get good value and play as many strokes as possible! Anyway - thanks for looking in good people - your interest is greatly appreciated. This is from the 1/48 Revell Tornado GR.4 "Farewell" boxing, which contains all of the bits for a GR.1. Just choose the appropriate spine, leave off the under-chin FLIR, and retain both nose cannon. I wanted to arm the machine with Alarm missiles, just for something a bit different, but this limited the airframes I could model - as you can see I chose ZD746 AB "Alarm Belle." Aftermarket stuff included Kits World transfers - not much choice available for a 1/48 Gulf Tornado. The Alarms and Sidewinders are Brassin - lovely additions and far better than I deserve. Cockpit uses the Eduard Look set but the only parts actually used were the instrument panels - certainly better than I could paint. Seats are CMK, ladder is by LP models. Background additions are Flightpath. WIP is here. Anyway - enough prevarication - I suppose pictures are expected........ 97a by Dr. Quack, on Flickr 97c by Dr. Quack, on Flickr 98a by Dr. Quack, on Flickr 98b by Dr. Quack, on Flickr 99 by Dr. Quack, on Flickr 100 by Dr. Quack, on Flickr 101 by Dr. Quack, on Flickr 104 by Dr. Quack, on Flickr 106 by Dr. Quack, on Flickr 107 by Dr. Quack, on Flickr Thanks for taking the time to look - and thanks to everybody who followed the build in progress, and tolerated my ramblings. Please feel free to comment / advise / make suggestions - all comments and questions welcomed. Next problem is to decide what to build next.......help! I can't decide. Choice is all 1/48 - Italeri Hawk T1 (It has to be black!), Airfix Lightning F.6, Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS.1 or Airfix Canberra PR.9 That's the choice cos that's what I have in my stash. Maybe I'll have to let Colin decide for me. Best to all. Keep Calm and mangle plastic! Q

Hello dear friends, I want to share my latest project with you. This is my second airbrushed model and first camo trial with AB. I eagerly await your comments and criticism. Happy modelling.

Hi everyone,, the FW 190 GB has just finished, but my own entry has been a victim of a ridiculously overloaded life. When one sees where we live, it is preposterous. But it is still moving forward albeit slowly,,, Today I painted the second and last coat of RLM 75. Tomorrow RLM 74 will follow. Then the mottling, for which I will use a technic I haven't used in years. As if I needed the stress. Here is a photo: Have fun! JR