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I think this is a popular kit and judging on first viewing it certainly a very nice one. A few of Tamiya's "legendary" ejector holes that will need filling but other than that, it looks to be a well detailed cracker. I'm not sure what colour choice, thick stripes, thin stripes and there's even photos of a Bet Lynch style Leopard print camo. Straight out of the box with this one by the looks of it. There is a Black Dog produced stowage set available but I'll see how I get on. Cheers all.👍

Built this after watching "The Bombardment"/ The Shadow in My Eye on Netflix which I found pretty moving and a great film. Great kit from Tamiya with no issues. Pilots are from CMK I think.

Well, I finally finished a kit. Just trying to get back into the swing of modeling and see how much of my meager skills I have forgotten. This is the Tamiya Spitfire Mk.1, an excellent kit that I almost managed to screw up entirely. I just screwed up some parts of it; all my fault. I managed to knock off any little hangy off thing on the kit such as radio antenna, mast, pitot tube, etc. If it could be knocked off, I did it during the course of construction. If you look carefully you will find I meticulously arranged the seat belts on the seat with just enough left over to come within a hair's breath of making sure I could attach the end to the back of the airframe. So, it is just sorta hanging there. I did weathering without sealing first; that went quite well. All it took to cure was repainting, then sealing and then weathering. I made a terrible go at the radio wires and hate the way they look, but just wanted this puppy finished. So, here is a miserable representation of one of England's finest from an absolutely wonderful kit to build if you knew what you were doing. Please be gentle. I might get better. Oh yeah, it's been so long since I posted, I forgot how, along with which host I used in the past. Hopefully, the pictures will appear. And here it is with a couple of former foes in one of the displays. Any and all comments are welcome. Sorry it isn't up to the standard of most builds here. Next one I will do better, I hope. Thanks for looking

Hello all and i hope everyone is well This is the my Tamiya Spitfire which was going to be Johnny Johnson's Triple X beer barrel bomber but it......didnt. The issue arose that i was going to try and have the barrels and pylons removable as i do like the clean lines of the Spit, but the magnets that i had installed werent strong enough to hold the resin barrels and pylons flush to the wing surface, so i ditched the idea in the end. This kit build nice and easily, i add the Red Fox Studio IP set, painted with Tamiya paints plus used my own mask sets for the camo and all the insignia and serials. All comments welcome :-)

I am an airplane builder who seems to find himself building more and more armour (and enjoying it). Wasn’t originally planning to join this GB but as I don’t yet have a grey finished vehicle in the collection, I thought I would use this opportunity to address this with Tamiya’s 2019 1/35 38(t). I am planning this as a straight forward out of the box build. Not sure when I will start as I still have a Crusader, Corsair II and a Dragon Rapide to finish.

Hello all! This is a well-known Tamiya Stug III G converted into StuH 42 with all the bells and whistles on it. Although there are better options for StuG/StuH variants, 1995 Tamiya StuG III G still holds water and can be built into a very neat vehicle, especially once it's decked up with various and colorful stowage. But before the usual painting and weathering info, here are a few words about the vehicle itself. The model is depicting a Sturmhaubitze 42 (Sd.Kfz 142/2) with a 10.5 cm leFH 18 howitzer, belonging to a SS-Sturmgeschutz Battalion 7 of the 7. SS-Freiwilligen Gebirgs-Division "Prinz Eugen", during the counter-attack on the town of Vlasotince in southern Serbia on 8th October 1944. In late 1944, as the Red Army began sweeping across the eastern Europe, once firm allies of the Axis forces (namely Bulgaria and Romania), finding themselves between hammer and anvil (or should I say sickle) started to rethink their options and on 8th September 1944 Bulgaria, just like Romania did a few weeks earlier, declared war on Germany and placed the Royal Bulgarian armed forces at the disposal of Marshal Tolbukhin's 3rd Ukrainian Front. The 2nd Bulgarian Army began advancing from its assembly area southwest of Pirot towards the Leskovac-Nis area, the Germans rushed the 7.SS-Gebirgs-Division "Prinz Eugen" and made it responsible for the defense of Nis from Zajecar in the north to Leskovac in the south. On 30th September, forward elements of the Bulgarian 2dn Army, seized Vlasotince, 14 kilometers east-southeast of Leskovac, but on 8th October, 7. SS Division "Prinz Eugen" regrouped in Leskovac and laucnhed a counterattack against Vlasotince. The 7.5cm barrel was swapped with a metal 10.5cm barrel from RB and the fit was perfect. The stowage is various mix from Value Gear and Verlinden. The mantlet cover and tarp are made of tracing paper soaked in the PVA glue and the field modification schurtzen screens were made from styrene sheet and the concrete add-on armor is from Value Gear. Hope you like it and please feel free to leave your comments. Cheers!🍻

#13/2023 My dad´s yellow wing theme still continues. As usual some glitches but all in all not bad for a 75 year old man and a 49 year old kit Tamiya kit, early 90ies edition, decals were hardly usable, most of the decals came from the sparesbox and other kits to puzzle together the markings. Added some brake lines and antenna wires with EZ Line. Painted with Gunze H26 Bright Green for the section colour, a lightend up yellow for the tail, AK RC RLM04 for the wings and AK Xtreme Metal White Aluminium for the rest. The canopy was painted with Tamiya Aluminium, easy to remove or repaint for the case an oupsie would have happend. Regarding the kit´s age, the overall fir was very good, only the one piece canopy needed some work. Build thread here https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235125063-yellow-wings148-brewster-f2a-2-buffalo-vf-2-flying-chiefs-usn/ Model shows the aircraft of the Section 5 second wingman, VF-2, stationed at the USS Lexington around 1940. Didn´t find a pic of the original aircraft. So don´t know if it had a mast or not. Decided to build it without one. Around that time VF-2 was nicknamed "Flying Chiefs" because most of its pilots were Chief Petty Officers. DSC_0001 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0002 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0003 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0004 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0005 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0006 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0007 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0003 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0010 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0011 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0012 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0013 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0014 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0015 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0002 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0017 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0002 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0003 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0020 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0021 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0022 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0023 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0024 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0025 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0026 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr

Hi all Just finished this one, this was supposed to be a Seafire II, using the Tamiya Vb and the MDC Seafire Conversion, however it was a Spitfire Mk.1 kit instead and the wings on another Seafire III conversion I have had shrunk a bit so I decided to build a 1b instead. I am very pleased I did this and hope you enjoy looking over this one. The wings were the spare Vb wing uppers from the Seafire III model and the Mk1 lower wing part converted with a correct bulge and the inner two ejector shoots and panel lines filled in. Painted with Humbrol enamels by brush and these were then dot filtered with oils and weathered with a mixture of chipping pencil and Aluminium paint and weathering powders. I didn't have a Volkes filter for it as it was missing so searched for a suitable 1b to do using decals I was able to find in my decal bank. The roundels were Tamiya and I forgot how awful they are to apply, luckily I had some decent underwing roundels from an Airfix Hurricane that were an absolute joy over the lumpy bits The aircraft modelled was MB358 of 801 NAS, HMS Furious 1943. Here is the link to the WIP Hooe you enjoy Thanks to those who supported along the way and thanks for looking in. All the best Chris

HI everyone!😀 this is my 1/48 P-38 LIGHTNING this TAMYA kit is just awesome!! I use some aftermarket products and decal.. alway like P-38..somehow the oliver drab is a tricky color for me😅 try to paint this beauty as best as I could.. hope you guys like it!

So this is my choice. I haven't built a Tamiya kit in an awful long time. As I recall they build up very well with few issues. And it was always the go-to choice of kits growing up in America, especially for 1/35th scale armour. Perhaps one of the only manufacturers... I have a couple of aircraft on the bench that need finishing before I get into this one. Indeed...if I have the space, I might add another Tamiya goodie...😉 --John

Hi guys, it's been 8 months since I last finished my model which was the Chinese J-7B. Not very productive during these months, huh? Ok, here is my Tamiya's latest brand new 48th scale kit. What is special to talk about this kit is the details. Tamiya has done a very good job putting in more details while not compromising the ease of building in their later kits. Engineering and parts breakdown are excellent. Of course there are many aftermarket detail up parts released in the market lately but the detail level out of the box is pretty acceptable especially in the weapons bay. I scratch-built the seat belts as Tamiya provided only the decals. The only drawback of the kit is the decals. They are thick and need a lot of decal liquids to soften and set. Otherwise it would be a perfect kit. This is a commission build and my client wanted me to do the Italian Air Force so here it is. Hope you will like it. I willbe building more as I am settled at the new place and have set up the workbench. See you next time, thanks. #tzwf35

This is the kit. And this is the scheme I’m going to do. BOAC operated a number of PR.Mk IV and VI between Scotland and Sweden during the war. They were specially modified to take a single passenger in the bomb bay, but externally identical to a regular Mosquito. They were civilian registered and the letters were underlined in red white and blue to emphasise their civilian nature. One of the many and fascinating applications of the Mosquito and an extremely interesting part of its history.

From 1977-2006ish, the Australian Army operated a fleet of 100 or so Leopard AS1s. Based on the Leopard 1A3, it had a few modifications to meet Australian requirements; a “tropical” engine air intake, SABCA fire control system, & some sponson-mounted stowage boxes. Over their life, they gained a few more mods, including a subset of the fleet being modified to fit the RAMTA track-width mine plough or TWMP. Also in 1977, Tamiya released a 1:16 RC Leopard (1)A4. It was re-released sans RC elements in 2010. It’s a little basic, but a good basis to convert to an AS1. Having a garden tank nearby, plus loads of references, I was able to CAD up the basic conversion in Fusion360. Whilst I’m using the Tamiya hull & turret, it’s useful from a design perspective to mock up these elements digitally to locate conversion items relative to one another & the host kit. Here are the turret mods: Here’s the hull: The biggest element on the hull is the tropical intake, requiring the design & print of the new part, as well as the milling out of the existing screen. Also designed & printed fittings & fixtures to locate & secure the kit parts for drilling & milling. Upper hull secured: Intake test fitted: Also redrew the exhausts to include the tow rope stowage. Test print & primed. Onto the plough/plow. First the mounting frame. Than the moldboard. Brought together with the push beams & the rest of the design. Thanks for looking in.

Hi everyone, Well I never thought this day would come. I bought this kit in London in 2007, started it a few years later, pushed it through at least three KUTA.... All in all a rather abysmal performance. Not a shake and bake kit, for me anyway, despite the lineage. Hence the repetitive loss of mojo. But anyway, all this is now in the past. Although,,, this morning things almost turned to a Titanic re-enactment when I took the kit outside for a few photos. Six Vervet monkeys rushed towards my petrified P-51D, thinking it was something tasty. I had my hands full trying to chase them without smashing the model all by myself. All in all, it was a peaceful and relaxed photo shoot! I even forgot taking a photo of the port side, with all the victories' score board. Anyway, here are a few photos of this fantastic plane. Here you are. All in all I am happy with the result, and damn pleased to have finished it. I will use the Old Crow decals, also present in the Tamiya box, on my Academy P-51D, as it is another emblematic paint scheme. Thanks for watching and keep having fun! JR

Having bitten off way more than I could chew in a fit of enthusiasm during the Salty Sea Dog GB, I'm left with several builds still on the go. I think in the interests of not wasting mod time, I'll just continue them in new threads here. The first half of the build, along with most of the research can be found here: This one has stagnated for a while, and it actually has taken a lot of modifications to take the (initially hoped for shake and bake) Tamiya kit to convert her to her configuration at the time of sinking in April '42. Still, we've had some colour. I hope you'll forgive some comparisons, they're not intended to show off my shonky work, rather for me to see some side-by-sides to work out which guesses were right, which were wrong, and what subsequent modifications and remedial work I need to make. Bizarrely, the easiest way to do that seems to be posting them here over incessantly clicking between internet tabs and photo windows. ( /\ this photo is actually a slightly earlier configuration) Nothing like some zoomed in shots to show up how shonky your work is! Andy

The Kawanishi N1K holds the distinction of being the only production interceptor designed from the outset as a seaplane, and its progeny, the N1K1, holds the distinction of being the only production interceptor derived from a seaplane. Regardless of its odd gestation, the N1K1, known to the Japanese as the Shiden ("Violet Lightning") and the Allies as "George", represented a highpoint of Japanese fighter design in WWII. Once it shed its floatplane vestiges, the N1K1 was on par with, and quite similar to many of the Allied fighters it would face in the last two years of the war, it even bore a passing resemblance to American Hellcats and Thunderbolts with its burley barrel-chested fuselage and big radial engine. The N1K1-Ja was an up-gunned version, adding two additional 20mm cannon in pods under the wings. The 201st Kōkūtai was equipped with N1K1s of various types when it relocated to the Philippines in late 1944 and used them to effect during that campaign. Perhaps one of the more infamous facts about the unit, was that the 201st would carry out the very first Kamikaze attacks on Allied shipping. As a result, very few images of the 201st's aircraft survive from the Philippine campaign, but at least one N1K1-Ja, tail-number 201-53, was captured largely intact and was well photographed on Clark Field in Luzon. My 1/72 scale model is based on this aircraft, but with a different speculative tail number, 201-52, to account for some variation and the fact that I didn't have any strictly-appropriate decals for 201-53. The model was built using Tamiya's excellent 1/72 scale N1K1-Ja kit built out of the box except for the addition of Eduard Seatbelts in the otherwise well-detailed cockpit. Somewhat atypical of Tamiya kits, this one required a bit more "modeling" in terms of putty, sanding, and flash-removal than one normally expects. Overall, the build went without a hitch though. The underside was done in bare-metal finishes from AK's "Xtreme Metal" line, and the control surfaces and topside paints were done with acrylic lacquers from AK's Real-Color range. Decals were mostly the kit offerings except for the numbering on the tail. These were provided by a set from the bin, originally intended for a 1/35 scale Polish tankette but almost dead-on for size and font for a 1/72 Japanese aircraft.

Tamiya Quad Gun Tractor with IBG 75mm French Gun. Free French Brigade, 1st Artillery Regiment, Bir Hakim. Gazala Line, May 1942. The British Quad Gun has been the classic 25-pounder gun of the British artillery since the beginning of the conflict and would also be during the Desert Campaign. In terms of modeling, I'm tired of seeing this dynamic duo of Tamiya Quad Gun always with the 25 pounds. It reminds me of that annoying Batman and Robin series from the 60s. Looking to show a more interesting use for the Quad Gun, I decided to present an alternative weapon for this tractor. The cannon chosen is another classic, but this time, it's from French artillery. The kit selected was the IBG 35058 M1897 75mm French Field Gun. I found a good photo that helped develop my initial idea for the vehicle and gun... ...and in this other photo, it helped with the creativity for placing the figures. The flag in the photo is from the French Navy. Of course it couldn't be missing from my model. The 1st Artillery Regiment had the consecrated soixante-quinze, the efficient and rapid-firing 75mm cannon (QF). The cannons had been brought from Syria, reformed in the Beirut workshops and given wheels, some modified known as the “tropical type”. The wheels would make the cannons better suited to the mechanization of desert warfare. My model has wheels of the same type used on British 18 lbs guns. They were organized into 4 batteries each with 6 cannons. Despite being a safe and performing weapon, modern guns had already surpassed it. Figures are modified Tamiya. Painted in oil and acrylics. Also acrylics on the Quad and cannon and painted in the 2-tone camouflage, common to see in the vehicles of this unit. If the vehicle is going to carry the cannon to Bir Hakim, it will also serve as a ride for medical personnel. On the roof of the Quad I placed some accessories, highlighting the boxes with medical equipment. Decals are Archer Fine Transfers. Note the 2 British helmets with different red cross identification patterns. Cheers, Fábio.

Kit - Tamiya Paint - All acrylics. Decals - Kit Extras - Stowage from spares & scratch built. Achilles IIc GMC 11th Armoured Div. Dutch / German Border October 1944 Exactly a month after starting this 'side build', it's done. I think it says a LOT about the state of engineering in contemporary kits, ease and quality of construction which is IMHO incredible. So this drops together like so many Tamiya kits, of special note are the four figures which are beautifully posed and will definitely be added at a later date. The new generic .50 cal that Tamiya are adding to their Allied armour kits is very nice too, with proper 'chunky' ammo cans and nicely reproduced ammo belt. Colours are home-brewed using Tamiya acrylics, a lot of luck and a little alchemy - my not be 100% 'spot-on' but I really like what I've got - mixed-up far more SCC15 than I needed because I'm hoping to buy/build a Churchill later this year, and that thing will need about twice the paint of the Achilles !. Decals are from the box as is about 50% of the stowage, the rest is scratch built and from the spares box. Please feel free to make any comments, ask any questions or post any criticism. Very best from New Zealand, next (hopefully) I'll finish the F/A-18 project... after that... who knows. Ian.

'No Petrol - No Hope' - Towards the end of WWII German troops suffered almost as much from lack of fuel and ammo as from damage from allied troops. This resulted in crews destroying their own vehicles, despite being perfectly serviceable. This diorama is meant to show just that, as a Sturmtiger arrives at what they hope would be a fuel depot, only to find it abandoned and empty, destroying any hope of continuing with their tank. The Sturmtiger is from AFV Club, figures are all Tamiya (some with Hornet heads and swapped arms) and cobbled street part of base a leftover from a Miniart building. Crater filled with resin and oil paint. The rest painted using a variety of acrylics and AK Crusted Rust set for barrels etc. All comments welcome

This model depicts the well-known ‘R Robert’, the regular mount of John Cunningham and Jimmy Rawnsley during the winter of 1940-41. R2101 was delivered to 604 Squadron in late 1940, and was lost on operations in May of 1941. R2101 was one of the first batch of Beaufighters to enter squadron service, and has the features unique to these early machines. I used Tamiya’s 1/48 scale Beaufighter mk VI, first released in 1997, as the starting point for this build and made the necessary changes with a combination of available aftermarket parts and some scratchbuilding. In doing this I extended my knowledge of the visual appearance of these early airframes, and made one critical change that I had missed on my earlier build of R2069, a 25 Squadron machine from the same initial batch of Beaufighters. Being equipped with drum-fed cannons, the cartridge ejection slot arrangement under the belly differs from later belt-fed Beaus. It looks like this. Other noticeable external differences for these early Beaus are the absence of wing guns, the early style of heavily framed cockpit canopy, smooth rather than porcupine style exhausts, a VHF antenna mast under the cockpit and no HF mast or aerial, short squared off carburettor intakes with auxiliary intakes piggybacked, no louvres to the oil cooler fronts, early five spoke wheels, twin formation lights on the rudder, and a short mast - probably a foresight - just in front of the canopy. Belly ID lights also differ, being raised rather than recessed. Oh, and the reflector gunsight is a GJ3, adapted from the style used in bomber turrets, as the regular Fighter style gunsight originally fitted to Beaus obstructed the pilot’s view. It is attached to the inside framing of the vacuform canopy. Having completed one early Beau in the Temperate Land Scheme of Dark Earth, Dark Green and Sky, I very much wanted to depict a Nightfighter Beau in RDM2A, Special Night. This was a pure carbon black paint, and differs from the usual RAF Night, which is a mixture of black and ultramarine pigments and is hence a very dark blue-black or blue-grey. RDM2A also differs from ordinary Night in starting out as a very matt finish, described at the time as a sooty or velvet black. The finish wore quickly and badly. It was easily scuffed, prone to peeling in the slipstream to expose areas of underlying ordinary night - used as a first coat to economise on the scarce RDM2 - and chipped right back to the bare airframe in places. Wear and tear was exacerbated by the style of close in combat necessary to achieve kills in nightfighting. Jimmy Rawnsley in his biography ‘Night Fighter’ vividly describes how the aircraft was engulfed in flames and debris from shattered German bombers as John Cunningham closed in to make destruction certain. I tried to stick closely to the way the plane would likely have been painted. Ordinary Night (Colourcoats Night Bomber Black) forms an undercoat, while Colourcoats Matt Black forms the top coat, thinly sprayed and with wear and scuffing shown by lighter mottled coats toned down with a little matt white added to the mix. The peeled sections showing through were covered with torn pieces of masking tape and sprayed over, then removed. I didn’t want to use any gloss or matt varnishes over the paint, to preserve the variations in sheen, so all of the markings are sprayed on, using both home made and aftermarket masks. These were applied over the ordinary night, then masked as the final RDM2 layer was sprayed on. You may note that the individual aircraft letter is larger than the squadron codes, this as per the available photos of this aircraft, as is the irregular distancing of this letter to the roundel on the right and left sides. I left off the ‘3’ that can be seen on the port engine nacelle, as this was a delivery marking and probably painted over. The markings depicted would have been current from around December 1940 to around February of 41, when underwing roundels were ordered removed. It’s also possible that, like many Beaufighters operating at night, this aircraft had its engine collector rings painted over with HTP 41, a high temperature paint that bakes on to hide the ‘glow’ from the heated surface. This paint starts out as pink, and then darkens to a dull, reddish brown. I have also done quite a bit of work inside the plane. Yes, the full set of AI Mk IV boxes are in the back, within kicking distance of the observer’s seat. Sadly most of this is not visible, but if you are interested, my WIP details the changes. That also lists all of the aftermarket bits I have used, but it is worth noting here the Aerocraft 3D cowlings and Hercules engines as they are far superior to those that came with the kit. My principal references for the build were the excellent Wingleader Photo Archive No.10, Andrew Thomas’ ‘Beaufighter Aces of World War 2’ and the old Ducimus Beaufighter Camouflage and markings. This last publication has the ONLY accurate side profile of R2101 I have seen, as every other publication gets some aspect of the markings wrong, as does every decal sheet I have seen. The IWM online photo collection also proved invaluable as usual. If you want the flavour of what it took to fly and fight at night then C.F. Rawnsley’s Night Fighter remains an outstanding account. Hope you enjoy!

One of my all time favourite aircraft the harrier. What's not to like with this aircraft! The first VTOL ever and a looker too! And a heroic fighter jet of the Falklands conflict that kicked some serious bottom.

Dear Fellow Modellers.. Here's my latest creation. Tamiya's 1:72 nd scale De Haviland Mosquito Night Fighter Mk XIII . I chose to portray the 410 (Canadian) Squadron version as it was based at a local airfield - RAF Hunsdon in Hertfordshire, England. I often cycle over to this airfield. I recently did a History talk on RAF Pathfinder Squadrons and 100 Group RAF Electronic Warfare squadrons for the U3A. One of the people who joined the talk was most interesting. She was the daughter of one of the pilots who was invited to join The Pathfinders personally by Charles Pickard whilst he was stationed at Hunsdon. Her Uncle flew with Pickard as well as her father but on the Amiens Prison raid- in Mosquito EG-T - Reg (HX982)piloted by Plt Offr Maxwell Sparks RNZAF Plt Offr A. C. Dunlop was her uncle. I pulled the ORB for the squadron and could thus relay the details of her father and uncle's sorties. The lady says she has a collection of artefacts which i'm hoping to have a viewing of soon. I think there were some 300 odd people on the Zoom talk. Just goes to show ww2 aviation history is an area of expanding interest not just for us who like to model .. Built OOB apart from the dipole AI Radar wing tip aerials which I made from paperclip metal (the plastic kit parts are a little fragile !) I hope you like it It's a lovely little model with no real fit issues. Paints are Tamiya with a HG Laminate Floor protector as the top coat. I don't know what other's think but this 1st pic makes it look like it's at least 1:48 scale and not 1:72nd ! I was pleased with the black panel line on this one. Seemed to be a lot more consistent.. Regards, Andy

Just a place marker until I decide on the final victim. I've narrowed it down to a choice from 3, the Brabham, the Tyrrell or the Renault as the Bentley has gone and the other 2 wouldn't be completed in the GB timescale as I have the full detail sets for both. My current feeling is for the Renault RE20 as it was a car I remember well from it's day, either winning or blowing up Plus it is nice and colourful I need to make the choice next couple of days so I can get the paint ordered, then I'll change title Looking forward to this one hugely Ian

Having joined the forum recently, I've found myself getting quite into this GB lark! I could have gone with the new tool Airfix Mosquito but, many years ago, I had a 1/48 Tamiya one that I never finished (it got knocked around a bit in multiple house moves as a teenager then a student) so I decided to go with the nostalgia factor. However, I've not got as much space as I used to (family will insist on having room for their own things) so I went with the 1/72 version this time around. I'm planning on a few after market parts for this - so far I've only got one of the Black Dog resin sets (cannons, flaps and bomb bays), but I'm seriously considering the Aires machine gun bay and cockpit sets. I'll most likely go with the clichéd EG-T codes but, like I say, this is a bit of a nostalgia build, and I've already got a Coastal Command Beaufighter in the stash and I'm trying to maintain some variety! Looks as though I need to get a Hannants order in before I can do the cockpit, but I should be able to crack on with the nacelles. I'm also wondering if I can find a matching pair of 500lb GP bombs somewhere to fit into the bomb bay...

Well, my dad decided to continue the yellow wing theme... DSC_0002 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr