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[AnonymousDFB1]

Please vote for your favourite build

Poll closes 23:59 BST 13-10-2012

Edited October 6, 2012 by Mish

[DaveJL]

Build #1: F/A-18D VMFA(AW)-224 'Bengals'

Dave

[pabbi]

Ilyushin IL-2 Shturmovik

Tamiya 1/48

Link to build

[wkennerley]

1/144 Revell A-10A Thunderbolt II

[Jasonb13]

*Kit : Academy AH-64A Apache

*Scale : 1:72

*Paints Used : Rattlecan painted with Humbrol, Brush painted with Revell Aqua Colour, Tamiya Acrylics, Citadel Nuln Oil Shade

*Extras Used: None

*Notes: Full build thread (including build pics ) can be found HERE.

[DaveJL]

Build #2: Revell 1/48 B-1B Lancer

Build thread is here

Dave

[theplasticsurgeon]

Airfix 1/48 Harrier GR3. Markings modified to XZ988/34,

lost during a raid over the Falklands.

Edited September 22, 2012 by theplasticsurgeon

[AndyC]

Kit: 1/48 Tamiya A-1J Skyraider

Built as: 52-142029, "Sock it to 'em", of 602nd SOS, 56th SOW flying out of NKP in Laos in 1969 on Sandy operations

Built using: Kit decals, True Details Yankee seat and BLU-32 Napalm bombs, scratch WP bomb, scratch built VHF aerial on Port side fuselage shoulder (cat's whisker as aerial!), scratch cockpit rails, fishing line aerial

Build thread: http://www.britmodel...topic=234921157

As a tribute to all Sandy pilots and the aircraft itself, Byron Hukee, a Sandy veteran pilot said "The bottom line was, when you needed close CAS, you needed Skyraiders"...need I say more?

[Peter Marshall]

FW190-F8, SG 10, Ceske Budejovice, Czechoslovakia, May, 1945

[ghaynes]

Here's my finished A-10. Build thread here: http://www.britmodel...234921011&st=20

These two photos were taken on the transient ramp at RAF Bentwaters. This would have been the very place where the real aircraft would have taxied to following delivery to the 81st TFW in January 1979.

Graham

Edited September 24, 2012 by ghaynes

[Adam Maas]

F4U-4B of VMA-332 in Korea, 1953

Italieri F4U-4B Corsair 1/72 by mawz_models, on Flickr

Italieri F4U-4B Corsair 1/72 by mawz_models, on Flickr

Italieri F4U-4B Corsair 1/72 by mawz_models, on Flickr

[theplasticsurgeon]

For completion purposes here is my Airfix 72nd Harrier.

[SaintsPhil]

Here's my Mig 21SMT

Build thread

http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=234922966&st=20#entry1126273

Been a great GB thanks all

Phil

[SPARKER]

My finished 1/48th Lakenheath Mudhen

Really enjoyed this GB

Simon

Edited September 29, 2012 by SPARKER

[Enzo the Magnificent]

Hawker Typhoon Ib

FJ-Z MN978 of 164 Sqn, No 123 Wing based at B-77 Gilze-Rijen in February 1945

This is the Hasegawa 1/48 kit with Ultracast prop, radiator and tailplanes. Decals from general sheets.

Build thread

[Enzo the Magnificent]

Hawker Tempest F.2

5R-D PR772 of 33 Sqn, Kuala Lumpur, Malaya in 1951 during Operation Firedog.

This is the Eduard 1/48 kit with Alley Cat rear fuselage correction set, MDC Tempest II conversion set, Baracudacast wheels and Ultracast tailplanes. Decals from Model Alliance sheet MAS-489021.

Build thread

[CliffB]

Potez 25 TOE (Paraguayan)

Gran Chaco War, 1934.

1/72 HitKit kit

The build thread is here: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=234921030

Cheers

Cliff