Fifer54 Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Here we go then, I'm in for a marathon posting session here. This careless and impatient kit assembler has had a year of a massive output. I cannot vouch for the quality of any of my models. The reason I don't comment on other people's models is that they might be truthful about mine! This was a year of 1/144 modelling for me, although there were lots of 1/72 too. Here they are, in chronological order: First up was Revell's 1/144 MicroWings Fw190. Then an old Crown 1/144 mirage F1. Airfix's ancient 1/72 Yak-9D was next. Matchbox's 1/72 SAAB Viggen came next, finished in some donated aftermarket decals. Back to 1/144 for a Revell F-16 Minicraft's 1/144 Tornado made a WW2 "what-if" Airfix's old 1/72 Spitfire 9 was converted to a PR.11. Minicraft's 1/144 F-104 Starfighter is my only Canadian aircraft. An Academy 1/144 Tornado looked more like a ADV than a IDS, so I finished it as a F.3 with AM decals! Airfix's old tool Me110 was finished in AM decals. The Revell 1/144 MiG-29 "Swifts" was a funny build with difficult decals. Airfix's 1/72 P-40 Tomahawk was next . . . Another Airfix oldie was the 1/72 Hawker Hunter. Another Matchbox kit, the 1/72 Henschel Hs126. Airfix's "London Icons" set provided the next kit, a 1/12 Coldstream Guardsman. Built for a GB elsewhere with an "alternative WW2 timeline" theme was this what-if Airfix 1/76 Centurion target tank! SMER's 1/48 Sopwith Camel (bought for £1 from SMW 2012 kitswap!) was built to see if I actually COULD rig a biplane . . . For a "Special Schemes Tornado" GB elsewhere, the Airfix 1/72 MRCA was built as P.02. Also from the Airfix London Icons, a Yeoman Warder! Another Airfix 1/76 target tank was the M3 Grant. The Airfix 1/72 Arado Ar196 was next. The Revell 1/144 Puma was next up A Revell 1/144 Harrier II followed on my desk. The Revell(/Matchbox) Hawker Fury was a fun little build Revell's Hawkeye in 1/144 was a lovely little kit with great decals. Another Minicraft 1/144 kit was this Tu-22M, which my cat later destroyed! (Must be a Capitalist Fat-Cat!) Another Russian aircraft was Airfix's Il-2 Shturmovik, finished in th kit's Mongolian option The Academy 1/72 Hurricane was a pleasant little kit. The Airfix 1/72 Spitfire 22 was a crackin' little kit. Another little cracker was Revell's 1/144 Black Tomcat. And Airfix's 1/72 Mistubishi Dinah wasn't . . . And that is 30 photos, so time for a break from posting. I will add more tomorrow . . . (We're nearly halfway!) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Laidlaw Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Good grief! Prodigious doesn't cover it... my hat's off to you, sir. And I love the Spitfire 22. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Great output Gary, nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabat Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 A solid performance Gaz! A real array of models, hard to choose a favourite but the Black Tomcat is super. Nice work on the Sopwith Camel too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyC Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Great work Gary - so, can you rig biplanes now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Blimey Gaz! That black Hunter brought back some very happy memories thank you - you've got a beautiful finish on it too. Cheers Cliff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charley420 Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Some nice builds especially in diddy scale. I never knew the mig-29 was a stealth aircraft though. Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengalensis Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 I thought that was an impressive production for a year, then you say we're only half way there... Looking forward to the rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fifer54 Posted December 13, 2013 Author Share Posted December 13, 2013 Some nice builds especially in diddy scale. I never knew the mig-29 was a stealth aircraft though. Lol I didn't realise until now that the pic was AWOL. Here she is: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fifer54 Posted December 14, 2013 Author Share Posted December 14, 2013 Great work Gary - so, can you rig biplanes now? Well, sort of!- in that I can produce a 1/48 biplane with a representation of rigging, but I will continue to avoid building biplanes so that I don't have to rig them! The prospect of rigging in 1/72 still fills me with dread . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fifer54 Posted December 15, 2013 Author Share Posted December 15, 2013 OK, on we go with my prodigious output! I'm sorry it's taken so long, but working 12-hour nightshifts on a 4on/4off basis tends to get in the way! Life on work days seems to consist of working, eating and sleeping, but then 4 days of leisure compensates! Next up was the Revell 1/72 Spitfire Mk.Vb, another in my "Spitfire Story" collection. The G-AZ code letters are entirely co-incidental, but when I saw them, I just HAD to build that option! Revell's crackin' little 1/144 Tornado is always a great build, and finished here in Marineflieger colours. Heller's 1/72 Spitfire XVI was a blast from the past. Revell's Go229 in the same scale, on the other hand, was bang up to date! The old Airfix 1/48 Hurricane makes a colourful model in the kit's Romanian option While the SMER 1/48 Macchi C.200 was a horrible flash-ridden, warped monster! The Airfix He111 built up well, considering its age, shame the colour schemes are fictitious! For a GB on MMM, the Frog 1/72 Jaguar was built as a T.2. Another 1/72 Spitfire followed, this time the Airfix PR.XIX. For a maritime GB on Revell-Ations, I couldn't resist the Revell 1/1200 HMS Duke of York. For a helicopter GB on BM, the Italeri "Falklands Anniversary" set contributed a 1/72 Wessex. For all its faults, Revell's 1/44 A-10 Warthog was a fun little kit And then the Italeri "Falklands Anniversary" set's Sea Harrier was built for a FAA GB here on BM. For a "then & now" GB on Tornado SIG, Revell's 1/144 Tornados represented 9 Sqn RAF machines from the 1980s and 2009! Also in 1/144, Revell's Ju52/3m was a lovely little kit. Revell used the Eduard plastic for this kit and their usual high standards are maintained. The new Airfix 1/72 Typhoon is a peach of a kit! Shame I messed up the leading edge stripe decals! The Airfix Club Exclusive 1/48 Bf109E looks different in its Japanese markings Another Marineflieger aircraft was built from Revell's 1/144 F-104G, using Daco aftermarket decals. Dragon's Tornado F.3 in 1/144 finished in the kit's 56 Sqn RAF "Firebirds" decals. Dragon's 1/144 Tonkas come in pairs, and the model above's boxmate was built using Xtradecals as a 111Sqn RAF machine. The AzModel 1/72 Spiteful XIV in its "what-if" boxing was finished as a Dutch aircraft, to take its place in my "Spitfire Story". The Revell 1/72 Boeing P-26 Peashooter is still awaiting rigging! Another Airfix Club Exclusive, their 1/72 F-86 Sabre was built for a "Forgotten War" GB to commemorate the Korean War on MMM. As was its boxmate, a Chinese PLAAF MiG-15. The only prize I've ever won for my modelling was built next, the 1/72 Fujimi F-4 Spey-Phantom in RAF camo. Italeri's 1/72 Hs129 was next, in a nice desert camo. The new-tool Airfix 1/72 Folland Gnat looks good in Yellowjacks colours. The KoPro 1/72 Spitfire VIII was finished as Clive Caldwell's personal RAAF mount, one of the kit's options. The Italeri 1/72 "Tropical" Spitfire Vb was a funny little kit with a multi-piece fuselage, but it did have that BIG Vokes filter! Bought at a show as a Frog kit, the Novo Tupolev SB-2 was a horrible kit from worn-out moulds. I lost interest in this model part-way through the build and had to really force myself to finish it, although it is finished in the kit's Spanish Republican option, which is probably fictitious anyway! SMER's 1/72 Spitfire VI appeared to be a Heller Mk.V with a extra sprue for the extended wingtips and other Mk.VI parts,but it went together quite nicely. Then came the Airfix 1/72 Westland Whirlwind. And that brings thing up to date. I also have an Airfix AlphaJet awaiting decals and photography, part-built are an Airfix 1/76 Tank Transporter, a Revell 1/72 Dambuster Lancaster and an Academy 1/48 F-117A Stealth "Last Flight"(with that glorious Stars'n'Stripes underside!), and a Revell 1/144 Tornado in Saudi markings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fifer54 Posted December 26, 2013 Author Share Posted December 26, 2013 Well, here we are with the final entry to 2013's yearbook, an additional 2 models, just my usual careless and impatient approach . . . Airfix's 1/72 Breguet/Dornier AlphaJet was supposed to be built for a GB elsewhere, but I was quite shocked to find that (a) there was no Luftwaffe finishing option in the box and ( someone had removed the British (Qinetiq) option from the decals, so I had to build her as a Belgian machine . . . And positively the final completion for 2013, Matchbox's Beaufighter TF.X embodied all the Matchbox kit virtue and vices (nice plastic, good fit, simplified detail and exaggerated panel lines!) And that's it! See you all on the other side of Hogmanay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightningboy2000 Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 Woah! You have been busy! Fantastic collection! Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace From Outer Space Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Wow! Seriously, how many kits? I'm gobsmacked, absolutely gobsmacked! A lovely collection Gaz, especially the 1/144's! Cheers Viv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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