rholland Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Beautiful model, well done! Richard in NZ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza l Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 A very nice Venom to go with your other stunning naval aircraft collection. gazza l 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 That's about as good as it gets! Add a huge pat on the back from me to Steve for the never ending help, guidance, and advice he so willingly offered. Ian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David H Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 Fantastic job as usual, Bill. Not a huge fan of the Sea Venom per se, but always a fan of your work! Did you ever build a Fujimi F-4K? It sort of seems like one of the missing pieces of the puzzle... maybe a Sea Harrier too. Brilliant Job. You should show it to Roy Sutherland and Lee Coll. -d- 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJP Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 Outstanding - very neat model 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 Stunning! Love the finish and the weathering, you (and Steve ) did a great job with this! Ciao 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomoshenko Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 Magnificent Bill. Bookmarked the thread as a reference source. What kit is the Vixen? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 Absolutely superb. Another stunning build on all levels. Very, very well done. :worthy: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pfeil Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 Great Job! Superb! Regards Ivan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 She's a beauty, what a great collection 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildeSau75 Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 Thanks Michael! I used Gunze H333 Extra Dark Sea Grey (post shaded with H331 Dark Sea Grey) and Gunze H74 Sky (post shaded with H95 Smoke Grey). A lot of the credit for the detail goes to CMR and their exquisite castings. I would love to see how they make their master patterns! Thanks Keith! When I first got the kit I was surprised at how small an aircraft it actually is - the photo with the Sea Venom alongside the Sea Vixen is a great comparison! Thanks - I will try to do better next time! The work you're doing on the two Hawks is great motivation for me! Cheers, Bill Thanks Bill - that helps. Again, a very nice build - gone be happy if my CMR builds turn out only half as good as yours. Cheers, Michael 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 The best finished Venom I have seen. Interesting AC in a very nice and bright color scheme. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navy Bird Posted June 21, 2016 Author Share Posted June 21, 2016 Thanks everyone! On 6/19/2016 at 17:07, Meatbox8 said: A really nice looking Sea Venom and a great collection. Wouldn't it be good if Airfix released an injection moulded one. Agreed - Airfix did a nice job with the Vampire T.11, so a similar effort on the Sea Venom would be great. I have to hand it to CMR, though - they have just about every mark of Vampire, Venom, and all their derivatives covered. The resin kits are not as easy to build as an injected kit, but they're not that difficult. And even though they're more expensive, when you add up all the aftermarket stuff that I would normally buy for an injected kit, the costs are comparable. On 6/19/2016 at 19:18, limeypilot said: That's about as good as it gets! Add a huge pat on the back from me to Steve for the never ending help, guidance, and advice he so willingly offered. Ian Steve was an incredible help during the build. He even went into the museum on a Sunday to take some pictures for me. I hope I did justice to WZ895, and I hope he got back home in time to stoke up the barbie! On 6/19/2016 at 23:59, David H said: Fantastic job as usual, Bill. Not a huge fan of the Sea Venom per se, but always a fan of your work! Did you ever build a Fujimi F-4K? It sort of seems like one of the missing pieces of the puzzle... maybe a Sea Harrier too. Brilliant Job. You should show it to Roy Sutherland and Lee Coll. -d- Sure, I built the Fujimi kit. Here it is with the Sea Venom and the Revell Gannet (sorry, no Sea Harrier yet): The Fujimi kit was built back when it first came out, so I don't think it's up to my current standards. I'm curious as to why you think Roy Sutherland would be interested - was he connected to the Sea Venom in any way? And I'm afraid I don't know Lee Coll. Can you tell me some more? On 6/20/2016 at 03:05, Tomoshenko said: Magnificent Bill. Bookmarked the thread as a reference source. What kit is the Vixen? The Sea Vixen started out life as the MPM kit. I gave it a *few* modifications, and bashed it with parts from the Xtrakit version, aftermarket resin, and photoetch. Maybe even some scratchbuilding here and there. Here is its RFI post. ***** I think I'll do Ginger Lacey's Spitfire XIV next, using the AZ kit. In parallel, I'm going to resurrect my old F7F Tigercat project, which has been languishing on the shelf of doom for far too long. Although, my dear daughter went out (on her own!) to the local hobby shop and got me the Trumpeter 1:72 Su-24M Fencer D kit for Father's Day. What a dear! Of course, she wants me to build it now...such decisions. Back to the workbench! Cheers, Bill 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Very well done! And a nice WIP as well, by the way! Alex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moaning dolphin Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Exquisite Bill, Very entertaining build and a beautiful end product, the rest of the line aren't too shabby either. Smashing stuff! Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Hi Bill Hope you are okay fella, sorry I missed the end of this build but I will be catching up and have added to my favs so I can use when I build my Sea Venom. what a stunning job it looks absolutely superb, what a great finsh, thanks for sharing. The others look fabulous too. Thank you for sharing. All the bestChris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Fantastic Sea Venom there Bill and Awesome collection of Navy Jets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Strasser Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 All fantastic! Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharknose156 Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 outstanding ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael51 Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 Wow. Great build(s)! Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobo Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 A truly superb result. Thank you very much for the comprehensive build report - I learned a lot. Is the Scimitar and the Buccaneer the CMR kits also? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ham Hands Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 (edited) Nice 2016 build. 👍 Edited May 13, 2019 by Ham Hands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navy Bird Posted May 13, 2019 Author Share Posted May 13, 2019 12 hours ago, Hobo said: Is the Scimitar and the Buccaneer the CMR kits also? Yes, sir. The RFI for those two are here: The Scale Resin Buccaneer S.1 is related to the CMR kit, but completely new tooling: Cheers, Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 Beautiful model, Bill! You even got the slip marks on the tires- Steve will be proud of your effort, I'm sure. Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapam Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 Superlative work, and in my favourite scale! Awesome! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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