RJ-WobblyHands Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 Its 35+ years since I last held a sprue cutter, building small plastic kits, but life seems to go in circles .. waiting for my wife I found myself flicking through a modelling magazine and there was a full page advert for the new tooled Airfix 1/72 B-17G .... 'bang' the memories of humbrol cement and hand painting humbrol enamels on 'A Bit-o-Lace' in the early 80's came flooding back. Time to find out if my old wobbly hands can still make small plastic kits !! This time I am going with a theme - rather than randomly buy and build models. Slighty boring and obvious but in 1/72nd scale - US Aircraft types stationed in Essex (my home county and both sets of grandparents worked at US airbases during that period) , with correct squadron markings etc Starting with: Airfix P-51D Mustang Bubbletop (either 361st FG or 55th FG - finding decals is soo much fun, most of 361st aircraft that have decal sets were shot down before the move Essex) Airfix's B-17G ( 381st BG - only B-17 base in Essex at RAF Ridgwell) Most of the US Bases in Essex were Medium Bombers - so A-20 Havocs and B-26 Maurders , this is were my fun will start ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 aboard I think the modelling habit is always there in the background, no matter how long you've been away. It's like the Hotel California... you can never leave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Mc Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Don't stab your kits with your steely knife though Welcome back to the wonderful world of kit bashing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ventora3300 Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 On 16/03/2017 at 21:56, RJ-WobblyHands said: Its 35+ years since I last held a sprue cutter, building small plastic kits, but life seems to go in circles .. waiting for my wife I found myself flicking through a modelling magazine and there was a full page advert for the new tooled Airfix 1/72 B-17G .... 'bang' the memories of humbrol cement and hand painting humbrol enamels on 'A Bit-o-Lace' in the early 80's came flooding back. Time to find out if my old wobbly hands can still make small plastic kits !! This time I am going with a theme - rather than randomly buy and build models. Slighty boring and obvious but in 1/72nd scale - US Aircraft types stationed in Essex (my home county and both sets of grandparents worked at US airbases during that period) , with correct squadron markings etc Starting with: Airfix P-51D Mustang Bubbletop (either 361st FG or 55th FG - finding decals is soo much fun, most of 361st aircraft that have decal sets were shot down before the move Essex) Airfix's B-17G ( 381st BG - only B-17 base in Essex at RAF Ridgwell) Most of the US Bases in Essex were Medium Bombers - so A-20 Havocs and B-26 Maurders , this is were my fun will start ! That matches my 'resurgence' experience as well - a theme comes up and you have to follow it! Best of luck. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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