Deanflyer Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 (edited) Hello all, I hereby present the Deanflyer Collection 2009 (a phrase coined by the judges at the Avon Model Show in August this year!) I've been slaving like mad to finish my Jaguar so I could include it in the 2009 yearbook, and I've just declared it complete. Time for the pics: I started the year seriously enough with an Italeri 1/72 C-47 Dakota: Then I followed it up with a Classic Airframes 1/48 Vampire FB5: Then I went a bit off the rails by building the Academy 1/72 Starfighter as a dilapidated museum exhibit: Then I went a bit sillier and built a model to look just like the box. There are parts and decals inside, too: I came briefly back to sanity with a 1/48 Hasegawa Corsair, a commission build for a young lady in Australia: Then went a bit doolally by scratchbuilding one of the Iraqi MiG 25s buried in the desert for safekeeping: Then the mood stabilisers kicked in, and I built the Airfix 1/48 Canberra B2 as the Olympus Engine Testbed: It all went badly downhill though, when I built the Matchbox 1/72 Canberra in a colour scheme chosen completely atrandom by Britmodellers: I couldn't resist customising Revell's 1/1200 Titanic ship: I started on the Jaguar next, but it was such a long haul build that I need a couple of refreshers along the way. Scratchbuilt invisible Stealth Fighter, to match the famous internet photo: Then I scratchbuilt a tree in 1/32 scale for a lost flying model diorama called "Damn!": I also had time to be silly by completing a F-117 literally 'Out Of The Box': And finally, just making it under the wire after 95 hours toil, the Airfix 1/48 Jaguar GR.1: Been quite a varied year, hasn't it? 13 builds of various types, a new record for me. Here's to 2010... Cheers, Dean Edited December 31, 2009 by Deanflyer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightningboy2000 Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Thé piece de résistance of yearbook finished builds - a truly genius and entertaining mind you have! That Jaguar looks juicy! Very inspiring for those of us with modellers block! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Nice work Dean I missed the F-117 love it. A great year for your blend of modelling I think, more next year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverburn Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Brilliant! Love the tree diorama...that's truly excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upnorth Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Very nice work! I quite like the dilapidated F-104. How did you get the markings to look so nicely faded into translucency like that? I'll also thank you for posting that pic as you've helped me to not purchase the Academy F-104, it looks like they quite hosed the canopy shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanflyer Posted December 31, 2009 Author Share Posted December 31, 2009 Very nice work!I quite like the dilapidated F-104. How did you get the markings to look so nicely faded into translucency like that? I'll also thank you for posting that pic as you've helped me to not purchase the Academy F-104, it looks like they quite hosed the canopy shape. It was just a matter of applying the decals, then spraying over them with the background colour until they looked suitably faded. You can't afford to take it too far though - you only get one chance! As for the Academy Starfighter - avoid. It's pretty horrible all round. Thanks for the comments, Dean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Dean, Great year. Perhaps next year we should have a Group Build inspired by your 'wackier' builds! Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 Some nice ones there Dean, the Jag was worth the hard effort. Julien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deon Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 A great selection of models from an 'out of the box' thinker? Wonderful stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dahut Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 I like the "Vulcan in the Box!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FZ6 Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 (edited) Fantastic collection for this year with some very creative ideas Edited January 3, 2010 by FZ6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumbles Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Nice creative and inspiring work sir! Then I went a bit off the rails by building the Academy 1/72 Starfighter as a dilapidated museum exhibit: Thats about the best use for it. I built one as a kid about twenty years ago and even then could see how much of a botch it was. Still, it led me to the excellent revellogram F-104C a few years later as a sort of exorcism so it partially redeems itself. Only partially mind (that canopy! ).... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Gypsy Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Wonderful models Dean. I love the humour. You made me laugh & gaze in awl in equal measures. Congratulations on your excellent models. Dazie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crookedmouth Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 Dean Something tells me that you're not taking this seriously. Is there a topic for your Vulcan box? and is the box to 1/72nd scale? I'd love to see the insides! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanflyer Posted January 16, 2010 Author Share Posted January 16, 2010 DeanSomething tells me that you're not taking this seriously. Is there a topic for your Vulcan box? and is the box to 1/72nd scale? I'd love to see the insides! Whatever gave you that idea? There is a topic for the Vulcan box, although I wouldn't expect any WIP shots if I were you: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.p...ic=30028&hl The interior does have contents, as I mentioned... ..and it's in approximately 1/17 scale (the box, that is...) Thanks for the other comments too folks, it's appreciated. Cheers, Dean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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