The last 25 topic replies from Britmodeller http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php Thu, 17 May 2012 21:18:20 +0100 5 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=234918434
Here`s the current one, and yes I`m going to correct those training bands to the correct colour......



.... and as you will note, the new kit`s box is now open, so Pandora, here I come......



]]> Sun, 13 May 2012 11:56:54 +0100 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=234918434 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=234918546 This kit is one of the best molded kits i have ever seen. There are no photos of it anywhere that do it justice , you have to see it in the plastic! One of the things i really like is that theres very good detail in the parts you will be able to see and not much in the places you cant. I cant decide on markings yet. Some of the ones on the ZOTZ sheet look good but 23 quid on a decal sheet is too much for me. Im really leaning towards a PBJ-1J at the moment. I can easily scratchbuild a wing pod.
OK on with a couple of photos. Heres the photos of the cockpit straight from the box. All of those levers are seperate.




]]> Tue, 15 May 2012 10:41:08 +0100 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=234918546 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=234918727 Does anybody know if the AMT 1/72 AV-8A is a repop of the old ESCI kit? Thu, 17 May 2012 21:04:26 +0100 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=234918727 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=234918716
A couple of photos of Revells C-17 built up straight from the box.




Brian.
]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 17:46:57 +0100 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=234918716 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=234918719
Started taken some pics quite late on in this build as we've already seen the initial build stages of this kit.

This particular build will concentrate on going a bit mad on the detail. My intentions are to do the following;

From nose to tail -
Nose avionics bays detailed
Super detailed cockpit and cabin area (completed)
Detailed TOW booms
Left hand side footstep access down (with portion of gearbox showing). (Completed. Gearbox made from a blob of milliput dressed with H beam styrene and random bits of PE. Gearbox floor area painted green and dressed with I beam styrene)
The left hand footstep is usually dropped whenever the engine bay door is open as this is used to climb up to the decking...which leads me on to the open port engine bay...
Engine bay opened. Engine bay decking made using take-away alloy tray, cut to shape and riveting applied to the floor area.
Engine scratch built with appropriate (and reasonably accurate piping, plumbing and wiring harness) (Completed)
Rear (underside) avionics bay door opened. The inner portion of the door will be dressed and detailed.
Entire tail boom tail rotor drive shafts exposed with associated covers open. Tail Intermediate gearbox scratch built with associated gubbins.

Err, thats about it so far.

Anyway, some photos;

Seats dressed with inertia release mechanisms and reels, first aid kits and fire extinguisher.



3 man seat harnesses and back rest detail.


black wiggly bits in roof with brass tubing are the NVG wander lamps








Footstep access cut out and gearbox detail exposed




Engine bay decking made from alloy take-away tray. Underneath is some cross bracing made from styrene.


Start of RR Gem engine construction




















Tail boom sliced up. drive shaft covers removed in preparation for drive shaft mounts and other stuff to be added. I'll stick a thin sheet of styrene on the top area to act as the base.


IGB cover drilled and cut to accept mesh on the inside.


Thats it for now. Going to start on the nose avionics bay area. Luckily I still have all my drawings and dimensions from my AA 1/35 Lynx so I'll use those as templates but just make them a bit smaller ]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 19:38:17 +0100 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=234918719 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=234908932
http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/K48020 Northrop/Canadair F-5A/CF-5A/NF-5A 1/48 from Kinetic.

According to Hanannts www anyway.


Regards,
Gerard
]]> Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:22:19 +0000 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=234908932 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=234918702


Painted in the markings of No 9 Squadron, RAF, Bruggen Germany 1985.













Thanks for looking,

Martin

]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 11:48:32 +0100 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=234918702 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=234918725 Can anyone help me out with the camouflage clours for the KP MiG21 , either with Humbrol paint numbers or FS numbers ? A google search and looking at photos has just left me confused . Thu, 17 May 2012 20:55:24 +0100 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=234918725 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=234918724


]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 20:50:59 +0100 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=234918724 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=234918723 If an aircraft had no ailerons and used wing warping would it have an elevator ? The aircraft concerned is an early Sopwith Schnieder . Thu, 17 May 2012 20:50:15 +0100 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=234918723 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=234918492

MG-8921 Handley-Page 0/400


MG-8931 Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter MAY belong to No. 3 Wing, RNAS


MG-8933 Airco DH4


MG-8934 Fokker E IV


MG-8937 Short 184


MG-8936 Fokker D 11]]> Mon, 14 May 2012 16:04:46 +0100 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=234918492 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=234918648
Two transporters, one with main fuselage and the other with wings etc, went passed on their way south. Colour was light grey with RAF style markings but could be RN?

Anyone know where they are going?

Mike]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 16:38:12 +0100 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=234918648 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=234918714 ]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 15:40:38 +0100 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=234918714 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=234918649
i've just saw this http://forums.airshows.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=42894 on another site - it's another BA Olympics special livery this time its role is to bring the Olympics torch from Greece to the UK.

IMO, an improvement on the BA Dove we saw a few weeks ago.

Would love a set of decals for this - although, i guess the Olympics badge on the front means some ridiculous copyrighting laws means we cant (fingers crossed!!)]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 16:40:46 +0100 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=234918649 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=234918672 The World's Fightng Planes by William Green; London. Copyright in 1965.

It states that the F.A.W. Mk1 has two retractable rocket trays firing 14 2 inch FFAR each. The trays are located behind the radome next to the nose gear.

My question is: Does the F.A.W. Mk 2 carry these rockets in the trays, or just in the pods underneath the wings? This book states that it does. Does the new Airfix Sea Vixen in 1/48 have this detail feature?

Also, What does F.A.W. stand for?

thanks]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 22:10:07 +0100 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=234918672 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=234916793
The first UK F-35 made its first flight last week, so we can now see the UK colour scheme in all its glory:



(Photo is copyright Lockheed Martin and available from their Flickr page)

Yes, she's grey, exactly the same as the American ones. I'm not a fan of the jet, but aesthetically she is growing on me. I'm definitely not a fan of the "stealth" national markings though. White roundels are going to get very confusing when there are multiple foreign operators of the aircraft all with the same roundels!

Oh, and she's an F-35B, because it is the first of a batch of 3 ordered by the MOD for testing. The first was too far along in the build to change when the Govt changed to the F-35C. If I remember rightly the second will also be an F-35B, but the third should be an F-35C, but I'm happy to be corrected if someone has better info.]]> Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:23:21 +0100 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=234916793 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=234913485 My name is Marcin Witkowski and I came from Poland. My Friend Marek pushed me to register in this fine forum to show You my Spitfire model.

Few words about this miniature to take some light on its history.
For last two years (including breaks) I’m building an model which was started some 15 years ago. I was looking then for simple OOB project to show my young students how to build plastic kits. Model wasn’t finish at the end of the class besides major shape of the aircraft. In this stage it was storage in box until my friends encouraged me to finish it two years back. I took challenge but I didn’t want to take to much effort with the cockpit for example or undercarriage. That’s why my Spit will be finished on stick and with the pilot figure inside.
I’m showing my work on www.modelarstworedukcyjne.pl, one of the finest modelbuilding sites in polish internet. Take a look on articles. Some of them are written also in English.

Ok, some pictures

After taking unfinished model from box I decided to reshape the engine top cover. Very characteristic for MkIX/MkXVI. I used Gunze Epoxy.


I applied a new shape of armoured part of fuselage skin over main fuel tank. It’s copper plate 0,06mm thin



Wing fillets also required to better shape. I’ve made it using plastic plate, CA glue and some putty.



New shape was applied on air intake and as you can see at this stage I also take care on the panel lines which were rised in Heller kit.


I could’t wait to take work on details, so long before main body was finished I made some extras as cannon fairings and gun muzzles or engine axhaust pipes. Cannon and gun details was made in turning process on a dremel tool. The fish-tail pipe I filled using copper flat bar and thin plate. This is an prototype to cast in resin.






That’s all for start. I’ll post soon some more photos. You can also take a look for linked site above to find a topic with my Spitfire.
]]> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:52:47 +0000 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=234913485 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=234918584
Has anyone out there attempted to convert a 1-72nd Avro 504K into a 1914 period 504A, as used on the November 1914 Friedrichshafen raid?

Was there a great deal of difference between the 504A & 504K? The only visual difference seems to be the engine & cowling, but please correct me
if I've missed something.

I would appreciate your opinions on how to best create the semi-enclosed engine cowling of this particular aircraft.

Once again, my thanks everyone.

Tim



]]> Tue, 15 May 2012 19:11:24 +0100 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=234918584 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=234918669 Must admit it was a lovely kit to build with very few problems just the odd bit of filler here and there. if i could change anything i'd buy some resin seats next time the kit ones are quite poor. Bulit straight from the box but added some pipes and the first time of scratch building the bomb bay but when the fuel tanks in you cant see a thing ! Well hope you all like it I do


















Just thought id add this photo so you can see the size of this beast

]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 21:49:04 +0100 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=234918669 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=234918489
Here's my latest build. It's the 1/32 Tamyia Spitfire XVI, incredible kit, it really is. I used Barracudacast cockpit door, threaded wheels and rocker covers.
Painted with Xtracolour E.D.S.G. and Lifecolor M.S.G. and the decals are from AllyCat.

Thanks for looking and hope you like her.

Gerry



















The last shot was taken at the Irish Model Soldier Society annual show over the weekend where she earned a silver medal.]]> Mon, 14 May 2012 15:01:46 +0100 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=234918489 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=234918701

IMAG0412 by raiford@btinternet.com, on Flickr


IMAG0416 by raiford@btinternet.com, on Flickr]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 11:46:38 +0100 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=234918701 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=234918244
Looks like all got out though which is good news.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-18020646

Julien]]> Thu, 10 May 2012 13:25:27 +0100 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=234918244 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=234916917



Now before I start I make no apologies for the amount of photo's I have taken!...during the build in WIP I took over 659 photos !! ...so I am not going to cheat on the content here!! ...seriously ...I did try and cut out a lot of the photos but found it difficult because of the amount of work and detail I have put into this project!......and just to remind you that I started this SE5a last June 2011!!

For those of you who followed this build from start to finish on WIP ...you must be chuffing mad!!!! but I really appreciated all the support you gave me along the way....I am not going to mention any names but you know who you are! ....many a time I nearly through in the towel when I had to redo parts etc...but I believe it was worth while in the end.

For those of you who are interested ...the link to WIP is..........HERE

I also realise that WW1 subjects are not every one's cup of tea so to speak , so I really did appreciate the guys that follwed this through to the end.

So.....I made it in 1:20 scale...made from balsa,ex christmas cards,paper,plastic card,tissue,coca cola cans,wire,food packaging,Bulgarian Yoghurt pots and any thing else I found usefull in the kitchen waste bin!!!!...................no aftermarket accessories were used...I hate them!!!

I have put the photos into sections......please don't think I am pretentious. ..ok...you can if you want!!

This first photo is of the real thing and this is what I wanted my model to look like..................



.........and heres my SE5a.



Section 1....over all photos taken in my back yard!



















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Linky]]> Tue, 15 May 2012 16:35:40 +0100 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=234918571 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=234916467

I've decided to start another build while I wait for some bits for my Oscar and fancied the look of this, mainly as I have all the right-(ish) colours for it!

There happens to be some MDF left over from the last dio' so I might just do a smaller, simpler dio.
If I do end up 'dio-ing' it I fancy something along the lines of it having a new engine fitted, I really don't feel like chopping the kit up so would probably display the engine having just been delivered, either on a trolley or maybe hanging on a block and tackle arrangement ready to be fitted, we shall see what happens along the way!

Quick obligatory box shot:-




While that takes shape so is a new space with the potential for more than just the storage of the wife's shoes, dresses and quarter ton of make-up:-



I put a decent wooden loft ladder in a while ago but never got round to fitting the boarding so I've been cracking on while work is intermittant!
Also found a leak that's been there since we moved in some ten years ago which has started to rot the nearest joist...bugger ! Although the wife has suggested we get a Velux loft window fitted were the damage is which is what has spaked me thinking I could at least use part of the area to make a reasonable spray booth! My birthday is looming and the wife has hinted at an airbrush, (well, I did ) so might be some decent finishes coming from me in the near future, possibly something mottled !!


Si.]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 23:54:31 +0100 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=234916467