The last 25 topic replies from Britmodeller http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:07:10 +0100 5 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=48725 well im in the process of building hobbyboss's 1/48 A-10 and it comes with a very nice (in my eyes) GAU-8 avenger, the only problem is once the fuse is closed up you can see it! im using eduards exterior PE set which replaces the exterior barrel so im left with pretty much the whole cannon assembly spare! so i have 2 questions
1, is there anywhere to find a good image of the GAU-8 out of the aircraft so i can get a good colour match, all i have found on google is b/w images or partial cannons,
2, what to do with the cannon once its complete? as i dont want to waste it!

cheers, chris]]> Wed, 05 May 2010 12:15:28 +0100 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=48725 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=55029 I would like to know if the plastic nose ( conical shape ) in the Trumpeter, 1/48, Su-15A Flagon, is correct.
I ask it because I have the Quickboost 1/48 radome correction ( ogival shape ) for the Su-15 but I don't know
if it is intended for ALL versions of the Su-15 including the "A" version ?
Also where can I find a good 1/48 resin cockpit for it ?
Thank You and Good Luck.
Tonka]]> Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:49:40 +0100 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=55029 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=55010 I know that Ray at VFS is planning one of these in the future but has anyone attempted converting the 1/24 bubbletop themselves? Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:43:17 +0100 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=55010 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=53729 Here's what I have available. There is a very nice reference book from Mark 1 Publications - soon to be re-issued with decals. This is highly desirable if you are tackling a late Spitfire like these.

The grey plastic bits are what comes in the Jays kit and the cream resin is all from the CMR kit.



Looking at the kit parts in more detail, you can see the mighty sprue gates, sometimes flowing on to the actual part and the lack of cockpit and wheelwell detail are going to be challenges in the Jays build. I have built a few CMR Spitfires before and I don't expect any problems. Also, the kit comes with a really nice decal sheet and some spare parts which I think the Jays kit will benefit from.










I can see the wheel wells are going to be a scratch-build job but I happen to have a Pavla resin cockpit for a PR.19 which I think I can adapt to the 22/24.






The current plan is to do one as a RAF 24 in camouflage with rockets and a belly tank and one as a Syrian 22 in natural metal or maybe camouflage. We shall see...........]]> Sun, 08 Aug 2010 11:15:00 +0100 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=53729 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=54939
Following on from my Yak-1B conversion/build I got my hands on the old Airfix 1/72 P-39Q Airacobra kit. I built one of these a couple of weeks ago and liked the overall build, but decided it could do with a little updating. As with most kits of this age there is no cockpit, other than a seat slab, at all. So with a copy of Modelaid International No.22, which just happens to have a paper cockpit in 1/72 scale contained within it, which I will use as a template to create a scratch-built example that's that area sorted. As with most of my builds I will modify the kit seat item with plastic card to make it look a little better. I have created a decal for the instrument panel, which will be made from plastic card as will most of the cockpit details.

One area that really needed some attention on my previous build was the engine air intake, which sits on the aircraft's spine just behind the rear canopy glazing, the original build kit was deformed and needed filing and sanding back, which made it very short so I added a solid block of plastic strip cemented to the front and then filed and sanded to shape to correct the length. I may use this technique again as the shape of the intake looks wrong and it may give me a better chance of making this area look more realistic.

Again I am producing a set of plans and scaling them to the kit rather than trying to make the kit fit 1/72 scale plans as this is not always easy or possible. The kit dimensions are length (from the front of the cannon muzzle (Extended from the spinner) to widest part of the rudder) 13.0cm and the wing span (wing tip to wing tip) 14.6cm.

Anyway here are some pictures of the box lid, kit components and the decals.







One quick note about the decals, they are oversized for the kit and if used make the kit look a little odd.

Hope you enjoy the build.

Doug.]]> Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:33:21 +0100 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=54939 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=54531 Don't THINK i'm going to go mental with this as regards extras....but we'll see! Anyway its the first time i've ever used Etch and resin stuff so it could all be a disaster, and as i've bought some etch for a 72nd Swordfish i need summat to practise on! Thanks for peeping!

John





Now if ever a lump of resin could be called SEXY....this has to be one!

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It'll be fine for me I'm sure, but has anyone tackled one before and what was the outcome?

Cheers,

Nick von Wellitlookslikeasabretome]]> Sat, 28 Aug 2010 16:02:18 +0100 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=54760 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=54988 I have the Airfix 1/72nd Super Constellation and i would like to build a TWA version, is there an aftermarket alternative? i have the Qantas decal in the kit but i really want the TWA markings can anyone help please? Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:25:23 +0100 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=54988 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=54769 Would a IAF/AF Kfir ever be seen carrying JDAMS or did those systems never cross paths in their careers? What smart weapons would a Kfir be hauling around? My new 1/72 build will have the extra plyons and the pave penny pod. Sat, 28 Aug 2010 20:04:47 +0100 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=54769 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=54980 Photography by Frans Dely/Aviationdimension.com

Early morning anglers are treated to the spectacle of four T6 Harvard Aircraft from The Flying Lions Aerobatic Team waterskiing across the Klipdrift Dam near Johannesburg South Africa.

Aircraft from The Flying Lions Aerobatic Team waterskiing across theKlipdrift Dam near Johannesburg South Africa.Lead by Scully Levin, with wingman Arnie Meneghelli, Stewart Lithgow and Ellis Levin, this renown airshow display team rehearse a sequence for the newly launched “Aviation Action” television program on Supersport.

Meneghelli from Academy Brushware, owner of the aircraft had this to say, “What we did today I believe is a world first. It illustrates that South African airshow pilots are amongst the best in the world”.

This unusual act, approved by the South African Civil Aviation Authority CAA), and supported by Castrol Aviation, was meticulously planned and took place under the watchfull eye of divers and paramedics that were on site.





Nutters!


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Has anyone built an F-Resin Trident 3 ? Looks good and tempted so save chopping up one of my Airfix kits, but for £30+, want to get some info first.

Cheers]]> Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:15:52 +0000 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=39070 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=54823
Is it Martles Ham?

Or Martle Sham?

Or some other variation I can't even imagine?

Thanks for any help!

Karl]]> Mon, 30 Aug 2010 02:29:40 +0100 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=54823 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=54958 http://www.luckymodel.com/scale.aspx?item_no=KI-K48032

$30 + $10 S&H from Hong Kong

At least the description says it will be a AdlA two seater - all variants (pre-2000-5) B is a interceptor, D is the conventional attack and N is the ASMP nuke carrier

Cannot wait for the weapons sprues to become known

As of right now the website does not show the box art nor any other pics but should be released soon.

Matt]]> Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:37:17 +0100 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=54958 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=53116 http://www.wolfpack-d.com/catalog/htm/48099.html

it's already available from Luckymodel.

Stephen]]> Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:21:20 +0100 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=53116 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=54191 this discussion I decided to go ahead and build the Tamiya kit as a quick summer project.
My plan was to go OOTB but soon I decided to use an Eduard Zoom set I had lying around, which (as usual) slowed things down a bit. I also found a few resin bits which will come in handy later on.

Anyway, on to the pics.
The basic cockpit area ready for painting:



The Eduard set is pretty useful but I didn't fancy the colour used for the instrument panel, the shade used looks more like RLM 66 than black to me.
Instead I decided to stick with the kit panel and use decals for the instrument faces, the decals were scrounged from other kits and the ever useful Mike Grant sheet in 1/48th.

For the oxygen hose I wrapped thin lead wire around a thicker piece of brass wire:



The cockpit and sidewalls painted up (still need to install parts of the harness):





For this project I plan to use the Montex Masks as per the above discussion to see how they work.
Still haven't figured out in which order to paint the markings but there is still some assembly to do before getting that far...

Cheers,
Anders]]> Mon, 16 Aug 2010 23:05:32 +0100 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=54191 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=55024 Can someone please tell me the part number? Cheers! Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:00:19 +0100 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=55024 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=55008 N3289, No. 610 'County of Chester' (Auxiliary) Squadron, RAF Wittering, September 1939 - April 1940.
Shot down 29 May 1940










A01071A
P9495, No. 610 'County of Chester' (Auxiliary) Squadron, RAF Biggin Hill, shot down 12 August 1040







Spot the differences...]]> Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:03:38 +0100 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=55008 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=55027 Almark decal sheet seem interesting.
Apart from a poor photo showing a captured bird (which could be this plane or another with the same codes) I found absolutely nothing about this bird.




Can you gentlemen help with some info or photo?

Thank you
Ed


]]> Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:39:51 +0100 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=55027 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=55009
Nimrod 77 put me onto a company called southern sky in oz who are supposed to do said decals but i cant find em on there site and been checking back on there for ages.

Does anyone know of a company who produces decals for siad aircraft

Scott C]]> Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:17:26 +0100 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=55009 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=54941
I have the Revell/Hasegawa Spitfire IXc in the stash, but would like to finish it to represent the BBMF's Mk.IX, which is a LFIXe. Do any of you know what would be involved in converting the Hasegawa kit into this type?

Presumably the cannon would be shifted to the outboard gun bays, and a .50 cal put in the inboard bays - that shouldn't be too difficult. However, I'm no expert on the Spitfire, so am at a loss as to what else would need altering to make the Spit look "right" externally.

I'd appreciate any help/pointers that folk could give regarding this one!

Cheers ]]> Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:48:50 +0100 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=54941 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=55021
Here's some quick pics of the Revell Tigermeet F-16 that I've recently completed. My decalling skills have certainly improved.








Thanks for looking,
Gary



]]> Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:50:38 +0100 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=55021 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=54983
Comments and Critique welcome.

Pete









]]> Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:54:52 +0100 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=54983 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=44498 The Aires cockpit set was added, the wheels are borrowed from the Italeri kit.
A fair bit of scratch build and corrected items were also added.
Paint was Extracrylics and decals by Afterburner.

























Sorry for the number of pics, but I quite enjoyed photographing this model
A very enjoyable project, even though it fought back a few times and I abandoned it a few times we got there in the end.

Shaun.]]> Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:09:30 +0000 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=44498 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=55023





Cheers

Stephen]]> Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:57:25 +0100 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=55023 http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=54935















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