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Great work on the canopies Anthony - It shows your modelling skills & courage to be able to tackle a mod like that Chris

Thanks for the information. Boy did I ever identify the clear parts wrong. I should have gotten it right since I have both the AM and HK. This model must have real sentimental value to you. The nose parts alone was half the cost of the whole HK kit. I recently got the HK PBJ-1J kit for $85 on sale at Sprue Brothers. I felt silly sending that much money on a kit period. Especially when I have three AM C/Ds one with G parts, two PM Js, a Monogram H, glass nosed J and hard nosed J. Told you the Mitchell was my favorite. 😁 FWIW I almost quit the hobby after building a hard nosed Monogram J in NMF. They're great kits but need a lot of body work to pull off NMF. I only bought the HK kit to do it in NMF. I'll use the really PBJ parts on a Monogram J or H. I'm looking forward to seeing more progress. Be well Ron

Perfect!

Gecko has top-notch customer service as well. I was building one of their ambulance kits and it was missing a small sprue with four roof vent pieces. They shipped it to me inside a full Quad kit!

Many thanks for the photos @Kingsman 👍. If you have any more of that MkVII and trailer that would be incredibly useful. I can't seem to find a decent full walkaround set online.

Thanks! 😊

Yep, should have checked myself. Ok, no B-25, Avenger, just, and the VW, is it IMC or Hawk? I looked at the instructions listed on Scalemates, and on it it says Hawk, then IMC beneath that. Thanks. Confused of Deception Bay.

Thanks! Yes, I was surprised at how sharp those curves were, particularly the section of masking over the front wheel arches and then along the front of the windscreen. The 1mm masking tape seemed to adhere well though, so time will tell if it worked!

I will do my best! Parts: Revell/Monogram 1/48 Nose parts and HK Models clear parts: https://www.scalemates.com/kits/hk-models-01f008-b-25j-mitchell--1438555 According to my eBay order, the grey parts are "Nose Guns B25J Mitchell 1:48 Scale Model Plane Part Revell" so a later version of the kit that was parted out, possibly from the '90s, whenever they had switched from OD Green to Grey plastic. Here's the page on eBay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/156281779845 and cost me US $15.68. So far the fit of the greenhouse to the grey part is really decent after I trimmed it down to fit the profile of the greenhouse bottom edge. There is a slight width difference but we are talking 0.5mm to 1mm and easily managed by when gluing in place and taping till cured, from what I can see. The height before trimming down the grey was about 1mm to 1.5 mm higher than the fuselage front on the nose where it mates. The clear parts from eBay is from "HK Models 1/48th Scale B-25J Mitchell - Clear Parts from Kit No. 01F008" according to that seller. No page sadly. That set me back $36.98. A fair amount of flash trimming on the grey parts due to the old school molds they used. The Clear parts, no flash at all, good fit, very little manipulating to make it fit. The only thing I ended up having to sand to fit was the grey nose to the existing model, about 0.25mm give or take to make it blend. (pilots side only, copilots side was good, it was subtly mis-molded on pilots side.) Hope this helps, got a fair amount of work ahead of me now.

Alistair, That's a lovely crisp job on the turrets - you should try something challenging next time Cheers, Roger

Was not aware of Airfix re-releasing the Phantom in a different quality plastic, did they improve on the air intakes detail or is it still bland? How can the new release be distinguished from the original? Thank you

I'd say your experiment was wildly successful! Is that Michel Tanguy airplane?

Back in the ‘90’s, my parents bought me old kits they found in an antique shop of the Spitfire, Hurricane and P-40B. Kits I’d built many times as a kid in the late 60’s and early 70’s. I vowed I’d build them when I retired. I completed the Spitfire and Hurricane before I got an account here but I just started the P-40. This particular one is missing a couple of parts and has more flash than the Spit and Hurricane I’d done but it’s still a nostalgic build. The only modification will be the decals. I learned on the other builds that these old decals are unusable. Those other builds are on my Youtube channel “Rambling Adventures.” I’m just doing this one for fun. No slaving over it, no modifications, just nostalgia. How many of you built this one?

What wonderful work. Attention to detail and great skill. I love it. !! Congratulations !! Andrés.

What is different in the Intake ramp patterns between US and British? I assume you are talking about the variable ramp with the boundary layer holes? The intake itself was made larger, but was the size of the fixed and variable intake ramp changed too? Thanks, Gene K

Coming on nicely Mark.

They are definitely not the ones pushing it...I guess the USMC has more C models on carriers... !

From the Merit groupbuild,I have just finished their green plastic B.R.M driven by Mike Hawthorn 3 times in 1956 and had 3 retirements. This one number 9 was in the Silverstone International trophy. It was built,but the body wasn’t painted,which made it easier for me! As seen in the Merit thread I have made made a stab at an interior,and found a colour picture of this car and its dashboard, this shows it’s definitely bare aluminium with the tan rimmed steering wheel.The exhaust also seems to be grey,rather than gunmetal but I mixed it up a bit. The silencer is bare metal foil with the tiny holes all drilled separately,deeply satisfying! Well here it is then,Chris.

I’m halfway through building this. I’m enjoying myself but it’s not straightforward. Still, taking my time and working things out as I go. Fit is generally ok. Dry fitting essential and most parts need some pre-love before they can be fitted (wings especially). I have the fuselage joined up and am doing some sanding and filling around the transparent parts before attaching the wings etc. Most joints are butt joins and therefore a bit fragile. There’s no ducting on the rear fuselage spine so some plasticard half round of the right dimension needed here. No torpedo or bomb bay included in TB boxing. The cowlings are for the Hereford boxing and the ovals are the radiator grills for that version too. The transparencies are very clear and the fit is not too bad, but they are on the thick side and you need to make your own holes for the guns. Unless you’re a decal strip guy or gal, the wildly overpriced peewit masking set was a good investment I thought. I’ll post some photos when I am home next.

Unless something else falls off I think it’s finished. A pain at times but I do think it looks pretty good.

I think Hasegawa gave the kit a Martin-Baker Q7, but a Mk 5 would be more appropriate. Q7s equipped F-104Gs IIRC. Neat job so far, should be a nice result.

It’s the little things. . . A diesel engine, like any other, needs to be cooled and to exhaust. Marine diesels do not generally have radiators like their terrestrial counterparts. Instead, they are cooled by the water through which they are moving. That means they need an inlet (below the waterline) and an outlet (above the waterline). This model provides neither. A superb model on a German site, which I referenced earlier, clearly shows the locations of both. Reference photos can’t show the inlet, but the outlet, in operation, can be seen. As for the exhaust, it pierced the hull on the port side. And it clearly shows up here. So, how did I spend my afternoon? Making use of the spare parts bins. I may add a bit of soot trailing aft from the exhaust. Now where does the ship’s head discharge to? Just kidding. I’ve seen to the engine’s needs. That’ll be it. 🙂 Best, Jeff

The last of the Decals applied, maybe a stenci or two left. Wheels, doors and ordnance and we’re done.

Ole and Lena were driving through the countryside, and they were having an argument as they went. Lena became very quiet for several minutes, and then they drove past a hog farm. Lena looked at the pigs in their pens, snorted, and asked Ole "Relatives of yours?" Ole replied "Yep. In-law's."

That looks glorious and it's an attractive scheme. Mick