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  1. Hiya! It's been some time since I had a chance to share anything here. I started Airfix's 1/72 Beaufort in fall of 2022 but wasn't really feeling it, so it went back into a box for a long time. This weekend I opened it up and realized that the thing which was really irritating me; the poor fit of the glazings - which required CA - which in turn led to stress fractures on the clear parts if you look to closely (please don't look too closely!), wasn't that big of deal. Life is too short to get hung up about some imperfection on a plastic toy. So I added the final details. Did some touchup painting, and here it is. This is presented as a no. 217 sqn machine in 1941. I typically don't weather my aircraft this much, but I wanted to capture the look of similar Beauforts shown in period color photos. This was done with many different thin glazing coats of acrylics. By the way. all weathering and detail painting on this model was hand painted with Model Air acrylics.
    106 points
  2. Hi fellows, this is my rendition of the Hurricane MkIIc from Arma. Superb kit with brilliant details an rivet lines. The fit is superb, no need for putty. I added some handles at the canopy. The typical colors came from AK Real colors. No big issues, but one have to pay attention to the tube construction of the cockpit frame. Weathering with all current things, like oils, pigments, watercolor pencils and so on. Enough waffling on to the pic’s
    103 points
  3. Hello! Here goes my first model on the forum - an F4F-3 Wildcat. It's one of my favourite WW2 planes, I've built a bunch of them in various paintings but I have a soft spot for the pre-war yellow-wing birds 🙂. That particular 'cat' belonged to VF-41 on the USS Ranger. I didn't want it to be very "tired", it's a rather new machine that hasn't seen any action yet. Enjoy!
    98 points
  4. Dora Wing's much anticipated kit of the Fairey Delta FD.2 in 72nd scale was worth the wait! A lovely little kit which went together with absolutely no issues. My only problem was when the carpet monster fancied a snack and snaffled one of the etched yaw/pitch probes. So some swearing (lot of swearing!) later I managed to make a passable replacement. For the colour I used Xtracolor X030 RAF Post War Roundel Blue. All Dora Wing's should do now is to upscale it to 48th! Thanks for looking Angelo.
    89 points
  5. First one off the bench for 2024. This is the first of 2 Gladiators I am building Simply a very enjoyable kit to put together Ive added a Yahu Instrument panel and Master Detail gun barrels. Flaps are from an AIMS PE set. The markings are painted on using a mask set from 1 Man Army out of Belgium Rigging is from EZ line. There's nothing easy about it!! Probably the most frustrating part of the build for me. Thanks for looking Bruce
    88 points
  6. I’ve been focusing on small scale armour for the last while, so thought it was time to do an aircraft for a change. This is Airfix’s 1/72 Jet Provost. I added some missing details like the scoops on the upper fuselage and nose, as well as the landing, navigation and anti collision lights, and the Eduard PE interior detail set. This particular aircraft seemed to be kept quite clean, so weathering was kept to a minimum, and was largely washed out anyway by the lightning when taking the photos. Hope you like. Wayne
    87 points
  7. Hi All, My third completion for 2024 is SH's Barracuda, finished as LS503 of 815 Sqn FAA, flying from HMS Indomitable in August 1944. Although I have not been able to find a photo of LS403 here is a Barracuda from Indomitable from around the same time: The build was OOB - here is the WIP if anybody is interested: And on with the photos: I couldn't resist a couple of companion shots, both with 3-crew FAA brethren: And one with a stable-mate: I have to say I've really enjoyed this build, and it's nice to have a Barracuda in the collection. Thanks to all of those who have added kind words and encouragement along the way - it has been much appreciated! Thanks for looking, Roger
    85 points
  8. Hi all. After the recently finished Sea King, it was time to continue with Italeri's Wessex. I finally managed to obtain a couple of very rare Eduard pe sets which arrived just in time. Even better, on this forum I found a post by 'Hendie' here, who produces some excellent 3d printed detail sets which contain engine bay details and other parts. In the meantime even more parts are available from him. Check it out! The interior walls were detailed with plastic strips, Eduard pe, and some scratch built parts. The seats that are visible through the cargo door, were modified to look a bit more like the real thing. The cockpit was mostly built up with Eduard pe. The 2 pilot's seats are the nicest parts of them all in my opinion. The resin engine bay and engines are real gems and the fit is quite good, considering the inconsistent thickness of the plastic parts. Overall the fit of the kit wasn't too bad and most details are present in the kit. The model was painted with MrHobby paint over AMMO by Mig Jimenez A-Stand black primer. Aquagloss clear coat and metallic paints on the exhausts from the same company were also used. The blade fold parts are from Scale Warship and are essential if you want to save space in your cabinet. And it looks cool too as a bonus. Thanks for watching. René
    85 points
  9. Something a little off the beaten track, possibly, and I have fond memories of building the tiny 1/72 Airfix kit of this aircraft when I was a young lad. Here we have the 1/48 ICM kit of the Cessna O-2A 'Skymaster' and a neat kit it is too, with nice recessed panel lines and ample interior detail and of course lots of separate cockpit glazing parts which fitted very nicely indeed. The only concern I had was the main undercarriage strut for the rear wheels, below the rear fuselage, moulded in plastic of course, and not surprisingly for aircraft of this nature I suspected that it would probably sag over a period of time. To avoid this problem I bought the SAC metal undercarriage set for this kit, but soon wished I had not, because it is cast in some kind of white-metal or pewter, and is, sadly, very soft and 'bendy' and is not much stronger than the standard injection moulded kit plastic undercarriage strut! So I binned the SAC set, and ordered the Aerocraft set instead, which is cast in solid brass and is MUCH stronger than the white metal set that I threw away. Problem solved. To stop the model tail-sitting, I added approx 10g of thin sheet lead, cut to shape and fixed to the space inside the roof of the nose leg bay. More than enough room in there to add suitable nose weight. For the cockpit interior I added only seat belts, although I did toy with the idea of adding lots of etched parts, but did not bother with that in the end. Model was airbrushed in a combination of Humbrol and Xtracolour enamels for the main airframe (thinned with Cellulose thinners). Applied some reasonably discrete panel lining/weathering mainly using Paynes Grey artists oil-colour, thinned with White Spirit, and a tiny amount of pastel-chalks here and there. I did not want to go too heavy handed with weathering and such. The noses of the underwing mini-gun pods were finished in Alclad Stainless Steel, giving a nice metallic finish, and the main bodies of the mini-guns and the underwing rocket pods were finished in Olive Drab. Decals used were mainly kit ones, with a handful also taken from the spares box , such as numbers and small stencils, all of which settled down snugly using Micro Set and Micro Sol solutions. After decals were dry, an overall coat of Winsor & Newton acrylic Galeria matt varnish was airbrushed on, to finish things off. Various antennas, aerials and static dischargers on trailing edges were made using fine fishing-line. The final touch were some RBF tags, cut from printed paper, added to the underwing stores and the pitot tube. Quite chuffed with how the model turned out, and must admit I do have a bit of a soft spot for aircraft like this, something of a cute little thing, and slightly esoteric with it's 'push-pull' double-engine layout! Also, I must add a word of thanks to @Mike H for laser-etching the brass name plate on the base board, sets it off nicely. Cheers Mike ........
    81 points
  10. Good afternoon all, Bit of a mammoth project for me. It's taken five months and one week of (almost) daily modelling, and thus well in excess of 200 hours. It could (and maybe should) have consumed so many more. The basic kit is from Academy and the decals are a scheme provided by AOA Decals that represents a CH-53E from HMM-264 in 2006. The sheet covers multiple types and thus some of the markings are required from the kit sheet, and some (like the national insignia on the horizontal tail surface) need to be painted. Additions are numerous: Added UHF antenna above and below fuselage Scratchbuilt GPS antenna on fuselage spine Modified antenna mount on starboard side of spine Peanut light added to tail tip Eduard and Archer resin rivets all over (of several pitches) Resin wheels (Armory - nice but don't fit) Resin exhausts (ResKit - nice) Resin air intakes (ResKit - awful) Resin tail rotor (ResKit - nice) Resin main rotor hub (ResKit - mediocre (at best)) Blades dropped Blades magnetised (i.e. removable) Rotor blade hub magnetised Resin refuelling probe (ResKit - nice) Refuelling probe magnetised Cables for NVG sensor arm Cables for engine intakes Cable for refuelling probe Scratchbuilt search lights lower front fuselage Exhaust shroud made from foil Scratchbuilt engine intake struts Scratchbuilt Lifting eyes Scratchbuilt Maintenance struts x2 Eduard brass (inside and out) Pitots replaced with brass tube Rotor hub wired ANYZ connectors dotted all over the place AOA decals NVG sensor removed Chaff buckets modified to be empty There's a lot wrong with it, but I won't list that here. On to the photos... Thanks for looking and comments welcome. Jon
    80 points
  11. 1/72 Monogram F-105G with Hasegawa missiles, LP Models ladders and Caracal decals. Painted with Hataka Orange Line paints (after having to strip off my original attempt with acrylics) Really enjoyed building this old kit, and now toying around with the idea of having another go with the Monogram 1/72 A-10 from the 70s 🤔 Four from the top: ...and a profile shot to finish off Thanks for looking mike
    79 points
  12. I am glad to present my first model completed this year. The construction took several years, as I made a significant portion of the fuselage interior from scratch and made several modifications to the bomb bay and landing gear. Initially, I planned to use a set with CMK engines, but unfortunately the content of this set and its quality are very low, it required many modifications. some WIP pictures
    79 points
  13. This one has occupied me since Christmas. It's not an easy kit to build, with quite a few significant pooh traps, not least the 5 part fuselage. As I often find with big kits, I was getting a little tired of it by the end. Nevertheless, I am very pleased with the results and now struggling to find a place to display it! The kit comes from BPK (£99.99 via Jadlam) and the decals from Air Graphics (£21.99 via Hannants). Sadly, the kit does not have an opening weapons bay, and the nice looking Air Graphics resin one was out of stock by the time I looked. Given the problems I had fitting the existing weapons bay door covers, I suspect that fitting the resin might have been challenging. Equally sadly, the RAF have not procured wing pylons or anything to hang on them, so my wings are bare, although I am looking at how I can put together a set of SPEAR 3 Missiles to hang from the wings in the future. Brush painted as usual with Humbrol enamels (I used 127 Ghost Grey, which is a little too blue for Boeing Grey (gray?), but matches my own photos quite well) with a darker grey wash in the panel lines. I added two cockpit crew and one side observer, just to give the kit a bit of life! Like with the E-3D kit I did a few years ago, I have managed to leave the wing and centre section loose (at the cost of a slightly gappy join) which will help with storage and transport. Photographing kits of this size always poses me a problem, so I am afraid I have had to photoshop some extraneous detail (my conservatory, house and cherry tree) out of some of the pictures.
    78 points
  14. Hey All, I found this kit in the clearance bin at a Canadian Tire- overlooked and unwanted, and most importantly for just C$10. I started on it way back in August 2023 as an quick weekend attempt to break out of a 3 year long modelling dry spell. The detailing devil crept in starting with a riveting pass. Having recently purchased a 3d printer, I took on the challenge of modeling and 3d printing out the landing gear, main rotor head, tail rotor, hydraulic winch, sand filter and other bits and bobs around the aircraft. The build thread can be found here. The success of the build is largely in part due to the wealth of reference photos here at britmodeller.com. I also received a lot of helpful suggestions and hints, and even some in-depth knowledge of Sea King operations from user Jonners in the build thread. Hugely appreciated! I initially planned on modelling the helicopter in flight with rotor blur, however main rotor droop was a problem that I was unable to solve despite multiple tries over as many months. I finally bit the bullet, downgraded plans and posed the helicopter on the ground. Decals were from the kit, along with PRINT SCALE decals for the 202 sqn logo, and ZE370 serial number from spares Spring has come early with gorgeous golden hour light, perfect for photography. The (real) grass is still dormant though I used AK's Hyper Thin Rigging line for the antenna rigging. This particular aircraft had sea grey on the port landing gear with a white hydraulic actuator, and white on the starboard landing gear. Painted with Tamiya X-8 Acrylics and weathered with oils. Preshading on the rivet lines was done in brown over a white primed plastic Scratch built rear view mirrors. Antennas on the bottom made using fishing line 3d printed tail rotor, and static discharge rods using fishing line. Ventilation grates on the tail boom were added using wire mesh inserted in cutouts in the plastic Figures posed from purchased pilot figures. Injured woman downloaded for free from cults3d.com Black caulking on the pontoons made using a fine tip marker. Red emergency release tabs on the windows were made using Enamel paints. 3d printed rotor head with cabling and cap. Handles on the air intake hatches made with copper wire. Handles above windows made using copper wire. The grey trim around the cockpit windows was painted with enamel grey that allowed for sharp outlines (using enamel thinner to wipe the imperfections away) 3d printed winch. Hook from kit part. Steel cable from fishing line 3d printed landing gear and wheels/ tires. The landing gear was installed in the un-weighted position due to the 'lofty' plans at the beginning of the build. However, they were glued in place and I was unable to switch to the weighted landing gear after grounding the build. 3d printed sand filter, and wire mesh for the grates installed after making appropriate holes in the plastic. Looks way better than the supplied kit decals. Some images of the 3d printed detail parts: Motion blur effect on the tail rotor tests R What a difference a riveting pass makes. Worth the extra effort. If you've made it this far, here's an image of the rotor blur tests I did: note the warpage in the rotors. It got progressively worse within a few hours. There was a sense of relief in completing this build, more than a sense of accomplishment and joy. Sitting unproductive on a project for months does that to you. Good thing is that the mojo is back, and I've got some other fun projects (albeit without the 3d printing) on the table now. Thanks for watching! Cheers, Alex.
    75 points
  15. Following my comment on @John Masters's thread, I realised that I had not shared that build that I completed at the end of 2020. If my memory is any good, this aircraft is an F.6 that received the rear part of an FGA.9 with the parachute housing and not an FGA.9 as Revell state on the box. Final pictures: The build: Moulding: This picture is typical of what was in my box: Flash, heavy sink marks and soft surface details caused by the moulding issues. Nothing major but frustrating nonetheless when it comes to a kit that is not supposed to be short run... Having said that, a fired of mine who had acquired several boxes right after the kit was released did not have the same issues. Cockpit: The cockpit tub is very nice OOB and the seat was improved using my usual process (lead wire, Tamiya masking tape strips, plasticard, aluminium foil, Magic Sculp and stretched sprue): The cockpit sides were detailed using plasticard and a punch-and-die: The backplate was the area that needed more improvements: I also added a collimator before gluing the windshield: Once painted, it looks really nice. I did not use the decals but painted everything by hand using a sharpened toothpick and Vallejo acrylics: Air inlets: It is advisable to add a shim of plasticard where the wings meet the fuselage around the air inlets. Otherwise you will be left wth a nasty gap at the top and bottom junctions: The air inlet cone is missing and the resulting empty space is quite noticeable. I made some off 0,2mm plasticard sheet: Painted white at the front and going black at the back to give an impression of depth: Parachute housing: It had a very nasty sink mark and the panel lines had nearly disappeared. It took quite a bit of time and effort to bring it back to a decent condition: I had to rescribe and add missing rivets to quite a few hatches / covers, mostly on the wings. Overall fit: In spite of the moudling issues, the overall fit was good and little filler was needed: Painting and weathering: The model was painted using Mr Hobby Aqueous over an Ammo One Shot black primer: Grey: I sprayed a highly thinned H331 DSG in a mottling fashion, building up slowly the coverage and letting the black show through around the panel lines. Then, I made some highlights using H337, insisiting on raised details and the centre of the panels. I finished with some post-shading using Panzegrau. Green: I used H73 DG follosing the same process and made highlights by adding H313 sand to the dark green. I toned down the effect with several light mists of H73. Red: I primed the area in white, then applied a coat of yellow and finally the red base coat (H13). I applied some shadows using a highly thinned dark brown. I then applied the decals, though most roundels , the code and fin flash were painted using masks cut with my Silohouette: I like to get the landing gear and weapons out of the way as quickly as possible, as I consider them as a chore: Then, I applied the washes: I used True Earth Neutral brown on the underside, Black on the camouflage and Dark Brown on the red. The weathering was done using mostly felt tip pens and aluminium and dust weathering pencils: Finally I applied a light coat of VMS matt varnish. In hindsight, I probably should have been more restrained on the weathering. But at the time, I wanted to give it a worn out look. On some pictures, they are in a worse condition than shown here with large patches of white showing underneath the red on the wings, for instance.
    73 points
  16. Yet another little gem of a Kit From Arma Hobby. A pleasure to build with a fantastic scheme to paint her in. Primed with. Mr. Finishing Surfacer 1500 Black. Painted with. Colourcoats Interior Grey Green, Azure Blue, Middle Stone, Insignia Red, Dark Green and Dark Earth. Tamiya Rubber Black, Nato Black, Clear Red, Clear Green and Clear Orange. Xtreme Metals Aluminium. Washes used. Flory Dark Dirt. Citadel Nuln Oil, Seraphim Sepia and Agrax Earthshade. Windsor & Newton Graduate and Abteilung 502 oils for filters and staining Finished with Windsor & Newton Galeria Matt and Satin Varnish. WIP Here Thanks For Looking, Cheers, Alistair
    70 points
  17. Hello, There are already plenty of Mustangs here so one more shouldn’t be a problem I guess 😊. A slightly unusual pony, not a glamorous fighter but a humble utility animal. F-6C - a reconnaissance version of venerable P-51C. Additionally in French colours (best regards to all French friends 🙂). A very cute Arma Hobby kit, built almost entirely out of box. Except of exhausts (Eduard’s). And wheels (Eduard’s). And I used some additional Eduard’s PE parts in the cockpit. So, not so OOB after all 😁. The construction was fun, Arma Hobby kits are well engineered and manufactured. I decided not to fill wing panel lines (I’m not very orthodox about it) but instead I went for slightly unrealistic concept of painting gun bays covers with a different shade than the rest of wings 😊. The painting is based on Mr Color paints (C08, a few Super Metallics) and Alclad (Magnesium) for exhaust cover panel. Enjoy and comment! Marcin
    69 points
  18. Hello guys and gals, Here is my attempt at building Airfix's 2014 C-47 as a Colombian Air Force machine from the 80's. This build brought many "firsts" for me. First prop in 20+ years, first transport aircraft I've ever completed, first attempt at "chipping", first attempt at casting parts, first attempt at rigging. All in all it was a fun build, I made my life harder than it had to be by spilling varnish, glue and thinner in the very late stages of the build. It's a colorful addition to my display case and it dwarfes all the fighters and trainers I usually build. Here is the project inventory for those interested Airfix A08014 kit Quickboost QB 72 462 Exhausts and QB 72 490 Engines Plusmodel AL7045 wheels Eduard CX401 masks Some scratchbuild parts (anti collision light, various antennas etc. Mr Surfacer 1500 grey primer SEA schemes using Mr Hobby Aqueous H311, H309, H303, H310. Various Mr Hobby Aqueous and Tamiya XF for the rest. Mettalics from the Ammo A-stand range. GX112 for the gloss coat and GX114 for the final flat coat. Decals were sourced from AMK's Kfir kit + generic numbers from USAFline USF72-021 This particular aircrfaft is a 1944 built, ex RAF bird (KN605) which later on was rebuilt as a Basler AC-47T turboprob gunship. What a carreer! Thank you for reading this far, have a wonderful evening!
    69 points
  19. Hello to all! here my last work... an Air America PC-6 C/H2 from Roden (one of the most challenging kit that I ever faced). I converted the base kit to a "no car doors version" adding a new and corrected vacuformed windshield. Pilatus_15 by Valerio, su Flickr Pilatus_100 by Valerio, su Flickr I also used some aftermarkets like Quickboost propeller, corrected nose and exhaust, Eduard photoetched set and Wolf3Dresin.com main wheels and tail wheel 3D resin parts. Many other parts has been scratchbuilt or made by turned brass. The model has been completely riveted with Archer positive rivets. Pilatus_130 by Valerio, su Flickr Pilatus_132 by Valerio, su Flickr Decals from Mike Grant's, except for the registration marks painted using home made plottered masks. Hope you'll enjoy! Pilatus_END 1 by Valerio, su Flickr Pilatus_END 19 by Valerio, su Flickr Pilatus_END 18 by Valerio, su Flickr Pilatus_END 6 by Valerio, su Flickr Pilatus_END 4 by Valerio, su Flickr Pilatus_END 17 by Valerio, su Flickr Pilatus_END 20 by Valerio, su Flickr Pilatus_END 5 by Valerio, su Flickr Pilatus_END 16 by Valerio, su Flickr Pilatus_END 14 by Valerio, su Flickr Pilatus_END 15 by Valerio, su Flickr Pilatus_END 13 by Valerio, su Flickr Pilatus_END 12 by Valerio, su Flickr Pilatus_END 11 by Valerio, su Flickr Pilatus_END 10 by Valerio, su Flickr Pilatus_END 9 by Valerio, su Flickr Pilatus_END 8 by Valerio, su Flickr Pilatus_END 7 by Valerio, su Flickr Cheers from Rome!
    68 points
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  21. Throwing my hat into the ring to join in with the recent 1/32 Gladdie posts. This is the Sea Gladiator version from ICM. As has been said already by MODeller and pacificmustang, on their lovely builds, it's a great kit to build. I used AIMS decals to create an aircraft of 802NAS aboard HMS Glorious. Paint is Tamiya Gloss Aluminium with Mr Hobby GX113 Matt to finish. I added etch seat belts and brake hoses. Exhaust and guns were drilled out as well. I was particularly happy with the finish on the collector ring. The heat staining happened by accident. I hadn't noticed a tiny drop of glue on my finger as I was holding the engine/cowl to attach it. On inspection of the damage to the paint, I thought how it looked like localised heat staining. I went on to replicate the 'damage' using the same method, until I thought my luck may run out! Not sure if I would try it again though, sort of got carried away in the moment. 🤭 Rigging (which I actually enjoy, at least in 1/32) is Prym Knitting in elastic. The friction pads are discs of thin card punched out and painted leather colour. Really itching to do an RAF version now. Atb, Steve.
    67 points
  22. Revell boxing. Good kit, little tricky here and there but great surface detail. Caracal decals, which were flawless. PJ Production pilots. Added an extra SCALP/Storm Shadow missile and added the Meteor missiles/pylons. Cheers Collin
    67 points
  23. Hi All, I had almost convinced myself that at 74 years old 1/72 models were too small for tired eyes then along comes Special Hobby with this little gem an aircraft I have wanted to model for many years in fact I have the C scale conversion from many years ago squirreled away in a safe place! The kit is beautifully engraved and has amazing cockpit detail as well as wheel bays. It does need very careful assembly and there are small amounts of flash and mould lines to remove. I found the engine bulkheads needed their diameters reduced before the wings would close up flush but generally the parts fit was very good. Painted in a mix of Tamiya acrylics and Revell Aqua then for the first time I used an AK panel line wash, The decals are very thin and settled down well but they need to be treated with care or they can fold over on themselves. Very pleased with the end result so maybe I can dig some more 1/72 kits out of the pile what do you think?
    66 points
  24. First, the photos... Here's my attempt at the 1/72 Airfix S.2B Buccaneer. For a kit which has had rave reviews, I had mixed feelings on mine, not helped by the fact that one of the wings was quite warped in the box, and I never managed to get it entirely straight. A couple of other fit issues around the big fuselage components left a bit of a messy finish, though I'm sure a more skilled modeller would have done a better job. That said... some components went together really nicely and were quite cleverly engineered, and the surface detail is pretty good too. It was built almost totally OOB, with the exception of some Eduard etch for the cockpit, and those Quickboost intake FOD covers. Paints were Hataka acrylic, mostly airbrushed but a bit of detail added by brush. I wanted to weather it enough to represent a late-life, well worn example, and this was mostly done with oils (a little clay wash shading too). To get that properly worn, faded look, the whole thing was sprayed with Windsor & Newton Galeria matt acrylic varnish. When they say “matt” they really mean it! The flattest finish I’ve ever used. I deviated from the Airfix guide on the weapons colours, and went for 'live' markings on the Paveway and the AIM-9L. All photographed on the dining room table, as usual... the 'night' ones were done with just two torches for illumination. The hangar backdrop photo is courtesy of Nick Challoner, and the first generic airfield backdrop was a large print made after purchasing the shot from Shutterstock. Overall I'm fairly happy with it for the small scale - I think it was NavyBird who said how unforgiving close-up photos of small scale models can be, and he's right...don't zoom in too closely! Thanks for looking.
    66 points
  25. Hi all. This is the first model with desert decoration that he has made in many years and the second in total. I hope that the mistakes I have made in this one will not be made again in an Arma Hobby 1/72 Hurricane MK IIC that I have in stock. I would have liked to have placed the ventral fuel tank but I realized that I had not placed it once I had glued the model to the base. Now I think it could cause damage that is difficult to repair and if it were, I honestly don't feel like undertaking it. I really enjoyed this kit from Special Hobby and I can't recommend it enough. Thanks to everyone who has followed the build and encouraged me with their kind comments. This can be seen in the following link. Andrés.
    65 points
  26. Hi all, my latest build is this Miniart P-47D-25RE in 1:48 (basic kit). Add the Eduard PE´s, Brassin wheels and Space Cockpit details. 3
    64 points
  27. As they say "another one bites the dust" Very nice model to work with, pilot form White Stork Miniatures. WIP Cheers Mick
    63 points
  28. Hi Everyone! I would like to present you with freshly finished lovely kit from Eduard no 82101. Pretty straight forward kit from the box. Few bits and pieces to rescribe and rivet, but not a huge amount of work. I have filled the wing panel lines with a mixture of VMS Black Flexy CA and their Filler Powder. That works great as it is fast drying, non shrinking and easy to sand. Only the area around the guns was filled with Mr Surfacer 500. I have also replaced gun barrels with hypodermic needles which improved the look in my opinion. Drilled the exhaust pipes and filters on the lower nose. The kit provides decals for the tail, but I have decided to mask it and paint it and I'm happy with the result. Painted with Tamiya LP-8 over white and Black Mr. Surfacer. Nose red is a AK Interactive RED. Anti glare painted with Olive Drab. Fuselage has been painted over satin black with Mr.Color Super Fine Silver, where the wings are painted with Tamiya LP-38 Flat Aluminium. Weathered with Abteilung's oils and some panel washes from AK. Then everything sealed with satin on the wings and the rest of the coloured parts, and gloss on the fuselage, bare metal surface. I had a massive disaster during the build. Once I painted the tail and nose, I have followed an advice from more experienced friends from the model club, to use LP-11 as the aluminium colour, but that for some reason turned out not nice, so I covered it with Extreme Metal Polished Aluminium which was much better. Then I sealed it with Gauzy Agent pre decaling. This is where I think it went wrong. Well not from the start. Stencils were great, film was easy to remove and I was absolutely amazed with the result. The problem started with the larger decals, where they did not stick properly and despite waiting over 2 days, I still removed the film with part of the decals.. Thanks to club friends for supplying me with their decals from the same kit. I stripped all the paint back to plastic (apart from the nose) and painted it again with the paint mentioned above. This time decals went on better and I also restrained from removing the film. And here we have the result, let me know what you think: Thanks!
    63 points
  29. When I first saw this kit previewed on the net over a year ago I said I want it!!! And I was very happy with it, hats off to Airfix for this one, great kit, well thought out construction and well fitting parts too. It took me just under three months to build and it was time enjoyed. I would like to thank all those who followed, commented and liked on the WIP. Paints: Tamiya, Mr Hobby, Alcad2. Varnish: W&N Galeria. Filler: Hardly none. Thank you for looking. Simon.
    63 points
  30. Good day, dear colleagues! I present to you the next model from the Azerbaijan Air Force series.
    62 points
  31. Hello all from the shed. First finished model of 2024. So, there I was making Chinook HC1 BN for a friend when crack went the canopy while I was giving it a little polish 😧. Nothing for it but to buy another Chinook model for the canopy. As the HC1 was the Airfix kit I thought I would get the Italeri kit for a change. However, it was remarkably similar (in fact identical) to the Airfix one apart from the decals. Just as well I suppose as I was swapping bits between kits. The HC1 built in parrallel has lots of Black Dog resin on it, as I enjoyed using those parts I bought Black Dogs snow shoes for this Italian cab build. I also added a little bit of scratch work in the form of aerials and the decals are a mix of Airfix, Italeri and Model Allience. Its finished using Xtra Color paints and varnishes and is panel lined and weathered using Flory wash and Tamiya powders. Not the best fitting kit but I do like doing a helicopter (two in fact) for a change. I'm looking forward to seing how the new Airfix moulding of the Chinook is in comparison to the old moulds. The model depicts a Chinook CH-47C of the Italian Army. 1 RGPT. “Antares” based at Viterbo in 1992. Here are a few pics. Hope you like it. Thanks for looking. Bravo November soon. Pete
    61 points
  32. G'day Pals, it's been a while since i posted a Model in the Aircraft section, i started this build already in 2021 and for some reasons i completely lost interest after i started with the engine and cowling section.... After a complete break in 2022 i exclusively built Tanks in 2023... I went on with Kate this year but to be honest when i looked at the parts i realized that i also had started to rivet the model which didn't really increase my motivation... After a while i brought myself into a ZEN mood and took the riveting marathon as a lesson in humility...and once started it surprisingly went on quite fast. I build the model OOB except for the engine which was a donation from Vector Models, which by the way was significantly larger than the kit engine, so a good amount of work was necessary to make it fit into the cowling..... Thanks for watching & comments! Cheers Hans Kate's Belly....
    61 points
  33. Italeri's 72nd scale Lockheed YF-12 built from the box, apart from the aircrew. I used AK Extreme Metal for the different shades of metal and the black is Tamiya acrylic. A straightforward kit, nice a simple to put together. I have always liked this over the SR-71, the huge radome give it quite a purposeful look! Thanks for looking Angelo.
    61 points
  34. Afternoon all, Latest completion from me - Revell’s 1/144th scale Boeing 747-400 with DrawDecal’s British Airways decals. It’s been built out of the box, other than my usual mod to these kits in adding some height on the cockpit crown area with some Milliput to correct the profile. Although it’s getting a little long in the tooth now, the kit still builds reasonably well once excess flash is removed! I was really sad when BA retired the 747 - not only is it one of my favourite commercial aircraft but I’d flown on them more than any other type and thought I’d do my own little tribute to ‘The Queen of the Skies’. The real thing was my last 747 flight when she brought me back from Australia once… the ‘Kangaroo Route’ is now 777 or 787 and it’s not quite the same. Long live the Queen! All the best, Tom
    60 points
  35. As my own rule dictates, the next topic can be made when the previous one has disappeared from the first page.:) And soon my arsenal of finished builds will be empty too. But in the meantime, I offer you an elegant bird. Farman F 223 1/72 from Azur box. Mostly straight out of the box, with a few small details added.
    60 points
  36. A little ray of bashful sun allowed me to take outdoor pics of my last built. Lt Col William banks CO of the 348th at Ie-Shima in July 45. The 348th had switched the old "Jugs" for the Poney in Feb 45 and their decos were striking! Eduard's kit gives you everything you need and the only trouble was with the decals which I thought were from the "remove film after use" types but which obviously were not! Wings panel lines were puttied and painted a different Silver than the fuselage like in reality. on the pics of the unit the planes are already Matt from dust and sun and look rather dull. Wheel bay was equipped with a lot of tubes and lines, and there we have Sunshine IV of Lt Col Williams M. Banks. 830DDF4C-A9A3-4209-953D-19CC9CC60704_1_201_a by jean Barby, sur Flickr A125AA5C-C73C-49C5-8B67-437B06180AC8_1_201_a by jean Barby, sur Flickr 95254226-36AC-4FC6-B3D4-B80CE735FB28_1_201_a by jean Barby, sur Flickr 890BB21B-D557-4F5C-8031-6AD54C77CAFE_1_201_a by jean Barby, sur Flickr D3AA6F14-3DCE-4D88-8DB5-4411D8927736_1_201_a by jean Barby, sur Flickr 1128D6C4-2EA6-4CD7-B61A-1A97D0AB185D_1_201_a by jean Barby, sur Flickr A289F1FF-B092-4849-8408-4E15DBC32DDC_1_201_a by jean Barby, sur Flickr
    59 points
  37. Finished this bird yesterday. For an in depth look at the build, look here Enjoy and while looking at the pictures, keep Paint it Black of the Stones in your head. For context.
    59 points
  38. An old Airfix Belvedere, before a rush of new Classic Airfix Belvederes. Some very light modification with white metal undercarriage, more correct tail surfaces and a cone in the front of the cabin air intake and better sized wheels from a Hasegawa Jaguar. I studiously avoided the correct shaped engine intakes, as that much cutting is beyond me. It also has the wrong coloured serials, which should be white, insufficient rudder and some lumps where it shouldn't have lumps. The base also needs more vigorous sanding, to remove laser burn. It does look like a Belvedere though, and sits well with the stick. It's fair to say that there will never be a Wingleader Belvedere Photo Archive Book.
    58 points
  39. North American Harvard Mk.IIa, No. 62 Air School (Central Flying School), Bloemspruit, South Africa 1944/45. I used Xtradecal decals to finish the model and also Reskit resin wheels as they look better than the kit offering. I enjoyed the build a lot and I can recommend the kit to anybody but a perfect beginner.
    56 points
  40. Evening all, Am making a concerted effort to clear the shelf of doom. This is Airfix's rather good Lightning in the blue spine and fin of 92 sqn. Great kit to build (aside from the multiplicity of stencils!)-finished with Airfix's stand and in flight for that retro look! Ralph
    56 points
  41. This is my latest build, Eduard's 1/72 Bf 110. This was overall an enjoyable build and resulted in my first proper Luftwaffe build in over 5 years, it was also my first attempt at battle of britain luftwaffe camo. The model was painted with Ak Real Colors acrylics and was weathered with Abteilung 502 oils and Tamiya enamel washes and weathering powders. This was a weekend edition kit, but Eduard PE was used along with decals from another boxing of Eduard's 110. Quickboost exhausts were also used. The FuBl antenna on the underside of the fuselage was scratch-built using brass rod and uschi standard wire. This was also my first proper attempt at doing exhaust stains with an airbrush, I used Ak Real Colors Nato Black. Happy modelling to all! Anna
    56 points
  42. Hello All, so, this is my first modelling attempt in over 30 years. I had to basically learn everything from scratch, as well as shamelessly scouring the forums for similar builds and useful techniques. Some of the Users and threads I took ideas from are named below, but to coin a phrase, "if I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants...". So thanks to all of you who have shared your WIPs & RFIs so the rest of us may learn and improve our own skills. Anyway, enough sentimental waffle. The subject should be well known to most on here. In 1964, XM968 was used as one of the chase planes for the only TSR.2 to fly, XR219. I chose this particular scheme because a) I wanted to do a Lightning, b) I have a TSR.2 on the go and fancied a diorama with the two (but have since changed tack to make it a B1/GR1 scheme, but another in development colours will follow later), and c) I wanted something reasonably challenging to develop my skills. And the NMF and short-run kit have taught me a lot. I've made lots of schoolboy errors along the way. Nevertheless, I think it's turned out quite well; there are a lot of annoying issues with the finish due to handling errors and doing things in the wrong order, but as a first attempt it'll do I think. Kit - Sword 1/72 EE Lightning T4/T5 - comes with etch and resin seats & exhausts Extras - Master metal pitot, SAC metal landing gear, Eduard Lightning F2 External Etch, Quickboost nose ring, Armory resin wheels, decals to create XM968 tag, decals to convert T5 etch IP to T4, 10g lead wheel weight and ball bearings Paint - Alclad II Gloss Black Primer, Aluminium, Polished Aluminium, Chrome for Plastic, Semi Matt Aluminium, White Aluminium. Tamiya X-1 Black, XF-1 Flat Black, X-9 Brown, X-10 Gunmetal, X-11 Chrome Silver, XF-66 Light Grey. Mr Gunze Aqeous 3 Red, 4 Yellow, 8 Silver, , 52 Olive Drab, 77 Tyre Black, 79 Sand Yellow, 302 Green FS34092, Weathering - Sludge wash from Mr Gunze 77 Tyre Black, Flory Models Grime, Tamiya Weathering Master Burnt Blue, Oil Stain, Soot, Snow. Varnish/Finish - Alclad Aqua Gloss Clear, W&N Galeria Matt and Satin So in terms of work to do to the kit (in addition to the fact it just needs lots of fettling): - Quickboost nose ring - convert T5 cockpit to T4 as per @giemme fantastic thread on his T.4 here: It's fast! It's British! It's a Lightning! - front landing gear mounting point scratchbuilt (again thanks to giemme's build thread) - rudder cut and positioned slightly (again, giemme's thread) - tail fin intake drilled - cable ducts shortened and T5 ducts removed as per @71chally fantastic thread here: Lightning, Lightning, now with added Lightning - rear stabilisers pinned with brass rod - 10g lead wheel weight on back of cockpit, plus a handfull of ball bearings in the radome - internal brace between wings as per @Mattlow suggestion in giemme's thread - bit of scratchbuilt detail to the cockpit bulkhead since it was very bare - External Eduard etch to detail the landing gear bays - aerials done with fuse wire instead of etch ..... I think that's it.. In general I've left it in the gloss finish since all the pics of NMF T.4s/T.5s show them as being quite well looked after, and generally clean. I used Galeria Matt for the seats, and Satin for the anti-glare finish on the nose/canopy. I initially cocked the weathering right up, which took a lot of work to recover, but I think its ended up somewhere reasonable. XR219 was a very mucky bird during development, so I'd expect that the chase plane would get a bit more dirty than usual with all the flight time. Annoyingly, when I put the nose ring on it split the front fuselage, but I've spent so long on this (and no one will really see it) that I'm just going to accept it for the time being. Maybe I'll sort it one day, but for now I just want to crack on with some of the other half-started jobs. When painting it I laid way too much on in places, so some of the panel detail is lacking in some places, and I should have painted the yellow first and then done the NMF, lesson learned. Anyway, enough waffle, onto the pics. I appreciate any and all critical comments. I want to improve my standards, so please let me know what you spot and good methods to help me improve with.
    55 points
  43. Hello all...new here! Following on from this intro... https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235138184-another-middle-aged-bloke-coming-back-to-the-hobby/ ...here's a Spit that I've just built with my 8 year old lad, the first model I've built for about 30 years, the first one he's ever built, and the first one I've ever bothered with filler/airbrush etc. He built it (with a bit of help on tricky bits), I painted it. I know there's a lot wrong with it (down to my painting mainly!) but we are really pleased with how it's come out. The kits have got a lot better in the many years I've been away! Lots of lessons learned, and I know it's not a patch on some of the incredible builds I've seen on here, but we really enjoyed the build, such a good thing to do together learning skills, patience, dexterity, physics, engineering and history, and not a screen in sight! He's now onto a P-47 on his own, and I'm doing a Gannet. Cheers!
    54 points
  44. Here is a little built dating back a few years, the kit used was the Trumpeter one, a very shameless copy of the monogram kit but with engraved panel details, it even carried over the same mistakes and shape issues found in the monogram kit, a very straightforward build overall, paints used were all tamiya custom mixed to try to match the typical SEA camo colors, the kit has a few modificatios, I scratch built the parachute and seatbelts and adapted a resin cockpit designed for the monogram kit, decals come from several sources, some from the encore kit, some from Aztec and some others from superscale, hope you guys like it.
    53 points
  45. Greetings, I present my latest completed model - 1/72 AMK Kfir C2, built as number 905 of the Fuerza Aérea Ecuatoriana (FAE). This machine is one of two Kfirs to ever score an aerial kill (first one was by an Israeli C2 in the 1970s). During the "Cenepa War" between Ecuador and Peru in 1995, on February 10, FAE Capitán Mauricio Mata shot down a Peruvian Cessna A-37 Dragonfly using Rafael Shafrir II missiles. The kill was "confirmed" by HUD camera footage (made public much later and available on official FAE Facebook page to this day) and is not "heavily disputed", unlike kills by FAE Mirage F.1s scored on the same day. It is still perhaps considered "clumsy", as the Kfir had to use 2 missiles to shoot down a much less advanced subsonic aircraft. Nevertheless, Capitán Mata was considered something of a hero in Ecuador and later retired from the military and went on to be a civil airline pilot. There are a few photographs of him posing near the cockpit of his famous FAE 905, with the kill marking visible just below the windscreen - a red/white silhouette of A-37 and the Peruvian fin flash below it. The airframe was repainted circa 1998 in a single color air superiority grey scheme and even later upgraded to Kfir C10 standard. The type was retired from FAE service around 2012 and replaced by ex-SAAF Atlas Cheetah aircraft. This is not my first 1/72 AMK Kfir build. I made the same aircraft in 2017, however upon further inspection of reference photos I realized I made so many small mistakes due to poor research that I felt obliged to remake it. The AMK kit is also not optimized to make any Latin American Kfir variant, really. There are many small errors, both in the instructions, decals and the plastic itself, but I will not bore anyone with the details. It is still best-in-scale kit of the type. For ordnance, I picked the most likely layout used in the Cenepa conflict - two Shafrir II AAMs and a centerline fuel tank. I also added a boarding ladder based on photographic reference. Other "ingredients" used: - Eduard Kfir C2/7 PE detail set - ResKit Kfir C2/7 engine exhaust - Master pitot - Eduard/Brassin Rafael Shafrir II missiles and launch rails - Aztec Dazzling Kings II decal sheet in combination with the kit decals and many from my spares - boarding ladder donated by PJ Productions Mirage III kit - various scratch-built antennas, brake lines, wires and generic small details specific to Latin American C2s - Badger Stynylrez primers, Vallejo Model Air colors and various washes, Tamiya weathering powders Some pictures: Capt. Mata posing next to his aircraft with the kill marking visible: HUD camera footage of the missile launch, taken from official FAE Facebook page (if this is not allowed on Britmodeller I will delete the link):
    53 points
  46. Latest off the bench is the Minicraft 1/144 Hercules in the markings of the Lynham transport wing 1976. An interesting little kit that goes together quite well. The engraved panel lines are a bit Matchboxy. Decals are from S&M. It really looks small when put up along side a C-17. Anyway on to the pics. Please feel free to comment etc. Thanks for looking Dick
    53 points
  47. Hi everyone Here is my completed BPK 737-800 Its pretty much straight out of the box, except for some authentic airliners window decals, rocast probes & antennas and some home made J2 decals and masks. Thanks for looking appreciate any constrictive feedback
    53 points
  48. Another Desert Storm warrior in my collection. Hasegawa kit, Aires avionic bays and exhaust nozzles, Eduard armament, Brengun wheels, Quickboost seats and Flying Leathernecks decals. Happy modelling!
    52 points
  49. This was a "something to do while I waited for paint/glue to dry on another project" model. I changed it to the trainer version by redoing the rear cockpit and omitting the guns. The paint scheme came from a book I have. Surprisingly, given it's age, it went together pretty well with even the two wings going together pretty easily. Decals were shot so these are from the spares box.
    52 points
  50. Phew, broke my duck for 2024. I was very pleased to finish this one, not least because it was an xmas present from my Dad. The kit was pre-owned and included quite a lot of aftermarket – the Ali Cat canopy set, Quickboost propeller and exhausts and the Master brass gun barrels set (this being particularly appreciated as the forward-firing MG17 in the kit seems to be a 30mm upgrade from the diameter of the barrel). I had another beef with the kit, in that it seems to be designed to be built with the wings folded and all the engine panels open... as a result the wings seem to be lacking the wing-root fillet at the top if you build them unfolded (it could have been me, but I couldn't find any such part or any part that looked like it might fit the bill) and the engine cowling panels don't fit at all well if closed up. Still, I made it in the end and as it's unlikely anyone else will produce an injection-moulded Ar 196A then you either build this one or you don't build any. I did add the HGW resin seat and fabric seatbelt set, and the Quinta instruments sets, as the kit's moulded seat belts weren't all that impressive and there were no decals for the instrument panel. The model was finished in the Maritime Scheme, with Colourcoats ACLW04 - Grun RLM 72 & ACLW05 - Grun RLM 73 over ACLW03 - Hellblau RLM 65, with the interior in ACLW12 - RLM Grau RLM 02, the propeller blades in ACLW02 – Schwarzgrun RLM70 and the bombs in ACLW11 - Dunkelgrun RLM71. Detail painting was mostly Vallejo acrylics with Tamiya Clear Red and Green for the navigation lights. I used the kit transfers, they were good but I did ditch the large stencilled laurel wreath marking which commemorated 100 catapult launches from Tirpitz – I didn't like the way it was sprayed over the hand-hold ropes and there must have been a time when it didn't have that marking applied (the first 99 launches, for example). I finished it with a mix of satin and matt varnishes, it still came out shinier than I expected but them's the breaks. Thanks for your patience, apologies for the verbiage Cheers, Stew
    52 points
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