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Hi everyone, After the last Revell Hawk I made, I swore I would never build another one. This is it.* Built using Eduard cockpit set with Flightpath access ladder and FOD covers. Painted in quite thick coats of enamel black and Zero Clear Coat varnish. Scratchbuilt RBF tags and vortex generators from litho plate and plastic card. Had a couple of near-disasters with the gloss coat, but it turned out alright, smooth and shiny! Decals and stencils were from Alley Cat and are excellent quality. *EDIT* forgot to mention CMK MB10 seats, great product! Oh yeah, and it was built from the horrible red plastic kit rather than the much nicer grey one recently released. Still, for £9.99, who's complaining? All the following pics are courtesy of the IPMS Farnborough website, taken by the photo genius that is Dr Flangemeister! The Flightpath access ladder was a work of art like all their stuff. Didn't quite measure the step intervals properly. Ah well. This was a commission build for my good mate Canberra Fan, well actually for his daughter , who usually works at Valley. It's gonna live in a box till delivery, the darn thing attracts dust like nothing I've ever seen! The price of a shiny finish I spose. Hope you like! Alan *with thanks to Spike Milligan!

Chaps. I know it takes me ages to finish the darn things! Fujimi MKXIV with Freightdog decals and a couple of mods to change it into a MK18e. A mix of Xcrylics, Vallejo and Tamiya paint. I must admit I'm not overly pleased with the Techmod stencils as I suffered quite a bit of silvering even though I followed my usual practice of gloss and polishing. The Freightdog decals didn't suffer at all. I'm also not happy with the canopy fit either, my fault, I can never seem to get it quite right. Ho Hum. I was going to lightly weather too but I kinda like it as it is really, maybe the next one...... Oh, nearly forgot, yes the gun site is missing, well, not missing, just now living in the fuselage somewhere. Don't ask! As per the norm, please feel free to point out issues etc, but I may hunt you down at Telford! Rick.

Hi all, just finished my one and only attempt at a Sci-Fi subject, after a marathon 4 years of it hanging about on top of wardrobes under beds and in the attic in various stages of completion. Polar Lights 1/350 USS Enterprise Re-fit model Purchased on a whim without thinking it through properly whilst under the influence of several cans of `Scrumpy Jack` as I`ve absolutley no room anywhere to put it, so it`s gone back into the attic I was a bit disappointed at the fit and quality of the plastic; thick greasy white plastic more like a limited run kit than a £100+ model and the Aztec decals gave horrendous grief being more like cellophane sheets and impervious to Microsol, hair dryer or even boiling hot water Still, live and learn, just glad to have it out of the way I have no doubts I`ve got a few things wrong on it. Hope you enjoy looking at, Cheers Russ

Hi All, Here is the first aircraft kit I have completed since returning to the hobby after about 20 yr's. This kit was built as part of the Obsolete Kit Group Build, with the WIP thread here. Airfix Douglas Dauntless (Banshee) Finished-6 by arrjaytee, on Flickr Airfix Douglas Dauntless (Banshee) Finished-8 by arrjaytee, on Flickr Airfix Douglas Dauntless (Banshee) Finished-9 by arrjaytee, on Flickr Airfix Douglas Dauntless (Banshee) Finished-4 by arrjaytee, on Flickr Airfix Douglas Dauntless (Banshee) Finished-7 by arrjaytee, on Flickr

"This is a big one Alan, take Thunderbird 3" "Yes Father!" Cue the music... Another one for my Gerry Anderson shelf. Will be on display on the IPMS Farnborough stand at Telford. Aoshima Thunderbird 3 plus scratch build Roundhouse. Build thread here

Here's my recently completed Airfix 1/48 Merlin HC3. A cracking kit straight from the box with near perfect fit all round apart from the "cheek" windows which for me simply didn't conform to the apertures or the subtle curves of the nose. As it is they are "nailed in" & have lost a lot of their clarrity with some tiny cracks also evident. Also not sure I have the starboard sliding door correct - it seems to stand a little to proud of the fuselage to me. I started this kit in July, then went on holiday, then got a puppy, then had a "decalling disaster daaarling" when I applied them over a coat of Humbrol Clear & the coating turned white. Airfix came through with a replacement decal sheet, the offending decals removed, model resprayed where necessary & then glossed with Humbrol clear enamel before the model was completed last week. Still a little silvering to some of the smaller decals but I can live with that this time round - I'll do better with the next one I build & there will be a next one! Anyway, beautifully engineered & a joy to build. Oh the final picture is the aforementioned puppy Merlin, hence the ""Couple of Merlins" title to the post.

A little more to update you on... I've been working on the bomb-bay area over the weekend, and have completed as much as I need to for the moment. The kit parts needed a little improvement in my opinion, with the lower framework on the rear bulkhead being made form Evergreen strip and plastic card. A few sink marks needed removing on the catwalk structure, but other than that the kit parts are passable without causing any headaches: The bulkheads and fuselage sides then got a coat of aluminum, with various details picked out with brush work. The catwalk structure and the bomb racks were painted Bronze Green. I can't say for sure if this is completely accurate, but it makes the area look a lot more lively and gave me an opportunity to weather the green with some paint chips applied with a sponge. The 10 500lb bombs were assembled and painted at this point too: The bombs themselves don't hang correctly in their racks, and they are rotated 45 degrees off the correct angle - the fins sit as a square when viewed from the rear rather than a diamond as they should be. My solution, rather than to have to modify the mounting pins, was to simply rotate the tails through 45 degrees and attach them to the rear of the bomb, ignoring the kit's location points. They now hang in the correct manner. I sprayed the bombs yellow first, then masked off the stripes with 1.5mm tape, and sprayed four of the bombs olive drab and six in faded olive drab to give them a little variation. They were then sponged with Nato Olive Green to give them a bit of a worn appearance after sitting outside exposed on a bomb dump for a while: These parts can now join the flightdeck in being put to one side as I tackle the radio room area. I am loving this so far, it makes such a refreshing change to work on something so beautifully moulded and has relatively few issues Tom

Airfix B-25 Mitchell 1/72 - "Leroy's Joy" Superscale and Esci (stars and bars)decals Build thread here; http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234946607-b-25-mitchell-and-humbrol-vampire/ Cheers, Sean

5th Fighter Regiment, Albaş (redhead) Company, Turkish Air Force, circa 1943 Forgot to add: It's the Tamiya 1/48 kit with Ultracast wheels and seat.

Just finished my final Scale Model World build for this year. This is the BAC Eagle fighter version for the Project Cancelled stand. It is the Airfix 1/72 kit with the Freightdog BAC TSR-2 fighter proposal set and Model Alliance decal set.

Iraqi/Yugoslav Mig 23 ML Zvezda 1/72 - 3 days quick build. Despite this Mig 23 ML carries Yugoslav AF markings , its in fact one of 8 Iraqi Mig 23 ML's undergoing service and upgrade in ZMAJ-Zagreb(Croatia) overhauling facility, in late 1980s. They had YAF markings during test flights and ferry flight from Zagreb to Belgrade only. WIP here

Late to the party as always. The venerable Hasegawa A-4E/F, been around at least since I was working on A-4's and still a nice kit. Superior to the Trumpeter version in several area's. I'll be using the Avionix's cockpit set to address the kits weakest area. Box & bits shots first; The attempt will be to replicate in miniature this vision of airborne poetry 887 of VF 805 Squadron Royal Australian Navy, a superb aeroplane and always nice to us poor maintenance knuckle draggers! Photo credit to John Bartels Former A-4 driver and the gent who bought the QANTAS 747 with the big hole in it home in one piece. A fine aviator. A bit of destruction first, hacking of all the lumps bumps and associated iron mongrey the Americans insisted on defacing the airframe with. Chopping out the nose gear well and installing the resin replacement New cockpit side walls Same again after a coat of Humbrol 140 Cockpit tub with a base coat The detail on the cockpit parts is superb but after a quick check fit nothing appears to fit. Brute force and ignorance to follow!

Whilst purging my Photobucket account, I came across these taken at RIAT 2007:

Hi All This is my Italeri Ju-52 that I recently finished. The decals are from Karaya and go on rather well over the corrugation's but I feel would have been even better if I had remembered to use Klear instead of Set & Sol. Painted in Vallejo model colour 811 Blue Violet with a dash of White. This was also my first go at using Eduard paint masks and found them to be an invaluable tool which I will be using from now on when available. This was intended to be a quick build after getting bogged down in my entry for the Helicopter II GB and it was finished in the speedy time of around two months. I hope you all enjoy. IMG_3152 by Snapper_city, on Flickr IMG_3137 by Snapper_city, on Flickr IMG_3138 by Snapper_city, on Flickr IMG_3139 by Snapper_city, on Flickr IMG_3140 by Snapper_city, on Flickr IMG_3141 by Snapper_city, on Flickr IMG_3142 by Snapper_city, on Flickr IMG_3143 by Snapper_city, on Flickr IMG_3144 by Snapper_city, on Flickr IMG_3145 by Snapper_city, on Flickr IMG_3146 by Snapper_city, on Flickr IMG_3147 by Snapper_city, on Flickr IMG_3148 by Snapper_city, on Flickr IMG_3149 by Snapper_city, on Flickr IMG_3150 by Snapper_city, on Flickr Thanks for looking.

A fellow modeller mentioned some time ago the quality of Otaki kits. Few weeks ago i was doing some "screen shopping" and i found some kits at a very reasonable price so being me i couldnt help and i bought 3, being this one the first completed. I really enjoyed building this one, great fit, beautifully engraved surfaces combined wiht a toyish interior and exhaust pipes.I scratch build the cockpit, cut the canopy in 3 pieces, grinded the original molded exhaust pipes and i made them out of brass tubing , made navigation lights out of polycarbonate got some brass guns and i found by chance resin wheels, and well i guess thats it. here goes.

OK, here’s my latest pair. An Airfix Mk1 and Mk1a in 1/48 scale. Nothing special, just built out the box, nice and clean. Im trying to create a collection that covers most Mks of Spitfire and these represent two of the early paint schemes, although I cheated on the Mk1a and added the night/white scheme underneath. Not that impressed with the Airfix kits but I have collected a huge pile of them now so will be moving on to the next pair soon. PS I’m not the best photographer Something else worth looking at. A 1/9 scale pilot that I bought for another project I’m working on. I recently bought a complete set of un-built DeAgostini “build your own RC spitfire” magazines. The one that was available a few years back on a week by week build. A lot of people in the RC world don’t give the kit much credit but I just fancied building one and will probably only taxi it around rather than get it airborne. Hand painted by me today. I’ve never ever done a figure before but I think Its more than good enough to be sitting in an RC plane. Thanks for looking, comments welcome

Couple of things on this. First, a factor not considered in this supposed cheaper (than Poseidon and keeps jobs in the UK) option, was the manufacturing techniques used in the 50s. I understand it went like this.... First Nimrod gets taken apart, gets measured up, gets fitted with new bits and pieces and 4 new engines; jobs a good un. Second Nimrod gets taken apart, newly-measured parts get squared up to it, and....everything's a little bit out. Same with the 3rd, etc. In sum, no two Nimrods were exactly the same, so no two MRA4 would or could be. See those costs? They went upwards....big time. The second thing was that according to an aircrew mate I knew on the test programme, it flew like a banana; couldn't fly straight if it's life depended on it. I'm not sure how that point would have been squared away. So, there we are, a short-sighted financially motivated decision leaves us with no meaningful airborne maritime capability which, for an island nation, is comedy. And, IMHO, what's never helped defence procurement is that the uniformed experts in MOD cannot compete with the business development guys in the defence industry, and never have to live with the decisions they make. Now, can someone help me off my hobby horse? Great pics AD210

Racking my brains with this one. No, go on, you've stumped me! Enzo, does there really have to be an end date on this GB! Not only is it ridiculously popular, it's actually made me confident to post my kit building. I find it galling most of the time, watching people assemble expensive and complex Tamitrumpetgawaboss kits, and am relucant to post my latest Novo bashing bonanza, but this is quite the reverse. And seeing as my stash seems to consist of 99.9% recurring old kits... I've committed myself to the Mil-4 now, but keep picking up other oldies and thinking 'I wish...' if, and only if I get the ruddy Macchi finished then I'll add a fourth in, but given the problem to day with the wings (see thread...) that's a slim chance. Chris

Scale: 1/48 Built using: Mr Hobby Acrylics, Tamiya Acrylics, Model Master Metalizer Enamels Built as: Ensign George Ludlow’s Macchi M.13015 as of 18th August 1918 Build thread: Macchi M5 build thread History: US Navy flew Macchi M.5’s (loaned from the Italians) from December 1917. These aircraft flew as 263ᵃ Squadrigilia and were in operations against Austro-Hungarian forces over the Adriatic Sea. In one of these encounters that occurred on the 18th August 1918 where Ensign George Ludlow’s Macchi M.13015 was badly damaged and he was forced to ditch his aircraft in the sea. US Navy Pilot Charles H. Hammann landed his Macchi and rescued Ensign Ludlow before attempting to destroy the downed seaplane, they both returned to base safely. This event resulted in Hammann becoming US Navy’s first pilot to receive the Medal of Honor. Ok this was/is my first serious attempted at a WWI biplane and was part of the US Navy GB, unfortunately I just missed the closing by a couple of hours, so it’s safe to post it here now. The Fly model is not the easiest model to build and isa little bit challenging in places but if someone’s prepared to put in that little bit extra you’ll get something a bit speaicl. Please enjoy the photos.

Nigel, Is that a sheep those Daleks have captive on that layout? Laminate flooring outside the broom cupboard. Good. Less Dalek traction. Well known fact that. These Gnocchi. The tension is building. Bets are being taken. when will they meet their end? Like the Eyelight, really effective. Keep them coming Pete

okay then, since you forced me into it... Some new materials arrived - originally I was going to use a plastic mesh that I had lying around but after prompting from Nigel, I decided to go with a finer woven brass mesh. The plastic mesh did not go to waste as it provided me with a nice template for cutting the woven brass. After I had trimmed the brass mesh to shape, I decided to have a little experiment. With one of the trimmings, I used a ruler as a hard straight edge and folded the end of the woven brass over to give me a nice neat edge. I did the same with the opposite end. Now I've had this double sided tape lying around forever and a day and I thought it may just do a nice job here. I stuck some on a scrap piece of styrene and folded by test brass around to see how good the finish was. It looked fine. Then the last part of my little experiment was to lay a trefoil section over the join... nice. Once the neck section is painted black, the bras painted black, I doubt anyone will be able to see the tape or the join. And here's the real part, trimmed, folded and test fitted then hung up to dry while I work on another area. which was the priming I mentioned previously... First off was the plunger arm - primed and ready to go then given a swift coat of satin nickel Other parts that got the paint treatment today were the following: Neck rings (3 off) - Satin nickel Eye stalk - primer Eye stalk rings (5 off) - primer Shoulder section - primer and just for giggles - I was at the end of the can of satin nickel so I decided to empty it spraying the dome. I know there's still a bit of work to be completed on the dome but I wanted to see what it was going to look like.... okay Nigel ? I got 10 photo's as you said

And few more pics,

It's been a while since I started a proper build thread. So much of my time has been spent on projects for others - I haven't had time to build something for myself. So after finally clearing off everyone else's "to do" lists, I have actually started cutting some plastic. This has been a long time in the making. Some of you may remember the original computer work I posted some time ago. Old Jag Thread! I have since completely redrawn the computer model and finished the exterior details. After some close scrutiny the plans I used to start the model just were not up to snuff and a redo was in order. Here are the shots: Keen eyes will find some missing fillets and blends in the surfaces (gun shrouds and engine to fuse join - come to mind). These fillets are really difficult to create on the computer model, but much easier on the physical one - so I opted not to duplicate them. The primary purpose of the 3d model is make sure the parts fit together - for example the flaps - I may even make them posable on the real model. These are the forms that will make up the internal structure. After a long days work - computer pictures turn into real model pieces. More soon, Timmy!

A few days ago, I started my new project I would like this type of camouflage: ... and some progress:

Good afternoon everybody. Hope we are all having a pleasant weekend This is my build of Combrigs Indefatigable class battlecruiser HMAS Australia in 1/700 I think the history of the ship is fairly well known but a brief overview. She joined the newly formed Royal Australian Navy in 1913 as Flagship. Started WW1 in Australian waters conducting operations against German assets in the Pacific before being moved to the UK as part of the Grand Fleets Battlecruiser Squadron. Managed to miss all the fleet actions of the war which with the fates of some of the other battlecruisers, was probably a good thing. Returned to Australia after the war and was decommissioned and scuttled off Sydney Heads as a result of the Washington Naval treaty. Heres a link to to report done on the wreck recently for a bit of interest http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/heritagebranch/heritage/media/hmasaustraliawreckinspectionrpt.pdf The kit itself is good starting point and I've run a work in progress on it here http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234944212-1700-hmas-australia/ But on with the pics Bit pic heavy sorry, I got a bit carried away. She's not perfect but I have learned a lot building her. Thanks once again for everyones help with the build and I hope you like the finished product. Cheers Callum

Hope, admins might not mind some 'self-advertisment', but I guess the following might be interesting for fans of Hawk (yup, BAE Hawk). Others might like the following because it was a litte-known war that actually saw plenty of air warfare, 'obscure', even 'exotic' air forces, foreign mercenaries and similar... Anyway, between 1997 and 2001, DR Congo, supported by Angola, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Libya etc., fought back an invasion of Rwanda, Uganda, and Burundi, supported by mutiny of large parts of Congolese military. Now, some might say, 'bah, another crazy African war', or even 'who cares about that unimportant Mugabe's air force and its five planes?' But, politics (and dubious 'popularity' of certain near-dictators) by side, this was quite an air war. Also, the Air Force of Zimbabwe proved a lot more than just 'pale shade of the former Rhodesian Air Force'. The Rwandans opened this war by launching a sort of 'airborne invasion' of western DRC, and the Congolese gov called nations of the South African Defence Community for help. So it happened that the Zimbabwean Air Force deployed lots of its aircraft and helicopters - including four Hawk Mk. 60s - to Kinshasa. What followed were fierce battles fought over battlefields stretching over several thousands of kilometres, and in the course of which - and as 'impossible' as it might sound - these four Zimbabwean Hawks proved something like 'decisive weapons system' of this war. Just one example for one of 'episodes' from this conflict: can you imagine one party holding one side of the airport, and the other (Zimbabweans) holding the other, and launching their Hawks, Lynxes, K-Cars, G-Cars from that side, in order to bomb - literaly - 'the other side of the airport'? 'Impossible'? Perhaps. But, that's how the crucial part of the Battle of Kinshasa, in August 1998 was fought. I've researched this conflict - and especially air warfare during it - for more than 10 years, and results of that research can now be read in the book: 'Great Lakes Conflagration (Congo, 1997-2003)' was published in cooperation between Helion Publishing (UK) and 30 Degrees South Publishing. It contains plenty of photos of AFZ's Hawks (and even some of their pilots), plus some 15 or so colour artworks - including several with 'personal insignia' and all sorts of armament deployed by AFZ during that war. It is about to hit bookstores in the UK and elsewhere (including not only some of specialized shops, but 'even' Foyles). Alternativelly, it can be ordered from Amazon, of course.

There seems to be a run on P-40s here at the moment! This is Hasegawa's P-40N, which is a nice little kit but not without the need for a bit of filler here and there, completed straight from the box. It was airbrushed using Xtracolour enamels and rolled Blu-Tack to mask the camouflage. National marking decals came from a generic sheet (sorry, can't remember which manufacturer), yellow stripes likewise and the white 'R' from spares suitably spliced to get the right shape. Unfortunately I haven't got round to finding or adding a serial, but I will do. Eventually. The subject is a South African Air Force machine as illustrated in the late, great Ron Belling's book 'A Portrait of Military Aviation in South Africa'. My personal opinion is that it looks too clean and should have been weathered a bit more, especially in terms of fading the paintwork and making it seem more 'patchy'. Jon

Finished last night, Italeri 1/48 A-10A Thunderbolt II. OOB apart from Eduard Zoom for the pit. Handbrushed with Xtracrylic paints. Fairly happy with it, BUT. I was convinced I'd put plenty of weight in her. I was wrong, and now have a tailsitter Ho hum. At some point, I'll sort out a base of some sort to fix her to.

Hi all I bought this charming little kit from BM member, McYellowbelly last month. The kit was originally released in 1957 and although I wasn't born then, I decided to build it as far as possible how a child of the 50s would have built it on a Sunday afternoon in the living room in front of a roaring fire... I have added nothing to it (apart from a tail wheel from a Spitfire) and my only concessions to modernity were filler (due to the "interesting" fit in most places!), painted decal film for the canopy framing and paint application by airbrush. The two crew members were molded blobs on a flat continuation of the fuselage halves. I painted the flat area black to give an impression of depth and painted the blobs as if they were wearing flying jackets, helmets and goggles (although your can't see any of this through the very think canopy with the added framing.) The Airfix decals performed flawlessly. All in all, a great little nostalgic weekend build!

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Col, I think the correct answer is 'hold on to all the old kits until they qualify for Obsolete Kits GB XII'...or whichever version it is by that time!

Lovely job! I'm doing one at the mo, no idea where mines going either. I had the same problems you had with the decals on the 1/1000 kit so I opted to paint the Aztec on the 350th one, it's taking ages and I've ended up with too dark a grey for my liking! It's good to see one built up do nicely

Lovely build, you and Viking John are gluttens for punishment tackling these lozenge schemes !

Are these of any help? A clean one: A dirty, weathered unit:

Hello !! I show you my AFV vehicles. The kits are from Dragon. Take a look please PZ III H Afrika! Thanks for watching!

Really nice work! Me too! I guess once you go spitfire... I had never modelled one in 25+ years of building, and now suddenly I've got about 7 kits lined up. Looks like 3 more will be added thanks to the mention of the joy kit.

I think you would have had much less trouble with weighting the base if you had used Milliput or similar modelling putty with 'fluid lead' (https://www.eileensemporium.com/index.php). Resin is exothermic as it sets, hence your problems with bulging plastic as the resin sets. This is a wonderful thread. My wife is fascinated by the culinary input! Happy modelling, Mike

No its a pig with a policeman’s helmet on, some sort of visual pun I should think. I have no idea why the cybermen are wielding rolling pins though.

Not alot of progress this weekend, spent most of it with my head in John Ringos new book Under a Graveyard Sky. A sea story..........with zombies . Can't wait for the next one. Anyway what I did do makes Canberra look alot more complete. everything is glued down bar the catapault I still got bits to add to that, but shes getting there More soon Cheers Callum

Hi Bill. I used Xtracrylix XA1037 Light Slate Grey (the dark green), XA1002 RAF Dark Earth and XA1003 RAF Med Sea Grey. I've started to enjoy using the Xtracrylix range now, they spray well and leave a nice smooth finish. Again, thanks for all your comments chaps! Rick.

It landed backwards, you see it during one episode and they have really clever ventilation systems where the exhaust gases go backwards into the engines! Ingenious!

I just want a replicator. Tea, earl Grey, Black. Suits me, Sir!

Hello Arniec I like the detailling of your interior and the work on the engines.. I look forward to see more. JiP

Rick, You did a FANTASTIC job on this iconic Aircraft. STUNNING nicely finished..

Airfix Dauntless built as a A-24 Banshee option Airfix Douglas Dauntless (Banshee) Finished-4 by arrjaytee, on Flickr Airfix Douglas Dauntless (Banshee) Finished-10 by arrjaytee, on Flickr Airfix Douglas Dauntless (Banshee) Finished-8 by arrjaytee, on Flickr Airfix Douglas Dauntless (Banshee) Finished-7 by arrjaytee, on Flickr

And why not? You could equally say that about the Javelin or Valiant or Lightning (or a good number of other subjects...........!!). Besides, the proper Phantom is about the only version not produced about a zillion times already. You can't have a complete Phantom collection without one.

Reliant robin?

MMaker, can you please hold on the paints... I have my doubts about those... Here I recomend that you check out this link, it's in spanish but it has some pic that can be helpfull: http://editorialmanutara.blogspot.com/2010/04/la-era-del-jet-llega-chile-vampires.html I recomend that you use: Brown: Humbrol 186 / FS. 30117 Sand: Humbrol 63 / FS 33245 Light blue: Humbrol 65 / FS 35622 The colors on the Vampire form the link just don't do. I used the ones I recomended in a Marlet, here, just to test them and see if they'll do for a FACH's Vampire (I'm using the Airfix one to!!). I hope it helps you: