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Hello all Here is my Meng´s Fiat G-91R4 of 702nd squadron ready for another mission against FRELIMO´s guerrilas positions in northen Mozambique in 1973 Only extras i used was Aeroclubs white metal MB4 ejection seat and metal gun barrels from Master(The ones for the P-47). Painted with Humbrol 196 and blue filter from MIG. Weathering with promodeller wash and oil paints.Bombs came from a Revell´s P-47D kit Had a lot of fun building this kit and looking forward to build another i or 2 more, of the Portuguese Air Force of course. Enjoy the photos. Stay tuned for another Gina soon... Regards and happy modelling FBorges

Hi, folks! Let me present you my latest model. It's the "Zwilling" - another creation of a gloomy German genius. Served exclusively for towing heavy glider Me-321 or two Gotha Go-242. Photos from the site here: http://scalemania.ru/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=588&p=9600#p9600.

This is the Italeri Tornado F.3 1/48 kit, No major build issues although it did fight me in a few areas, its straight out of the box except i've added wiring in and around the cockpit, around the undercarriage for brake hoses and tamiya tape for the wing seals behind the wings, as there is a huge gap there otherwise. Not the most overly detailed although so i keep hearing is more accurate in shape than the Hobby Boss ADV in 1/48 and the Italeri kit is a fraction of the price. went with the The Firebirds Display scheme from the year 2000, i actually have photos of the real thing and saw it many times at airshows from years ago, very striking paint work. The decals are from Model Alliance, very thin have to be careful with these ones minimal decal softener is needed. Home-made engine covers, they are normally Green but the photos i have of the aircraft they have Red covers as did most of 56 Squadron to go with the Sqaudron emblem i guess ...and i know display aircraft shouldnt really carry weapons but im a huge fan of the Tornado and theres something menacing about a fully loaded aircraft so i went with it, and also in one of my books its says that the aircraft had to be stripped of the scheme as it was needed for operational duty. In conclusion standard kit, went together well and another one to add to my RAF collection Thanks for looking, Stuart

Hi everyone, I found a few photos taken last year after completing the lovely Airfix GR9, in the Cottesmore special scheme. There's nothing to really report about this kit other than you can pour glue in the box, shake and get a lovely Harrier. Much has been said about the depth of panel lines on Airfix's 1/72 kits. To be honest my opinion is that we already accept so many compromises on such a small scale that the depth of panels lines is less important than accurate outlines. On this kit in particular the undercarriage legs and wheels etc. are very fine and in scale and it looks and 'sits' like a Harrier should. The engineering and design on this model are first class and make for an easy build. I do get a bit stalled when folk complain that (for example) 'those panel lines are a bit deep on the new Airfix spitfire' forgetting that the kit costs less than a fiver! Airfix have an unusual position, unlike most they are making kits aimed at a broad range of modellers and skills, to design highly detailed yet easy to construct kits that end up at pocket money prices is something to be marvelled at. Don't forget Hasegawa are regularly re-releasing 30 year old toolings and asking us to pay £30-£40 for a 1/72 kit. Any way rant over, hope these photos meet approval!

Doing some cleaning up this morning and pulled maintenance on my collection of 1/72 BAe Hawks. These have been built over a period of 10 years or so. In construction order, first the old Airfix Red Arrows Hawk, finished with brush painted Humbrol enamels (at the same time as the previously posted Red Arrows Gnat). Then the Italeri Mk 100 finished as the demonstrator, also brush painted with Humbrol enamels and with the kits supplied roundels replaced with spares. The Tamiya T1 - I think this is actually the Italeri plastic. The kit decals were the weirdest colours I have ever seen for low-viz RAF markings so I invested in Xtradecal sheet X031-72, which has kept me going ever since. This one is completed as 1992 display aircraft for 7FTS/63 Squadron RAF. Brush painted Tamiya acrylics. Fujimi kit completed as a T1A of 2TWU/151 Squadron RAF, July 1992. Brush painted Tamiya acrylics. The Italeri T-45 Goshawk completed straight out of the box. Tamiya rattle can for the white, brush painted Humbrol enamel for the red. The Italeri Mk 100 finished as a T2. This was my first go at converting a kit with a bit of scratch building (around the tail end). I was intending to put together some "fake" markings together from my decal spares collection, but just in time Airfix released their new Hawk T2/120 kit, so I used one set of markings from that. At some point I will work up courage to complete the donor kit as the Mk120 demonstrator. Brush painted Tamiya acrylics. And finally the new tool Airfix T1 finished making use of the decals from the Fujimi kit as a camouflaged machine from 63 Squadron. SNEB rocket pods are from the old tool Airfix Hawk. Brush painted Tamiya acrylics. Thats it for now, but I have another T1 under construction (stalled), the Mk120 and two more T1's in the stash - so watch this space Thanks for looking.

BAe Hawk T.Mk.1 XX307 RAF Benevolent Fund, 208 Squadron ( R ) RAF Valley 2009 Build thread HERE

Hi everyone Five years in the making just came to an end. I wanted to thank everyone for the great comments and the enormous support on this build. I was going to post many photos of the finished build but photobucket is full so I cant, its only allowing me one photo. Hows about that for bad timing!! More very soon Oliver

Hey again, i didnt work on my hurri much lately, still waiting for decals so i was working on my other projects. Today i just mounted the hurri on its own legs (undercariage and wheel bay are quite OOB, added only few wires and used upgraded wheels from SMER´s hurricane). also i did paint whole kit with semi-gloss coat(wanted to try it, i think after the final decals ll be applied i might use matt coat anyway). expected a bit diferent result, its still quite glossy (from my view at least) i hope i ll get the decals before weekend and finish this baby finaly

Hello, here is my recently completed Airfix Mustang IV made from the starter kit. It it took 2 weeks which is incredibly quick for me, it's a great kit with nice detail including a good cockpit with sidewall detail, flap and radiator options. I decided to have a go with Tamiya paints on this one, after painting the cockpit and interior parts such as wheel wells with citadel or Vallejo paints. I gave it the usual coat of klear before weathering with oils, then a coat of Tamiya clear with flat base mixed in. I decided to fill in the wing panels after doing a bit of research and finding out where was filled. I added some belts to the seat from tape, and replaced the aerial kit part which was mismoulded and brittle with plasticard. Here are some pics, hope you like it!

Because it's American? (ducking behind a wall) A media thing, methinks.

A new box art, see Italeri's Facebook. Source: https://www.facebook.com/ItaleriModelKit#!/photo.php?fbid=605594319513192&set=a.455662807839678.102187.454765391262753&type=1&theater V.P.

Evening all, a few months ago I started a thread looking at whether it was possible to convert HP's HMS Saber into an Aussie River class destroyer. Thanks to some advice from a couple of gents here I decided to scratch build. Started work Sunday night and with it being Teusday night now and back to work tommorrow here's what I got done. I'm using plans of HMS Ferret, a British I class destroyer which the Rivers were based on with some mods. I'm just comparing Ferrets plans and a side and top view of HMAS Parramatta and improvising the differrences. Above is the plans and templates glued to sheet styrene for the hull sections Templates all cut out and glued together for the hull while below is test fitting the deck below is the decks in place and ready for the first layer of outer skin. First layer down and sanded plus start of bridge structure And a couple as she is now. Its not perfect but I'm pretty happy with it so far. Thanks for looking and more to come soon Cheers Callum

an older Draken model I upgraded with a pitot tube from Master, and new pics during the photo session of the little Saab 105 trainer in Austrian Air Force service till 2005. originally build for the Swedish Air Force as J-35 D model, they were upgraded among others with a F/J canopy to J-35Oe standard before being delivered in 1988. Additionally to their 2? 30mm ADEN cannons, they could be armed with 2 Aim-9P sidewinders purchased after the Yugoslav separation wars in the early 1990ies. Austrian Draken were upgraded with RWR and countermeasures from retired Danish examples. Visible in the enlarged fin top and the fairings on the engine nozzle area. Their designation changed to J-35Oe Mk II they were retired in 2005, being operated from 1988 without any serious accident.

AZModel 1/72 Spitfire 322 Squadron H-51 Dutch Airforce as used in the Dutch Indies. Decals are Dutch Decal

Hi all, Having just completed the Airfix 1/72nd scale new tool A8 and the Tamiya 1/72nd scale D9, I thought it was about time a gave my other 190's their chance in the display cabinets. I took the opportunity to take some photo's with them all together as they have not been out their respective boxes in the loft for quite a while. These are not all that recent but built from the Tamiya kits in 1/48th scale, just thought I would share them with you. Quite a nice exercise really as looking back at these I can certainly see where I have improved over the course of the last 5 years or so. They were all built from the box. Forgive the A8 (broke antenna wire) and D9(pitot missing) seems I have some repair work from the last show they attended. As always comments and feedback welcome. Thanks for looking Regards Rick G Tamiya Fw190 A8 Tamiya Fw190 D9 Tamiya Fw190 A3

I admire anyone who can do all that without taking the canopy masks off, I'd of given in long ago!!!!! Gorgeous

Found an entry, revell 1:48 bf 109 g-10, picked it up on sale for 12$ canadian at the LHS

The trouble is some people just have to have absolutes: greatest of all time, most important, "best". It was a wide ranging war fought with contributions from many nations and many different arms engaged in many DIFFERENT types of operation. Impossible to objectively single out one weapon system as being decisive, they all link together. After all, what use would any of the planes have been if the convoys hadn't brought the men and materials? The B17 was important, great even, but so was the Lancaster, so was the Liberator, so was the Mosquito and so was the Halifax (continue list until discouraged), all in their different ways. As far as bombing went, the 8th & 9th Air Forces made magnificent contributions and made terrible sacrifices, same for Bomber Command. I humbly take my hat off to all of them.

That's 'cos it's taken him this long to crawl up the stairs from the kugelbahn...

Nice build, paint work is beautiful. Cheers

Ta Chaps. I probably can't remember what half the clickable bells n whistles do now.......I had enough trouble with the pre-start checks after a fortnight's leave - so no chance after 24 years. I can remember the feeling of sitting in the cockpit and thinking - right; what's next? Uumh? Never actually forgot - but needed the odd mental nudge to get going now and then. Ahh. It's a bit of a cheat really Mark. They're not really proper round. Here's the kit - not awfully sophisticated. After scribing the line with my the electric sewing machine needle (which has been brilliant for the job), I enlarged it to a trench with a Tamiya scriber so that I could get a half round knife blade in it vertically and side on - see what I mean? I scraped this blade along the full extent of hinge line so that it pared down the 'round' edge of the aileron at an angle whilst leaving the wing edge vertical. I then scraped a fine straight blade along the hingle line at a more acute angle to give the 'round' edge a couple of flat planes to mimic a properly round edge. It was obviously important to keep the blade at a constant angle during each scrape and to scrape along the full extent of the hinge line each time: I could probably have carried on scraping at different angles to make it more nearly round. But actually after just a couple of angles the impression was good enough. Simples. The Airfix plastic is a tad soft and so accepts this sort of treatment really well. Steve

I have crayons too, they don't normally let me have sharp things! Selwyn (Signing in on the plumbers mafia network. late again! I can't understand it. "I have not been in the Mally Chief,.........Honest....!")

Thanks for your comments! Nearly finished with the decals.Only a few left. Thanks for watching!

I was a little worried that the budgies was a reference to swimwear, but thankfully I was mistaken. The Texan is looking great, the mask is a good idea my ham fisted attempt on the Proctor canopy showed its money and time well spent, if you can find the right one. Cheers Pat

Unfortunately very true, but extremely dumb and shortsighted policy, RC and Plastic Kits are not in mutual competition, on the contrary . RoG is my favourite brand, I started my hobby business with them, from 2000-2008 they truely had best selection of kits for fair price. What amazes me that Company that still has best retail network in the world is of lately not able to have any continuity/consistency especially quality-accuracy wise . Dumping of Korean toolings for ones of lesser quality, Outsourcing CAD to cheap but dubious non quality enterprises, Paying huge sums for Star Wars/Trek Rights, than producing very poor Chinese toolings at the same time when eg.Hasbro,and others produce very good diecast replicas of the same subjects for app.same price. Big omissions accuracy wise Halifax-He 219-, kits that should have generated big sums-are not. I am just waiting for someone to tell me me that 90 percent of buyers do not care etc.., yes that was true before Internet Age, but today when even kids have smartphones with wi-fi that is not true. Other fact is that big perecentage of revenue comes from "hamsters" like many of us that buy large numbers of same boxing. and accuracy is not something taken lightly by our bunch. My fear is that Revell is slowely going Italeri way...although new Tornado/Gripen tools are proof of things still being done rightly.

and they seem to have given up on both the star wars and star trek licences

Sigh ........ as I and several others predicted when Revell USA purchased Revell Germany a couple of years back , it would be "the end of the golden weather " as far as new tooling would go ......... expect pretty much the Bland sort of announcements Revell USA has given us for the last 20 years to be pretty standard from here on in.... it will be the second year in a row , where I wont be buying any new kits off them..... end of an era really

Just finished my Vindicator, so I am better than for the FAA GB. Happily today is a 25 hours Sunday. Patrick

Just a quick update on my next model dio, kit was brought off eBay for £18, had the idea of having the bike following a path on Endor through foliage etc. I have also had my first attempt although small, of trying some extra detailing with the copper wire. And then the start of the base, using air dry clay & an off cut from our Christmas tree (thought I'd use it instead of throwing it away) Let me know any comments. Scott.

Hi, guys Just wanted to let you know that Neomega is releasing new set for Hobbyboss model of Super Lynx in 1/72 There are few pictures of the set The set will be soon available from neomega-resin.com Cheers Sergey

A decal set for it should be quite a reasonable price!

From the info I have two operators were carried radar operator and a sonar/sonobuoy operator and an aircrewman. I'll look for the manual pages tomorrow and then copy them to this thread. A torpedo or depthcharge was carried on the port side on a stores carrier, alternatively an external fuel tank. Colin

Great build there. Those decals look like they could have been tricky...but worked out, for a tasty looking Hawk.

Right got up today and forbid myself to do anything else other than these two and dare I say just a few minutes work left on each so a possible posting of the royal navy Lynx tomorrow,the German version just needs the small windows and gun adding.

Very good.

Sounds like you've answered your own question!

Damn. That rules out my idea for an Omani Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon then. Not that it matters as as I've still got my first choice option.

I used to nick my mum's from the same source.

The youtube video says it all. But, I do have two bottles ! It ramped the house insurance up though. Rick.

That's a cracking build! I am very impressed with your painting and finish too. Well done!

The radome is quite a complex shape, Matchbox nailed it pretty well as did CMR. I havent looked closely at the Aeroclub kit for a while. This is from AP4360C Volume 6 Structural repair manual Sea Venom 21,22 & 53 The differences in curvature are clearer when viewed from behind. One of the biggest reasons I've found why nobody knows about aircraft like the Sea Venom is they weren't interesting enough. When I first got to VC724 squadron way back in 1980 there was a Sea Venom (WZ-895) and a Sea Fury (VW-623) held by the squadrons for the museum until such time as the museum was back up and running. To an 18 year old they weren't anything special especially when the rest of the hanger was filled with A-4G Skyhawk's (the reason I joined the RAN) Nobody gave a rats about those old heaps of ****. Then a very old CPO by the name of Kev Camm decided the old girls needed a bit of love and he collared a couple of us raw bones and we were detailed off to have the aircraft displayed in a correct Naval fashion. The Fury was a let down, it was a gutted shell that had once been a gate guard at NAS before being the subject of a half arsed restoration attempt. This involved ripping everything out of it, putting all the bits in a box and promptly loosing the boxes. The engine was seized and the prop was rotten with corrosion. But everybody wanted to work on it because it was the "fastest piston engine aircraft ever" and one had shot down a Mig. Personally I cant stand the damn things, they were a pilot murdering dinosaur that shot down a Mig because the Mig did something daft. And they are one of the most boring looking airframes ever made, they look like something a child would draw (Yet now I have one in my care that gets looked after as well as any of the fleet) WZ-895 was a far different machine, she was missing her cannon, radio's and radar but everything else was intact and in place. Under Kev's guidance I had the hydraulics operating within a month and she became "My" aeroplane. After 18 months on the squadron maintaining the A-4 and looking after 895 I was posted to the ground support section and some weeks later 895 turned up in the same hanger (somebody had decided to put all the museum aircraft in the one hanger) After 7 months of late nights and weekends and under the guidance of Kev and Leading Seaman Kev Grantham (Who passed away not long after) we towed 895 up to the run up base and with CPOATA "Shorty" Greenaway at the throttle she started up on her first attempt. Interestingly her starter timer failed during the restoration and I found another in the hulk of WZ-931 that was on the fire dump, it was the only thing left in the cockpit. The station fireys duly crapped themselves seeing the aircraft disappear under a cloud of black smoke and came over at the rush to put out the fire, They were a mite annoyed when informed of the aircraft's cartridge start. 4 months later she did her first high speed taxy and led out the A-4's and Trackers on the last fixed wing airshow in 1984. Round the same time we got another Venom, WZ-937 from the training base HMAS Nirimba, she got an engine change and was found every Wednesday roaring and annoying golfers on the station course as we ran her and WZ-895. At present I have WZ-907 which is the most complete FAW-53 in captivity and the fuselage of WZ-897 (the subject of the CA kit) in my care at the Thomas aircraft collection. And guess what, people still come in, look at the Fury and have no idea what the Venom is. Bloody heathens! I'm happy to share what I know, in fact I firmly believe I have an obligation to. Doesn't matter if these aircraft are in private collections or still with the military they are part of our history and should be available to all.

You put the model in an oven?! You must have great big brass ones!

Very nice jug, really lovely stuff. Good scheme too, like the weathering and fading.

I'd be up for this one. I seem to remember as a kid there wasn't a model of this around (was living in New Zealand then) so I built one out of balsa, wasn't too bad either! I don't know what happened to it! Seeing as it's so small it will be a big scale version for me!

It's not a bad kit for one engineered during the Cold War. Sadly the boosters are underscale by enough that it looks a little strange, and the Soyuz shroud is not entirely correct. Here's mine: When you put the Soyuz on the small boosters really stand out On the upside, the construction is much easier than the Apex kit, especially the truss between the second and third stages.

Nicolson was 23 years old and a flight lieutenant in No. 249 Squadron, during the Second World War when he was awarded the Victoria Cross. On 16 August 1940 near Southampton, Nicolson's Hawker Hurricane was fired on by a Messerschmitt Bf 110, injuring the pilot in one eye and one foot. His engine was also damaged and the petrol tank set alight. As he struggled to leave the blazing machine he saw another Messerschmitt, and managing to get back into the seat, and continued firing until the enemy plane dived away to destruction. Not until then did he bail out, and he was able to open his parachute in time to land safely in a field. On his descent, he was fired on by members of the Home Guard, who ignored his cry of being a RAF pilot. Nicolson was the only pilot of RAF Fighter Command to be awarded the Victoria Cross during the Second World War. His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon. Victoria Cross Citation: "Air Ministry, 15 November 1940. The KING has been graciously pleased to confer the Victoria Cross on the undermentioned officer in recognition of most conspicuous bravery : — Flight Lieutenant James Brindley NICOLSON (39329) — No. 249 Squadron. During an engagement with the enemy near Southampton on 16th August 1940, Flight Lieutenant Nicolson's aircraft was hit by four cannon shells, two of which wounded him whilst another set fire to the gravity tank. When about to abandon his aircraft owing to flames in the cockpit he sighted an enemy fighter. This he attacked and shot down, although as a result of staying in his burning aircraft he sustained serious burns to his hands, face, neck and legs. Flight Lieutenant Nicolson has always displayed great enthusiasm for air fighting and this incident shows that he possesses courage and determination of a high order. By continuing to engage the enemy after he had been wounded and his aircraft set on fire, he displayed exceptional gallantry and disregard for the safety of his own life." The Nicolson cabinet in the Battle of Britain Hall at Hendon: Nicolson's medals: This is the new tool Hurricane straight from the box with the addition of Tamiya tape seat belts, EZ-Line aerial wire (I haven't got the hang of using CA and accelerator yet, resulting in big blobs on the masts!) and painted ModelDecal Black Trimfilm for the canopy framing. I'm not sure if this machine is a totally accurate representation of Flt Lt Nicolson's. The only issues I had were with the fitting of the canopy and windscreen and propeller. I wasn't inspired by the decal choices in the box, so I raided my Airfix Victoria Cross Icons set (picked up for £15 from Toymaster.) It was a weekend build to test my newly-bought the LifeColor Battle of Britain set, but I was so unimpressed with the shade of both the green and brown, that I oversprayed with my old faithful Humbrol enamels! The decals were sealed by a brush-painted coat of W&N Galeria Matt Varnish. I have not applied any weathering, but I may do in due course. Despite today being bright, my conservatory is north-facing, so there is insufficient daylight for any decent pictures. Thanks for looking.

Yes, I agree completely. It was quite sad applying the scheme, Harriers have always been a favourite aircraft of mine and to see the aircraft and pilots so ruthlessly scrapped (or sold cheap to America) was heart-breaking (along with Nimrods and Seakings) is something we should be ashamed of.

for your viewing pleasure lol comments welcome... revell typhoon... trumpeter lightning aeroclub jet pipes extra decals extra kit meteor and extra decale revell tornado aeroclub gr4 bits decals from the aviation workshop revel harrier gr 7... revell hunter decals carpena never saw a picture of an omani hunter in this colour does anyone have one. hope you all like happy modelling Glenn.....