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Hello Folks, I`ve been waiting for this kit for ages and thanks to Gary at MAM I received this 1/48th scale Revell Ventura Mk.II kit which I`ve finished in a scheme that I have been researching for years,.....as one of two Mk.II`s flown by 1575 (Special Duties) Flight from N.Africa for missions over S. France, Corsica and Italy. I`ve submitted the article to MAM so won`t give too much away, however I will say that it is a nice kit, the BP Type C turret is very nice, the masks provided in the kit are great but Revell forgot to add a new canopy with clear bulges in the roof and left hand side and have simply put the original canopy from the PV-1 kit in the box instead! My attempt at rectifying this was to carve a pair of blisters from the spare canopy left over from an Arba resin Blenheim kit and attach these instead,....but it is nowhere near perfect and it would be great if Revell did a new part or the aftermarket came to the rescue. Anyway,....here is the model; [/url] I do hope that this kit is imported into the UK soon as there are so many more that I want to build and Aviaology in Canada have just released a pair of sheets featuring some extremely interesting Ventura`s,....I want to build at least four of them! Hope you like it and thanks to Gary for the model,.....the full article will hopefully appear in MAM or SAMI magazines soon, Cheers Tony PS- I meant to add that this Ventura, AE881 failed to return from a Special Duties `Wireless' sortie to Italy during September 1943 and the crew are remembered on the RAF Memorial at Floriana in Malta as they have no known grave, I`d like to dedicate the model to them. PPS- Since sending the article off for printing I`ve been in contact with one of the surviving Ventura crew members from 624 (SD) Sqn called John Russell who confirms that; - The Ventura coded A was AE 881 and B was AE 948, although according to his logbook AE 881 was changed to X, in the middle of August 43. He doesn`t recall any squadron letters being applied,...just the individual code letters A & B. - No guns were fitted in the nose glazing. - He also recalls that the camouflage was all over grey, not black,...however the photo of the real AE881/A does prove otherwise. Maybe they were changed at a later date? - The Ventura`s were used for for ferrying SOE staff,mostly between Algiers and Tunis and some communication, between SOE operators on the ground using a specially installed set. - AE 881 must have landed at Palermo,Sicily to refuel on the night that it was lost with its crew, probably to extend its time over the target in Italy. All the best Tony13 points
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Just built with 74 sqn markings. First time posting pics on here i hope i've got it right.11 points
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My latest build..... The Trumpeter 1/72 scale Su-27 Flanker B in Ukrainian markings using the Digital Flanker decal sheet from Authentic Decals... The model is straight OOB, with airbrushed AKAN paints as reccomended on the Authentic Decals instructions.... The base colour of light blue was airbrushed - the light grey and darker blue are decals. The decals are extremely thin and once applied were reluctant to move - but they cover well and bedded down superbly with the use of a little Micro Sol. Any patching/painting was done using the other paints from the AKAN set - perfectly matching the decals. Ken More photos.... I have just spotted that I haven't painted the RWR antena on the boom tips.... Ken8 points
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Hello, Didn't really know where this diorama will fit. Posting it in Aircraft section as there is an aircraft in my diorama. The scenario is my imagination. It could have been a reality too. Don't really know Akula class submarine returning to home base in Soviet east or perhaps north near Murmansk with an An-72P maritime patrol reception party welcoming them after months being at sea· Used Aluminum foil for water and plaster for the floating ice .Kits are 1/700 Hobbyboss Akula and 1/288 Eastern Express An-72P.Aircraft camo was hand painted with Tamiya acrylics. Hope you like it Thanks Vivek7 points
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Hello, here is my latest build, the academy 1/48 Phantom. W.I.P here: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234931914-academy-f-4b-phantom/ [/url] [/u [/uR Thanks for looking.6 points
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Hi all, I'd been very keen to get hold of this Auster for quite a while and, at last, I got it a few weeks back I decided to have a little bit of fun with this aircraft so I decided to paint it as a hack aircraft of a 2TAF fighter squadron, lovingly adorned with one or Vargas' pin-up girls as well as an extremely optimistic tally on the nose Construction was reasonably straightforward and offered lots of opportunity for scratch building (I couldn't resist). Though I didn't do any major work to the overall model, I spent a lot of time adding the small details, in my mind it's the small things that make the big difference. Details of additions below pictures. Aerial wires made from fishing line Pitot tube made from wire Steps from thicker wire Handles and counter mass balance from wire IMG_8014_zps113e2a19 by Ben Standen, on Flickr IMG_8015_zps438bc286 by Ben Standen, on Flickr IMG_8017_zpse127c066 by Ben Standen, on Flickr IMG_8018_zps38304ca7 by Ben Standen, on Flickr IMG_8019_zps41d51250 by Ben Standen, on Flickr IMG_8023_zps9ea9042a by Ben Standen, on Flickr IMG_8024_zps3e302219 by Ben Standen, on Flickr IMG_8026_zpsa46546af by Ben Standen, on Flickr The pin up was home printed then applied over a white background before carefully painting the dark earth around it. Thanks for looking! Ben6 points
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Hi all, Airfix 1/72 AWACS based at RAF Waddington. Built it straight from the box and painted with enamels, also added a "Diecast" F-16 for scale purpose. Also a bit messing about in Picassa.6 points
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Manufacturer - Airfix Scale - 1/72 Paints - Tamiya XF-66 light grey Tamiya XF-53 neutral grey Tamiya XF-24 dark grey Tamiya X-2 white Tamiya X-19 smoke Vallejo pale green Model Master metalizer - gun metal burnt metal steel Varnishes - Johnsons Klear for decal prep and sealing Humbrol acrylic matt aerosol for finish Aftermarket - none Really happy with this one as i took my time more than i usually do. I'm assuming it's an old kit as it was quite flashy in places and the fit was not good on certain parts but all being said and done i think it looks the part. The engines were a bit of a fiddle to get in, one of the vertical stabilisers leans more outwards than the other but it's the best i could get it and also i had to cut the nose wheel guard in two and glue them onto the tyres otherwise they squashed the two wheels at the back which made them splay outwards at the front. I went for the polish option on this kit as the czech scheme looked a tad too much for me to tackle i think. On with the pics. Comments and sugesstions will be very much appreciated. Thanks for looking.6 points
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Hello again!! I have built this jet some time ago but never came to making pictures. Directly after the HAF Phantom (previous post) I thought I can shoot them now. This was my first attempt to working with Alclad and this stuff rocks! Only thing is that you get as high as a kite while spraying... It's an old Revell kit but what a kit it is. I think it's safe to say that this is one of Revell's finest. Fitting was excellent, well constructed and thought of, sturdy and a dream to build with excellent cockpit OOtB. I only added a Quickboost resin seat because I hate fiddling with seatbelts. Behold and enjoy please; Hope you like it!! Be well, Jeroen6 points
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Hello everybody, I would like to present you my second entry on this forum. It is my interpretation of an F-4E Phantom of the Hellenic Airforce. I have used Hasegawa's 1/48th scale F-4EJ Phantom as base for this project. Extra bits I have used are: - Aires cockpit set (which was quite the challenge) - Quickboost resin seats with seatbelts - Eduard Brassin wheels (superstuff!) - Master pitot tube, AOA tube & antenna - Wolfpack AN/AAQ-28 Litening II/III pod - PE parts from a Hasegawa F-4J and from the Aires pitset - Gunze, Alclad and Metalizer paints It took me about three months to complete. As everyone who is a little bit into the subject may know is that the Greeks are not particularly clean when it comes to their fighter jets. So I had to come up with a way to reproduce this. Well enough said, here are the pics. I hope you like it!! Thanks for looking!! Reg. Jeroen5 points
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The Warrior that I finished today completes my Airfix 1/48 HERRICK collection. A great diversion from things with wings!5 points
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Just prove I actually do still build models when I have the time, here's a trio of bombers I have built in the last 6 months (I usually don't post my models as I am pretty crap at photo's and not so great at this modelling lark either!): First up is the Trumpeter Wellington Mk.1C which is built straight oob and brush painted and as you can see has collected a fair amount of dust: Next up is the good old Hasegawa B-47E with True details wheels and was used as a trial for painting silver en masse, again with the ubiquitous dust: And finally a Hasegawa B-17G done as Sleepy Time Gal of the 381st and was completed only a week ago and though the pictures may not show it I am pretty proud of it. I added Eduard wheels, CMR cockpit/navigators station, CMR Radio room, CMR waist gunners detail set, Mini World 50'cal barrels and full guns, Quickboost engines and finally Squadron canopies throughout. Decals are by Kits World. Ironically this was also done as a test in prep to build a Hasegawa B-17F Memphis Belle, I think the Hasegawa B-17 still has the best shape of the current B-17 kits out there. All are 1/72 and again sorry for the crappy pictures5 points
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Hi Folks Vampire FB5 of 612 Royal Aux Air Force based at Dyce in the 50s.Painted with Xtracolor enamels and dressed in corrected Xtradecals to get the markings right.Tried to fade the green to make it look a bit more realistic not sure if I am too happy with it though. Ian5 points
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Hi All. Here is a preview of the new Xtradecal release for the forthcoming 1:72 Airfix kit. Any errors/ommissions ect please don't hesitate to tell so I can correct! Thanks Jon4 points
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I tracked down "Memphis Belle" to a hangar at Millington Naval Base, north of Memphis in 2003, before the National Museum of the US Air Force reclaimed her for restoration and eventual display.4 points
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I've just returned from a fantastic day out at the Bruntingthorpe Cold War Jets Open Day held on May 25th. Since I last visited this Leicestershire airfield in 2004, there have been a number of new additions and arrivals. My main reason for attending was to catch up with the last of the RAF VC10s which retired here in 2013 and its hugely pleasing to see that K.4 ZD241/N has been restored to taxiable condition and will be retained as a permanent exhibit. There was also evidence of the 5 ex RAF Tristars that have recently arrived here for disposal. Since my last visit the Buccaneer fleet has also grown to four although one was out of sight awaiting restoration and repainting, and I was also delighted to see other newcomers including a Nimrod MR.2 and Sea King. The star attraction for many is always the Lightning reheat and fast taxi,and XR728's demo did not disappoint It was good to see so many enthusiasts on site and gratifying that the sun shone for much of the day. Anyway, on with the show. Nimrod MR.2 XV226 in 40th anniversary markings There were no less that 7 JPs either present of visiting including T.2 XN637 from North Weald Jet Provost T.4 XP672 wearing the colours of 1 TWU/79 Sqn Jet Provost T.5A XW290 ex RAFC and 1 SoTT The mighty Lightning F.6 XR728/JS belonging to the Lightning Preservation Group. Victor K.2 XM715/ 'Teasin' Tina' Tristar C.2A ZE705, one of the most recent arrivals at Bruntingthope after retiring from RAF service at end of March 2014 This pair of civil owned Gazelles provided a sprightly and unexpected addition to the flying display Buccaneers abundant My personal highlight, the thunderous Bruntingthorpe debut of VC10 K.4 ZD241/N Thanks for looking. C&C always welcome. Mark4 points
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Hello, Here's my 1/48 Hasegawa CF-104. I used the F-104J kit with Leading Edge decals and resin RWR bumps. Painted with Humbrol. I hope you like it.4 points
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Finished a few months ago. Kit is from Italeri, scale 1/72, which needed quite al lot filler and sanding, and metallics are implacable, so it was quite dusty here after polishing. But all in all I'm pleased with the result. The original Dave4 points
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Time to dust this one off... Since the last photos, I've been working to finish the Starboard side. The ship is so large - 67cm long, that I've built a cradle to scew the model to it while I work on each side in turn. Apart from the obvious paintwork, I've added details to the catwalks and scratched the landing craft and other boats. I've tried to capture the famously rusty look of the real thing towards the end of the campaign... At the moment, I'm not completly happy with the liferaft racks, I' need to decide whether to re-work or live with them as they are. Depending on the decision, I'm ready to move onto the portside, and stern. The crane and seacat launcher/director will be added later with all the other moving parts. A4 points
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Hasegawa's (actually Mania's) Ki-27 must be almost as old as the original plane by now. It's still a nice kit though, like most Mania re-issues (I'm a fan of their Kate). My boxing is from the early 80s and was missing the decals, but this was not a problem on this build. This is a companion build to my earlier Dutch East Indies MLD PBY-5 Catalina, report here. Catalina Y-63 was commanded by my great-uncle Willem Ditmar, and I found out that a number of Ki-27s were likely responsible for shooting it down. A perfect excuse to build one! I received a lot of useful information from Nick Millman and Ronnie Olsthoorn, who were kind enough to share some profiles from Nick's recent book 'Ki-27 Nate Aces' with me. The most likely candidate was the camouflaged Nate flown by Lt. Yutaka Aoyagi of the 12th Air Brigade, 11th Sentai, so this is the one I settled on. As stated, the kit is still quite nice, but showing its age. Panel lines on the fuselage are recessed, but raised on the wing. There was quite a bit of flash on the smaller parts, even though this is an older boxing. A number of optional parts are included for the gear, but I've never seen a Hasegawa boxing using these. An optional rear canopy is also included. There are really not that many parts to it though, about 25 in all. Cockpit is very bare, I added some tape seat belts. I didn't have any decals in this kit but since I got the recent combi-release of this kit by Hasegawa cheaply a few weeks back, I was hoping to use some of the decals from that. Alas, all the markings on Aoyagi's aircraft were unique so I masked everything, including the hinomarus. Ronnie's profile was resized and used as a guide to cut out the masks. I started by spraying the whole plane with white Tamiya primer to do both the white areas and allow good coverage of the red and yellow. This was followed by masking off the white, then spraying the red, masking, yellow, masking, IJA grey and IJA green. I'm pleased with the results, for such simple markings spraying isn't all that much more work than using decals. I did use the stencils from Hasegawa's new decal sheet. After decalling I used some MiG dark wash to highlight the control surfaces, followed by the bits and bobs and some EZ wire for the antenna. I then applied some matt varnish to finish it all. Disaster struck when removing the masking from the canopy, some of the white primer had run under the tape I'm not too happy about it so I may repaint the canopy when I get back to the kit some time in the future (this is a joke). All in all a nice, easy build. My thanks to Nick and Ronnie for their help on getting the color scheme right and providing some interesting background information. I'm looking forward to reuniting the Nate and the Catalina after 72 years. I need to ferry Nate across the English Channel to my parents' place though, but I will post some pics of this reunion!3 points
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Hi guys, I've still to edit more... VC-10 etc, but this will do for now Lightning at 1/30th by Totallyrad.co.uk, on Flickr G-BKGL by Totallyrad.co.uk, on Flickr G-BKGL by Totallyrad.co.uk, on Flickr G-BKGL by Totallyrad.co.uk, on Flickr G-BKGL by Totallyrad.co.uk, on Flickr Untitled by Totallyrad.co.uk, on Flickr Untitled by Totallyrad.co.uk, on Flickr IMG_913 by Totallyrad.co.uk, on Flickr WT333 Cardridge start by Totallyrad.co.uk, on Flickr ZD241 coming back through the haze at Bruntingthorpe. by Totallyrad.co.uk, on Flickr H.P Victor lining up at Bruntingthorpe.. by Totallyrad.co.uk, on Flickr BBMF Supermarine Spitfire PR XIX PM631 by Totallyrad.co.uk, on Flickr3 points
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Not posted anything for a few weeks. I have been building the Revell "London Bus" But needed a break from anything RED so decided on this big 18 Ton monster, I have the gun to go with it but will leave that until another day. This was out of the box with some oil barrels and the odd petrol can. I decided not to build the men supplied with it at this time but will do them someday !! Honest. I used various AK Paints and washes. The tracks are the best i have built because they seemed so easy to assemble. I primed with Panzer grey and used the hairspray method with a topcoat of AK 702 with stripes of AK 705 and AK 703 so that the dark undercoat would show through. I put a very light spray of the AK 702 so that the Panzer grey could be seen, i did not want the topcoat to be too over the top. Comments always welcome. Well back to the bus for now..3 points
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Thanks guys It's now finished, I should be able to post some better photos tomorrow.3 points
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Decals are on and sealed in with a gloss coat: Seats are finished: Next up is to add the panel line wash and matt coat. Dave3 points
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I need to get the JP5 windscreen in place and the decking behind the seats finished before I can prime it. I've doing the odd half an hot here and there over the last week to try and achieve this - but with mixed results. Decking area started well; added the avionics support structure - fiddly but no real issues: Looked ok under paint - and I ask painted and slightly weathered the coaming. Avionics boxes were small but manageable: And the whole thing looks ok with a bit of oil wash/filter - it gets a bit dirty at the back there where the canopy slides foreward and back. Actually - now I look at it the little black box on the rear decking behind the stud seat (fatigue meter I think) looks a bit on the weedy side. Might replace it...... The windscreen has proved itself to be a pain. The problem is the internal vertical bar in the middle. I think that the kit part is better than the Pavla vac form version - not least because (and I think dr_gn said this some time ago) the JP5 canopy is actually pretty thick for real. So I had to file of the vertical bar - which is incorrectly moulded on the outside and polish up the canopy - no big deal: But then I had to mark and paint on the bar on the inside. And that has proved tricky. I found the centre top and bottom and temporarily marked the outside of the canopy before putting a thin strip of masking tape on the outside as a guide for masking the inside: Then masked and sprayed the cream colour seen from the outside and then the internal grey: I'm on about my third go now. And I still can't get it truly vertical! I swear it all lines up nicely vertical when I mask it......and then when I unmask - it's gone skew whiff. I'll beat the sucker yet........ Steve3 points
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So with a little bit of this………………….. and this……………….. you end up with this……………….. which you then finally join to make this………………….. Is it worth it - Oh Yes!! Hats off to Tamiya with these parts - they really are superb. They also provide you with plenty of extras just in case some are lost in the process.3 points
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So here's the thrilling picture of railings from yesterday: and here's a box full of bits ready to stick on, plus the armament and boats which still need cleaning and painting: I also lost patience with the naff deck edges (where the walls contain the deck rather than lying under it) so I did this: Ulp! Turned out OK though, as you can see: I need to darken the repainted bits, and I wish I'd filled the deck a bit more at the back - the datum should've been the walls but I was sanding down to the deck. The result is it's a little bit slopey, but I think it still looks better. Hopefully railings will disguise the slope. Lastly I added some bits of wire and antennae to the funnel, and some detail to the flat top to give more depth inside the funnel cap. The tubes inside might not be correct (they probably aren't) but I couldn't find any pictures so I had to make something up. The end result is looking more and more like a ship: More gloss, weathering, details and armament to go. I think there are only a couple of bits left on the sprues now. Cheers, Will3 points
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It's so easy to get the requisite information to enable the perfect model, isn't it? Well, is it? Accusations of "mediocrity" against manufacturers are easy to make, as are those of "apologists" against those who don't climb on the bandwagon. Imagine you're a Japanese company director, wanting to make a model kit of an iconic British fighter, and you find an expensive Japanese-produced glossy publication, full of superb photos and illustrations, and a set of authentic-looking drawings, so you base your kit on those; welcome to the world of the Hasegawa Spitfire IX. Maybe you own a Chinese company desperate to produce a kit of a much-loved British jet fighter, and you find two British-produced publications, with identical drawings, so they must be ideal; welcome to the world of the Trumpeter Lightning. Many "experts" have told us how fighters, for Malta, were painted, but, thanks to an order of the time, tucked in a file (not accessible before 1979,) we now know that Malta wanted them to be blue. I've had a "discussion" (at times extremely rude) with someone on another site, who steadfastly maintains that the first Spitfire Is had fixed wingtips (even though the Ministry's initial order specifically required that they be detachable,) and, due to this they had wingspans 3.5" greater than the standard 36'10" we all know. He refuses to budge, on this, and maintains that some Spitfire restorers agree with him, even though the Supermarine drawings of both wings, in the RAF Museum, show identical dimensions, and, if you measure the centre-line down each wing, across the centre section, and up the other wing, you get 37'1". Research is increasingly feasible, with more and more material becoming available, but it still needs the questioning mind, and, as Bob says, preferably some sort of corroboration from other sources. On another thread, we read that roundels went over to dull shades in 1937 (they certainly did on night bombers,) but Gloster were still using the bright shades in 1940; well, I worked for 10 years, in the 1960s/70s, on stock/production control, and, if I'd ordered any material that took three years to work through, I'd have been sacked immediately. So far, three sources, backed up by a 1941 instruction, say the change was in 1942, so I know where my money goes. Hard as it may be to understand, companies do not set out deliberately to make an inferior product, and one of the incessant cries is "Why don't they ask for help?" To this must come the counter, "How do they know who to trust?" Academy received a fearful amount of stick for their "inaccurate" Hunters and Spitfires, but what is not generally known is that they were sent dud drawings from what they thought was an unimpeachable source, following which the owner said he'd never trust them again. Edgar3 points
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Hi everyone, this is my first post here on BM. I just completed this build. Kit is the new-ish HobbyBoss 1/48 A-6A Intruder built OOB except the decals which were from Fightertown Decals' A-6A/A-6E Colorfull Intruders Pt 1 sheet and Mk 82s and MERs which came from Hasegawa's Weapon Set A. Painted with Gunze Mr Color lacquers and washed with Tamiya enamels. I left it relatively clean as the actual jet was rather new when wearing these markings. In all it was a fun build. I have the new A-6E in the stash and will get to that soon. In the meantime, enjoy the attached photos! Mark2 points
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Hi guys, Here my first Tiger Meet model, I hope you like: Cheers, Pierre.2 points
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Hi, I recently started to work on the Pratt and Whitney R-2800 resin kit from Brassin, to add details to the 1/32 Tam Corsair. Parts cut from the resin sprue. Some parts: Original spark plugs are not bad, but... details can be added. New connector. Cylinders head drilled to receive a "real" tube instead of the PE one of the Barssin kit. The box of the lower cylinder is also drilled to be connected to the reductor and the back of the engine. Test fit: Early Bendix electrical harness from Barracuda Next step: Paint. So time to mask... Late magnetos are cut off and will be replaced by the Early ones provided by Barracuda: More mask: ZP primer and black before Alclad, from ZP once again: Short dry time, then grey from Gunze: 307 & 337 with Tamiya thinner. Alclad White Alu for the cylinders. Black again. Welcome to the Smurfs: Le masque est retiré du bloc: Black here too: Pchiiit... Mask off and light first weathering steps. test fit: Instruction plate added First row: Test fit again with front end: Bendix magnetos: Time for primer! Grey Micro Filler on few parts. Cylinders: I love the details: Other engine parts and cowls: After the grey... BLACK! Gloss Black Base from Alclad. "Engine Manifold" from Alclad. Test fitting for the push rods and spark plugs in place. Well , this is my interpretation of the Monster... I hope you like it. More to come soon. Pascal2 points
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Not a bad little kit, although the decals were pretty thick and detail is sparse. I masked and painted the fuselage red and white along with the anti glare panel and the wing leading edge. I really should have painted on the roundels too. This aircraft was armed with two 40mm HO-301 cannon designed to knock down B-29's, but in reality, the weapon was just as lethal to the pilot as the B-29 due to the low muzzle velocity. Pilots had to get dangerously close to open fire with any accuracy.2 points
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Hey again everyone, So tonight after finishing my Tiger, I decided it was time to start something new. I found this on one of my shelves, don't know if they still sell them anymore - was £50 at the time though and I got it in 2009 (when I was 9, yes) for the 100 years of Naval Aviation thingy. As you can see, it contains a Sopwith Pup, Fairey Swordfish, Vought Corsair, Westland Lynx? (I think) and a Harrier. Here is the box:And with everything out : Sopwith Pup, Fairey Swordfish, Vought Corsaid, Westland Lynx (Navy) and Harrier. (FROM LEFT TO RIGHT)It also has in it a lovely little booklet (With history etc.) , instructions, sheet of decals, 12 X paints, glue + 2 X Brushes. Here is the scheme (only one here) that the plane follows in full colour! And the instructions - only one sheet of A4, very simple and nice - apologies for the blurry picture though Now, down to the actual kit. It was sealed in a bag which (I guess) helps to protect everything, there was not much flash on the whole and, being a smaller kit, it only came with 2 Half-Sized sprues of normal Airfix grey plastic. When I opened the bag: Now, the initial construction started off with gluing the Pilot (nicely molded in an apt position) who I called Jeff - into his seat Happy days as far as Jeff's concerned, he gets £1 for doing it (comparison). After I'd done that, it took me less than 5 minutes to assemble everything in the cockpit, the machine gun, engine and propellers. Here is a picture of them done, prior to painting. I have a vague idea of what I'm doing *insert comical laughter* at the moment, and when Jeff + his BEAUTIFUL cockpit are done then the 2 fuselage halves will be joined together to create something wonderful - my child. First plane ever hmm.... *****More updates when i build them***** (and paint, obviously) Thanks for reading guys + girlies CP2 points
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Hi everybody, Following my recently posted JASDF Aggressor F-15DJ, here is the F-15C I built pretty much in parallel. This is the Hasegawa 1/48 F-15A ASAT Hi-Grade kit built as a MiG killer based in Germany during the 1990s. The decals are a mix of Superscale and Astra Decals, the kit is from the box, and the paint is Tamiya. Full build story is at jonbryon.com/F15C.html. Comments welcome and thanks for looking Jon2 points
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Now let's start with some alternative history, in a parallel universe, far, far away... America’s isolationist policies during WW2 resulted in defeat for Britain and the Allied forces. Without the influx of arms Russia was unable to respond to the Nazi invasion, capitulating in the west in late 1943. The Soviet state retracted to the east leaving vast tracts of land to be enveloped by the Reich. Russia remained a thorn in the German side, distracting many of the Reich’s forces and prolonging the war in the west. Britain was too weak to seriously dent the German fortress. Limited aid from Commonwealth and Empire forces had led to German and Italian victory in North Africa in 1945. China sued for peace with Japan in 1946 following Japanese gains in the far-east at the expense of British, French, Dutch and Belgian interests. The Indian, Australian, New Zealand and even Canadian forces were unable to bail out the Empire, resulting in its dissolution in 1953, when Britain finally ceded to the vastly superior German forces. A different establishment of the European Union was brought about with the German Mark becoming the single currency from Ireland and Iceland to Tunisia and Turkey, up through Crimea to Moscow and the Baltic states. Horten had long been established in innovative design and in 1983 started on a project for an advanced agile combat aircraft using carbon fibre composites and new lightweight metal alloys. This aircraft first flew in 1997 and entered service with the Luftwaffe in 2005. It is technically superior to any aircraft in the Russian and American Air Forces. Ironically both nations had missed out on the development of jet engines and were late converting from propeller driven aircraft. The Japanese had shared to some degree in German technological advancement. The Nakajima Ki-4027 fighter has proved a competent adversary in combat tests, but barely any other aircraft are able to match this aircraft in the combat role. This one is allocated to I Gruppe JG 54 carrying the arms of the city of Nuremburg commemorating that the unit had been formed as the first Gruppe of JG 70 at Herzogenaurach, which is near Nuremberg, in the summer of 1939.2 points
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Bill - I think you and Neil are right; the centre strip is too wide. I used 0.75mm masking tape and laid masking tape either side rather as as Dean described. I guess 0.75mm was too wide. So - off with the old strip using a cocktail stick as a scraper and then some 12000 micromesh - and on with the next attempt. Turning into a bit of a saga......... Trying 0.5mm masking tape this time - on the outside to start with as per Cheshiretaurus. The tape is so thin it's hard to stop it from curving however..... Used as a guide to put tape on the inside - and offered up to the cockpit as per Dean. Definitely a better thickness Bill? Decided to leave it until tomorrow and see if it still looks straight before masking either side etc. I would like to avoid yet another failed attempt if possible2 points
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Finished all bar the decals. Couldn't find my hi viz decals, so have had to order some more from WEM. Once they arrive and I've attached them then I will post the finished article in the gallery. Quite pleased with the way she turned out, but if I say I'm going to build another Dragon ship over the next year then please shoot me. Oh yea, I need to sort out a couple of stray rigging wires too.2 points
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Quoted for truth. Our father and grandfather made decisions based on what they knew. Good or bad, they are made. It is for us to patch up old rivalries and engage with new friendships. Modelling does this very effectively. Modelling is the physical representation of articles used in conflicts but also in saving lives and nations from evil. Military equipments are tools. Modelling is unbiased and non political, at least, should be.2 points
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G'day Chums, Wolwe,the masking on this one is the easiest I've ever done on a canopy.It's just a case of let the engraved line guide you and don't try to force it.Some canopies are easier than others and it does help if you can see what you're doing as well.I haven't the time to do a flaked paint finish on this one but the next one will have it. Will,thanks.If someone does give it a go I wish them as trouble free a build as this has been so far. Mark,this is a deceptively simple kit.Everything seems to fit properly which makes it easy to motor on a bit with it.A couple of days off ish helps as well. Rain stopped play again this morning so I've had the chance to do a bit more.Masking on for the upper surface paint. The consensus of what I've read,particularly Nick Millman's writings,goes with the idea that Humbrol 75 Matt Bronze Green is a reasonable match for Japanese Navy Green but perhaps a little dowdy and not quite bright enough.I added a tiny drop of Humbrol 3 Gloss Brunswick Green into the mixture and sprayed it on.It looks convincing enough to me. Time for a few decals.The kit sheet provides the load indicator marks for the maingear doors (10) and two sorts of yellow stripe (8 and 15) for the propellor blades.Using a tiny drop of Klear for each one these were applied. This is where we are at the moment.The peg for locating the engine assembly was strong enough to use for manhandling until I'd got the drop tank fitted which then meant that I could add the maingear and paint the guns and pitot probe. Once again we are waiting for paint to dry so I'm off to play Seafire and Harrier for a bit.More soon chums,thanks for looking in.2 points
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Cheers guys. The hull is complete. I only have the tools to add to the side which I normally leave off and fit after painting. This time however I have decided to fit them and paint in situ. IMG_4099 by Snapper_city, on Flickr IMG_4098 by Snapper_city, on Flickr2 points
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Hi Stew that's true she's growing Hi Stix don't be Jealous my next few day off will be on the end of July and probably I will be working every day until holiday. Thank you Wolwe now the hardest thing to do...painting2 points
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I started on the RHS cabinet by making the back. The cabinets are lined with wood planks to prevent sparking (this is a petrol tanker after all). To simulate this I scribed it into approx. 2mm wide planks with my Trumpeter scriber: The doors have a distinct wedge profile: I sanded that parallel and built up the cabinet, lining it with more plank scribed card: Here is how the door fits: I put a bottom on the cabinet and made the internal divider out of 0.75mm thick card: I glued that in and did a sketch of how the inside of the door should look: Now I think I will have a look in the spares box for something to make the control levers as well as getting on with the door internals.2 points
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Ted, The scratch building of the flight deck and crew area looks great. What bothers me is the location of the cockpit windscreen panels, in particular the 3 centre ones. They should 'wrap' around the front rather than form a straight line. picture from Military-Today.com Something like this....2 points
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I quite agree, and as much as I've learnt about the subject, it's time to concentrate on something else.2 points
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Oh Yes, I forgot to mention When you try to fit the road wheels they're a bit wobbly, Well actually, they're whole lot wobbly! At least the hole is too big rather than the opposite. To rectify this is simple, I used 2.5mm/1.5mm plastic tubing. Cut to lengths of 3mm (you'll need 14 of these). Each one is then split on one side and is then slid over the wheel arm (see picture above). When you are ready, the wheel should be glued in place on the wheel arm - do not glue the wheel arm to the vehicle as this WILL affect the suspension. Sunday 25th May UPDATE! Yo! Bin playin wiv ma Guns Bruv Yeah! Top part is the Kit .50cal, ammo box, mount & RB Model Upgrade set (RB35B13) Bottom part is the result of the merging of the 2 elements - and what a difference it makes! The cocking handle on the bottom MG is set too low and has subsequently been relocated correctly.2 points
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And a Jet Provost flew over our house today on the way to Dux I guess - so at least I got to see something in the air as well :-)2 points