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  1. First post lads. Please let me know what you think good and bad.... Unfortunately I can't seem to load up more than 3 photo's at a time, for some reason I'm having trouble with damn Photobucket.....
    23 points
  2. Here is my attempt of Testor's 1/48 Cessna O-2A Skymaster. I loved this build from start to finish. Here are a few photo's of the finished article and also here is the link to the full build. http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234985641-148-testors-cessna-o-2a-skymaster/page-1
    21 points
  3. Latest of the bench is a Royal Navy Lysander IIIa of 754 NAS, Arbroath 1942. This is the Gavia kit with decals from the spares box. I did manage to break the rear cockpit glazing....(wot a plonker) With that in mind here are the pics. Thanks for looking....comments are most welcome. Dick ​ ​ ​
    17 points
  4. Hi all, sorry it's quite a long one !....As some of you may know we happy chappies of the Bomber Command sig are commemorating one of the RAF's most iconic aircraft in the form of the magnificent Short Stirling heavy bomber at this years SMW show. The plan is to get as many built for display as possible in the time and we will be displaying them alongside sections of John Lathwell's (12jaguar) fantastic forward fuselage restoration project at the show. Please pop along to the table for a chin wag about just about anything, we have Rob on guitar, Neil on drums, a couple of guys on bass, (pint thereof) and me on valium ! Also talk to John and the lads about the wonderful Stirling Aircraft Projects plans for the future. My contribution is Stirling B.Mk1 R9368 BU-A of 214 squadron flown from RAF Chedburgh 1943. Her final moments are recorded below...... ''9th March 1943 After a couple of aircraft had left with no problems, a new pilot on a night nav exercise swung on take off, collapsed the undercarriage of his Stirling and blocked the main runway. It was decided to use the shorter runway and the crew prepared to leave, not happy as they had had their own U/C problems whilst on air test. The fully laden Stirling lumbered into the air but with the U/C only partially retracted, clipped some trees, took the roof off a newly built house and finally ploughed in near Chevington about a mile away. Miraculously the bomb load did not explode and the crew scrambled out of the burning aircraft. A head count revealed one missing, air gunner John Flack and, without hesitation the crew went back into the aircraft to find him trapped and upside down in his straps. They got him out suffering severe burns in the process later to be awarded the GM for their gallantry''....such were the calibre of the men who flew these great aircraft ! I decided to use Italeri's new 'monster', and I don't mean that flatteringly. This model is a bit of a curates egg in that whilst it has nicely moulded parts several details are missing, this tends to happen when you attempt to make multiple types from a mould and the build sequence is not the easiest I've come across, particularly for a new kit that costs around 40 quid ! The panel trenches and golf ball sized rivets have been mentioned many times so I won't go over that but there are problems with the fuselage cross section and wing dihedral in that the shoulder that runs the length of the fuselage top is too square and needs sanding back to give a gentler shape, this is quite subtle but alters the look dramatically and the wings are basically just too level and need canting up a few degrees at the root. The ailerons don't have the marked outward curve at the outer tips that they should, (good grief even Airfix got that right !) so I shaved some off and added resin to make good. Other problems include having to cut out the window reveals yourself, (the windows are oversize but I'll live with that), having the undercarriage assembled and fitted before gluing the wings together, engine front cowls that are all but impossible to fit after the nacelles are fitted to the fuselage, over flattened tyres and bits missing such as infills for the under engine nacelles where the later marks oil cooler assembly fitted. Having said all that the detail is very good, the engines are nicely done and you do get a lot of plastic for your money......just not necessarily what you might expect. Anyway before your eyes glaze over here's a list of the things I did to mine, Sanded down all surfaces to lessen the effect of the trenches and removed a lot of rivets, (left some to add interest) Re-profiled the fuselage topside section Fettled the outer tips of the ailerons to produce pronounced curve Increased the dihedral of the wings by 2 degrees Lowered the height of the canopy by 2mm Thinned all trailing edges Sanded heavy aileron and elevator rib detail back Added Resin-Art main and tail wheels Added lead wiring as hydraulic brake lines on main gear legs Scratch-built the spar framing of the upper sides of the undercarriage bays to address the 'huge black hole' effect Scratch-built cockpit interior, (things are in the wrong place and sections missing, but in fairness I did use the kit seats) Added more detail to each turret as they were a bit bare Added Little-Cars landing lamps Added missing framing to bombardiers glazing Added missing doors to oil cooler slots on the top of the wing, (between engines) Scrap resin inserts to fill gaps under the engine nacelles where the later marks oil coolers would sit Resin propellors Re position the tall aerial mast behind the canopy as Italeri have it too far forward, (same goes for the 'towel rail' aerial under the rear fuselage) Replaced Italeri's 'canons' with Quickboost resin guns barrels Added PE splitters to oil cooler intakes Squared off the FOD guards to fit the Mk1's carburettor housings Replaced the two oversized blade aerials under the nose Decals from the Xtradecals Bomber Command set Painted using Mr Hobby acrylics, Tamiya NATO black, AK Interactive washes and filters and MIG pastel powders.....aerial line, Uschi 'standard size' elastic thread, (best stuff for the job by miles). I can't say I enjoyed building this one particularly but anyway I got there in the end which is the main thing............a labour of love this was as the Stirling is my favourite of the 'big three', (mind you I'm a bit biased as my late uncle was a flight engineer on them), but come on Airfix...you know you want to ! My thanks to John (12jaguar) for his help with the interior stuff...cheers mate ! Cheers all, , hopefully see many of you on Saturday...... Melchie...(the moocher) Obligatory 1943 'Somewhere in England' shot... And some of the smaller detail stuff Added the curved ends to the ailerons that were missing for some reason....
    10 points
  5. This was one of the kits I never had as a kid but always fancied building. I picked this kit up about a year ago for just a few quid and it was one of those that looked as though it was asking to be built straight away, so it was. The model is of a Swordfish Mk III from number 119 Squadron RAF. These machines were painted black and equipped with a radar set that is visible on the lower fuselage behind the engine. Unlike as with this model it seems that these aircraft were mostly armed with bombs rather than rockets. I finished this kit with a heavily diluted white weathering powder and coated the wheels in mud as these machines were said to have been based in a muddy Belgian field. The weathering shows up stronger in the picture for some reason. ] ]
    10 points
  6. After many months I return with some actual progress! 1. Airbrush Revell (NOT Humbug-Rol) trainer yellow. Some "sandy" texture so sand this down with fine wet or dry. Not sure why the WB went greeny on this one but still... 2. A coat of Klear and figuring out where the stripes go. I though because I could alter my paintwork, but not the decals, I'd use them as a benchmark... The underside is left "blank" because I could find no clear reference for it. I used the Hasegawa scribing template - intended for Gundams I think - as a flexible "rule". 3. I found I could paint the stripes by hand using Tamiya tape as a mask - this took MUCH longer than masking-it-all-out-then-airbrush but the Revell (Not Humbug-Rol) "Email Color" ([email protected]?) brushed very nicely, thank you Mr Humbrol. 4. Painted the canopy framing by hand (helped by the very nice REVELL paint, Mr Humbrol!), then another Klear coat and on with the Xtradecals. The underside numbers didn't line up perfectly but it's not the end of my career... 5. Here it is basically together. I couldn't find a single decal big enough for that huge fin flash, so here you see a coat of matt white (admittedly Humbrol) - I will piece together a fin flash from the Xtradecal sheet with the early-war roundels on it (can't recall the number). The canopy is the kit one and looks it, but I wasn't going to spend more than the cost of the kit to get the Falcon vac-form set then only use one canopy out of it! This project has not been that easy... it's probably more akin to bashing together a very rough short-run. The stripes were a major headache as they have to go in exactly the right places, furthermore some of them were on the real plane different widths/distances apart! But I'm not trying to win contests with it, I just wanted to build a Battle target tug...!
    10 points
  7. This is the Revell boxing of the ICM Spitfire XVI. Decals are from Lifelike and were a complete pain, they split and would not settle at all. Had to touch parts up with paint. There is a horrible crease in one of the wing roundels. Painted with Tamiya spray can.
    9 points
  8. For a few years now I have belonged to the Beyond the Box SIG. The idea behind the group is to let the imagination run free and do some serious kit bashing, more often than not using the 1/12 scale Wallace & Gromit and Shaun the Sheep kits produced by Airfix. The theme for this year's Nationals is Space - so I thought I would take the opportunity to post my recently completed Space build here. The rocket is scratch built from plastic card and finished off with brass model engineering rivets. The rocket motors used to be fluorescent lamp holders in my aquarium. Tamiya Fine Surface Primer took care of the white (it's such a great product). An overview of the completed model - some 50cm high! The gantry was adapted from a toy crane that got broken. A close up of the intrepid astronauts - space suits courtesy of Das modelling clay The plucky inventor - still smiling after a double arm amputation, thumb surgery and a new jumper knitted from Milliput. A close up of the promotional material - knocked up in Powerpoint The model will be displayed on the Beyond the Box stand at the Nationals - the table is close to the Airfix stand in Hall 1. All the best Richard C PS I do produce serious models too from time to time
    8 points
  9. Hello, Here is the Halibag so far with the decals on; I`ve decided to depict MZ500 as it might have looked in early September 1944 after it had been repaired following flak damage in August and returned to service having been re coded from C8-N to C8-L. Later in September it had a H2S radar mapping set fitted with the distinctive radome below the rear fuselage replacing the Preston-Green gun fairing which was previously fitted and as we`ve done so much research into this I`ve decided to try and replicate the gun position. Cheers for now, Tony Edit- I forgot to add that I need to slightly re-contour the demarcation between the black and upper surfaces just in front of the serial after seeing a photo of the real aircraft!
    8 points
  10. 489 (NZ) Sqn RAF Tor-Beau. Approx Mid 1944. FIrst off, A big thanks to Terry at Aviaeology Publishing for all his help. He went out of his way to provide me with heaps of photos and advice during the build. I was going for the well weathered/ beaten up look and I’m happy with how it looks. Details: Kit Tamiya TF X Ultracast seats and Exhausts Aires Wheels Decals: Model Alliance (codes, serials, Fuselage Roundels) Aviaelogy for stencils Some scratch built Antennas from Plastic rod, wire and broom bristles Paint: Main colour Tamiya AS10 and Mr Color (sky). Various other Mr Color Lacquers. Tamiya NATO Black and Flat white. Roundels were WEM Roundel red and blue Clear Coats: Mr Color Gloss and Dullcoate Weathering: Oils, thinned paint through the airbrush and some pigments More images at my facebook page Build is here
    7 points
  11. Japanese night fighter from Hasegawa build OOB Cheers Jes
    7 points
  12. Well, after a year and a half 1/48 Italeri A-10 is finished. I've used Verlinden cockpit, Techmod checkerboards and Master GAU-8 and Pitot's tube. Weathering is done with Tamyia panel liners, pigments and Vallejo Oxido pigment.
    6 points
  13. Here i present my last job, this Japanese Dive Bomber of WWII. This project started as a "express job", without extras and i had the real intention to finish as soon as possible to continue with my other current job (Spitfire Vb Halcon Maltes). As you can imagine, everything turn wrong and i spent more time than i thought. Finally i managed to finish it. I hope you like it. A few general views: Some subjective views: Details of the tail's view: Thanks for all your comments!
    6 points
  14. Ced that might be an option however im ising tamiya and Humbrol rattle cans today Woody I fee your pain im hoping to get her near done for 1am but it's a gamble, anyone opening books again ? So far ! Tamiya AS-9 Humbrol 29 over Halford primer normal stuff which managed to make a balls of the top surface with ! Cheers Rov
    6 points
  15. Now ! Priming time at last just made a little balls up that may compromise the final finish ! On the upper surface , sod it too late now she has to be there whatever even is she is a tatty piece Those engines are the time killer !!! It's like different people worked on different parts of the kit the main parts are good but the little parts for the engines are of such poor quality and design it begars beliefs for a modern kit. It feels like they almost rushed it to get it out before a competitor released something superior ! Wonder if an Airfix job is in the wings !
    6 points
  16. I built this Spitfire and Hurricane alongside each other for the Battle of Britain Group Build III. These were my first models I finished in 33 years since I got back into the hobby last year. My previous build was an 1/72 Frog Heinkel He 162 which I made in 1982 - things were a bit simpler then... In addition, it was also the first time I used an airbrush, using acrylic and lacquer paints, using oils and pigments, riveting a model and making my own masks for painting the markings and Squadron codes. The main goal was to experiment with all these new materials available, which is one of the reason I used different paints for the two builds. I also wanted to have all these extra detail not standing out, but to be noticed when looking a bit closer. Spitfire Mk.I X4382 from No.602 Squadron Kit: 1/48 Airfix A05127 new tool Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I Extras: Yahu Instrument Panel, HGW Harness and Rivets, Ultracast Seat, Eduard Exhaust, Wheels and Mask, Techmod, Ventura and Xtradecals for Decals Paints: Mr. Paint Lacquer and other Mods: Improved Cockpit, Riveted, Lots of Extra Details in Radiators, Trailing Edges thinned, Markings painted and more. Aircraft: X4382 was delivered in early September to No 602 Squadron was flown by 11 kill ace Pilot Officer Hanbury, using it to destroy a Bf 110 near Beachy Head on 15 September 1940, half a Ju 88 over Tangmere on 21 September and a 2nd Ju 88 on 30 September near Selsey-Bembridge. In December, the aircraft was passed to No 610 Squadron for a few month before becoming an OTU aircraft. It was struck off charge in January 1945. The Work in Progress for the Spitfire can be found here And some closer looks. Hurricane Mk.I P3039 from No.229 Squadron Kit: 1/48 Airfix A05127 new tool Hawker Hurricane Mk.I Extras: Yahu Instrument Panel, HGW Harness and Rivets, Ultracast Exhaust, CMK Wheels, Eduard Canopy Mask, Aviaeology, Ventura and Aeromaster Decal Paints: Gunze Aqueous Hobby Color (Dark Brown and Green), Xtracrylix (sky) and others Mods: Improved Cockpit, Riveted, Lots of Extra Details in Radiators, Trailing Edges thinned, Landing lights reworked, Markings painted and more. Aircraft: P3039 was a Gloster build Hurricane Mk.I and was delivered on 12 of July to No 229 Squadron and Belgian pilot Ortmans using it to destroy a He 111 on 27 September 1940 and damaged another and damaged a Ju 88 on 18 October. The aircraft was passed on to No.312 Squadron in November 1940 and remained on strength with them until they re-equipped wit Mk.IIs in the spring of 1941, after which it was relegated to training duties with No 56 and No 55 OTU. P3039 was finally written off whilst flying with the latter unit on 27 May 1943. The Work in Progress for the Huricane can be found here And some closer looks. Both together I hope you liked the pictures if you made it this far. Any comments are much appreciated. Thanks for watching, Peter
    5 points
  17. Hello there! Here is my latest build! I just finished this Paperpanzer from Trumpeter. The kit is good, but you need to replace the tracks. I opted for Hobbyboss KingTiger late plastic single tracks. Some PE is added on the tank. Painting is done with the "Black & White" technique. Colors are Gunze and weathering is achieved with oil filter and washes, acrylics chipping, enamel earth effects and pigments. The crew is a resin set from MK35, the soldier is from Dragon. The IR device on the cupola is from Great wall Hobby. The little diorama base is made on a woodenstand. Miniart paved street is set and surrounded by debris, then painted with acrylics and pigments. The whole "in progress" can be found here: http://scalemodel.forumactif.org/t3593-1-35-e75-standardpanzer But it is in french. Do not hesitate to ask questions ;^) Let's have a look to the pictures! Et voilà! I really enjoyed this build! my first Paperpanzer, not the last! cheers Romain
    5 points
  18. M35-A1 'Gun Truck' Nancy AFV Club 1/35th with Dragon M55 Quad Gun Trailer Peter
    5 points
  19. Hope you like dayglo. Thanks for looking. Mark
    5 points
  20. Although it has taken forever, finally getting closer to finishing something- 1:32 Mustang in 3 Squadron RAAF markings. Has everything Barracudacals does jammed in there, plus a little tiny bit of scratch building. Sorry about the photo quality- mostly mobile phone
    5 points
  21. En route to London today for an informal reunion with a few of Jag chums. Shall try not to drink too much as an early start tomorrow to get the train to Telford for SMW - planning to be there between about 10:30 and 2:30. All I did last night was use medium cyano as a filler on the wing joins/various moulding imperfections and roughly file and sand it back: I like using cyano for this. I think mainly cos it's quick - but it also cuts back easily (when not fully hard) and takes a good polish and then it dries nice and hard and never seems to need redoing.
    5 points
  22. Just think of that box set, all three V bombers. Then just think of trying to sneak that one in!
    5 points
  23. 5 points
  24. Well I have a few jobs but one is mental health care work and on the nights it usually (hopefully) is quiet as long as it does not kick off. I hope that's the case tonight as I have just encountered the engine fit problem ! Now I have to make them fit and reaming the things out. While searching for the Stirling pictures for some reason this turned up I have no idea who or what she is but would prefer she come with the kit it's looks like she would be able to handle a Stirling alight ! I have used up as many of the eduard masks as possible , left blank the ones I believe are painted over and now making up the rest with double laminates of tamiya tape to make them more robust for cutting and drawing over the gaps. Cheers Rob more posts later
    5 points
  25. 5 points
  26. or probably a more correct title for the model should be "Douglas DC-6" Tudor since a large proportion of the model comes from the Heller DC-6 kit. All the fuselage, suitably modified, and 50% of the wings are Heller with Airfix Lancaster wings making up the remaining 50%. Surprisingly, the Heller and Airfix wings matched perfectly with no trimming required. The most difficult procedure was removing any trace of the DC-6 nacelle on top of the wing. Tailplanes are from Airfix B-29 modified and fin/rudder from the outer panel of a Lancaster wing, again modified. "Lincoln" engines from an unknown source but modified to suit those for a Tudor.
    4 points
  27. Great easy kit this with no issues at all , I decided against the paint instructions as it was too bright and decided to mute the colour sch To reflect how it looked in the show , I did this by using humbrol metal coat polished steel then gave it a dry brush of citadel iron breaker steel to give a scratched effect So I hope you like it and comments welcome
    4 points
  28. Tamiya 1/48 OOB + Techmod decals. Enjoy !!
    4 points
  29. Great kit awful decals , none of the large decals fit and you have to paint them on or cut down to fit I painted this as it was shown in the later series using Vallejo off white and oily steel, citadel thunderhawk blue and a dry brush of frenrishen grey and a wash of nulin oil to give a discoloured look I hope you like it and comments welcome This last one is a practice shot I took fun fun
    4 points
  30. Here's my recently completed LS 1/72 A6M2 Zero 21 kit in captured Nationalist Chinese markings using Techmod decals.I wasn't satisfied with the national insignia from the Techmod sheet so wound up using some from a Blue Rider one. This kit is 1964 vintage but does have recessed panel lines. Despite my best efforts I still wound up with some silvering issues on the tail codes decals.
    4 points
  31. OR you could bring the part painted model with you and give us a demo of Robvulcan painting techniques so we can all see how you get such great finishes with hairy sticks!
    4 points
  32. cheers guys, Working very hard since 1.30 this afternoon. Engines on, masking them now, Nearly at the paint stage... I am getting scared now .....
    4 points
  33. You know, I don't necessarily agree with this. A decade or so ago, when I was trying (and failing) to get into graduate school, I wrote a lengthy paper as the basis for what I hoped would become my thesis, on the Indian Ocean Raid. The first allied aircraft to sight and attack the Japanese carriers were the Blenheim IVs of 11 Squadron on 9 April 1942; the first aircraft carrier sunk by carrier-based aircraft was HMS Hermes on the same day, and Ceylon-based Hurricanes were the first Allied aircraft to bounce Japanese Zeroes. There's a lot more British stuff in the war against Japan than I think many realize.
    4 points
  34. The fuselage paint was given a couple of days to harden, then I applied a wash to bring out the panel lines and to weather the fuselage. I'm undecided at this stage whether to put the exhaust stains down the side of the fuselage. It's very common on American Skyraiders, but when I looked at photos of AEW Skyraiders operated by the Royal Navy, I could see the paint surface was kept clean. I know they were painted Dark Sea Blue and the stain might not be so prominent, but I've seen evidence on US Navy aircraft that shows stains on Dark Sea Blue paint. Some areas still need cleaning before applying the decals. Model placed on undercarriage. The leading edge of the wings have been painted. When these have dried over the next couple of days, I will polish the paint ready for the decals. Thanks for looking. Joe.
    4 points
  35. So all painting touch ups have been done and left to dry for 24 hours, I've added the undercarriage now and she is standing tall. All painting has been finished, including the few smaller parts to be added later, so all we need to do now is gloss her up for some decals, she is such a beautiful bird
    4 points
  36. M35-A1 'Gun Truck' Nancy AFV Club 1/35th with Dragon M55 Quad Gun Trailer Peter
    4 points
  37. I would say we are right in the middle of the Golden Age. Kits of almost every imaginable era, country and manufacturer are being produced. Of course, an FW-190 will sell better than a Fokker T-V but this year sees releases for both of them. The market will need those 190s to pay for the Fokkers, but in the end everyone is happy. Hundreds of new kits are released every year, far more than ever before (no I don't have hard numbers but that is the feeling I get when I look at release schedules). I'm sure we can all name a long list of kits we'd like to see (and we do, every year around this time) but I think most would agree that what the market gives you is way in excess of what you can build in many lifetimes. I somehow doubt that non-modellers, when being asked why they have no interest in the hobby, state that they feel there are too many Messerschmitts and Mustangs on the shelf and that they would have started building kits had they only found that model of a Piper L-4 they'd been dreaming of As for modellers giving up the hobby, see my top comment. Even if you don't like building well-known planes, there is an insane amount of esoteric subjects in short-run, resin and vacform out there.
    4 points
  38. VNAF A-37B 1/48 Encore A-37B Dragonfly [/url] [/url] [/url] [/url]
    4 points
  39. Ok, here is the finished cockpit. I did do a little wash with a lighter gray color and drybrushed a little metallic. Decal for the instrument panel. The yellow pipes running through the cockpit were a little tricky, but add a little interest to the drab colors. Boy, those buckets the Germans call seats must have been uncomfortable. Sadly, when the cockpit is closed up and ready for installation, so much is not seen. We'll move on and see what's next. Till next time.
    4 points
  40. To get them on you need to ream our the edges and angle off the front internal parts , each fits differently the engine parts feel like a short run kit. Woeful completed to the fit of the rest of the kit which in the main is very good. Not Tamiya and not as good as modern Airfix (Hornby ) feels like an old Revell kit from the 80s More set backs as tommorow I have a hospital appointment looks like it's a 3 am job again
    4 points
  41. It's not enough evidence to prove that it happened, in my opinion. Odd how it happened twice in front of the same guy... Anyway, just see what it's getting up to here:
    4 points
  42. Got a bit more done today...Cockpit complete, and installed in to fuselage. This all went together without a problem, and shows how cramped the Mossie is for the crew. I did try placing the pilot in per the instructions but it looks like he would be too close to the gun sight. Wings and engine nacells are assembled, and i have test fitted the main components. The wing not test fitted is not fitting well, but this is probably an issue on my part. Photos are hopefully self explanatory. I'm going to make the Banff Strike Wing option with the under wing rockets. Feel free to comment....!
    4 points
  43. Hobbyboss kit with resin Aires ejection seats, main wheel bay and weapons from Eduard Brassin series ( AIM-9, GBU-10 and Mk.82 bombs on MER's ). I used Xtradecal sheet for the markings.
    3 points
  44. Hello all, I have been unmotivated of late with my 1/32 Spitfire XVI, so as I was moving it to the shelf of procrastination, I saw this sitting there and decided to bring it up to speed. It has sat there, partially started for about 12 months: As a bit of a gee up for one of my club mates, I am going to finish it in the markings of a captured aircraft used by the Luftwaffe's "Zirkus Rosarius": Eduard PE, Ultracast seats, mudguards, exhausts and wheels will be used: When I left it the cockpit area had been started and was at a base coat position. The nacelles and wings had also been commenced. I basically went to work on installing the remainder of the cockpit: The bomber version had both an inner and outer door in the lower half of the fuselage for the crew to enter and exit. The navigator/bomb aimer's legs would lay across the inner door when he was engaged in bomb aimer duties. Tamiya supplied the door on their sprues (F4 I think) but it is not mentioned in the instructions. I had PE for the outer door (which I gave to the carpet monster) so whilst scratching that piece, I did some for the inner door mechanism. The cover was drilled out for the window and Micro Krystal Kleer would be added to make the window: Here you can see the door in the sealed up cockpit: Ultracast seats were painted, washed and flat coated. The armour warning marking was masked and sprayed on the rear of the pilot's seat: Airscale instrument dials and placards were added as appropriate into the cockpit area along with the Eduard PE and then it was all sealed up: The port fuselage side was carefully attached, trapping the cockpit and bomb bay sections: The wings were added. I had to sand down the round locating pins on the spar to get them to fit inside the wings and enlarge them to allow the two wing panels to fit. This leaves me a slight gap on the wing/fuselage join but nothing a small amount of Perfect Plastic Putty will not fix. The glasshouse nose was masked and added without problem as was one of the fuselage windows. The port one cracked in half as I was applying it. I have affixed it and will try to remove the crack or I may not: I will prepare the canopy pieces for spraying the interior framing and once that is done, add the pilot's seat and close the canopy prior to tackling the seams. That way I hope to keep most of the dust out. Regards,
    3 points
  45. Hello, I am glad to be posting something about my scratch built trucks here. These are lacking just a few details and I plan to change the tires also
    3 points
  46. Hey John, thanks very much and yes, I've been led astray by Airfix and the Pacificists - like your new avatar, is s/he yours? Not that there was anything wrong with Father Jack (or nothing that couldn't be cured by a "DRINK!") It's been a very informative read so far, I was aware I knew next to nothing about Imperial Japanese paint colours, and it turns out that the bit I thought I knew wasn't right anyway... who'd have thought the Matchbox Zero I dutifully painted white as per the instructions as a child wasn't really white? You make a good point regarding Commonwealth involvement in the Pacific War PC, but you might - or might not - be surprised how many Brits are unaware of our involvement in that theatre of operations, or at least unaware of the extent of our involvement - especially amongst those of us who have no living relatives who fought in WWII, for whom it is perhaps a more distant sort of history than for those of us with an interest in that era. Cheers, Stew Edit: nearly forgot, the Peewit mask sets for the Wildcat and the Kate are available at Hannants now, have ordered one of each...
    3 points
  47. Thanks! Most Tunnans were NMF, some with green fin and sometimes also green wingtips. But a few J 29A and F, and a number of the rare attack version A 29B were painted green. Some were also painted green and blue (like Draken, but with another green and in another pattern) or green and black. A number of the recce version S 29C were also painted green and blue. Here is a pretty rare photo of green J 29F: ...and a green A 29B: ...and finally, the more common camouflaged S 29C:
    3 points
  48. Ta G Liquid medium viscosity cyano applied with a cocktail stick is wot I do - mainly cos it's wots to hand and I've not experimented to see wots best - You? I tried mixing it with talc once but got it all wrong somehow so haven't tried again. I've tended to use other methods for bigger filling tasks. I really only posted the last as an excuse to say I was going to SMW
    3 points
  49. It's been a long time since I updated this project. Applied white and metallic - still some work is needed
    3 points
  50. Final update for a few days, masking off, few touch ups required then will start working on the undercarriage.
    3 points
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