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  1. On the 12th August 1941, a force of 70 bombers including 9 Manchesters with 6 from 207Sqn based at Waddington and the other three from 97Sqn took off on a deep penetration raid to Berlin. The Manchesters were carrying mixed loads. Some carried the 4000lb Cookie whilst the others carried 5 x 1000lb GP's. One of the aircraft L7380 (EM-W) which was later captured on film by the Germans having crash landed on sand banks in Holland had to turn back over the North sea due to poor performance and tail flutter. It landed successfully back at Waddington after dropping its bombs on the port at Emden. The other 8 continued on. Over Holland, L7306 of 97Sqn was attacked by a night fighter but successfully evaded it by taking cover in cloud. With all gunners on look out for further fighter activity, Mike Lewis flying L7422 (EM-V) was flying with another Manchester in front of him. Suddenly, he noticed tracer striking the Manchester. Immediately, there was a large pink flash, clear evidence that the Cookie had exploded disintegrating the aircraft. The remains were seen failing away in a shower of yellow flame as the fuel tanks exploded landing around Kolham. Mike Lewis learned that the Manchester was L7381 piloted by his good friend Mike Smith who was on his 50th mission. L7381 had been brought down at 01.25am by Oberleutnant Ludwig Becker flying a Do215 having been tracked by his Liechtenstein set. The remains of mike Smith were found in a ditch still strapped in his seat. The only consolation that could be taken is that the crew suffered an instant death. The crew were recovered and laid to rest in the cemetery near Hoofdweg at Kolham, but were subsequently relocated to the Canadian war cemetery at Holten. The build is the new Airfix Lancaster II with the Blackbird Manchester resin conversion. Having been inspired by the book 'Avro Manchester - The Legend Behind the Manchester' by Robert Kirby (where most of the research above was taken from), I wanted to do a tribute to one of the many tragic accounts covered in his book. I decided on L7381 that fitted the bill in that it had the wavy demarcation scheme and of course had the three tails of the early Mk.I. Part way in to the build, I decided to do a diorama that involved the 'fateful' cookie that led to the demise of Smiths crew that night. The engraved plate was picked up for a fine sum of £1.75 off Ebay which you can't grumble with. The ground equipment was taken from the Airfix Bomber Re-supply set. Whilst there are no known photo's of L7381, there are plenty of L7381 to which I used for reference. Robert Kirby introduced himself in the build thread and pointed out a mistake in the build in that I used the narrower 28' tailplanes where as all but the first 20 Manchesters used later 33' unit that was standard on the Lancaster except for the three tail configuration. Take note of this if you are thinking of building one, for me, they are too secure to think about changing, so I'm playing ignorant! I want to get some more ground crew, so will add them at a later date to the diorama, but for now want to clear the bench. I'm not going to go in to detail about the build as it's covered HERE, so I'll get on with the pictures. Thanks again, for all the people who have followed and contributed throughout the build Thanks for looking Neil
    45 points
  2. Hi friends, this is a built of Revell`s fantastic 109 in 1/32. I added some parts, like exhaustpipes from Barracuda studios, decals from Barracuda studios, and seatbelts from HGW (Lasercut). The whole model was completly riveted with the HobbyBoss rivet tool. The figure in the leather suit is also from Barracuda and the pilot figure who gets out of the cockpit must be from Plusmodel, but I am not 100% sure anymore. The "small" puppie is from Masterbox. The 109 was flown by Lt. Wilhelm Friedrich Schenk, nickname Timo Schenko, in the I./JG300 and was based in Berlin- Borkheide at the end of 1944, beginning 1945. The red landing gear legs gives information for the refueling crew that this plane got special fuel with 100 octane.(C3) This kit is joy to build and nearly free from errors. exept some sinkmarks on the bulges on the wing and the divided upper wings, wich is not the best solution in my personal opinion. But hey we are modellers!!! Enough waffling... Have fun with the pictures. Have a nice Sunday Andy
    32 points
  3. My model is ready to inspection. Some important word are be nessasary: This is an old kit from 1997. Today we can find model in better quality. Well, it was important for me to build nevertheless these model. I have used an interesting picture template for my model: I started this projekt in september last year. And now all can see this modell is ready.
    22 points
  4. Today I finished this Hasegawa 1/48 TA-4F Skyhawk. I used Xtracolor paint, Afterburner Decals and TwoMikes resin seats. I sprayed it freehand as usual. Now I have finished adversary TA-4s No. 13, 14, 15 and 16. ' Jens
    20 points
  5. Airfix 1:144 Boeing 737 TwoSix 'Air Europe' Decals. Airwaves Etched brass galleys Plus my own scratch building Ok, I went a bit mad here and didn't know when to stop. It started out as an attempt to improve the old 1960's Airfix kit of the Boeing 737-200, and just kept going and going as I had more ideas. I already posted what the improvements were in my second attempt but which got finished first. Basically it was; - Replace the cockpit glazing with the part provided in Daco's 737 kits. - Scratchbuild some interior detail for the cockpit, including the flight crew. - Open up the main and nosewheel bays, which are just shallow opening on the kit - Improve the engines. They are too short in the kit, and have the early 'skinny' pylons only applicable to the first 100 or so machines produced. - The passenger cabin windows are just little square shapes. I filed the all top and botton to open them up to oval shape. - I had a etched brass set for the forward integral airstairs, so they were added. - Adding the Airwaves etched brass detail set, which consists of the forward and aft galleys. - Then I decided that a few rows of passenger seats were necessary. - I though a base would be nice, so made one. - As I had opened the luggage bay and fitted a floor, it really needed a loading vehicle to park there. - I has a set of etch brass luggage wagons, but no tug. Both this and the luggage wagon are scratch built, and generic rather than replicas of actual vehicles. - A tow bar on the nose would be nice. So I scratched on up from rod & tube. Must make a tug though! - Finally, it needed some passengers walking out. These are unpainted from Noch, and its taken me weeks to paint them all. The model represents G-DDDV known to its crews not as 'Delta Victor' but as the 'Dirty Vicar'. She followed my father around after he retired from British Airways, and made subsequent comebacks with Air Europe and then Gulf Air. G-DDDV appeared in all 3 liveries. There is a little figure of 'Viking dad' sitting in the left hand seat, just visible through the cockpit. Enough talk, on with the photos; Crew visible in cockpit; The little scratchbuilt vehicles; Improved wheelbays; Some of the interior bits; Thanks are due to member Skodadriver who supplied me with the Daco clear cockpit part and silver frame decal, enabling me to go a bit mad and do this! Cheers John
    15 points
  6. Hiya Folks, Here are a couple more finished off from the shelf of doom; Spitfire Mk.VIII, JF4447, UF-7, 601 Sqn, Gerbini, Sicily 1943. Spitfire Mk.VIII, A58-482 (JG555), 548 Sqn, Darwin, Australia, flown by Sqn Ldr. Glaser RAF Both were brush painted as usual using a mixture of acrylics and enamels and I hope you like them, Cheers Tony
    14 points
  7. HI all - well here's the second finished for the year - which I've been working on off-an-on for about 10 years. I finally thought I ought to finish it!!! Finished as Hieronim Dudval's machine using the kit decals. Dudval scored 4 kills during the German invasion, only to lose his life over France in June 1940. Brush painted with Aeromaster acrylics ( faded Olive Drab for the top, RLM 76 for the blue-grey) and suitable browned off with oils!! I'm rather quietly pleased with this one Dedicated to the brave airmen, soldiers and sailors of Poland who fought Hitler and Stalin and were ultimately sacrificed on the alter of Real Politik. Jeszcze Polska nie zginęła! All comments welcome as ever. Jonners
    13 points
  8. My new Me 163 C....... Regards Klaus
    11 points
  9. Hello all, I have now completed my 4th airliner, and also done my first ever diorama! If you have been following the WIP thread then you'd have seen what the project is, but for those who haven't, I've modeled former Jet2 G-CELC as it was at Kemble (she no longer exists being cut up last year). Here's the real 737-300 For this I used the ropy Minicraft B737-300 in the American Airlines boxing. which I picked up for about £7 or something. An older kit was ideal really especially at a low price, as half the pieces would just be thrown away anyway! You can't quite see it in the above picture, but there is a chain link fence and some bushes by the fence, and I recreated this using an N Gauge fence I picked up at the Warley Model Rail show, and some cheap tree's that someone was flogging for 50p. It was bit's of broken off bits so was handy for making a bush and some weeds. First time I've done model gardening! Here is the completed model! Constructive criticism is also welcome James.
    10 points
  10. This morning I got a coat of "Earth Yellow" (Humbrol Matt 63 enamel) on as well as grey on the lower rotor hub: I used my finest reamer as a mount for the front aerial in this cunning fashion: The first coat was a bit thin so after some forced drying I got a second coat on: While that was drying I got a few little jobs done like masking on the doors using "White Tack": Glued on the fenestron gearbox: In preparation for some weathering I coated these with Aqua Gloss: I toned down the overtly silver fenestron blades with some Alclad "Steel": Here they are again after a little Flory black wash: Kind of running out of things to do I sorted these out and consigned them to the spares box: I'm itching to get on with masking the main craft ready for the "Green Sand Dark" but the brown really should be left at least overnight to fully cure, it still smells very much of thinners. Bye for now, Nigel
    10 points
  11. A small update before I disappear off on business for a week. Today was *ahem* interesting... my daughter has managed to completely block the toilet in the basement (teenage daughter!), and the sewage pump wasn't pumping anything - guess who had to manually clean out the 25 gallon sewage basin in the floor just to get to the pump, and then discover the pump was completely burnt out. You could hear me retching all the way to Baltimore - it fair gave me the dry boak so it did!!! Oh, and I'm off to Colorado this week so I won't be able to replace it until next weekend.... oh goody... something to look forward to when I get back! Anyway... carrying on with the raiser... the landing areas for the two ladders were added - the ladders are going to be a bit of a nightmare but I am sure I will manage them one way or the other. More work on the screw jacks - different diameter of styrene tube to create the mounting areas. These look a bit clunky but I don't think I can make them any smaller. Still a few bits to add - the pads, the locking lever and a few other bits 'n' bobs. I did manage to get one exciting bit under my belt today - the scissor mechanism works! Here we are in the low position... tada! and voila! Going Up! (I really must clean up my work space - it's getting difficult even for me to work there!) The actual raising of the ehrrr.. raiser is done by frantically hand pumping a hydraulic system which raises about 30mm every hour if you pump continuously!.. So I needed a hydraulic system, or more precisely, a hydraulic ram. Some brass tube, wire and a length of styrene rod appear to be the best solution The hydraulic ram hangs from the two brackets in the center (sorry for the soft focus shot!) It can be seen to better effect here. However, once I started looking at this I think that the top of the ram actually connects to the other scissor link, and not the underside of the platform. That makes better sense, and would provide the lift range needed, otherwise the ram would need to be about twice the length it currently is.. I couldn't resist a small dry fit with the (rough as a badger's bottom) wheels. They are definitely going to need some tender loving clean up. - as the rest of the frame will also need before painting.... but I've worked with an italeri kit before so I know I can do it! That being said, I am very pleased with it so far - it at least looks like the animal it's supposed to be. (though still needs a towing/steering arm attached to the wheels at the front) here's a couple of teaser shots just to finish off the Saturday. The tread plate platform looks a lot better than I thought it would - you were right Martin! Once all the hand rails and bumpers etc are added and a little bit of weathering done it should look fine. I still have a little bit of work to do on the lengths of the scissor sections to get the geometry right but for a first pass, it's pretty close.
    10 points
  12. Just finished my F-15C build, I did have a WIP thread here but unfortunately I didn't update it for a year. The main build thread is largescale planes forum if you're interested........I have done lots of builds here so apologies for straying!!! http://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?showtopic=54151 Sat next to my 1/48 Wild Boar which is on Britmodeller...
    8 points
  13. Aer Turas Canadair CL-44J Welsh Model Scale : 1/144 Hi All I started this for the Non Injected Moulded group build last year. It was finished just in time for Telford, so some of you will have seen it there. The kit is a Welsh Model Vacform kit. I’ve had the kit for years, so it’s about time I built it. The kit is nice and easy to build. I opened the cargo door and the swing tail, install a floor and also built some cargo boxes, replaced the engine exhausts as the kit did not have any exhausts and built some wheel wells. I printed some decals for the cockpit windows. This is the finished model.
    8 points
  14. Hi Guys. Well it seems ages since I last posted a build, but here is my first build completed for 2016. It was part of a group build and my project was a dio featuring 'Thors Hammer', a F-100D Super Sabre of the 309th TFS based at Tuy Hoa, South Vietnam. In between day to day life, it took around 3-4 months to complete and to say that I thoroughly enjoyed every part of the construction would be an understatement. I was fortunate in being able to visit the Newark Air Museum just down the road from me for some up close and personal viewing of the 'Hun' which greatly helped me in achieving the weathered/used look. For its age, the kit went together beautifully with some amazing detail. I used Eduard PE for detailing the cockpit and some external areas and some scratch building in the forward E and E bay. For the metallics, I used the new AK Extreme Metal paints and for the weathering a combination of Flory washes and pigments, AK washes, rock salt techniques and hairspray for the chipping effects. I have included a few photo's of the aircraft 'closed up' as I think the F-100 looks best this way (sleek and mean) but for the dio, I have opened panels, opened the canopy and positioned the flight controls for interest. Also it would have been very rare to have seen the dive brake open on a parked 'Hun' without incurring the wrath of the crew chief, but I used a little 'artistic licence' here. ​I hope you enjoy the photos as much as I did building this subject ..... A few shots 'closed up'...... And now a little bit of fun ..... I hope you enjoy .....
    8 points
  15. Dear Tony and Friends, Yes, this is the beginning of a family Spitfire / Seafire from KP. In preparation is already Mk.Vc Spitfire and Spitfire Mk.Ib. We will continue to gradually Mk.VI Spitfire, Seafire Mk.Ib, Mk.II and Mk.III. Later will also wing type "A" for the Mk I, IIa and Va. Ongoing are the Spitfire XIV and Mk.XII. All are new metal mold. We believe that these new models and qualitative trend of the company KP- Kovozávody please. For all news and events work in our company to inform you of every new month AVIZO, which is available on our website. This Monday publish a new number for February. Very best regards
    8 points
  16. 7 points
  17. Well! did this one ever fight me to the finish, disaster followed mishap followed.. well you get the drift. The fuselage halves were very hard to put together because they were quite thin and distorted. I ended up chopping off the empennage and rotating it 5 degrees to get a straight fuselage! I have been doing decals and dangly bits all day, tomorrow I will polish it, top coat it maybe dirty it up a little..and adjust the flight pose on the stand and chuck it in the cabinet. Then I can start cleaning up house for my wife's return from her 1 month sojourn in the UK.
    7 points
  18. Hi, got this kit from my local dealer before christmas. It was still priced with "Deutsche Mark", so it was laying around at least for 15 years:D Despite its age, the decals were in a suprisingly good condition, they just had to soak a little longer than normal. Besides from that, the kit is very good, nearly no filler was necessary. When i fit the wheels, i had to realize that it was a tail-sitter. But since the nose was already on and painted, i had to put some metal into the inlet. So the inlet had to be covered and i went for some engine covers and finally displayed the aircraft in a parking position.
    7 points
  19. Hi Steve and thank you - you're most kind!Today I decided to concentrate on getting this one slightly closer to the finish line rather than trying to do both this and my P-47 build. I have started to do some more weathering, I've added some more parts - spare track links on the front starboard fender, the turret light and stowage box, the main gun and, after these photos were taken, the front light guards. I ended up fitting the light guards after taking the photos because the light was starting to fade. As I mentioned above, the the light was fading when I took these so they aren't pretty but show some of the stuff I've been doing today: Tomorrow I intend to something on my P-47 but I know I'll want to try and get most of the weathering finished on this as well. Comments and suggestions welcome. Kind regards, Stix.
    7 points
  20. Gonna throw myself on my sword by posting up my first kit I've done in over 20 years. Battle mired Hurricane. Be gentle! Mixed results as it was my first time attempting any advanced stuff beyond the old poly cement, water decals and enamel paint. I definitely jumped in with both feet and rushed things in my excitement. Will definitely be more disciplined for my next kit. A lot learned about painting and varnishing techniques from this. The finish ended up being a bit rough, most likely due to a mix of being a bit too heavy handed with the paint and a final varnish disaster which had to be scaled back with a sponge and some thinner. Couple of unintentional bits of damage too which was the most annoying. Easy to forget how fragile these kits are. The result is a look that is a lot more weathered and battle weary than intended in places!! May go back and have a second go round to create a pristine version for contrast.
    6 points
  21. As the HMS Kent is nearing completion a few test pics; Couple more weeks and they should be done!! Cheers Nick
    6 points
  22. I wasn't going to show this one but I thought 'what the heck' so here it is. This is my first attempt at building a Heinkel of any make. The kit is from a Revell four aircraft set of which this was the best in relation to detail / quality etc (the Spitfire is such a dog of a kit I will be using it with my raf recovery set! All paints are Revell Acrylics, no spare readies for detailing or accessories. Painted with hairy stick and a lot of Tamiya tape. The lack of detail was so bad, I did something I don't usually contemplate and put the crew in...just for something to add to the kit once built.
    6 points
  23. Here is another, the whaleship Essex, that was sunk by an enraged sperm whale in 1820. I found the plans in the book In The Heart of the Sea. I have no in-depth knowledge of whales or whale ships, but simply built these two because I found plans in books and felt like something different. The Esquimaux plans were found in a Model Shipwright magazine a number of years ago! These are the only two whaleships I have ever built, as my prefererred field is the grossly unpopular subject of merchant ships! Bob
    6 points
  24. Thanks a lot. Here are some family photos: Nos. 12 and 17 are works in progress, and I have planned Nos. 10 and 11 too. Jens
    6 points
  25. #3/2016 So, something at least a bit different Initially my dad wanted to build a RN Mk.I with the Hobby Boss kit. After examining the kit we found out that the intended version wasn´t possible oob, no bubble side windows, no observer seat behind the pilot, no cowl gun. So, change of plan, used decals from the Italeri reboxing of the AM kit for the Hobby Boss one. Besides the decals almost completely oob. Added seatbelts, cut off the wrong wing gun stubs and drilled holes, EZ Line for the aerials, engraved the missing rivets for the the oil cooler shutters on the side cowls. Painted with Gunze and Tamiya acrylics. The decals for the nose numbers came from the sparebox because the Italeri ones were way too big. As it seems there´s only one partial pic of this aircraft. There it looks completely white. Fellow Hyperscale modeller Modeldad provided some info that all-white avengers weren´t completely uncommon in the Atlantic ASW role. So the model became only white, never seen that before on a pic or model The model shows an a/c of the composite squadron VC-58 on the escort carrier USS Block Island in January 1944. Later in March/April the unit transferred to the USS Guadalcanal and flew night missions.
    5 points
  26. I’m pretty sure I’m a glutton for punishment, but I have started the USS Prinz Eugen. She will be shown as she was just prior to Operation Crossroads on 1 July, 1946, at Bikini Island, where the atomic bomb test Able was detonated 520 feet (158 m) above the target fleet. It caused less than the expected amount of ship damage because it missed its aim point by 2,130 feet (649 m). After much research I found a few modifications to the ship at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, PA. There, the ship received some minor changes and, some of the equipment was stripped off for further evaluation. Modifications to the ship that will be shown on the build are: 1. The two 203mm (7.992″) main guns from turret Anton were removed for evaluation. They had a range of 15NM and after interviews with the German crew and inspection onboard, it was decided to remove the guns for ashore testing. 2. One Flakverling L38 quad 20mm AA gun which was shipped to Virginia along with the two 8” guns. I need to do some more investigation to find which one was removed. 3. The fore and aft deck 20mm guns which were sent to Virginia as well. 4. Most of the G7 torpedoes and the forward starboard triple launcher were removed for evaluation. 5. The two Arado Ar-196 seaplanes and catapult were removed. One was apparently inoperable and sent to the Smithsonian, where it remains boxed up today. The other was test-flown by personnel of Naval Air Station Willow Grove, PA. and the catapult was mounted ashore and used for additional test flights in 1947. 6. The forward starboard AA gunnery director dome was removed for study as well as the forward Zeiss rangefinder. 7. The GHG sonar was also removed and considered by WW2 standards, very advanced. This sonar was mounted on the USS Flying Fish (SS-229) for further tests. The experiments gave the US Navy a head start in sonar technology against the Soviets. This unit is not visible. 8. The US Army donated a SCR-584 radar van with its wheels removed. This was lashed onto the platform of the removed forward rangefinder with two steel cables. The Army wanted to see how their gear held up to an atomic explosion. The Prinz Eugen as she lays now at Kwajalein. So after a longwinded explanation. I hope to recreate a plausible scene. I purchased several general German PE sets and Pontos wood deck to dress the ship up a bit. I started with the base and cut out the outline of the ship. I then added poster board to the sides and used my usual medium acrylic gel and paper, followed by another layer of gel dabbed with a brush to create the small waves. I sanded the gel after it was dry and then painted the surface to check how the waves looked. I may or may not keep this color and I will be adding a little more gel to add to the waves. This build will take me a while as I have a few other things going on.
    5 points
  27. my 1st kit for about 10 years . my lad bought it me for my 53 birthday so been knocking around for a while . be kind laads lol
    5 points
  28. I'll be building the 1/48 Hobby Boss KA-27 Helix using decals from Begemot.
    5 points
  29. So, I finished the carrier, more or less. A final weathering with muddy-wettery will be applied when it is fixed in position on its diorama 'Carry on regardless'. This is a nice looking kit, but full of errors in fit, and poor design and I've not enjoyed making it. It's been a chore and I remember now why I didn't finish the other one of these I purchased back in 1979 ish. Still, here it is. I've shoved it in the Somewhere near Villers Bocage diorama for aesthetic reasons. All comments welcome. Thanks for looking. I am now proceeding with the diorama, which is available to view in the WiP section. More work will be done to the carrier once the diorama is finished. Regards, Badder.
    5 points
  30. Here is my small whaling diorama, the steam whaling barque Esquimaux, laid alonside an ice shelf. It is scratchbuilt though, as I have never been very successful with kits. Kits of commercial ships are few and far between anyway! Bob
    5 points
  31. In honour of breaking the 800 post barrier, I present some of Fairey's Finest! Sadly, the Swordfish still languishes, unassembled, in the depths of my stash. Cheers, Bill
    5 points
  32. HI everyone Well she's finally finished (well I say finished she still needs the fin flash on the port rudder swapping over). My 1/72 Airfix Avro Shackleton MR2 WR966. I encountered most of the problems associated the kit and not others. I had real problems joining the fuselage together and a mis mould in the front fuselage which caused the area above the bomb aimers glass to splay out plus I had several broken parts that were replaced by Airfix, however the engine nacelles and wings were a breeze. I chose WR966 as my scheme and the decals from Airfix were beautiful I did however elect not to attempt to add the 146800cc (I cut that portion off) because I feared that with all the softener in the world the decal wouldn't conform cleanly and look rubbish. I chose to paint the propeller tips rather that use the decals as I felt that the finish would be better. The kit was built OOB apart from some seat belts that I added with blue masking tape and I used the Eduard masking set for the glass work. She was weathered in my usual way with Tamiya smoke for the exhaust stains and oils and pastels for everything else and the antenna wire was added using EZ line and with a spot of super glue to initially hold it followed by Gator grip to add more strength. Anyway here she is.......My Growler And now shes finished I can carry on with my Tamiya 1/32 Spitfire Mk XVIe.. Thanks to everyone that showed an interest and gave real encouragement to get her finished. Have a good one Iain.
    4 points
  33. Merit's 1/35th scale Soviet G-5 MTB: Merit has produced a magnificent base to work from. A little bit more interior detail would ave been icing on the cake but I am extremely happy this MTB has become hardware instead of vaporware. The blog can be found here: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234992741-merit-135-scale-g-5-mtb/page-15
    4 points
  34. Thanks guys. Hey me too, not too far off completion now and all the fun stuff like decalling and final assembly is still ahead. I did get a bit more done tonight, the last soldering job was to make this tiny pitot tube thingy that will go on the underside: Here is a reference picture of what it should look like: I deliberately tinned the 0.4mm brass tube to cater for the silver finish and will finish painting it once glued in position. (I have yet to drill the hole for it). Here it is semi-finished with the hole in the tube still intact, I might have to trim the mounting a little bit more though: I failed to resist the urge to start masking for the green but the enamel was still a little soft so stopped at this point: I have also been thinking about the Helicopter GB which starts next weekend and am considering this as my entrant: Today I ordered some PE, paints and masks for it. It looks like a really nice kit which I acquired in the Telford kit swap two years ago. Should be fun, I do like Russian helicopters. Bye for now, Nigel
    4 points
  35. Nearly there.... Paint finished, two brush coats of klear, Flory Models wash, decals on, two spray coats of Galleria matt varnish. It awaits inboard main landing gear doors and drop tanks, and the canopy needs a clean up. Then a little weathering and it should be done. At the time I took the photos the matt varnish was still a little tacky which is why I am waiting to finish off. Rich, I am going to leave the gun barrels white. In the photo at this link, of the very aircraft I have modelled, the gun tubes are clean. I know the photo is colourised but even in the black and white original they are clean white. Nearly there...
    4 points
  36. I thought it was time I stopped just admiring everyone else's hard work and posted some pictures of my own. This is the old tool Airfix Blohm & Voss Bv141, and it was, surprisingly to me, an enjoyable little kit. Yes, it has raised panel lines and rivets, and I'm sure that there are technical problems (e.g. proportions/length etc.), but it looks about right compared to reference photos and that's all that matters to me. Overall, fit was good. I added the swastikas on the tail from some leftovers from another kit - because I chose the paint scheme that I did, it really needed it (I feel). Paint is Tamiya XF-12 J.N. Grey (diluted with a little white in places to give some streaking, but I don't think that has really shown up terribly well. Such details as there are were done in Vallejo (mostly) bits and bobs. I chose the second scheme because a) I'm bored with splinter schemes, and I like the colour. I realise that there are many flaws, including but not exclusively: Canopies are a little rough (notwithstanding the 2+ hours spent masking them). Please bear in mind that the plastic was thick, and I can't get Future here in Oz. Washes are pretty much my first foray into anything like that, and I need lots of practice. This kit was chosen as a bit of a morale booster and practise run after a particularly traumatic DH2 build (and then I noticed the canopies!), and overall it served it's purpose - I enjoyed it quite a lot. Anyway - on with the show, and thanks for looking:
    4 points
  37. As promised, a couple of pics of the fuselage.... I've started to mask around the pe ready for some paint.
    4 points
  38. How do chaps, Many thanks for the comments Well, finally got the camo on the male completed. The tracks have also been painted in Panzer Aces Track Primer, along with the tracks on the Female. And a couple of pics of brother and sister together. The two dark patches on top of the male hull are from the vinyl glove I was wearing when I did the stint of the camo. Had a nitrile glove on today and that didn't leave any marks on the paintwork! I'm also thinking that the rails on the female look a bit under scale? I may replace them with some suitable t:beam from evergreen or plastruct (will have a look for some at Hudders) Besides my botch repair looks rather naff Next up will be some weathering. This will be held off until I get some Alclad II Aqua Gloss at the Huddersfield show on the 21st of Feb, (which I've pre-ordered from Paul at Modellingtools.co.uk) I'm waiting for this as I'm going to be using UMP clay based washes and they need to go down onto a decent gloss coat to get the best results. The models are safely packed away until then Regards, Steve
    4 points
  39. Thanks Simon Can I what? (Edit: Oh, spot the W/T transfers? No, I can't) I had a quick look at the Spit transfers and decided they wouldn't take much time so they're on too. I can see why people have trouble with the roundels tearing: Nasty lumps. I was very careful as these are Xtradecals remember, but they went on OK I think: Done too by Ced Bufton, on Flickr MicroSOL on those as well (not Set, Sol, sorry for the usual error above). So, all three are now ready for dirtying up when dry, probably tomorrow now: Trio by Ced Bufton, on Flickr (Don't forget the bombs Ced....)
    4 points
  40. Thanks Rob - they're all being a bit tiresome (except the Spit, of course) but nearly there Thanks Simon - we'll have a look soon; I may just dirty up the windows if I go mad with the weathering. Frustrating day today - Mrs B helps run a local 'creative speaking' festival and once a year I get to merge a spreadsheet of competitors with a document that looks like the pre-printed tickets and then try to mail merge and print on the postcard-like tickets. Of course there's always been a new version of Word / Excel since the last time, or I've bought a new printer so it's a sequence of edit / print / chuck in bin... I wish I was in a business that's easier... brain surgery perhaps. Hurricane transfer applied, including the W/T marks. See if you can spot them on the black wing! Done by Ced Bufton, on Flickr The roundels on the bottom (fnaar fnaar) both go over bumps on the wings so they've had some MicroSet splashed on. I may leave them now until tomorrow just to be safe.
    4 points
  41. Hi all, This is what's been on my workbench for the past few months, on the receiving end of some surgery and half a tube of filler as and when spare time (ha!) permits. I picked this one from the stash as after the two Lancasters and the Spit and Hurri, I was getting fed up of painting camoflage. The problems of this model are well known, and to me the major issue I would try to correct was the intakes - the rest I could live with. I could have got the Flightpath kit of parts, and for the amount of stuff you get it's good value for money, however an unexpected car bill meant money had priority elsewhere and I was scrabbling round in the shed and the oddsods bin for items that might be of use. I took a few pics as I went, so I'll include those here. I wanted to capture the depth of intakes and the tunnel in front of each engine, so with a selection of close up photos from XL213's website, I set to work in perhaps an unusual way, using offcuts of copper pipe from a recent sink replumbing effort, some plasticard and a vast amount of filler. The theory works... now to build up the rest of the intakes with card and filler! this did upset the centre of gravity somewhat so additional noseweight was required. It might not be the most accurate representation, but to me it's a lot better than an out of the box model would have looked. I did also end up making new tips for the tail fin bullet out of scrap on my lathe out in the shed, and the engine exhausts are some plastic tubing that also received a tickle in the lathe to thin them out. I have finished this model as XH673, the gate guardian at RAF Marham, a few miles up the road from me. XH673 is not much more than an empty shell these days, but it does display both 55 an 57 squadron crests on the tail as she stands there just inside the gate. Enough waffle, the finished model... This viewpoint shows the results of all that filling and sanding I'm happy with what I've achieved. If the model's "face" doesn't look right, then to me, it isn't right. Love that massive tail This was also my first attempt at panel line washes using acrylic... using enamel next time! Painted using both Vallejo and Humbrol acrylics - the hemp is Vallejo, with copious amounts of white added to fade it out. The underside is Humbrol light a/c grey. Brush painted, varnished with Windsor and Newton satin acrylic. Xtradecal for the number, the rest from the kit. The announcement from Airfix regarding their Victor kit came out while I was still applying lots of filler and I did wonder about ditching this model, but I figured I'd started so I'll finish...
    4 points
  42. I'm ready to spray some Black primer on this today .. Enjoy Rick
    4 points
  43. Hi guys. After being a little bogged down by all the masking with the Israeli schemes I decided to focus on the nice and easy Norwegian B. As mentioned in my initial post, this will be the first example delivered to the RNoAF, '301', in 1980. I wanted to model it exactly as it as seen in this picture during a gathering of the 4 European initial users in Jan, 1980: http://www.f-16.net/g3/f-16-photos/album37/album09/adr .At this point the jet was only a few weeks old so no paint weathering etc as I thought even a little would detract from the semi-gloss new appearance I was looking for. The quoted colour is FS26270. I really liked the Gunze paint so I used it again. Out of the bottle the Gunze colour seems way too dark and a little too purple when applied over an entire model, I guess this is the scale appearance I keep reading about . So I lightened it with Light Gull grey which removed some purple and brought it closer to the lighter overall shade I wanted. I am satisfied with the result after looking at this brand new RNoAF example as comparison;http://www.codeonemagazine.com/images/media/07_F16_Norway_Block1_01_1267828237_8175.JPG. As mentioned prior, I can never get a truly representative photo of the colours of my models but take it as a general idea . A little detail on the underside which will probably never be seen is the weapon pylon mount holes. I filed the large kit ones and drilled some new ones. I'll let that cure for a few days then micro mesh the paint. The Netz and Sufa received some Surfacer 1500 primer after spraying the black canopy inner frame and outer sealing strips, a lot of masking! Having a little trouble with the Netz as the primer keeps coming off in places on the black plastic For the Danish A load out I am thinking this. The outer wing pylons were not in use at this time IIRC so just a single pair of sidewinders. The Mk.84s I think will be light blue drill rounds but will need their fuzes removing and noses made pointy. Looks a suitably 'look what I can carry' load at an open house event. Fellow BM member 'Richard E' kindly donated his Modeldecal 74 sheet (Cheers Richard! ) which contains codes/badges for early Danish jets, only one problem I should of thought ahead on is the medium grey numbers/letters do not match my paint. Tbh there isn't much in it in the flesh so not sure if I will do anything. I could overpaint them and carefully cut them out in the colour I used to spray the jet, hmm will have to see how they react to Mr.Color thinner. Cheers guys, David.
    4 points
  44. Hi all,started the decaling thankfully all bar the codes and Indian head are Revell,s(when did you ever think you'd say that) as suspected the Academy ones are awful I know a couple of these are being built here so be very careful with the decals they are brittle and less flexible than an iron bar! Anyway as I said Revell decals going on beautifully the fuselage star and bar is a three piece affair and in the second photo you can see the drastic cutting to get the decal on,no major problem as I will hand paint the white area as it should be.Thank's for popping in. Oop's sorry folk's forgot to mention I did gloss the airframe for decalling and if anyone does this scheme cut the head in two where the cowl ends it need,s to be done.
    4 points
  45. Excellent... Thanks heaps Philp. They help heaps especially that one in the elevated position clearly showing the ammo box. A final update to top off the weekend. First I will take up where I left off and here is the completed ammo box.. Then I cleaned up and glued together the two twin-Vickers gun mounts. And their shields.. Next another thing I was dreading, another one of the ladders, but this time it has round rungs, not flat treads. I thought for a while how to do it then thought up using Blu-Tack to hold the uprights in place while I added the wire rungs.. That left me with this.. I trimmed the ends off, filed them flush then attached one of the upright's outer layers which I held in place with lots of tweezers.. And that is it for the weekend. Cheers Warren
    4 points
  46. Not wishing to sway your thinking Bill because that would be appallingly bad form but have you seen this photo I found in my collection. Myself starting WZ.895 NAVY 870 in 1982 at NAS Nowra Thought you might like it
    4 points
  47. I wasn't happy with the grey colour, so gave a light covering of Tamiya Buff to lighten it a bit. Also tidied the black frame up using matt blackboard paint. I've started to stick the ground vehicles down now too, so the end is in sight
    4 points
  48. It's now finished with the exception of some more ground crew when I can get my hands on some. Pics now in RFI, big thanks for the support and encouragement along the way Cheers Neil
    3 points
  49. Found a snap of it! I've got the centre 2 and the 4 in front of the starboard door to fill with masking liquid before I spray the anti-slip in front of the door. Undoubtedly going to end up with unwanted lines somewhere!!
    3 points
  50. 1/48 AFV F-5F , RMAF 11 Sqn " Cobra" , RMAF Butterworth , 1990
    3 points
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