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Hi all, Here is my latest creation, built for a friend who was a navigator with 12 Squadron during the mid 1990s. I've got a draft write up here which I'll change at some point, but as you can see, I was not enamoured with this kit. Additions are Aires seats, Eduard photo-etch interior, Xtraparts resin pylons and Xtradecals main markings and stencils (which have terrible instructions). Paint is Mr Color. The pitot tube was replaced with Albion Alloys tubing and the bombs are from the Airfix Buccaneer kit. Six months of hard work, but here is the end product: Comments welcome Jon26 points
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Hi all, Following on from my Wellington I've had another go at one of Airfix's classic bombers, this time it was a new boxing of the old Halifax kit. Built OOB apart from a bit of scratch detail in the cockpit which of course you can see anyway lol Markings are of 78 Squadron based at RAF Breighton, Yorkshire 1944. Not a showstopper but an enjoyable build - next up will either be a Stirling or a new tool Lanc i've got in the stash! Cheers Simon24 points
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Hi everyone. My Tamiya 1/32 Spitfire Mk XVIe built as TD240, 302 Sqn (Polish) Germany 1945. I used the rather brilliant after market sets from Barracuda, with additional detail added using Airscale decal sets. I did a little scratch building in the cockpit by adding wires and valves as well as adding some more detail to the engine. Those eagle eyed amongst you will see that I added Rolls Royce rocker cover logos, I know that these are wrong as the motor was built under licence by Packard,but it was too late to try and remove them. The kit was painted with Tamiya acrylics with all the roundels, fin flashes and codes being painted using Montex masks and she was weathered using Tamiya weathering sets, pastels and oil washes. Sorry about the rubbish photos,I'll try and take some better ones out side if the weather ever improves! The WIP can be found here http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234981952-tamiya-132-spitfire-mk-xvie-finished-4-april/ Thanks for all of the encouragement and here's til next time. Iain19 points
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I'm still trying to get familiar with posting pictures, but here is my Recently completed planes.15 points
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I finished this model back in December but never got down to taking pictures! So here it is... i am very happy with this model. i love the f105. Love the camo and the paint fading, especially! WIP: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234907355-f-105g-thunderchief-revell-148/11 points
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I'd always wanted to complete a kit in this way and this kit gave me the perfect reason to do it. I've since also completed a Swordfish and Dauntless in the same style. Hope you like.10 points
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Hi, Posted the model before but now decided to give the Mig a bit of context. Just for fun.9 points
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Airfix 1/72 Mk IX built with the Italeri as a two model build, WiP here. RAF aircraft BS538 in June 1943 at 341 Sqn also flown by Pierre Clostermann. Pierre’s Wikipedia entry says “He scored his first two victories on 27 July 1943, destroying two Focke-Wulf Fw 190s over France.” Untitled by Ced Bufton, on Flickr9 points
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Hi A couple of builds I started back in 2014 and struggled to finish until recently. Sorry for the photo quality, just have phone today. The first is Jaguar XX965. It's the Italeri kit with decals from a Hasegawa boxing and a Model Master pitot. I've seen this plane a few times at Cosford and love the yellow on black. This was very early on in learning to use an airbrush, sadly some of the paint came out a bit rough, but I certainly learnt from it. The second is Vulcan XH558 (the airfix kit, but built OOB without the corrections to make it a proper XH558). Again, the painting was a stuggle on this, I must have repainted the whole thing nearly a dozen times before settling. The grey is a little darker than usual, but it does resemble some of the photos I've taken of her inflight (on dull days) over the past few years. Steve8 points
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Hello all, Here's my latest finished work. It's Meng's Kayaba Ku-4 parasite fighter carried by a Hasegawa Ki-49. Both kits were great builds, though the Mens decals and Hasegawa canopy fit were both less than ideal. The Kayaba Ku-4 was originally a glider prototype from 1940 that was resurrected to an experimental ramjet/rocket fighter airplane. It was to carry two 30 mm cannons with less than 100 rounds total. After making passes at B-29s, it was to glide back to an airstrip. Sort of an even more rudimentary Me-163. The Ku-4 is finished with Tamiya rattlecan, while the Ki-49 is a rattlecan base with Vallejo acrylics on top. Enjoy!8 points
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Hi, Today was a sunny spring day in Krakow - good to make some removing of dust and do photos of archive models from shelvs. Especially because the "current production" slowed down a bit... This is Nakajima Ki 44 II Shoki (Tojo) - kit from Hasegawa, almost OOB except painting scheme which presents machine from 85 Sentai JAAF, China 1944 - with rare blue patches. I made it in 1993 Comments welcome Regards Jerzy-Wojtek8 points
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well, I'm calling it done Here's a few pics that didn't make it into the Gallery These photos will update themselves soon enough - good 'ol PB has to wait it out for a few hours Well, that's it. Thanks for stopping in and watching and thanks to the hosts. It was good fun Now back to the darkside of Sci-fi goodness! MH8 points
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Thanks All, This will be a quick update for today. I have finished with all the support structures for the wiring on all eight sides. The outsides. And the insides The next step is agonizingly slow to build. The wiring should take a day or three and then a quick coat of paint to hold all in place. I wanted to see what thing look like in the current stage of building. It's finally starting to look brill. Thanks all for watching, be back soon.8 points
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Italeri 1/72 Mk IX built with the Airfix as a two model build, WiP here. MH526 ‘City of Glasgow’. Air History shows her built in August ’43, transferring to 602 Sqn in September. Flown by Pierre Clostermann who should be commemorated I feel. Bravo Bravo Aviation says: "With 33 aerial victories, Pierre Clostermann DFC & Bar is France's ace of aces in World War II. He described his wartime experiences in his best-selling memoirs Le Grand Cirque (The Big Show)." Lifecolor paints, airbrushed, W&N matt varnish. Untitled by Ced Bufton, on Flickr8 points
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Hi everybody; here we go with a WE progress report. It's a lot of photos, so I'll split this in two posts. Last week I managed to spray the Dark Green coat on the model (Lifecolor FS34079 Dark Green), but I only completed it during the weekend, going over with some dark post-shading along the panel lines. Let's see: prior to airbrushing the Dark Green coat, I glued in the tail chute cover a few pics about the final masking and other bits masked and ready for painting So, here's the Dark Green coat after post-shading: Time to remove the masking; drop tanks first: Stabilators: the blue tack residual is going to disappear after the various clear coats; still, I try to avoid it whenever I can, by re-using blue tack coming from previous masking jobs. In this case, all I had went for the bottom side, and almost all the top side masking was made with new stuff. Front canopy: and eventually the main AC, starting from the bottom: Some touch-up needed, which I did by brush (forgot to take pics, sorry, will shot some during the week ) Some paint leaked through the masking, but was an easy fix. I just used a pointy toothpick and carefully went along the panel line to remove the excess paint (remember that the bottom color had already received a protective Future coat ) Some paint missing on the port air scoop: fixed by brush. Again, I'm sorry, I totally forgot to take any pics of the touch-ups And there she is: After a whole night curing, I airbrushed a Future coat on: As you can see, the blue tack residuals have gone. Next post for more pics7 points
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Here is one of my current projects, a Dragon M1A1 Abrams which I'm upgrading to TUSK specifications. With this project my goal is to use as much photo etch as possible. Here are the photos of the aftermarket I'm using as well as some of the progress I've made in my build. Since I took these photos I've started working on the bustle racks and I should have images of those soon.6 points
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Hello fellow modellers, I present my WIP of the new Airfix BP Defiant in 48 scale. Lots of words abound the internet concerning the quality of the kit and I, for one, am very pleased with this rendition. I am awaiting the arrival of Eduard's Zoom PE set, mask and Hurricane Mk I exhausts to go with the build, so I am limited to how far I can progress. I started with the turret which includes a wealth of detail and excellent clear pieces including a choice of closed or open turret glazing. I left the vertical detail in place and will only use the PE on the gunner's horizontal controls. I replaced the barrels with Master .303 Brownings: There is no gun sight included, so after a search of the web, I scratch built a simple Mk IIIA gun sight and mounted it accordingly (sideways): The barrels were added and the whole thing received a coat of MM Aircraft Interior Black. The spent gun casing bags were painted OD, not sure if this is correct but once installed they will never be seen: The two central gauges are related to the oxygen system so two of the smallest airscale "RAF gauges" set were installed, using copious amounts of Microsol: Once the PE arrives and is installed, I will be able to continue with the turret construction. So next up we turn to the fuselage and cockpit area. Basic assembly skills required to fit the sidewalls to each fuselage side. There is a nasty ejector pin mark on both the throttle quadrant and the fuse box (?) on either side. These were filled with punched discs and sanded smooth: The cockpit floor forward cockpit area consists of 11 pieces. The fine detail in the seat supports reveals springs moulded (which are fragile) and the unique control column which attaches to the seat: Turning to the IP, it is a little clunky by modern standards, so the Eduard PE one may be better. However to compare, I painted it up and used the kit IP decal with lots of Micro Sol. I also cut the decal where the gap above the compass housing and between the two compass housing supports, to enable a better fit: The result is not too bad but I will have to replace the PE compass face as it looks ludicrously small in the current housing. I will have a look how the PE set for the IP looks when it arrives and decide to keep the kit one or replace it. For those of you who are building this and decide to use the decal, it may also be advisable to cut the two uppermost dials from the IP decal and attach them as a separate item into their respective dials. It will make the settling a little easier. Regards and thanks for looking,6 points
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Well, Delboy's Capri is finished. Ive started by lining up the 3 pinstripes on each side using the pinstripe decals I bought from Kitform Services, then I discovered the pinstripes wern't long enough. So I had to overlap the line by cutting a pinstripe in half to make sure it went the full length of the car. Soaking the pinstripe decals only took a mere few seconds to get them off the backing paper. So, 6 times later I left them to dry & sealed them with some Humbrol Glosscote, however I didnt use Microset or Microsol on the pinstripes as they were a bit flimsy, so on the safe side I just used water. Whilst the lines aren't perfectly 100% straight, they are straight enough for me. I started where I left off with the mainbody shell by glueing in the underneath chassis, which clipped in at the rear & the mounting pegs with holes underneath the bonnet. The front bumper plate had to be modified slightly, as the whole plate wouldnt glue back into place, so I cut off the side wheelarch bottoms & the front section for the bumper. Throwing away the offending peice, I glued the 3 pieces into place & glued the bumper onto the front section. Then I glued the last 2 rally headlamps into place underneath the bumper into the 2 holes I already drilled. As I couldnt get some spare 6mm lenses for the headlights, I managed to get some 5mm transparent seaquins, glued those onto the front grill using the glue n glaze & they dried clear, so they worked out an absolute treat. Using my push drill, I drilled 0.6mm holes (2 on the back, 1 on the bonnet) for the aerials using foodties. I melted the plastic off the ties on my cooker, waited for them to cool, painted the silver & then the flourescent pink & put them inside the holes & glued them into place. Then came the rear view mirrors. The interior mirror was just a little of my sheet sign plastic, glued to one of those spare washers from my AT-ST, painted black on one side with silver on the other (to replicate the mirror) & glued to a piece of paperclip into another spare washer on the roof. The hanging dice from the mirror were some sponge painted with white paint to make them go crusty, cut into 2 squares with 1 painted Tamiya X-15 green & the other painted in the flourescent pink, with little black dots painted on with a paperclip end. I then jabbed each of the dice with a needle & thread, knotted underneath the dice a few times & hanged them onto the mirror. The side mirrors are old ammo boxes from my Humvee build a couple of years back, I cut them in half down & using my dremel, I grinded a channel into the ammobox & glued in a small peice of a paperclip, filled the remaining of the channel in with some putty, sanded them down, then painted them flourescent pink & silver for the mirrors. Mounted those into the side of the doors into the holes I pre-drilled & glued them into place. I made some windscreen wipers using a little of the sheet sign plastic & some rubbers strips for the wipers, painted the arms in silver & the flourescent pink & glued those into place. Last but not least were the numberplates, they were self adhesive & were mounted onto some microwave pizza card & using a combination of doulesided-sticky tape & glue 'n glaze they were mounted into their respective places. My wife is happy on how the Capri tuned out, so Im happy. Cheers, Wayne.6 points
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Hello all, Here is my recently finished 1/48 Hasegawa F-16D Block 52+ in the markings of the Royal Moroccan Air Force. The build thread can be seen here Extras used included Pavla ejection seats, Attack Squadron BRU-57 bomb racks, Aires exhaust, Master pitot tube, Master static dischargers, Caracal decals, Steel Beach FOD cover and Eduard Remove Before Flight tags. The wing tanks, AIM-9x and Sniper pod are from a Kinetic kit, the GBU-38's are from an Academy F-15E and the AIM-120's and centre line tank are from the Hasegawa kit. Painted freehand using Model Master acrylics - Neutral Grey, Radome Tan and Dark Tan. With my Iraqi F-16D: Thanks for looking. Dave6 points
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`219` in a low level high speed pass on one of her last test flights looking a little worse for wear.....,6 points
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Hi The oldest of three models I posting today - I made it in 1976 or 1977...I remeber some upgrading of painting, especially weathering in the span of this almost 40 years...Anyway - this is very old one. This is Nakajima J1N1S Gekko made OOB from Japaneese Revell kit. Comments welcome Regards Jerzy-Wojtek6 points
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I took your suggestion and watched all of the Monty Python movies - you're right it gets my mind off of it. I got through the second big withdrawal event, and it didn't last as long this time - only about six hours. Doc says coming down off of Fentanyl is about the same as heroin. You know, how come nobody told me that before I started using it? I might have decided to try something else! I have to stop the oxycodone at 14:00 this Wednesday, and then Thursday afternoon I start the Suboxone. In order for the doc to determine the correct dosage, I have to be in full withdrawal from the oxy. I told wifey to get me a straitjacket for Wednesday night... Hands still not steady enough for any serious modelling. The withdrawal has given me a good shot of peripheral neuropathy too. I'm told that will go away. It better! Cheers, Bill6 points
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Some photos taken out side this afternoon in the Cornish sunlight (it does happen occasionally!) Cheers Iain6 points
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After the Future coat had dried, I started masking for the red stripes/parts: Before airbrushing Tamiya Red, I went on with some Tamiya Flat white, as a base coat. Here's the result: drop tanks Stabilators tips: Inboard pylons: the green one needs some fixing. Turbine warning stripes: Fin top: There was also a lame attempt at spraying black on the nose radome: I used Lifecolor Matt Black, thinned with Future - too much Future, actually It was late in the night, and I was having a little kick-back from my cold - that's my excuse, at least I'll probably have to do some clean up before re-spraying the black, will see. That's it for now, all comments welcome Ciao6 points
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A little more sanding and clean up done to start today. First, the rear fuselage was still too deep, so I sanded off about 1/2mm along its length. Then I removed the tip of the nose and the the rear of the engine compartment, both will be replaced with plastic card once the fuselage is together. The rear of the engine compartment is actually just a fuel tank on the top half and open at the bottom, so the bottom half will remain open back to the firewall. Finally, the top of the engine compartment was sanded to give a slope up towards the front. The engine in the RE8 was mounted at an angle to give better take off performance and that is part of what gives it the characteristic "bent back" look. After that, I made a start on the internal framing and floors. The firewall is part of a beer can, I'm not worried about the top as that will be hidden. Coming on ok so far! Thanks for watching! Ian6 points
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AZ Models Spifire IXc. EN172 of 315 Sqdn, RAF Northolt, Oct.1942 to May 1943. One of the Spitfires flown by Capt Gabreski on secondment to the RAF from the 8thAF to gain theatre experience. EN172 was fllown by Gabby on a Rodeo to Caen. Xtracrylix paints for all main colours and Techmod decals for all insignia and markings. Link:http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234999841-spitfire-mkix-from-the-az-joy-pack/6 points
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Hi folk,s built for the Spitfire STGB in memory of our own Edgar Brooks in sure he would have been amused by the schoolboy error,s in my build the most obvious was on deciding to build her with wings fixed I binned all the folding wing parts only to discover the fixed wing was only for the FR46! Anyway a bit of re-scribing and a blind man on a galloping horse wouldn't notice.800 NAS on board HMS Triumph during the Korean war,many thank,s for looking and thank,s Edgar for your help in past projects.5 points
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Hello all, Well it's been a while since I posted my first RFI on the forum - http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234994393-airfix-172-north-american-p-51-mustang-foiled-nmf/- and I was very pleased with all of the great comments that I received from you guys, so I thought I'd throw up my second RFI with a set of pictures of another of my completed models for your perusal? That model is the venerable old 1:72 Tamiya kit of the Bell X-1 'Mach Buster'. Built mostly OOB, the only mods I made to it were to the probes which were very flimsy in plastic form so I made some new ones out of dressmakers pins and tiny pieces of spare etch sprue and I also added the canopy framing from very thin strips of black decal instead of painting them. There is also a scratchbuilt seat harness from painted masking tape, but it's hard to see any of the cockpit details in this scale? The kit decals for the US national insignia were too thin and showed a hint of the orange paint beneath, so they were replaced with more opaque aftermarket items. I hope you like it!! (Picture Heavy) Thanks for looking, all comments and valid criticisms welcomed!! Kev5 points
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Fed up with gnomes? How about this in your garden? http://www.network54.com/Forum/232726/message/1459585777/Passing+through+Moffat%2C+Scotland....5 points
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F4U-5N Corsair from Hasegawa. Markings - VMF(N)-513 "Flying Nightmares" - Pusan (K-1) or Pohang (K-3) base - early Korean War.5 points
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Hello! Here are my two Revell T-70 X-Wing Fighters from The Force Awakens. Both kits were repainted and I added figures modified from the spares box. I used a degree of artistic license with the weathering! You can see more pictures of this build on my blog: http://thescalemodelhangar.blogspot.co.uk5 points
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I'm calling this one complete, my 1/48 Hobbyboss FW-190D-9 of II/JG6 in May 1945. using Ultracast's seat and exhaust, Aeromaster decals,and some scratchbuilt detailing. Paint is Tamiya acrylics with oils and pastel weathering. Hope you like, Colin Link to build: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234996206-148-fw-190d-9-and-d-11-double-build-hobbyboss-re-painted-yet-again-march-18th/ Thanks for looking, Colin5 points
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Just finished MiG 3 early version. Trumpeter kit with some Eduard PE parts the rest is oob. Sprayed with Gunze acrylics, weathered with AK, Ammo and Tamiya products. Hope you like it!5 points
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Hi, This kit I bought during my first short visit to US in Feb. 1996. Soon, in 1997 I made this model. This is an American short run by Beechnut company, with some scratch modifications. The painting scheme is (accordingly to my notes) of machine from 62FS USAAF, US 1945. I remeber that it was said that she took part in some vicory parade over Tokyo in early Autumn 1945, but I also remember that there was a controversy on this.... Here she is: Comments welcome Regards Jerzy-Wojtek5 points
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Picked this up at Prague last year for about £6 so I thought I'd have a little 'stress-reliever' from all my GB's I've been doing this year. Went together well - I was going to do an open bed but the tarp cover seemed nicely moulded and I thought it would look good under a lick of paint. Primed and finished using Vallejo Russian Green in the main. The canvas was Tamiya Khaki Drab. Ultimate Products Dirt, Earth and Rust used and wiped off. Extra bits are some small chalk weathering. Decals are the kits and are simple. This may look familiar to some because it is of course a licensed Ford Model A truck - and the Russians built loads of these 1.5 tonners. Thanks for looking and all comments welcome.5 points
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Pity they didn't do a Flight Refuelling version to go with a FRADU Hawk.5 points
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Just a brief post now that I've finished Red Roo's beaching gear from their conversion set intended for the Minincraft PBM kit: The angles where the main legs meet the Rareplanes hull are slightly different to Minicraft's, and the stern gear is too long because this is an area of significant difference between the two kits As can be seen above, the vertical portion of the where the hull rises to blend with the rear fuselage is quite a bit longer on the Minicraft kit. Here are some shots of the gear fitted:5 points
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Good afternoon! Right - a few updates. First up - cockpit is done Before joining the fuselage halves - you need to decide about whether you will have the cannon bays open= because if you decide on on or both closed - fit the covers now: They are an OK fit but I reckon it's easier to clean up the join round the panel line now than later. ALSO - if you do decide on having them closed DO NOT fit the cannon - as the cylindrical feed mechanisms stop the panels from sitting flush. Now - when you come to join the fuselage halves - heres what I've found works. BEFORE you do - do the following Theres a lip on the windscreen inner edge - which the instrument panel fits flush against - trim off about 1mm of this so the instrument panel has a bit more space. There are two back stop lugs inside the fuselage on each side that the cannon bays locate against: Trim these back by about 1mm too. Your cockpit/cannon bay assembly now has some wiggle room. The front bulkhead - part D30 ( the nose wheel assembly locates into this and the nose cone is aligned using it - so it's important). This locates onto the front of the cockpit assembly: I found it beneficial to give the cockpit mating edges for this piece a good. decent sand flat using first of all a corse sanding pad, then a flat swiss file. This squares it all off nicely and remove a few tenths of a mill of plastic. Now - test fit part D30 onto the cockpit assembly - its a nice tight fit so will stay on. Test fit this assembly into the fuselage halves. You want the D30 bulkhead back plate to be dead flat against the fuselage front break ( where the nose cone will go) NOT projecting out. If you shaved of those bits I mentioned above you have a little play available for this to be achievable: The windscreen inner rim you trimmed allows the instrument panel to sit better too - I found beforehand that if I didn't do this, the instrument panel forced the fuselage halves apart a little, leaving a gap that wouldn't close no matter how hard I tried. With this done you can insert the cockpit assembly and join the fuselage halves. As others have mentioned - it's still a tight fit to bring the front together. I adopted a "gluing in stages" approach , starting with the long mating edge on the front lower fuselage. I used Plastic Weld which is hot and fast, Then I did the top fuselage seam, the bottom rear seem and then the fin. The small joining edge right at the front top, ahead of the windscreen, - I left till these other joins had set. Then I flooded the area with Plastic Weld and pushed the fuselage parts together so they snuggled down onto part D30. An elastic band, tightly wrapped round this area held it all together. Once it had set - any glue/[plastic that had oozed out- was easily trimmed off. The cannon bays are pretty nice once painted - I'm leaving the starboard one open. More later. Jonners5 points
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Ok I wont take the credit for this one but the original idea for a RAAF GB really grabbed me for some reason!!! To make it a bit more appealing and a wee bit more inclusive I thought to widen it to include not just the RAAF but to include all Australian and New Zealand service men (and women) and their equipment, be land, air or sea, throughout the years. So I would like to propose an ANZAC in Service GB. I know ANZAC was a term originally used to name the army corps of both countries during and after the Gallipoli landings but it has grown to include all services and is something of great national pride. This is why I decided to use this term for the GB. So pretty much anything from 1914 (its just a starting date) on is in, so a huge range of options here. There would be plenty of scope for the AFV and boat builders as well, which should make them happy. Any equipment that was used by either country would be eligible which should make choices fairly easy. Plus I would like to include Australians and New Zealanders who served with the RAF with Fighter Command, for these the individuals aircraft is eligible. Plus there is Bomber Command where RAAF 458 and 460 Sqn. and RNZAF 60 Sqn. were the main squadrons but there were other detachments to RAF squadrons as well. For the AFVs and navy its a wee bit harder, but I am open to queries. Plus finally 2018 is for us the final part of the ANZAC Centenary with the Battle of Hamel, Villers-Bretonneux being most poignant. So its a very open GB that all members can find something they're interested in to build, and for us downunder to build something to be proud of. ok the list..... 1, trickyrich - host 2, stevej60 3, Silver Fox 4, Caerbannog 5, Cookenbacher 6, adrianm2 7, Plasto 8, TrojanThunder 9, Rob G 10, feoffee2 11, Arniec 12, stevehnz 13, CliffB 14, nimrod54 15, spaddad 16, SleeperService 17, Joss 18, Basilisk 19, DennisTheBear 20, Giorgio N 21, bubbasparksuk 22, Graeme H 23, Cammer625 24, Jon Kunac-Tabinor 25, Rafwaffe 26, Sgt.Squarehead 27, Paul J (Barry) 28, Rob85 29, Admiral Puff 30, PhantomBigStu 31, Antoine 32, TonyTiger66 33, 34, 35,4 points
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Hope you enjoy, more here if you're interested: http://www.hanger51.org/aircraft-museums/us-museums-collections/uss-midway-san-diego/ Carrier deck by tony_inkster, on Flickr F-4 Phantom by tony_inkster, on Flickr Photo Cougar by tony_inkster, on Flickr A-6 Intruder by tony_inkster, on Flickr F-4 Phantom by tony_inkster, on Flickr A-5 Vigilante by tony_inkster, on Flickr F-8 Crusader by tony_inkster, on Flickr Cat shot by tony_inkster, on Flickr A-6 Intruder by tony_inkster, on Flickr E-2 Hawkeye by tony_inkster, on Flickr4 points
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was in margate couple weeks back so swung into the Hornby visitor centre and they had a factory clearance sale, picked this kit up for 3 quid !!! got a few other bits aswell for not more than a few quid !!! So here is the Cromwell IV Tank. Cromwell Tank 1 by Javier, on Flickr Cromwell Tank 2 by Javier, on Flickr Cromwell Tank 3 by Javier, on Flickr Cromwell Tank 4 by Javier, on Flickr Cromwell Tank 5 by Javier, on Flickr4 points
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Hiya Folks, Here is my 1/48th Hobbyboss kit from the Corsair STGB which has been built as a Fleet Air Arm Corsair, 1836 NAS from HMS Victorious in, 1944,.....some modifications include scratch built air vents for the rear fuselage, drop tank from the spares box, harness from the same location, wing fold parts, propeller, wheels and exhausts reclaimed from an old Tamiya Corsair, Fundelkal decals, Here is the WIP; http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234997397-148th-hobbyboss-kit-as-a-fleet-air-arm-corsair-1836-nas-hms-victorious-1944-finished/ And here is the model; The kit itself isn`t a patch on the cheaper Tamiya one and requires a lot of extra work, so I won`t be building another!! As usual it is brush painted and from the WIP you`ll see that I had some `issues' of my own making with the paintwork on this one!! Cheers Tony4 points
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Made some good progress with the build ... one quadrant of open framework is finished ... yeah, time to open some bubbly One down ... three more to go. The photo below is an oblique view of the framework with the penultimate rail in place. The blades provide a bit of weight and leverage to hold the outer rail in place The finished quadrant You might be able to see some excess blobs of glue at the frame-rail joins. My plan is to gently remove as much surplus as I can ... without braking anything. Admiring the finished the quadrant ... as one does ... I noticed there was something a bit odd. If you look at the photo of the kit, at the ring segment marked A at the top of the image you'll see a frame (going anti-clockwise) set about 5mm to the left of the resin segment. However, on the plan (lower image) the first frame going anticlockwise from the top ring segment should be right up against the ring segment. The opposite occurs at the other end of the quadrant (bottom left of image). The first frame going clockwise from the resin segment (A) is right up against the ring segment in the build but about 5mm away in the plan. Couldn't figure out what was wrong as the rails and frames are in their correct location. Was beginning to bug me ... a lot :( After a while I discovered that I had made a mistake way back in time when assembling the separate resin segments on the arms. When I glued the resin segments together I used the shape of the edge of the resin segment (where it goes from smooth outer surface to inner ribbed surface) and the relative position of the windows (small squares) on each segment to make sure I was pairing up the correct resin segments and that they were all facing the correct way ... facing towards the front of the hub ... the front being the docking port What I didn't realise is that the back side of one resin segment marked A has the same relative position of windows and shape of edge as the front side of the opposite resin segment marked A. In other words ... the sides of the resin segments marked A you see in the photos are facing the wrong way ... they should be facing backwards towards the other completed ring. So if you take the bottom left resin segment (marked A) and flip it over so it's back side now faces to the front you have a longer resin segment in the location at the top of the image and therefore will be closer to the first frame. Of course ... and with hindsight ... I could have used a ruler to check that I had the correct length of resin segment in the correct location. What a lad eh :( If I don't say anything, do you think any one will notice? dd4 points
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Morning all!! As any of you building this kit will know - its impossible to add the nose cone without adding the nose wheel assembly first. This leaves it a bit vulnerable, as there is a reasonable amount of seam line cleaning up to do. So heres what I've come up with: If you assemble the nose wheel supports Parts D21 & D3 - you could just leave the nose leg attachment yoke part of protruding out - but I still think it makes it vulnerable So - what I did was cut part D3 as shown to give 2 pieces These parts are then drilled to insert a pin, and the lug for the retraction jack on Part D21 is shortened and rounded a tad. You can now assemble the nose wheel/mud guard/oleo parts D6/7 & 10, snap them into place in the yoke removed from part D3 and simple push fit this back together with the rest of D3 at final construction. Unless it's just me ( very possible) I think the nose cone fit is rather tricky - but I think I have a solution! Cheers Jonners4 points
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All done: Trumpeter's 1/35 Hind Mi-24v Gunship painted in Czech AF colours using Gunze, Tamiya and Alclad Decals from Hadmodels Mostly OOB but with a few details added thanks all for looking Build thread HERE MH4 points
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She is actually, sorry for my somewhat lax approach recently. 6 simultanious projects is a bit of a streatch too far unfortunately so will pare back drastically. The parts are all added and varnish applied. Weathering (minimal to a degree) has been applied and the Mk.11 had an outing today to the Shropshire Model Show at Cosford (she was overshadowed somewhat by the TAKOM Marksman but wasn't jealous at all!) Final pictures shortly.4 points
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thanks chaps just the rear fuel tank today.. balsa core sheathed in litho.. ..the top can't be seen to I didn't try too hard to finish it ..it's quite a feature as with no armour plate it is what fills the void behind the seat.. I had to remake the crossmember too as I found it is round on the late Spits.. back soon TTFN Peter PS - The Sea Fury is here on BM Rich, but I was most way through it when I started posting it so the link on LSP is the best one. I am sure Mike won't mind..4 points
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AZ 1/72 MkIXc Stanisław Skalski PFT 145Sqn Decals by Airfix and painted in xtracrylix dark earth mid stone and azure blue4 points