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  1. Typical Czech short run from the CzechModels of basic resins with TrueDetails. Unfortunately, the latter did not even come close to the quality of Czech products. I added a little PE in style belts and other smalls. Model possible to glue beyond difficult surroundings engines. The challenge is canopy glued with 3 elements. It has a few bugs in the style of the lack of windows and the hatch on the roof of the cab, plus the location of the guns vs whell bay but ...... well, better not. Painting from Korea VMF (N) -513 1952. Generally Skyknighty after entering the service were sent to protect the B-29. None of them had already been shot down. For me about the unit "513" has been finished. All the models had to keep a consistent weatering convention . I invite you.
    26 points
  2. The new Airfix Defiant, lovely kit, no sharp edges. First post. Woah, the photos came out so unflatteringly big.
    26 points
  3. Hi folks, these are my recently finished Mossie kits. B Mk IV from Hasegawa with Extratech etched a lot of scratch building. Markings from the kit. PR Mk XVI Tamiya conversion using Blackbird Models engines and CMK accessories. Markings from the Rising Decals sheet. They will be featured in Valiant Wings Aiframe Miniature series that is due in June. Cheers Libor
    24 points
  4. Greetings fellow modellers, I'd like to share the results of the first of several 1:72 Vampire builds. I'll be sharing the others when they're completed. I posted a short Work in Progress here on how I did the lowered flaps and brakes. There's not a lot about the kit I can tell that's not already said multiple times. I think it's a nice kit - I found the build fairly relaxing and didn't get many surprises in regards to fit and such. The kit is quite accurate, though in my opinion suffers from rather deep and wide engraved panel lines. The kit was built OOB except for Pavla main wheels and Albion Alloy tubing for the pitot tube. The decals were sourced from all kinds of places - the kit decal sheet, the Xtradecal Foreign Operator sheet, an Xtradecal sheet for Lightning F.3s and some other tiny bits (like a small yellow arrow pointing at the windscreen) from whatever I could find. I built the Vampire up as a T.11 in later Rodesian service. It says 'T.55' in my work in progress, as I'd initially planned to do one of the ex-SAAF Vampires acquired from South Africa in 1972 to beef up the aging fleet, but I decided to go for an 'original' instead for reasons that frankly now escape me. The T.11s like the model depicts were delivered in 1955 and as far as I'm aware came relatively fresh from the factory. This example is finished in the last colours it flew in before written off on September 1973, namely in early Bush War camouflage and Rhodesian republic markings. The T.11s wore no national markings on the wings; boom roundels and fin flashes only. I threw some weathering at it to simulate the effects of a warm climate and hot sun beating down on the wing surfaces. Two-seat Vampires were often waxed in Rhodesia, so I tried to replicate that too - the aircraft looked very glossy at times, though for the scale effect I tried to tone that down towards a satin sheen. Hope you like. Jay
    19 points
  5. Good Morning, just want show you my recently finished model. Revells F-15E Strike Eagle is the best F-15E Kit in 1/48 available at the best price. I added Quickboost Seats and scratched the seat rails.The rest is OOB. Painted with Revell Aqua. All the best Pete
    19 points
  6. Fresh off my desk this morning is Tamiya's brilliant little Bell X-1. I have built this kit before, back in the early 90's as a lad and I thought the addition of the interior detail was the best thing ever! That build was of Glamorous Glennis in her orange scheme so for this version, I have gone for the very fetching white with silver wings NACA scheme. I have taken a nod to the aircraft's heritage by painting the stand orange though..... Mostly out of the box with the addition of fuselage structure from plastic strip and some piping linking the fuel tanks to the rocket motor. I hope you like her as much as I do.......
    15 points
  7. Airfix 1/72 Armstrong Whitworth Whitley MkV Z9217 of 51 Squadron RAF Chivenor 1942 Decals courtesy of Xtradecals. It's sitting on paint pots because the landing gear isn't set yet! I'll post some better pics in the next few days, seeing as I'm up for work in 6 hours! Karl
    15 points
  8. The M4a2 w/76, it's the Russian export one, just did a generic one for practice. Thanks for looking.
    13 points
  9. Hello to all, it´s my last finished kit.
    13 points
  10. Hi all, Completed this as part of the hurricane GB, it is the airfix hurricane rag wing with its wings chopped off and some old rescribed airfix in wings slapped on... as you can probably see! It is my take on, using the very helpful info supplied by Tony O'toole, a hurricane mki which was adapted to take photos for recon. This flew from Luqa on malta and two of its pilots were the rather notable George Burges and Adrian Warburton. I think that's it really.... apart from a big thanks to CedB for the kind donation of transfers without which this would not have been completed, cheers mate Untitled by robert mulvey, on Flickr Untitled by robert mulvey, on Flickr Untitled by robert mulvey, on Flickr Untitled by robert mulvey, on Flickr Untitled by robert mulvey, on Flickr Untitled by robert mulvey, on Flickr Untitled by robert mulvey, on Flickr Untitled by robert mulvey, on Flickr Untitled by robert mulvey, on Flickr Feedback welcome Rob
    12 points
  11. Thanks guys. I entered my Helix in the Helicopter Class of the Scottish Nationals in Perth over the weekend and was delighted when it achieved the first place position: My Osprey got a Highly Commended and my Gazelle the Commended position so a clean sweep in the class. I wasn't expecting that but was very chuffed. Cheers, Nigel
    12 points
  12. You don't see many of these built, and those you do see are probably built better than this Now it's time for some smaller projects. Nigel
    10 points
  13. Hi folks here's a corsair I have just completed for the group build. It is a Corsair MkIV (KD780) as flown by Lt. Henry Adlam, Senior Pilot of 1846 Sqn. They were based aboard HMS Colossus from 1945-1946 and in June 1945 joined the 14th Carrier Air Group to continue the fight against Japan. The Sqn. went to Australia but the war ended before the carrier and it's air group could take part in any operations. The Sqn. corsair were subsequently dumped at sea somewhere near Sydney. After ferrying many serviceman that had been POWs the carrier sailed for South Africa where the aircraft were temporarily based at Wingfield. It is here that many of 1846 Sqn's well known photos were taken including this one: Which is the subsequent aircraft I wanted to model. If you haven't read 'On and Off the Flight Deck' by Henry Adlam, give it a read. It's a fascinating insight into the life of a naval fighter pilot and he takes part in many campaigns including Salerno, Escort carrier flying and the attacks on Palembang as a hellcat pilot. Later he becomes a batsman and joins 1846 Sqn. There is a photo in the book of '122' and through a bit of research and help from IanG, came to the conclusion that KD780 was the correct airframe. The kit itself has some resin wheels added, wing fuel caps deleted, Eduard seatbelts, exhausts drilled out, canopy handle added, flaps raised, ignition harness added, tail wheel tie down made from fuse wire, tin foil doped covers, CO vents and clipped wings. Here's one with the rest of the family: Now a few weeks ago I went to Kew and had a look at the 1846 Sqn. diary. On Sat 6th January 1946, the Sqn. had a competition for the cleanest and shiniest aircraft. Les Budd's aircraft (113/D) got first with Henry's 2nd. So no doubt it was a lot cleaner than what I've depicted. After the sqn left Wingfield, HMS Colossus headed back to Ceylon where they continued to keep up training. Henry mentions in his book that they equipped his aircraft with an oblique camera and carried out many practice recce sorties. Upon returning to the UK, Colossus arrived in the Solent and aircraft were flown off to Lee-On-the-Solent. Henry's aircraft carried a de-commisioning pennant tied to the radio mast. Link to build thread: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234997852-fleet-air-arm-corsair-mkiv-148-tamiya-finished-250416/page-1 Thanks very much for looking, also thanks to David H and all who have looked in. Cheers Nick
    10 points
  14. GWR 3700 CLASS No 3440 City of Truro Kit​: Dapol OO Scale City of Truro Extras Used: Gibson 4mm Handrail Knobs and Wire ModelMaster Etch Nameplates and Numbers Mainly Trains Smoke box Door Darts Etch Lamp Holders Lost wax Vac Pipes Lost wax Brake Columns Smiths Couplings HMRS Presfix GWR Lining Methfix GWR Lettering Paint Used Citadel Various Phoenix Precision GWR Green GWR Indian Red Link to Build City of Truro
    10 points
  15. Hi all. My recently finished 777. Great build, OOB. Decals are from Draw Decal. This particular jet, took me from Doha to Manila last november. https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1620/26033842484_532f90c243_z.jpg[/img Thanks, Robin
    9 points
  16. Hello Dear Friends The Canberra B(I).Mk88, No. 0240 shown in this post, was part of 8 (eight) aircraft bought by the Venezuelan Air Force (FAV) beginning in 1953. In 1977 this aircraft was overhauled by BE, modernized and converted to B.1.Mk88. This planeNo. 0240 served at the airbase Lieutenant Luis del Valle Garcia of the city of Barcelona, ​​Venezuela. In December 1986the plane had an accident and crashed close to Naricual ,a town 30 miles away from Barcelona. 1986.Canberra No.0240, was built using the Airfix model kit, English Electra Canberra B.1.8 in scale 1/48.The painting was done using Model Master ( Testor ) acrylic paint; mostly all decals are home made, but I also used some decals from the own model. Thank You RSK4 (Rafael), Venezuela
    9 points
  17. OK, this time I had finished the model on time. This is my Spitfire PR XI made from resine Arma Hobby set. Scale 1/72. Out of the box. This plane operated in the Pacific area. Kuala Lumpur 1945.
    9 points
  18. Hello to all, well, after my first build of the F-15E was "crashed", here´s my one: Revell McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle, 1/48. AF 87-0169 Tiger Lead, 391st FS/366th FW - Mountain Home AFB Operation Enduring Freedom, Loadout 2 - Heavy Duty. The Building time was ca. 1,5 months, sprayed with RAL 7015. OOB with Eduard RBF tags. Oilwash, Tamiya Pigments. Enjoy the pics! (PS Canopy is not glued on because my clearpart glue is off and the delivery will be next week. Will make daylight pics when the weather here is better, actually snow.......) Thanks for watching Oliver
    8 points
  19. Hello, This is my first post on this forum, I would like to show you my interpretation of the Seafang, with the What-If camo. Its a quite nice model to build, the fit is almost perfect, only the trailing edges on the wings and on the coolers had to thinned. Additions I've made were some scratch parts in the cockpit and an Eduard seatbelt and a Quickboost gunsight. A few WIP photos can been seen here: http://www.makett.org/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=129&t=4858
    8 points
  20. Hi all, I've just recently finished a conversion of Revell's 1/35 Series III into a Fire Service Land Rover L4P (Lightweight, 4 wheel-drive, Pump) for a good friend of mine who has a small private collection of emergency vehicles. It isn't based on any particular vehicle, and research showed that they differed significantly from Brigade to Brigade so this is more of a generic representation of the type. This was my first ever attempt at any form of scratch building and I have to say, I loved it. A relatively simple conversion just requiring the cab roof to be modified from the kit parts, the rear stowage and equipment made from plasticard and the tilt frame from copper wire. The only aftermarket I used was the Airwaves 1/35 chequer plate for the non-slip panels and rear bed floor. There are a few inaccuracies such as the beacon looking far to big after I had fitted it and it also needs a ladder but my confidence in my skills fell a bit short there! Unless anyone knows of a 1/35 scale aluminium ladder? Here's the pics........
    8 points
  21. The results of my quick build Fly Models 1/32 Ba-349 Natter. Nice kit which went together very well with no hassles at all. I chose to build it in flight without the rocket boosters so that I could build her very quickly, only two weekends from start to finish. Pilot is from a bf-109 kit and the nose rockets are from toothpicks Here are my results. My favourite pic Great fun other than loosing the great photo etched ring sight from the kit through my own stupidity I hope you like her and if you have a little cash and time this is a great kit with lots of potential. Oh, and yes, I know, no swastika and the nose rockets fired in one salvo but, hey, A guy's gotta have some fun. Dan
    8 points
  22. Hello all here is my second rfi in a week! It started as a Hasegawa B-17e and I added a H2s dome from a Revell Lancaster, the aerials on the tail are trimmed hand rails from a 1:400 Titanic and the upper aerial is an etch fret from the same. The decals are from an Airfix? Lancaster so not accurate but at least they match the serial and nose art! A nice build overall despite the kits age only the decals on the side silvered horribly and a landing light cover vanished into the wing never to be seen again. Some of the Windows were replaced with kristal clear and the model was painted with xtracrylix and Revell aqua colour. The B-17g is a Matchbox kit of some distant vintage.
    8 points
  23. Nope - just pointed, squirted and kept squirting till it was all covered. Just about sums up my entire airbrush technique actually Hawk 2 now has intakes now as well. Next step is to stick this little lot together
    8 points
  24. This is the good part, when the decals really start to bring everything to life.
    8 points
  25. Greetings everyone I thought it about time that I post some of the latest of my ship builds. The trouble is I rarely know when to stop on a ship build, so although they are classed as RFI there is still a bit of tinkering to go. If I waited until I completed them then I would never get them up here! So first up is HMS Bligh, which was a Capatain Class Frigate, on Lend/Lease from the US, originally a Buckley class Destroyer. She is the USS England release from Trumpeter in 1:350. I also used the GMM models etch fret which is excellent and also has conversion parts and notes to convert to a Captain class. I did also buy the WEM boat set for the Captain Class but I have only fitted the life dinghies so far (see second sentance!). Paint is from WEM (when they existed) and the rigging is very fine black thread which was a total . It worked out fine apart from the flag stay(?) which need a bit of tension as it seems a bit flappy! I started this build probably about 8 years ago and it spent many years on the shelf until I felt up to the rigging. The base was once a nice shiney brass but has tarnished over time, maybe need to get the brasso out! Any way here she is! Apologies for the poor photos, I did try to use flash but it kept causing shadows behind, it is only a point and shoot after all! Thanks for looking Bob Edit: Just noticed the missing anchors
    7 points
  26. Hi , this is my latest build, an Airfix Islander/Defender of the 15th Strike Wing, Philippine Airforce. I shaved off the rivets from the entire model and painted it with Model Master Helo Drab. I also inserted millions of stainless steel ball bearings in the nose of this kit to prevent it from sitting on her bum. Decals are home printed. Critique are welcome and many thanks for looking.
    7 points
  27. Hello Gentlemen, here you are the last of the four Japanese kits I had a chance to buy online few months ago with a good discount. The Hasegawa Shiden kit is as expected an easy and straight forward built. As usual I cut tail control surfaces and added details in the cockpit and on the engine. I was thinking also to scratch-build flaps (this plane has very interesting flaps) but I decided it was too difficult for my skills. Paint scheme is not really challenging, and I realised it with airbrush and Tamiya acrylics. I kept the weathering quite light and added engine exhaust stain using pastels. After four Japanese planes in about six months I'm pretty sure I will go back to some European stuff for the next one. Any comment and suggestion is welcome. Enjoy the pictures. Cheers Andy
    7 points
  28. AEC Matador, Model 0(853), 'Early' 79th (The Scottish Horse) Medium Regiment Scotland, May 1941 Kit: AFV Club - AF35236 Paint: AMMO by MIG Smart Set A.MIG 7140, British 1939-1945 (using A.MIG-110 SCC1A & A.MIG-111 SCC2) Weathering: MIG Powders Built completely out of the box with build thread here
    7 points
  29. ..added some more and it is nearly finished.. I love doing IP's... ..enjoyed that - so now onto more of the cockpit structure.. TTFN Peter
    7 points
  30. SS OPHIR Steam Coaster 1/170 Scratch Build (with a few bits of photo etch) Build thread: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234994334-ss-ophir-steam-coaster-finished/ Regards, Ray
    7 points
  31. Hello all! I have just finished a scratch build of a steam coaster which I did for the Made In Britain Group Build here on BM, and thought you might like a look. This was my first 'proper' scratch build of a ship, I had done one some time ago but it was a plastic version of a paper model. This one I had to work out myself, and largely succeeded, but I am aware of a number of mistakes, misinterpretations and areas I could improve. I still need to give her the name plates, and pop her on a sea base. There is a build thread: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234994334-ss-ophir-steam-coaster-finished/ I make no bones about who inspired this project, and that was fellow BM'er ShipbuilderMN whose Merchant Marine models were such a factor in me choosing this ship to do. I also had tons of help during the project, (Longshanks, Murdo, Lashenden amongst them) and plenty of encouragement. Thanks to everyone who chipped in! This was one of my most pleasurable builds I have ever had. Thanks for looking, Ray
    6 points
  32. I recently took a road trip to California with my Dad to meet some old friends and look at airplanes, and took a few pics along the way. I feel a little sheepish placing these in the 'Aviation Photography' section, as my camera skills can only be described as 'photography' in the broadest possible sense, but I figured some Britmodellers may find a few of the subjects interesting. First stop was the Pima Air Museum, where the mighty Procopius requested pics of helicopters, so that is where I started. OH-6 AH-1 Cobra Lynx Harrier GR.3 (featuring Cookie's water bottle) Jaguar Next was Planes of Fame in Chino, CA P-51D Contrast of aluminum lacquer covered wings and natural metal fuselage. Panel lines filled and flush rivets on top wing surface. Yes, I'm planning a couple NMF P-51's soon, and hoping to use these as references. P-51A Kittyhawk This one's for Ced. Although, I'm not sure it's a Hudson - an Electra in camo? I don't think it's Ventura or a Harpoon. Well, this is BM, so someone will know exactly what it is and let us know. EDIT: Rene (Caerbannog), Tony (TonyOT) and Simon (Beard) have identified this as a Lockheed Lodestar. Thanks guys, Britmodeller does it again! F-100 Target Drone that was too good at its job. Next up was the Yanks Air Museum, also in Chino, CA. Another Cobra for PC. Harrier GR.3 with a faded roundel that could have served as a useful reference for my own recent attempts at roundel fading if I hadn't already completed them - information that would have been useful yesterday. F-5 (P-38) YP-47M Caerbannog (Rene) recently built this very aircraft in a racing livery. P-61 ready for OOB build.
    6 points
  33. Hi, Next vintage model from my shelvs - Nakajima Ki 84 Ia Hayate in Allies code - Frank. This is very old Revell kit made actually twice by me sometime before 1978 (when I've got a breake in modelling due to start intesive dating...) I did the model very early (about 1973 or 74 perhaps, so I was let say 14-15) but then after a few years I immersed it in NaOH and removed all paint (using no gloves what was a bit painfull then - a skin below nails was breaking...), gently separate parts and glue it again and then painted it again. This "recycling" was because models were not easily available in Poland those years. Me and my brother were in better position regarding our collegues - our Grandfather lived in London and this was our source of models, but they were still very precious, so if you were not satisfied - you were recycling them because buying was not easy . I recycled many of my early models this way. And some of them I still have. Going back to model - the painting scheme is from 183 Shimbu Tai, Tatebayashi, August 1945 (? - whatever it is ). The profile, I followed, was published in some book like "Encyclopedy of airpalanes" or something like that. Now in net I have found very similar profile but with number 55 instead of 117. Before posting it I replaced the decals on wings which were in bad shape and added some fresh varnish obviously after very gently washing all over using brush and water. Comments welcome and regards Jerzy-Wojtek
    6 points
  34. Here's my recently finished F-4G Phantom II of the US Air Force Europe ( 23.TFS - Spangdahlem AB ) in the typical 1980's "Euro one" camo Built out of box 1/48 Hasegawa-Kit and used the original kit-decals Added parts: Aires and Eduard - Cockpit and Engine-AB and Nozzle Details Thanks for viewing
    6 points
  35. Nerded out and built a Revell A319 kit I had lying around in a personalised livery (imaginary airline I had when I was a kid). Clearly I was a complex child. Anyway, here it is. A 'Lomasair' A319. still a bit scratchy here and there, but i'm learning. ...and here it is on the shelf next to my BA 319. See that here.
    5 points
  36. Here's my attempt at Trumpeter's Tiran-6 in 1/35. As an aircraft guy, doing armour for the first time was quite daunting. Pigment powders and liberal dusting of sand colour were foreign to me but I'm glad that this one turned out alright at least in my eyes. Hopefully I will be able to follow up with more of these steel beasts in the future but in the meantime I'll settle for some aircraft therapy. Enjoy the photos! Mark
    5 points
  37. Hi, Few Airspeed Horsa gliders with troops started about midnight of 5th June 1944 in aim to capture one or more (I am not that much expert to know it exactly) bridges in Normandy - one of the most fameus was so called Pegasus bridge. Here is a basic info https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasus_Bridge. Some years ago I made a Horsa machine from this action: I added some details inside and modified skid following the photos. On the contrary to Albemarle, which was badly weathered I assumed that Horsa was almost directly from production line (perhaps I was wrong?) - so even I made her with satin finish... Comments welcome Cheers Jerzy-Wojtek
    5 points
  38. Hi, Next from shelvs. This is a very vinatge model - I made it in 1976 or 77, when I was about 17 -18 yeras old....This is old LS kit and painting scheme is presenting machine of Head Quater Chutai, 77 Sentai, Burma 43-44. https://weaponsandwarfare.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/zbdfgbdfg.jpg Recently I only wash it carefuly from dust (was really dark) and replaced the hinomarus from top and on fuselage - they were in bad shape... I gave also fresh a bit satin Vallejo varnish cover... Comments welcome and regards Jerzy-Wojtek
    5 points
  39. Something new for my Korean War aircraft collection - 1/72 Hawker Sea Fury FB.11, serial VX 730, number K 109, 805. Squadron Royal Australian Navy, HMAS Sydney, Korea 1951. Built with Trumpeter`s kit, Eduard`s Zoom PE parts for cockpit and Pavla`s resin propeller. Some modifications were made (for ex.: 3mm longer gear struts, bigger wheels, area behind the cockpit aligned to fuselage, opened step on port side, exhaust pipes, pitot tube etc.). Decals are from AIMS decals set "UK & Commonwealth in Korea". Painted with Gunze C.
    5 points
  40. Thank you Col. One of my favorite parts of a build! Thank you Giemme. You are the master at making 1/72 PE detailing look like it's in a much larger scale! As evidenced by your current project! Thank you very much Giorgio. I've mostly used PE for 1/48 or larger builds before so this does seem exceedingly small at times. First job yesterday was to get the elevators to be able to be displayed lowered - cuts along the angled end sections with the saw: Then, following some scoring with a craft knife along the longer line: Then it was onto the wings. If you've seen any of my previous builds you may have seen the way I sometimes join them to the fuselage - top sections first. The Tamiya instructions actually suggest gluing the upper wings to the lower wing unit and then attaching the whole lot to the fuselage. A couple of test fits suggested the join wasn't going to be spot on with these so I opted for my method - port upper wing section first: In the photo above you can see I had remembered to paint the inside of the wheel well! .........and this is the joint after it had had chance to set for a while: Then it was time for the upper section of the starboard wing to be joined: .....and this is the joint - not quite as good as some glue managed to ooze through in a couple of places - a bit of tidying up will be required: After the upper wing sections had had chance to set properly I attached the lower wing unit: .....and the stabilisers: .....from below: During the afternoon I did some bits and pieces - first off I looked at the exhausts - which, as usual, don't have hollowed out ends: So after a bit of work with some micro drills and a small, blunt micro-screwdriver: I also fitted the two PE radiator pieces - they were a bit difficult to photograph once in place: Final job yesterday was to fit the two tiny PE locking units on the undercarriage legs: I had an enjoyable day working on this project but now have to wait until next weekend to do any more......... Comments and suggestions welcome. Kind regards, Stix
    5 points
  41. Another busy two days and I’ve just about done my eyes in!! Again most of the time has been spent working on the cockpits, especially the resin one, but I have done some other work. First up the resin cockpit, I can’t believe how much time I’ve spent on this but I must say she look pretty dam good! That seat is just sitting there but I don’t have to worry about it falling out…the fit is more than snug!! Just a couple of minor bits to finish but I need to do them right at the very end. Next job was the air brakes, I wish these had been resin like the Su-17’s as it would have made life so much easier! The new interiors were fitted along with some extra sprue for strength, don’t want them falling out! The interior detail was added along with the small curved bit at the end, it had a very small bit of sprue on the inside for strength. Next up was the air brakes themselves, they’re in two pieces and had to be made up….horrible job! So this bit is pretty much done, I’ll be treating these like the Auxiliary Intake doors, the uppers ones will be almost closed while the lower ones are fully one. Again with hydraulics off these tended to sag as can be seen in a few photos. I started to do some work on the fuselage section of the main wheel wells as this area is the wrong shape, my initial work just didn’t look quite right. So after some more research I found the correct shapes I need….unfortunately this will require some surgery!! Strangely looking at other peoples builds they seem to fill this section up and add just a dished area for the wheel, which is not right either. Excuse my poor Photoshop work (was in a hurry), basically the fuselage shape follows through the wheel well section and is not square as in the model. Plus the wing part is hollow, so the yellow section needs to be removed while a new contoured section about where the blue is, there is a small dish in this section as well for the wheel to fit. I think that best way to go for this is to remove the whole section and start from scratch, quite a bit more work but should look much better. So as usual I have found some more modifications to do………. I am starting to think that one build will be the super detailed “show” one and the other will be a bit more basic…..for my sanity’s sake! Well I very happy with the start I’ve made, got plenty of time so may have a break from it tomorrow. ..lest we forget... ANZAC Day 2016
    5 points
  42. Airfix 1/72 Starter Set Brush painted from kit paints build thread: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234996295-completed-172-airfix-mk1-starter-set/ P4240005 by Robert Worth, on Flickr P4240010 by Robert Worth, on Flickr P4240011 by Robert Worth, on Flickr P4240013 by Robert Worth, on Flickr
    5 points
  43. Hello! I'm a Fairly recent returnee to to the hobby, and was keen to try out all these new techniques. Please excuse this rusty Chieftain, I got one of those Tank Art books, and it's easy to get carried away practicing all those techniques. I could say it was a very lucky range target, but I don't suppose they'd leave the baskets and GPMG on... Anyway, I had fun making it (Apart from the tracks, that wasn't fun) and learnt a lot about chipping, oil paint and such. Cheers!
    4 points
  44. Hi, Another 40 years old model from my shelvs: Kawasaki Ki 45 Toryu (nickname "Nick" ) , kit by Revell. I made it in 1977 I think. (EDIT:) Painting scheme is of 3 Chutai, 53 Sentai JAAF, Matsuda airfield, Chiba Prefecture Japan, Dec. 1944. Silver paint was applied using spray from cane, green by Humbrol Authentic. A day before yesterday I cleaned it with water but white strips from top of wing and on top of fuselage were still remaining dirty. I sand them off a bit, very gently and repaint adding then new decals. Then - some varnish on them. Comments welcome Cheers Jerzy-Wojtek
    4 points
  45. Hi everybody, I have finally managed to finish something. It is Hawker Hunter 842 from Oman, approximately from the early/mid 1980s. This Hunter is one of the former Jordanian a/c presented to Oman in 1975, serviced by Airwork Ltd., a British contractor, and flown by British and Omani pilots. You will certainly have seen the pictures of fairly low flying Omani Hunters and Jaguars. It must have been a interesting period for the people involved and at least for the foreign contractors, Oman seems to have been a dry country only in meteorological terms. Together with the Swiss and Singaporean Hunters the Omani a/c were the most modified variants of this classic fighter. Apart from their unique two-tone blue-grey camouflage (the pattern is similar to the one used by Rhodesia and of course based on the three-tone RAF scheme) the Omani Hunters also received new pylons under the wing roots for carrying Sidewinders. Towards the end of their career, some Hunters were also fitted with AN/ALE-40 countermeasure dispensers on the rear fuselage. There were also several patterns of camera noses, not all identical with the RAF's FR.10. For this model I have used the Revell F.6 kit (because I had it in my stash) and added the fairing for the brake parachute using a resin item made by Quickboost. Eduard Brassin provided the AIM-9P Sidewinders. The inner pylons and the chaff/flare dispensers were scratch built. I also added the outboard 3 in-rocket rails which the Omani Hunters carried throughout their carreer as well as the "towel rail"-antenna on the lower fuselage. The paints used are my own free-hand mix of Tamiya XF-2, XF-18 and XF-82 for both the lighter and the darker blue-grey. The decals (never many on Omani aircraft!) came from Xtradecal with some modification to get the Arab "842". Based on photos I aimed at a very weatherd look. Photographing models still presents a challenge to me and it was remarkably how much the colours shift depending on lighting and background. Actually, I haven't fully understood yet how this highly automated camera works. Anyway, that is how the model looks approximately: And finally: together with a RAF Hunter operated in the same part of the world (but roughly 20 years earlier!):
    4 points
  46. Morning all,two gloss coats last night so the decalling has begun,the decals are very thin on this sheet which suits the contours and details although I,ve noticed with a lot of new Airfix sheets of late the serials tend to silver so a scary moment when I had to ease the decal off and gloss it in,all's well and I,m pre-warned for the port side.
    4 points
  47. Minesweeping was a regular but dangerous affair (not unlike the real thing) in the NAAFI at RAF Halton. I was too squeamish to try it more than once (finding a cigarette butt, or would that be the Mine, in the bottom of the glass was enough for me) but some other hardy souls (i.e. the Rugby playing crowd) couldn't resist? PC, why the 8 mile run, had your car broken down in a bad neighbourhood or what? Duncan B (who couldn't run to the car!)
    4 points
  48. Hi Dave (may I call you Dave?!) Having been alerted to this thread by your other post over on the chat forum, I thought I'd wander over and have a look at the R1! It is a great kit, isn't t?! I am sadly now an ex-biker, having sold my Ducati 848 Evo Sport SE last year after trying to see how fast it would go... Sorry, what was your day job again?! Seriously, though, fast sports bikes and young families rarely go well together so I now have fun in my re-mapped BMW 330D.... Oh well, just don't tell your French colleagues! Anyway, the bike looks great so far and the chain / sprocket looks very good indeed with just the right amount of dirtiness about it. Most bikers look after their hardware to a greater degree than the average motorist. There are two areas that immediately caught my eye that could, if you wanted to continue with bike / car building, be improved to get a more realistic finish. My choice of finish for the frame would have been from the Alclad II range of metallics, which as you probably know, are a much finer metallic flake and allow for very realistic metallic finishes. I'd go for Polished Aluminium over a glass black undercoat for a R1 frame. The paintwork on the nose fairing is really nice, but there has been a slight bleed under the masking tape where you've sprayed the red over the white. Next time, before spraying the darker colour, cut the masking tape lengthways with a metal ruler and scalpel. The manufacturers edge is never as neat as a freshly cut one. After applying the tape, spray a little of the lighter colour (white in this case) along the edge of the masking tape. This seals the demarkation and any bleeding of paint underneath will be the same colour. I was amazed at how sharp on edge you can get using this method. If you want to throw a bit of cash at these Tamiya bikes, there are after market fork sets available that are anodised aluminium. They are a bit costly, but make a huge difference to that area. Also available are etched sets that really do get the brake discs looking right and on-scale. Should you really want to go to town, then Top Studio do etched and turned metal chains, but that's just bonkers! Finally, I always used to use the supplied plastic piping for the brake / clutch cables etc. But a little look around the garage revealed lots of finer black cable that looks more to scale. The stuff that Tamiya supply is about 1.2mm thick, scaling that up means a brake cable would be 1.5 cm thick, when in reality they are about half that. I really hope the above helps Dave, you've done a great job on your first bike and although there's not many of us about, there are a few of us that jump across the different genres and like to dabble in other modelling subjects. I'm looking forward to the next one! Ducati with Senna decals?! Oh, and definitely finally, the best paints for the motorsport enthusiast are certainly Zero Paints from Steve at Hiroboy here. Hope to see more of your work and all the very best from France!
    4 points
  49. What a great GB this has been. Thanks to everyone for keeping me entertained over the last 4 months and to Shermaniac and Col for being brilliant Hosts (as always!). Cheers Cliff
    4 points
  50. British Airways Viscount 800 Built from the S&M kit with 26 Decals, Halfords appliance white, Humbrol midnight blue and my own mix of Gunze acrylic for the grey. Oh yes, a homemade nosewheel strut after the original got broken and then lost (at least the wheels were still in the box!). Regards Mike
    4 points
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