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  1. I thought I'd share and older build with everyone It's a CP-107 Argus in 1/72. As most will know this never existed as a kit, although I have heard Frog made one and Welsh models has a 1/144 one still available. I made this back in about 2002. At that time I only saw one of these in person (#715)and it was cut up already sitting at the Gimili airport (one hour north of Winnipeg, former RCAF base) belonging to the Western Canada Aviation Museum. They had bought it from a Saskatchewan scrap metal dealer (It was flown there sometime after retirement) It was hauled in sections from there to Gimili. The wings and tailplane were cut off. One wing per rig, the fuse on another, engines etc on another. I only saw pictures of that. To bad they never premade fish plates for the wing spars, so I doubt you could ever reattach the wings to any degree. Otherwise it was complete. I heard not long ago it was scrapped and the engines were sold. I did see my first complete one in Summerside PEI five years ago as a gate guard. Anyway, at the time I had no real idea how to do it. I decided to kitbash a DC-6 and a B-29 since they had the most usable parts. I had a second DC-6 fuse and wings. I used these two because the B-29 is the same size minus the MAD boom and the DC-6 has a similar fuselage, same props,usable engines and cowlings. Here's the fuse with some notes on it. Here's the inside with bulkheads made. I had to because the weapons bays was going to be open and it needed any extra strength I could put into it. I also cut the nose down and reshaped the nose sides to make them flatter.The base of the dorsal fin was removed and the B-29 tail cone area was inverted and glued on. Any light grey plastic you see is the B-29 parts. The fuselage also has to be widened by two scale feet. I made that from channel strip styrene. Here's the cockpit parts, most I made up, the seats are the DC-6 ones, just made taller and made headrests. Here's the cockpit roof which is a thick piece of plastic shaped and fitted. You can see some bulkhead and nose detail. I drew the lightning bolt stripe on the side in order to reference to line things up. Note air scoops on the sides which I put in the wrong spot, to low. Here's a look at the instrument panel. The cockpit windows will be opened. A few more details and notes, some bodywork do to. Here's the wings now. You can see how they were made longer, or wider depending on how you look at it. I also had to make strong spars to to help hold this all together. The flaps are also being left down since that's how the were left when parked. I was told it made pre-flights easier. Here's the new tail plane, good thing I had a spare tail plane. Here's most of the bodywork done. I made the nacelles from balsa, should have used a harder wood, takes a lot to seal balsa for painting but it's easy to sand. The dorsal fin was also enlarged. Most surface details were added to the best of what I could tell was accurate. Here's more views of body work, last one is just before painting started. The clear parts were all vac formed by a fellow club member (who also supplied a lot of detail pictures) except for the cockpit windows which are flat. The waist windows are slightly bulged. The landing gear was made from bits of the two kits. The nose wheels are from I think a 1/200 747. The mains are from some spares I had,forget what. Click2Detail was offering a 3D set of landing gear for the Britannia, not sure if they ever did anything with them, look them up on facebook. I don't have much for good finished pictures but this is the most recent. It's a link to my flikr, so I hope it works here. It shows as the picture, good. It's parked next to my Super Crusader. Here's the one at Summerside PEI, #739. I did mine #734 because it was the easiest to cut and all I had left from the decal set I had. I used two maritime Lancastor decal sets and some spares. I paint is Humbrol white and guards red. The silver in a couple shades of Metalizer with Metalizer clear. Kinda funny note, when I first brought this out to my model club,very few people knew what it was. This was strange since they are are self proclaimed experts on Canadian subjects. Luckily one member was an engine tech on these. After seeing the real ones (one in Greenwood Nova Scotia to) and a very good book that came out a few years ago, I now see details that I missed. But that's ok, I'm not going to send it in for refurbishment. The ailerons do point up when parked. They come down and become effective on take off roll. Word now is that Mach2 is bringing out a 1/72 Britannia which is what prompted me to post this build. Hopefully there will be aftermarket bits and conversions for it. I want to have another Argus, but don't want to torture myself building with this method again. This one took 225 hours and I had no rotory motor tool for grinding/sanding/cutting and no internet then. Here's a link to the topic about the Mach 2 Britannia. http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235027098-172-bristol-175-britannia-by-mach2-test-build-release-november-2017/&
    26 points
  2. This is Airfix's very nice 1/48th scale Hurricane kit, I really enjoyed this build. I added a few details to the cockpit and gun bay, improved the landing lights by open the structure around them, removed the cowling Dzus fasteners and replaced them with a beading tool, added Brassin wheels, used the Aires exhausts which had to be cut apart and glue back together in the correct place as it has the exhausts are too far apart. Painted with Humbrol enamels and decals from Xtradecal.
    21 points
  3. Well, since I finished the Airfix kit, I wanted to do another Mustang from the same decal sheet. This cheeky named steed fit the bill! Tamiya kit OOB, except for the decals which are from the he same sheet as the D. and here ya have them! Meng, Tamiya, and Airfix.
    15 points
  4. HI Other one finish has little time there , P40c trumpeter ,A model which asks for a little of work and with a little of care arrives has to make a beautiful model..... white métal landing gear,model master gun's barrel, photo etched eduard cockpit ,painting mask AML for red star and code , resin soviet pilot QIN YI ,painting gunze ,tamiya and AK shipping fluid , divers wash oil and tamiya , watercolor pencils photos winter effect the soviet pilot painting acrylic and mixture citadelle for the face pascal
    14 points
  5. Hello to all, after the vintage race car Fiat 806 Corsa 1/12, my last build, and the american classic car Chevrolet Bel Air Convertible 1957 1/25, I am happy to present here a very different model: the nice Yakovlev Yak 3 Eduard at 1/48. The decision to build this kit comes from my indescriblable enthusiasm for the great Juan Manuel Villalba's "Guide du maquettisme aéronautique" (Histoire et collections ed.), in which, through others, the famous modeler dedicated several pages to a wonderful Yak 3 (everything this man touches turns to gold, imho). My build began in april 2016 and finished in july of the same year. I decided to follow the steps of the master, and came in contact with him (he is not only a great artist, he is also a delicious man, of an extreme kindness). He replied patiently to all the questions I had (and I had many...), and with the book and his hints, I learnt a lot. I would like so much to meet him, we are regularly in contact by mail, but pity, we live so far apart... To be honest, I must say in this build, most of the ideas were not mine but his ones (he would say the contrary, and that definitely, it is my personal work, he is so kind...). I was most of the time just trying to reproduce what he had done before me. I am not ashamed to say that, Woody Allen was also influenced by other directors, before finding his own style (I am a fan). Well, let's leave Juan (he is so modest, he would be embarrassed if I go on...) to see the pics: I will begin with a few photos, screen captures from videos found on YouTube, of the real aircraft, on a restored version: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- and now the build. My pics will follow logically the steps of construction. Just a word about the kit: except the decal sheet, of quite poor quality, this Profipack Eduard kit is excellent. I have been so critical (rightly) about the Fiat and the Chevrolet, it is fair and important to say too when a kit is very good... Of course, if there are questions, I will reply with pleasure...
    14 points
  6. hello guy's !! For a long time I have nothing poster here.............sorry ......... thus here is my last one A1-J Tamiya , paint AK interactive set Vietnam and, gunze , tamiya , camouflage free hand , exhausts 50/50 nato black tamiya and matt brown diluted 90% with alcohol low pressure (1 bar ) and resumption with pencils watercolor for the effects , eduard zomm for cockpit , quick boost resin boot cockpit sliding enclosure I believe I have to forget nothing, an assembly which my pleased good I think of redoing him but in 1/32 scale ... cheers Pascal .
    13 points
  7. So this is my 9 year daughters first dio( with a bit of help from Dad) she has always like the modles that i build but never really wanted to build one herself, so we came up with this idea. Air drying clay was used for the hedgehogs we made them last weekend, i did make the shape but she did the eyes and spike details and painted them. The rest of the dio is all her own work and the grass looks better than what i do(the pva is still drying) and the leaves and wood are picked from the garden. We both hope you like it.
    12 points
  8. Rescued another partially finished build from the boneyard. Kittyhawk's 1/48 F-94C remains my favorite of all their offerings. I love the subject and this kit seemed to fall together. Finished with Alclad and Tamiya acrylics. Decals came in the box. My next post will involve a trip to Vacuform Land. Stay tuned.
    12 points
  9. ^^ As I put nothing on the forum for a long time I release this evening....lol another finish and Just my third tamiya corsair 1/32 scale .... yes I no ....There is anything more has to make for my case... Painting Gunze, textile harness HGW, wheels resin Brassin, wash AK, pigments tamiya and AK, watercolors pencils, decal barracuda "RAMBLIN WRECK" Espirito Santo MAY 1944 Well on him the D ....is in the stash ^^ pascal
    11 points
  10. The clues have all been there if you look in a 'Ted Rodgers 321 game show style'... Three of the main roads going to the Telford show are the M54, the A5 and the A442,.. ..add up all the fours and you get 12... add the 5's and the 2 and you get 12...a Squadron maybe?.... ...then there's the event itself - could be described as a sort of modeller's 'heaven'?.... ...well 'heaven' rhymes with Devon. Telfords's not in Devon, but Paignton is.... ....and Paignton is 208 miles from Telford..... 208,...another Squadron?.... ....then there's Telford itself,.... Telford begins with a 'T' and 'T' rhymes with 'C'.... .....the scurge of the Sea are Pirates...... ....and another name for a pirate might be a .......B********?.. I can totally see where the expectations arose.
    11 points
  11. Hasegawa model with many extras. Camo - Pakistan/India war 1971. Oryginally "D" from Jordanian AF dispatched to help Pakistan and shot down 17 december 1971 by Indian Mig-21. I invite You to watch.
    9 points
  12. Whatever the subject, one must admit that the Italian designers got class! No matter it is in their DNA! So when Italy received the DB 605 leading to the magnificent "Series 5"(Fiat G55, Macchi 205, Reggiane 2005), some of the most beautiful airplanes were born. The "Saggitario"has always been my favorite despite that she was the less product of the three, but the lines of this horse are absolutely a piece of art. The plane depicts here carries the "Spauracchio" insignia designed by Beppe Biron, and the plane belongs to the 352° Squadriglia involved in the defense of Napoli. DSC_0002 by jean Barby, sur Flickr DSC_0003 by jean Barby, sur Flickr DSC_0004 by jean Barby, sur Flickr DSC_0005 by jean Barby, sur Flickr DSC_0006 by jean Barby, sur Flickr DSC_0007 by jean Barby, sur Flickr DSC_0008 by jean Barby, sur Flickr DSC_0009 by jean Barby, sur Flickr
    9 points
  13. Hi everyone,thought you all might like to see the collection of our late member Ronnie who sadly passed away in september 2013,during the latter years of his illness Ron was unable to continue modelling or participate in the forums ,consequently many of his models which were built over a long period of time have never been posted before.This seems to be a good time to show them as Rons widow is shortly moving to Australia to join her family and the whole collection is being shipped with her,fingers crossed they survive ok.Sorry if picture quality is not that good as there are reflections in the cabinets plus my photographic skills are not that great.Thank you Ron for 50 years of wonderful memories. Michael. DSC00435 by michael hobday, on FlickrDSC00436 by michael hobday, on FlickrDSC00437 by michael hobday, on FlickrDSC00439 by michael hobday, on FlickrDSC00438 by michael hobday, on FlickrDSC00441 by michael hobday, on DSC00442 by michael hobday, on FlickrFlickrDSC00440 by michael hobday, on FlickrDSC00443 by michael hobday, on FlickrDSC00445 by michael hobday, on FlickrDSC00444 by michael hobday, on FlickrDSC00447 by michael hobday, on DSC00449 by michael hobday, on FlickrFlickrDSC00446 by michael hobday, on FlickrDSC00450 by michael hobday, on FlickrDSC00453 by michael hobday, on DSC00454 by michael hobday, on FlickrFlickrDSC00452 by michael hobday, on DSC00456 by michael hobday, on DSC00457 by michael hobday, on DSC00459 by michael hobday, on FlickrDSC00458 by michael hobday, on FlickrFlickrFlickrFlickrDSC00451 by michael hobday, on FlickrDSC00461 by michael hobday, on FlickrDSC00460 by michael hobday, on FlickrDSC00455 by michael hobday, on FlickrDSC00462 by michael hobday, on FlickrDSC00466 by michael hobday, on FlickrDSC00465 by michael hobday, on FlickrDSC00463 by michael hobday, on FlickrDSC00467 by michael hobday, on FlickrDSC00472 by michael hobday, on DSC00473 by michael hobday, on FlickrFlickrDSC00471 by michael hobday, on FlickrDSC00474 by michael hobday, on Flickr
    8 points
  14. Hello again! As promised here is my 1/48 Hobbyboss F4U-1 Corsair on its scratch built display plinth. I wanted to capture the look of a sun bleached, beaten up Corsair waiting for the next sortie.
    8 points
  15. Ahoy! My 11th completed model in 2017. This is Eduard's Weekend Edition, so it is a bit simplified. No PE I in the box, so I included some generic PE belts, and scrstchbuilt the metal suspension straps for the drop tank. I also added elastic fabric aerial wires. The rest of the kit is out of the box. All paint is Tamiya.
    8 points
  16. Interesting trivia question: When was WW1's last 5-victory air 'ace' declared? The war was over in November 1918. Allowing for the 'dust to settle'...and considering the well-known efficiency of military bureaucracies...it might have taken a while for reports to be processed and paperwork to make its way through channels, right?. So, what, maybe 1919-1920? Maybe 1922 at the outside? How about 1965? (A full World War, a 'police action' and several military 'interventions' later....) Born in 1896, Charles d'Olive enlisted in the US Army Signal Corps in 1917 and became a member of the first class of US pilots trained for WW1, soloing at Chanute Field in May. After being sent to France for operational training, in August 1918 he was posted to the newly-formed 93rd Aero Squadron near Vaucouleurs to fly the SPAD XIII. He scored the new unit's first victory---a Fokker D.VII, near Vieville-en-Haye---on September 12, thus earning the right to decorate his aircraft #24 with the Squadron's newly-created 'Indian Head' unit emblem (which he'd actually had a hand in designing). He went on to score three more victories (two shared with another pilot) on the very next day, and another a month later. Toward the end of October, he was appointed to the 141st Aero Squadron as a flight commander. For the three-victory engagement---in which d'Olive and another American pilot engaged and out-fought a formation of 5 enemy planes---he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism in action. Unfortunately...due to a clerical error in recording his victories...Lt. d'Olive was only credited for two of his three September 13th kills. Thus he was 'officially' one victory short of the five required for 'ace' status. While undoubtedly disappointed, he didn't dwell on it; the war was over and he had a life to get back to. He returned to the US, started a family, and went on to become a successful businessman. In whimsical moments, he would occasionally wonder what happened to the 'third Fokker' from the battle for which he won his DSC. Fast-forward to the mid-1960s. Driving to work one day, d'Olive happened to hear a news story on his car radio regarding the upcoming deadline for the U.S. Government to close out service records for WWI veterans. He took the opportunity, and made arrangements to have his records reexamined. During the official review of his personal records, it was noticed that Lieutenant d'Olive's DSC citation reflected three kills, but the official record from the engagement on September 13, 1918, tallied up only two. He petitioned the Air Force, and his record was integrated between the citation and the other records. In 1965...47 years after the fact...Lieutenant d'Olive was finally declared a WWI Ace. Beloved by his friends and family, honored and well-respected in his community, and a proud member...at long last...of the American Fighter Aces Association, former 1st Lt. Charles Rudolph d'Olive died of cancer in July 1974. Though not the most aesthetically beautiful of WW1 fighters---having once been famously described as looking like 'a cigar butt between two clap-boards flying in close formation'---the SPAD has always been my favorite of the era: partly because of its association with so many of the American squadrons and pilots, and partly for its reputation as a sturdy, 'get-the-job-done' machine. It has been reasonably well-represented in all modeling scales, dating back to Revell's ancient 1/28 kit (which is still available). Hobbycraft's 1/32 SPAD XIII---now apparently (and sadly) out of production---is a little gem of a kit. Though not without a sinkhole or a bit of soft molding here and there, it is both well-detailed and well-engineered, with excellent fit overall. Though lacking any engine, the cockpit is reasonably complete, with separate intruments (and two-layer faces provided as decals), controls, and a convincing seat (but no belts) included. Exterior fuselage detail is particularly fine; and the main and interplane struts are among the most petite and 'scale' thickness I've ever encountered. Having said all that...I scratchbuilt much of the cockpit detail, simply out of my love for this particular 'aeroplane'... and the fact that the Memorial Flight Organization in France has posted glorious color photos of their restored original Kellner-built SPAD XIII online, showing nearly every detail, inside and out. A true treasure-trove for the obsessive modeler! Other than the interior---and the added camera/bomb compartment door, just aft of the cockpit on the port underside---my build was mostly OOB. I did add drains for the under-nose oil-cooler and beneath the cowling for the radiator, and the visible feed line from the reservoir built into the upper wing center section. I also added my favorite SPAD detail, the 'emergency fuel jettison' in case of an emergency landing: activated by a pull-ring on a cable extending back to a handle in the cockpit, it's simply a soft-soldered strip---looking very much like the 'pull tab' on a modern soda-can---on the underside main fuel tank, between the landing gear struts. The five-color French camouflage scheme was painted with 'home' mixes of Tamiya acrylics, based largely on color photos of the Smithsonian's carefully-restored Kellner-built 'Smith IV' from the 22nd Aero. After experimenting with several techniques to try and replicate the peculiar 'sheen' of the WW1 French fabric pigments---which contained as much as 25% aluminum 'flake' powder, to offer protection against degradation from sunlight---I finally found a method that produced a convincing-looking finish. I added a bit of Tamiya Aluminum to Future/Kleer at a ratio of about 1 part acrylic paint to 20 parts floor finish, and hand-brushed it on, mixing the solution frequently as I worked. It gave the same sort of faintly-pearlescent sheen as seen in photos, without the aluminum tint being obvious or even visible except at super-close range. (I later oversprayed the 'fabric' areas with a mix of Future and Vallejo Matt to get the right satiny near-matte appearance.) 'Metal' panels on the original aircraft were painted in oil-based Ripolin paints, rather than the dope of the fabric areas; these colors were close to, but not an exact match, for the respective dope colors, so I 'fiddled' my Tamiya mixes accordingly. Roundels and rudder stripes were from the kit's old-but-good decal sheet, though with the pronounced 'French blue' (blue-grey) portions overpainted in a sort of artist's-oil glaze to a more 'insignia' blue. Numbers, stencils, and the 93rd Aero unit insignia were made up based on online images, home-printed on my faithful HP inkjet, and sealed with Testors Decal Bonder; printed on white decal stock, they required some careful trimming (and a touch-up here and there), but went on mostly without issue. The green portion of the squadron wing stripes was masked and painted, with thin red strips from decal stock. The complex rigging is a combination of fine music-wire for the cross-bracing between struts, and EZ-Line for the (double) flying- and (single) landing-wires. 'Wrapped' portions are sections of polyimide tubing threaded onto the EZ-Line. Hardware came from several Eduard etch sheets (for the Roden SPAD VII, and their generic 1/32 'turnbuckles' set) super-glued to the pre-measured lengths of EZ-Line, with the brackets carefully 'snagged' and 'pinned' in place as struts were installed. It all took a bit of forethought and planning...but went fairly straightforwardly...and proved surprisingly strong. [The last was tested...entirely unintentionally...when I managed to accidentally drop the model when it was about 90% complete. Fortunately, it was a 'low altitude' and relatively low-impact crash; even more fortunately, I somehow managed to resist the impulse to (a) weep, or (b) hurl the 'wreckage' against the nearest wall. (And I came very close to both.) After about ten minutes...and a few deep breaths...the damage proved to be daunting, but not devastating. No damage at all to the fuselage, since it 'hit' nose-first (cowl not yet on). One wheel snapped off at the axle, and the gear legs on one side a bit askew---all easily fixable. More challengingly, the top wing snapped off...but all but one of the EZ-Lines were still attached. Most struts broken in half...and a few unaccountably vanished into the ether, never to be found again. I made new struts, and slowly and methodically super-glued everything else back into place. It's not quite as 'clean' as the first version...but almost everything managed to end up more-or-less square and properly aligned once again---a testament to the kit's design, I think---so I can't much complain.] Between the five-color camouflage scheme and the red-white-and-blue markings, it's one of the most colorful big-scale pieces I've ever done...and I must confess I'm hopelessly in love with it. The moreso since it survived a near-miss due to my own relentless incompetence. Also, as a longtime admirer of Charles d'Olive's remarkable story, I hope it's a fitting small tribute to the 'moral' of that story: never give up. Not sure if Wingnut Wings will ever do the SPAD up 'right,' but even if they don't, I have one more of these in the stash, to ultimately do as Ray Brooks' 'Smith IV.' (I did 'doubles' of all my scratch-built interior parts when I built this one, so the interior is ready to roll.) 'Smith IV' will require a bit of modification to replicate the 'pocketed' lower wingtips on that NASM machine, and replace the Vickers guns with Marlin m.g.'s. I already have the Tom's Modelworks etched set for the wing pockets, but I'll have to scratch the Marlin guns, which is a relatively easy task. I also have an idea for what I hope will be a cool little display base for this a/c...which I will share separately, if it comes out at all as I envision. Thanks for looking in, and I hope you enjoy the pics.
    8 points
  17. Great to see you all folks Steve was introduced to his brilliant vortex generators And Crisp, Keith, Tomo, Nigel, Ced, Mark, Whofan and so many more I didn't get name checks made. Whilst my memory fade might make me seem uncaring I am not There was a redheaded lady around too. 😊 I am sorry but just a tad pleased with the comp judges, my Wasp has been given the 4+ trophy, this excitement is part of why the names are lost in my memory. 😕😬😩😧
    8 points
  18. Pretty much all brushes from here on in - first some high- & low-lights (I might normally try some variation in the base shade with the airbrush, but there are so many ribs etc that I think for once I will have better control with a brush). Once I am happy with the look of a "pristine" IG coat, it will be time to bash it around a bit (quite a lot, actually!) - black, steel, duraluminium, etc, & some of the faithful Prismacolor silver pencil. Then seal it, and then, yes, some washes. This was an airframe that had been worked very hard for at least 4 years; they'd have done their best to keep it presentable, but I suspect the interior would have been looking pretty shabby by the time my Dad sat in it! That's how it's going to be modelled, anyway… I am in the mood for more origami, so have done two of the four bomb racks. No criticism of Airfix is intended by showing the comparison with a kit part; this sort of thing is what PE is perfect for; the limitations of moulding mean that you simply couldn't do anything this delicate (other than in resin). They will now live in a strong plastic box on their own until used! Mind you, if you think these are delicate, wait until you see the Light Series Bomb Carriers…
    8 points
  19. Some modeller friends intend or are about to build the Italeri Mef , that´s why I decided to post my pics. In 2015 I bought a damaged and incomplete Protar Mef at an internet auction . The new edited Italeri plastic kit gave me the opportunity to reconstruct the metal version . It was important for me to build a realistic model. A lot of alterings , detailing works and small scratchbuilds had to be done logically. I hope you like the photos !
    7 points
  20. Hello gents, for inspection, the 2nd tank of HQ Troop, A Sqn, 1st RTR ... ... WIP here !! ... and now, pics with diorama and crew !! Cheers, E
    7 points
  21. This is my build of HMS Belfast as she was at the sinking of the Scharnhorst in December 1943, she sits in my collection alongside my Sheffield and Jamaica at the same engagement, but more of that in a bit... I'm relauctant to give Trumpeter too much credit for this one, by the time I'd fixed all the issues and errors, I think I'd have been better off scratch building this one. As usual for me, I made great use of aftermarket - Northstar, L'Arsenal, White Ensign and 3D printed, along with a fair amount of scratch work. Paint is all Colourcoats. And with the rest of the fleet: Front to back - Jamaica/Belfast/Sheffield Left to Right - Jamaica/Belfast/Sheffield Andrew
    7 points
  22. The princely sum of £5.99 secured this immaculate and unmolested example of PK-23 which I will be doing as an Indian Air Force example and as proof of my Indian heritage , it will be seen in the gallery with my homemade Chicken Balti. Build will be enhanced by a failed Airfix Typhoon which will be cannibalized for parts, accurate or not. Should at least keep my F-5B company as it approaches primer and masking. I'm hoping that with some judicious dry fitting and fettling I should avoid the large amounts of priming and sanding that's been the F-5B to date. Cheers Anil
    7 points
  23. My house is packed up for a move (to somewhere, who knows?), along with the kit stash, books and many of my tools. A perfect time to start a build! I needed a kit that would be easy to build with the shoebox of tools that I spared from long term storage just in case the whole moving process took long enough to require them. Good call past Cookie - I really owe you one this time. This 1/72 Academy Helldiver from the USS Randolph during Operation Iceberg caught my eye. The boxart also provided a theme for a multi-build - the British Pacific Fleet played a large role in Iceberg, and this affords the opportunity to build a couple of FAA subjects that have been on the list for a long time: A Corsair IV from the HMS Formidable, and the two BPF Indomitable based Hellcats featured in the Eduard dual-combo boxing. Oh, and I'm planning to add an Essex based F4U-1D Corsair for good measure. This could turn into an @Beard level never ending build.
    6 points
  24. I've just seen this mini-diorama on FB and think it is absolutely awesome.
    6 points
  25. I've just (almost) finished this kit. I loved every minute of it and will certainly build more. I used the Eduard 'weekend' 109G-6 ERLA boxing, combination of Barracuda decals and Eduard national markings and stencils. I took some photos just in case it gets destroyed during its visit to Telford... image027 by Matt Low, on Flickr image020 by Matt Low, on Flickr image028 by Matt Low, on Flickr image032 by Matt Low, on Flickr I've already spotted some touch ups required, but am pretty pleased with the result. Matt
    6 points
  26. So with the exhausts dried and ready it was time to fit them - a very nervy experience - they all need to go in at the same time to get a proper alignment - but being resin you have to use super glue - so no time to mess about or get it wrong - no pressure there then... ...not too shabby - I'm learning all the time
    5 points
  27. I asked one of the Airfix reps today about the announcement. He said that they didn't want to steal the thunder of the next 3 kits being released- Phantom, Sea Fury and Mitchell - all of which are on the way. I suspect they wanted them for Telford but a typhoon (not winged!) disrupted the transport of moulds from China to India. He did say the next announcement will be aaround Christmas time.
    5 points
  28. This is the main modelling table four weeks ago with P2V-7 wheelwells mayhem Living room modell cabinet no.1 a few aviation books with Stormageddon, Dark Lord of All having a nap. Cabinets no.2, no.3 & no.4 are in the hobby/study room. Cheers, Moggy
    5 points
  29. Supermarine Spitfire MkV floatplane. Some background can be found here: http://www.tailsthroughtime.com/2011/01/spitfire-floatplane-that-reginald.html?m=1 The Brengun kit is the 'old' AZ MkV with added floats and appropriate transfers. The WiP can be found here: Anyway, here are some photographs: Thanks to jrlx, TonyTiger66, Rob G and Pin for hosting this Group Build and thanks for looking.
    5 points
  30. Sorry man. Seems to be that time of year for everyone. My buddy who was supposed to hang out with me pre-show today had to rush to the ER to see his mom, and then his van started leaking antifreeze all over. Hope you're holding up okay. Anyway, here I am as of yesterday, the fattest I've ever been (per my doctor, a ray of light): That's the face of a man who's accepted suburban mediocrity for the rest of his days. If you look closely, you can see the light dying in my eyes. Anyway! The control surfaces are now painted: One was slightly short shot, or whatever the resin equivalent is, and as all Arma Hobby resin is now OOP (I just grabbed the last RWD-8 wing and engine sets on ebay in case I want to do another [I do] before I posted this; foresight!), I cut off the tip of the plastic kit one, glued it in place, and crudely faired it together. From the right angle, unnoticeable! (I should note, en passant, Karaya appears to have come out with their own corrected wing. The Arma cowling in particular is/was gorgeous, though, and no one else seems to have stepped up.) One slight difficulty is that it's a pain to ensure the ailerons fit properly to the mounting horns, so I just cut those off, and I'll stick in little filed down bits of plastic card into the gaps in the fullness of time. I also painted the wheel hubs, and masked the side that won't get PE hubs using a handy sheet of small circles made by Gunze that I bought aeons ago. In a few minutes here, and already over where you likely are, it will be Remembrance Day. How little is the prize they win, how mean a coin for these -- How small a shrivelled laurel-leaf lies crumpled here and curled: They died to save their country and they only saved the world. -- G K Chesterton
    5 points
  31. A confession; I started this build a couple weeks ago to pass the time, and waited to start a WIP until I was reasonably certain that I'd have something to show for it - my last few WIP's have gotten stuck and are now packed up in crates somewhere. So here is the Helldiver as it was this afternoon, masked up for its Randolph 'G Markings'. If you're interested in what the build process looks like, I recommend visiting @DaveyGair's build in the Radial Engines Rock GB, he does a much better job on the interior than I did! The base coat is Colourcoats Glossy Sea blue (the WWII version). I'm always impressed with these paints no matter how many times I use them, and I really appreciate the color matching - I'm pretty sure that most other major brands match only the post-war Glossy Sea blue, which is a slightly different color. The white sprayed on - again Colourcoats (US Insignia white). Masking removed. While I was at it, I thought I'd better practice trying to replicate the masking and overspray on the Essex 'G Markings' . A little more practice required, but it looks doable. Again, it's down to the Colourcoats, they're the first paints I've owned that spray just like the internet video tutorials always spray when I watch them.
    5 points
  32. Trying to locate some photos after my computer went AWOL found these old ones from about 10 year ago so thought I would share beefy
    4 points
  33. Hello mates! Here is my little blue Marine Corps Grumman Cat in 1:72. Marine Air Group 33, US Marine Corps, Pohang AB, Korea 1952. I bought this in the nineties and finished the build in 2001. I did a lot of detailing, scribing and extra stencil decals, otherwise it is straight from the box. This was a really good kit at that time, with very realistic outlines. I only changed the cross section at the rear. I hope you like it too! Cheers!
    4 points
  34. Gloster F.5/34 was a product of the Air Ministry specifications for Hawker Fury replacement in its day fighter (interceptor) role. Four companies tendered their prototypes - Gloster, Bristol (Type 146), Vickers (Type 279 Venom) and Martin-Baker (MB.2) - however there was not production order. The kit represents the first (unarmed) prototype during the trials in 1938. Built more or less OOB plus a few scratch-built details. The kit was really a straightforward issue for a resin, so I would recommend it as “the first” for those of you having no experience with resin/multimedia kits yet. The built thread can be viewed here http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234976629-172-planet-models-resin-gloster-f534. Hand brushed with Revell and Humbrol enamel paints with a final spray coat of matt varnish. The decals are coming from the kit, except the fuselage roundels. Their diameter was evidently too small so they were replaced by roundels of proper diameter from my Modeldecal stock. Thank you for looking and for your comments. And I knew it is going to look fabulous on the shelf side by side with its direct forbear – the Gladiator, in this case a Matchbox kit built almost to the day 15 years ago.
    4 points
  35. Hi, Here is my latest build. This is Eduard's rebox of the Hasegawa kit. A very enjoyable build. I used sprue A of the Daco set to get rid of these nasty rivets on the wings but had to fill those on the fuselage. Enjoy, or not Antoine
    4 points
  36. Well late night beer and EBay are a dangerous combination, and soon I shall be in possession of this: It looks in fairly good nick and I am tempted to do a contentious colour scheme.
    4 points
  37. Hi folks, After what has been a very protracted build, I present my attempt at the whatif He277B-1. The backstory was going to involve the DB610 engine being made to work, followed by German aspirations for something that could carry a heavier payload further than a He177. During the course of the build, I realised that the Airfix '177 cowlings were significantly smaller than those of the Revell kit. I therefore now think this was merely an attempt to reengine the '177 with smaller engines that actually worked. Backstory aside, here is my cut n shut, comprised of 2 Airfix He 177s, a butchered Revell He 177A-6 rear section of considerably reduced height and 2 upside down E-2C fins. Both fuse and wings have been extended and the armament system has been upgraded. Hope you like it: regards, Martin
    4 points
  38. I'm looking forward to it with a little trepidation - but we'll see how it goes in the long run. Still got a bit to do before I start the whitewash - for example I realised yesterday that I need to get the decals applied before I do any more weathering. Hi Blaubar. You are too kind, but thank you very much. I do try to be reasonably tidy when I'm modelling but it doesn’t always work that way. As I mentioned above I will try and make a video to show how I do my brush painting but if you check on YouTube there are already quite a few videos with modellers demonstrating their techniques. Thank you very much Clive but I have seen your paintwork on your current Anti Tank Gun which looks superb! Hi Craig and thank you. Yes I do know your liking for winter camo and how well you do it. Hi Ozzy and thank you very much. This morning didn’t start well - I seemed to be having one of those days where whatever could go wrong, went wrong - and this was before I'd started any modelling! I decided, therefore, not to risk doing anything that required any degree of concentration or ability with plastic! The first simple job I decided to do was to get the tyres on the wheels weathered. For this I used a wash of very thinned Revell's acrylic Gunship Grey. Once dried I used the same paint but I dry-brushed it onto the outer edge to recreate the wear against the tracks. Once this was dry I cut the outer wheels from their sprues, tidied them up and glued these to the inner wheels which are still on the sprues: Next I painted the inside of the lower hull with thinned Revell's Anthracite. I decided to do this because of wanting to have a few of the hatches open - I don't want any light areas to show up inside. I then glued on the front section of the upper hull: Finally today I did some more work on the rust effects on the exhaust sections: Tomorrow - if I have a better start to the day - I may get the decals cut out and affixed plus start the weathering on the sides of the lower hull. Comments and suggestions welcome. Kind regards, Stix
    4 points
  39. As I just have taken control of my own ManCave (!) I thought I'd share a picture of it. This used to be number 3 son's room, but since number 2 son moved out late august this year, number 3 son moved into that vacant room and I took control of his former room, which henceforth will be known to all men and beasts as: "The ManCave"!! (it's OK - I've gotten permission from my wife! ) I must however clearly state the the stash seen in the picture is not the total stash So now my modelling should get into gear again hopefully for a larger turnout for 2018! I hope.... Cheers Hans J
    4 points
  40. Well decided I couldn’t leave the arrows like that. So out with some tamiya enamels, a fine brush and calm nerves. I chose enamels because of their adhesion properties, good coverage, longer drying time to work with/avoid brush marks but to name a few. Plus any mistakes can be cut back with a moist turps laden brush. Trying to do this with acrylics would be masochistic to say the least with them streaking/beading up on the decals etc... Anyways an almost black was mixed up and applied. A bit wobbly! Fully done and cleaned up, much better! Another view which reveals another problem - the AA codes, so... They were done too! Alot happier with it now, matches the reference picture of 212 much better. Stars and bars are going to get reworked/replaced next. Thanks for looking
    4 points
  41. Hello Guys, Thanks for the steady stream of encouragement for Leo, it's always appreciated. It's also great to hear that this is sparking off some fond trips down memory lane for some people. I found a couple of photos from a week or two back of some work in progress (don't worry about the second photo - that's my hand, Leo doesn't have two right hands of which one is big and hairy) and also an update of where things were up to last night. There's still a few decals to go, perhaps another ink wash, and then the base. I'm just glad that we can report on some progress to justify the generosity of Beard, who donated the kit to Leo!
    4 points
  42. Time for an update. Despite the time lag on my posts i have not been idle IMG_2570 by [url=https://www.flickr.com/phot IMG_2571 by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos IMG_2572 by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/ IMG_2573 by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/ IMG_2574 by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/ So far i have done a little internal detailing as you can see from the first few pics. After that i have buttoned up the fuselage, and added the wings, tail planes and the engine nacelles. Snippes of soft lead filled the nose section to keep her from tail dragging. More photos will follow, and i am now at the painting stage. A good build so far and i shouldn't be too much longer with this one. Thanks for looking, Cheers Greg
    4 points
  43. Hello to all, I made this model, the Chevy Bel Air 1957 at 1/25 scale, from july 2015 to march 2016. I wrote an article about it that was published in the french edition of Tamiya Model Magazine in july/ august 2016 (n°249). You can order it on the T2M site for more informations about this build. For this model, I used as documentation mainly the videos that resellers, american generally, do and post on YouTube. Making screen captures, I could get photos, then zoom on details, and so, making a pics library. The kits from where my model was built are the Revell (US, bought on internet) and the AMT, both at 1/25. I bought first the AMT, but when I saw how poor was this kit, I tried to find a better one. The Revell was better indeed, even if it had to be improved a lot too, to get a convincing model. However, the AMT engine was better, that is why I decided to integrate it in the Revell kit. What a lovely car! I was inspired a lot by this light- blue one, that Jeri Drager (Dragers Classic) showed on YouTube. Jeri, very kindly, authorized me to post pics of his Chevy... Jeri shows us the interior of the car: I won't represent the belts, that did not exist in 1957. The other main difference with his car concerns the rear bumper... Revell, unlike AMT, gave me the choice of 2 bumpers: the classical one (the one of Jeri's car) and a stock-car version, like we can see on this very nice red Chevy. I chose this option... Alclad chrome on gloss black base was used to get a shiny spare wheel cover. Of course, a good preparation with the Micromesh is necessary to get a very good state of surface... ------------------------------------------- Drybrush technique to get a more realistic aspect of the carpet. The foot gearbox was full scratchbuilt. --------------------------------------------------- Hood: this screen capture will be my reference to improve the Revell's part: Among the 2 kits, only the Revell gives the opportunity to represent the car top down, what is definitely my favorite choice, for obvious esthetic reasons. More, this solution allows to see all details of the dashboard. The hood requires however to be improved a lot (folds, buttons, sewings in angles): I had bought as a precaution 2 ex. of the Revell's kit (the shipping was nearly as expensive as the kit's themselves...). So, I could do this pic that shows the hood before and after corrections. ---------------------------------------------- Enlargement of the speedometer: the decal had not the good size and was quite poor, I chose to print in HD at the right scale this photo. The same was done for the 2 other dials... -------------------------------------------- The steering wheels were unrefined, especially the AMT one... A very delicate job was done to get the slender look of the original. Bare metal foil was used for many details, especially the edges of the sunshades: ----------------------------------------- I made from scratch the fuzzy dice, that was present on the Jeri Drager's Chevy. The antenna is an aftermarket part (Hobby Design ref. HD07-0056). The rubber joint around the windscreen was done with matified Bare Metal black chrome. The windscreen wipers were subject to a special care (see below) --------------------------------------------------- Windscreen wipers: indeed, as the steering wheel, the original were very slender... too much to be made from polystyrene... while the Revell's ones were too thick: I used 1/24 windshield wiper set A from BNA world, very thin: ... getting so a much more convincing result. Notice that I applied a very light coat of blue on the windscreen, to get it bluish... Notice too the little nipples of door opening... ------------------------------------------------ Wheels: the original, very nice! The 3 arm star is totally missing on the Revell wheels, and the black notches too... I scratchmade the 3 arm stars... ... and created notches with a bur, to get more convincing and esthetic wheels: ------------------------------------ Rear mirror view: ----------------------------------------------- Engine compartment: the original, very inspiring: On my build at 1/25: ----------------------------------------------- Underbody: the original: happily, Jeri is very thorough, and made a video of the underbody of the Chevy he was selling... I could so represent with many details the underbody: Mr Surfacer was used to get rough surfaces... --------------------------------------------
    4 points
  44. Some more Hasegawa airliners to come off my assembly line. I had a 2 week hollyday leave,and had so plenty of time to finish some part started and shelf of doom kits,that were laying around for quite some time. Most of them I started last year,but due to our house renovation I was forced to shelf them until the work was over.Unfortunately ,since then these kits stayed in their boxes unfinished as I was working on other airliners . So I thought these 2 weeks would be a good time to finish them before starting new projects. The MD-90 kit is a rather new Hasegawa kit,that came out around 1996/7. Its very different in quality compared to the older kits from the 80s.But not in a positive aspect. This kit,like the Boeing 737-400/500 look more like those snap-fit kits with absolutely no surface detail on the fuselage and also no open windows. The only parts with detail are the wings.The fuselage is not the usual halves,Hasegawa decided for unknown reason to divide the fuselage in two horizontal pieces I must admit,when I firs saw these kits I was sligtly disappointed,because the older kits were so much more detailed and accurate. Anyway I liked the paint scheme of the Japan Air System MD-90s,so I decided to have a go anyway. The fit is as usual very good with only minor filling and sanding. The paintwork and decaling was the most time consuming aspect,esp, for the emerald green version. I made a copy of the rainbow decals first to have a template to outline the area for the green part.The instructions suggest to mix green and white but I didn't like this idea.I found this emerald green from Mr.Hobby which looked close enough.On the pictures it looks darker than it actually is. Japan Air System (JAS) chose to paint seven of its MD-90s in a special rainbow scheme.For this task they acuired cult director Akira Kurosawa who created each of the seven schemes. Hasegawa produced 2 2in1 and 1 3in 1 kits ,so one could build up the entire fleet. I was able to get only one of those boxings,so my kits represent aircraft number 3 and 4 of the bunch. They are a real eye catcher in my vitrine and will make fine companions to the JAS rainbow Boeing 777 which I will start soon. Cheers,
    4 points
  45. The Wessex was built in feet and inches. Fly must have measured in metric. There's your problem!
    4 points
  46. They went with songs to the battle; they were young Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted They fell with their faces to the foe They shall not grow old as we that are left grow old Age shall not weary them or the years condemn At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them It was only fairly recently that I learned that the famous Binyon poem was written right at the start of WW1 - September 1914, after the Battle of the Marne. But he still nailed it.
    4 points
  47. Welcome to the forum Rose! Have fun with the Arado! I am reminded that in "Tintin and the Shooting Star" the scientific expeditionary group that sails to the Arctic to find the meteorite uses an Arado 196 for reconnaissance. I have those decals...I think. They are easy enough to scratch anyway... courtesy...Casterman Publishing
    4 points
  48. …or maybe not: Base-Coat-Tastic! Only part-way through did I remember that the section aft of the rear gunner opening will be aluminium. No matter. That lot should be well and truly cured by the time I get back from Telford, so I can then get on with the fun bits. Crisp
    4 points
  49. Hi folk's an hour this morning and this far!
    4 points
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