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A fairly quick build by my standards. Picked this up at the nationals in November. I don't remember what the old Airfix kit was like (it was a long(!) time ago I built that one), but this kit looks like an SR-53. Its a bit rough , and requires a fair bit of furkling and nurdling to get everything together. I added the fuel dump pipes underneath (some photos show them) and wish I had swapped the pitot for some tubing. No doubt it will get knocked off and need replacing at some point :-). The dummy firestreaks cam from a sword lightning to replace the kit versions. Its big brother is the Maintrack vacform done far to many years ago for my liking. That's why the colour on it looks a bit off, the varnish has aged. Anyway onto the pics. TIm

ICM 1/48 plus Eduard PE Camo - Cpt Leonid Galchenko - winter 1942, Murmańsk area.

OOB - Accurate in Eduard edition. Camo - Kpt. Pavel Chuvilev - Sokolniki airfield - summer 1943

For some reason, this had been sat on the shelf for some time, about 60% complete. I suspect that I had had to clear away all my modelling stuff from the kitchen and I had simply not got round to picking it up again. It's my first jet too. Anyway, here is my out-of-the-box rendition of the cute little Gnat from the Central Flying School in 1964 - the year of my birth... The kit goes together really well, as documented many times before. I used Tamiya silver paint and flourescent orange from the Vallejo Model Colour range. I found the Airfix decals a little thick and difficult to get to conform event with Micro Sol. I've kept it clean with just a wash of Payne's Grey oil to highlight the panel lines a little. I hope you like it!

Hiya Folks, While clearing the cellar out I found this old 1/32nd scale Revell Corsair that I must have built over 25 years ago and as I`ve never taken a photo of it, I decided to take some and share them with you. Of course it could do with new wheels and conversion of the cowling cooling gills and engine crank case,...... and also needs the British air vents in the rear fuselage to be correct for a British flown Corsair Mk.IV,...... but at least I`d managed to clip the wing tips back then! It was brush painted using Xtracolor Sea Blue Gloss,....... with decals from the spares box. Now the new Tamiya and Trumpeter kits have totally eclipsed this old kit,..... but with some additional work a decent replica could still be built with this old model for a fraction of the cost! So here it is,..my effort from another era.......for a bit of nostalgia; DSCF2584 by Tony OToole, on Flickr DSCF2592 by Tony OToole, on Flickr DSCF2590 by Tony OToole, on Flickr DSCF2593 by Tony OToole, on Flickr DSCF2589 by Tony OToole, on Flickr DSCF2587 by Tony OToole, on Flickr Cheers Tony

Hello mates, This is a very old Conversion of the KP Model all from scratch including decals (Fujimi). Built 1995. I made the canopy from clear tubes. It is 10332 shortly after delivery without second bang seat and with non standard typo as seen in the IN ACTION book. Pictures are old on film, i have yet no newer ones. I hope you like my little white Lady... Cheers, Thomas

Another one with kitchen aluminum foil: Thank you for watching.

having finished the civilized models "super corsair" i though i needed a stock one,so i built 2 28576784_1586750294695678_7243639061166670197_n by paul sabin, on Flickr the first one is a special hobby F2G-1 corsair 1/72 scale...not a bad kit to build with reasonable detail. the markings are for the first production F2G-1 built that still survives in the Museum of flight in Seattle.28951111_1586750528028988_6218067806881894344_n by paul sabin, on Flickr28685015_1586750574695650_6887737919652828203_n by paul sabin, on Flickr28576888_1586750478028993_7274614950553413529_n by paul sabin, on Flickr the second kit is a Tamiya F4U1-D the was started by another now gone modeler,it has a PE instrument panel and front part of cockpit plus seatbelts...it's a lovely kit to build. the markings are for Marines sqn VMF 112 operating of the carrier USS Bennington28577278_1586750331362341_119410742632135659_n by paul sabin, on Flickr28577751_1586750441362330_8332125968228795700_n by paul sabin, on Flickr28795310_1586750384695669_7316216477864351129_n by paul sabin, on Flickr and the 3 from above to show how modified the "super corsair was.28685189_1586750668028974_3427793028095536231_n by paul sabin, on Flickr over all a fun batch build. oz rb fan Posts: 854 Joined: Mon Apr 14, 2014 7:28 pm

Finished the build at last. Pics of the finished product, with and without figures.

I'm calling this one done. I had major trauma with the decals and the paint underneath is waaaaay too thick but I enjoyed it and learnt a few lessons. Anyway here it is.

This is one of my build with aluminum foil , but in 1/72 scale now.... Thank you for watching.

This was a Christmas present off my lovely sister and builds up very nicely indeed. I have built it out-of-the-box with just the addition of some generic photo-etch belts on the front seat. The main colours are from Tamiya with others from Vallejo Model Air. I found the Airfix decals to be quite thick and difficult to get to conform, but they did with lots of Micro Sol and perseverance. I tried some post shading on the underside, but prefer pre-shading as it can be covered more easily when you get carried away! I tried to vary the camo colours as I worked by adding drops of white, but it may be too subtle. The panels lines were brought out using an oil wash. It still looks pretty clean - but they all were at some point! It has now joined the line up of Spitfire, Hurricane, Me109 and Stuka on my Battle of Britain shelf and will be followed with the new ICM He111 soon.

Hi Everyone, This is a big model. It has a three foot wingspan and it weighs over one pound. That's me in the sunglasses. And yes, I made a mistake with the decals. The star and bar should have a red stripe.

Hello modellers! Have completed another project - this time Matchbox venerable F-86A Sabre in 1/72. Actually the model was build in 1993 and since then suffered a lot of damage. There was glue on the canopy, the undercarriage was broken and the nose weight broke loose. Thought it would be a good idea to restore it and test some new ideas I had, mainly the overpainting of decals. Originally I only wanted to build a new undercarriage, do some paint touch-ups and then apply new national insignias but it turned out that the stripes on the wings were not applied symetrically in the past. So I oversprayed the whole model with Revell basic primer and sanded it as smooth as possible. As the primer dried very fast and the decals had a very good bond, it caused no problems. After several attempts to paint the stripes, I ended printing them on decal paper and apply them over a glossy white surface. Except for the national insignia, all other decals were custom printed, too. From the original undercarriage only the wheels were used. The struts were made from brass tube, nails, needles and plastic sprue. The kit comes without external fuel tanks. As I thought this looked a little boring, scratchbuilt my own gluing several layers of plastic sheet and then cutting and sanding, using the Fujimi/Hobbycraft Sabre´s tanks as references. Paints used were Humbrol polished aluminium and polished steel. The darker panels are painted with Alclad aluminium. Several coats of gauzy were applied to seal the decals. Thanks for watching Mario

Finished the first of 3 configurations of my 100% scratch built 1/72 scale Austin K6 with Type 13/14 Radar. This configuration is 'Stowed, ready to move'..... This will be released as a Very Limited Edition resin kit at the end of this month, PM me for further details if you are interested. For those that have not seen the other 2 configurations they can be seen here..... ATB Sean

Started this AFV Churchill after reading a very good book "D-Day to Victory' the Diaries of a British Tank Commander by SGT Trevor Greenwood This is the first 1:35 scale tank I have ever built and it has been fun to build. Brought aftermarket stuff like 75mm Gun Barrel, tank fenders, upgrade sets, Churchill engine from Resicast, set of AFV workable trucks and a set of Friulmodel tracks Did not take any pictures at the start so here it is with the two different tracks to see which ones I liked all the wheels had been made and bottom of hull glued With the upgrade set there were nice grills to be made so I made a jig so that I could solder them Then soldered up the smoke grenade holder Add the guards on the side a used small bolts to hold in place Until next time Regards Richard

Hi, this is the old Monogram PBY-5A kit modified to be a CA-10 operated by the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) as cargo aircraft. This model is exposed at the TAM (today, LATAM) airlines museum, in São Carlos city, São Paulo, Brazil, along with several other models, including real airplanes (1:1). Some in-progress (low quality, sorry) images. Underwing holes filled with bits of plastic: Some interior, and openings for fuselage gun stations covered with plastic sheet. Covered and puttied opening on right fuselage. The left fuselage has a rectangular window (and a cargo door, closed - I scribed the contour only). Openings for nose turret and bombsight window also covered with plastic sheet. And the actual thing: Cheers!

Hi all, this is AZ's 1/72 Spitfire IXc. Not a bad kit with nice surface detail, but the next time I would try the Eduard kit. Decals came from the Kagero booklet on the Spitfire IX. The model represents an aircraft of No. 340 Sqn filmed at Merston apparently on 18 June 1944 before flying to Normandy. It was piloted by Sous Chef Denys Boudard who had joined the RAF after quite a remarkable escape from France. On 29 April 1941, Boudard and a fellow conuntryman had dressed to resemble German mechanics, walked into a Luftwaffe airfield, stole a Bücker Jungmann and flew to Britain. Two pictures of this aircraft can be found in Christopher Shore's and Chris Thomas' fantastic book on the 2nd Tactical Air Force. These pictures also show that this aircraft was unusually heavily weathered by Spitfire standards, something I tried to replicate on the model. Thanks for viewing and all comments welcome.

This is one of my older builds. I use kitchen foil for OMF. For me it look interesting.... I hope you like it. Thanks for watching...

Hi, The Iraqi revolt in 1941 is a a bit forgotten episode of WWII which in fact could be a turning point if it. Just think - what will happend if it would go other way. Imagine - immediately after conquesting Greece, nazi Germans would get control on pratically whole Middle East. Since Syria and Lebaon were alredy on their side as Vichy controlled territory - then they will be able to get easily Caucasian oil fields without war with Soviets - and ME oil as wel, since in Iran there was a lot of symphaty to Germansl. So - if this small war went this way as it went - it was also a turning point, definitely..."The hidden victory" .... - in my country completly forgotten. Therefore i wanted to do some models, which commemorate this conflict. First was Airspeed Oxford - a true hero of this action - a second liner, trainer or transport machine converted "ad hoc" to a colonial bomber. I made this model in 2005. I was trying to do P1945. I know now, that there are photos of this machine, but I did not get them. I made the model regarding just description. Actually - initially I did it following the the picture on the cover of the book "The hidden victory" - so with black D insted of red E. Then I converted to "double grey D" following the decals of one Czech company and finally, I've learnt that she should be "red E" painted on the nose from BM WWII forum.... (I made a post on this yesterday on WWII forum BM) Please have a look and comment - if I guess correctly how it looked like? Regards Jerzy-Wojtek

Er, no? I trust Airfix Thanks Keith for the great photos and Stuart and Ron for the comments I might use a grey primer then and see how it goes... Rear view mirrors? OOB! Black gloss finish? OOB! Thanks Bill for the backup! Thanks massimo Feeling a little fragile after a great lunch yesterday. Canopy masking? I don't think so I did paint the seal on the inner glazing for the Hawk: ... and the anti-glare: The sticky-out bits are also on after some fights with the carpet monster. Then I thought I'd have a go at this: Cut the end off and drilled a small hole in the mount: Glued that into the mount: Then I slid a shorter piece of larger tube over the top and CA'd it: Quite pleased with that, and with myself for persevering in my current state, self-inflicted though it may be...

Just finished - the excellent 1/72 scale T10-10 Flanker prototype from Modelsvit....... This really is the best yet from Modelsvit - crisp moulding with nice engraved panel detail, etched brass parts, self adhesive masks - a complete package. The anti-FOD guard on the nosewheel is realistically done - with a separate wheel and the guard in two halves - unlike the one-piece moulding on some Flanker kits. Spot the difference - first and latest Flankers - T10-10 and Su-35S........ More photos - build and finished model - here. WIP thread - here. Ken

Yes, it's a lot of the same colour; but it's the right colour. The Buccaneer was, after all, a Naval aircraft; however much our RAF cousins might have embraced it in later life, the fact remains that they spent several years pooh-poohing it and trying to kill it off, and only accepted it with deep reluctance following TSR2 & F111. [Exit left, dodging irate crustacea and dancing a swift hornpipe]

Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer S.2B 237 OCU, RAF Honington, 1972 Matchbox kit with all panel lines filled and rescribed. Bomb bay fuel tank removed. Scratch built cockpit interior. Reshaped radome. Freightdog resin tailplane. Pylons from CMR resin Buccaneer kit. Aeroclub metal undercarriage, refuelling probe, arrestor hook and tail bumper. Unlike most other Buccaneers, there are no vortex generators on the wings. Back in the late 60s / early 70s I was on an aeronautical engineering apprenticeship with Hawker Siddeley Aviation. It was the time when ‘new build’ Buccaneers in the XW serial range were being built for the RAF, along with some ex-RN aircraft being modified to S.2A standard. I still have some of the notes and sketches I made in the final assembly shed, and one of the recurring notes is that XW aircraft were not fitted with wing vortex generators. It has been difficult to confirm this with photographic evidence, but recently I came across a list of Buccaneer mods and in particular, these two mods apply : 1553 ‘Deletion of Fixed Vortex Generators to S2, S2A, S2B, S2D (Sept 1972)’ 1396 ‘Re-introduction of Fixed Vortex Generators to S2, S2A, S2B, S2D (Mar. 1976)’ Nearly all photos of XW Buccaneers show VGs so I think there must of been only a year or two before they were fitted. The dates on the modification numbers are when they were formally issued, and I’m sure VGs were removed before Sept 72, and re fitted before Mar 76. These new build aircraft also had ‘provision for’ ILS, though the equipment was not fitted. Hence there are blanking plates on the fin where the ILS localiser antennas were to be fitted later, and on the underside for the ILS glideslope antenna. It was quite a challenging task to get the old Matchbox kit sorted but it’s good to have a gloss finished Bucc with Type D roundels in the collection at last. Could be a while before I do another one though.

Hi mates, I've wanted a nice model of the TSR.2 in my collection for quite some time. I picked up one of the 1:72 scale Airfix kits (the one with the Stratos 4 Japanese sci-fi theme) and started collecting some aftermarket pieces. The kit, as moulded, is quite nice - but there were some areas that I felt could use some additional detail. Most of the aftermarket was from CMK, but I also used some photoetch from Eduard and a turned brass pitot from Master. As I found out, several of the CMK resin pieces could have used some aftermarket of their own, as I encountered some size and shape issues. I suspect this was due to shrinkage of the resin. Let me apologize in advance for the lousy photos. I had a devil of a time trying to get good shots of this model, and I think it was due to the overall white scheme. I tried direct and diffuse lighting, a couple of thousand different white balance/exposure compensation combinations...the list goes on. The photos here are the best ones I could get, but I'm not happy with them. Not only is overall white no fun to paint, it's no fun to photograph. No more overall white for me! I admit defeat. As usual, here is my executive summary: Project: Royal Air Force BAC TSR.2 Kits: Airfix TSR.2MS (kit number A08011) Scale: 1:72 (although the lady jockeys from the Japanese cartoon look smaller than this) Decals: From the kit, representing XR220, the ill-fated airframe that not only fell off its lorry, but was ready for its first flight on the day the programme was cancelled Resin: CMK sets 7131 Interior, 7132 Exterior, 7133 Control Surfaces, 7134 Undercarriage, and 7135 Armament (only used the bomb bay door actuators from this set); Odds & Ordnance revised fin with leading edge intake (thanks to a generous donation by a fellow Britmodeller) Photoetch: Some pieces from Eduard 73257 Vacuform: Canopy and windscreen that came with the CMK set - first time I cut out all the pieces without cocking it up! Metal: Master AM-72-102 Pitot Tube Paint: Testors 2143 RLM21 Semi-gloss White, 1180 Flat Steel; Gunze H335 Medium Sea Grey, H338 FS36495, H18, H11 Flat White, H12 Flat Black, H14 Orange, H21 Off-White, H77 Tyre Black, H89 Metallic Green, H91 Clear Yellow, H92 Clear Orange; Alclad ALC302 Grey Primer, 111 Magnesium, 112; Floquil F110015 Flat Finish Weathering: Not much, as the real aeroplane never flew and is setting in a museum. I applied a light grey wash (made from Gunze H338) to the panel lines, and toned that down with a mist of Testors 2143 RLM21 White Improvements/Corrections Accomplished with the help of the resin and photoetch sets: Lowered the main wing flaps Posed the taileron flaps Posed all four airbrakes open Posed the port avionics bay open Replaced intakes and posed auxiliary doors open Replaced the vertical fin to include leading edge intake Replaced all tyres and wheels for more detail Modified the kit's main gear struts to fix the splay angle issue Did a really bad job trying to replicate the main gear brake lines Replaced all gear/bomb bays and wheel wells for MUCH more detail Replaced kit windscreen and canopy with vacuform parts Gold coating on canopy windows made from a mix of Gunze Clear Yellow and Clear Orange Replaced cockpit and ejection seats with CMK sets Build thread: Linky So here are the lousy pictures: Some in-progress shots before the fin and canopies got in the way: I have to include this, as the metallic green tubes on the back of the seats can no longer be seen, and I thought they looked pretty cool. So here they are: Well, there she is. Unfortunately, I don't think she will fit in my display case unless I send some other models to long-term storage. Wait, I could get a bigger display case! Cheers, Bill

Here is my build of the 1/200 Supermarine Walrus by Trumpeter, with some help from Pontos: And yes...there is a battleship attached! To build the Rodney with the Admiralty camouflage dating 1942 and beyond, the Pontos set is essential, since it incorporates all of the changes made to the ship. For example, around this time she had 17 20mm Oerlikon cannon, but the kit only provides 13, as well as the quad 0.50 machine guns which were deleted. There were also changes made to the bridge structure, and more pom-pom directors fitted. While the Pontos set is expensive, I figured that since this is going to be my one large battleship build, I might as well go for it. Hope you like her so far! Cheers, Tom

Hello Everyone, My name is Philip and I love Aeroplanes, they have always been my passion in life which is why eight years ago I learnt to fly real ones. Over Chrismas last year, I decided it would be fun to build a model Spitfire, so whilst learning from youtube videos and reading the forums on this site I completed my first model kit of a Mk.Vb. I was so pleased with my first attempt and enjoyed the process so much that I have built a few more since including a P-51, a De Havilland Mosquito and a Bf109. I find myself visiting Britmodeller quite often for research on aircraft and modelling techniques, so thought it would be only polite for me to signup, say hello and introduce myself. Airfix 1/48 Spitfire Mk.Vb Regards, Philip

Thanks Giorgio ,I know it's not strictly OOB but I just couldn't bring myself to use that scrap of plastic Thanks Simon - fnaar! Thanks Andy - I think Airfix have been making a lot more effort with their new tools so fingers crossed. Looks good to me Thanks Keith - I was chuffed with it... easy but satisfying Still a bit wobbly but I really wanted to see how the #15 worked during masking: Ultra Mask and Gator’s Grip by Ced Bufton, on Flickr Really well is the answer. I've been using #6s, following Paul Budzik's advice on pushing rounded blades down the mask cut line so you can see where you're going. The #15 is a lot smaller so you can see even more. I like them (except when they're stuck in your neck!)

Now I am beginning to rebuild a base for the new pack I will not be doing much more today Upset the gaffer again, opened a tube of Humbrol Filler indoors mistake Tomorrow I will build the base for the recce pack over this framework ciao

Today has been a good day of finishing projects. Albanian Front, winter, 1940.

Right ho! This one goes into the poll for 2019. I 'spose I'd better start a poll thread.

Hi Everyone, At last I`ve finished my attempt at Eduards 1/48 MiG-21 and managed to get some pic`s whilst the weather cleared briefly. Built from the PFM Profipack boxing and finished to represent an aircraft of: 927th `Lam Son`, NVAF, piloted by Le Thanh Dao, 10th May 1972 Really well detailed kit that seemed to fight me right up until the end, too many almost microscopic parts for my liking which often pinged away into some other reality or were impossible to hold and file down..... ...and ended up being replaced with bits of wire and scraps of plastic. The Photo Etch, which I normally dread worked really well by comparison. The last thing that happened was the gunsight disappeared at some point after being glued to the windscreen frame right at the end of the build, so I had to cobble one together from bits and pieces....... ........then fit it after the screen and seat had been fitted. The scheme isn`t one of the kit options and is one that caught my eye in Ospreys MiG-21 Units of the Vietnam war book, Bort No`s came from the stash. Hope you enjoy, thanks for looking Cheers Russ

For sure it's one of those things that give life to a kit and it's small enough it doesn't require a big base. My intention is surely to build one. In the past I built these, which were those used to start up Italian Starfighters . Ibuilt them of old hotel key cards and Frequent flyer programmes. For a short period I also produced them , but I couldn't standresin, and I was busy with my job, so I abandoned them. About the Paluouste , I'll try to get some measures...James...HELP!!!!

At last I've begun painting in earnest. I decided to go with this scheme, it seems to be everyone's favorite as well as mine: For paints, I am going all-Vallejo with this build, having recently bought this set: I am also using Vallejo's black surface primer. I've grown to be very fond of the black-basing technique. I believe it gives a much more subtle effect than panel pre-shading (which IMO is often overdone). My strategy is to first do the upper surfaces of the wings & horizontal stabs (splinter pattern of RLM 81 & 82), then the undersides & fuselage (RLM 76), and finally the fuselage splotches (RLM 81). First color (RLM 82) is on: I'll let that cure overnight and move on to the next color.

I've been looking through the stash I have finally decided on what to build. I found this Make a nice change from painting camouflage cheers Pat

Hi, this is my last work... A German locomotive to put in a diorama in (very slow) progress.... Hope enjoy...

Really enjoyed building this, the Eduard 1/72 Bf 110E. It's the Profipack version so lots of coloured PE for the cockpit, and I also added the Brassin gun-nose and wheels. The fit of the engine nacelles to wing is well documented but it just takes a bit of filing to get a decent join. I liked this kit so much I've just ordered the G-4 version.

It's a detail to be careful of regarding Pelican 9. In the Aerofax monograph on the C-119 Alwyn Lloyd notes that this aircraft was actually painted in Arctic Red, in contrast to the orange in photo above. It's possible I guess that the orange you see there is just the red faded from long exposure outdoors where they used to keep her, as some of the older shots in walkarounds from that period certainly look to be faded red. Done it! Done it! You are now officially a Bad Influence Ced. What was it Oscar Wilde said about being able to resist everything except temptation? Picked it up on a cheap offer and should be here by the end of next week. Now, what was the name of the masking film I need to get?

Come on chaps You aeroplane types already have an absolute magnitude of choice . . . . you will never be satisfied. How about a decent 72nd Nissen hut or as mentioned earlier, a decent Control tower . . . I would like to see Airfix produce some more airfield related vehicles in 1/48th. A enlarged version of the Bedford QL or even the wartime AEC refueller lorry. Can you image the potential if they did an Austin K6 in 48th scale Even a new issue of the Emergency set with the appropriate vehicles would, I believe, go down a storm in 72nd. They still churn the old/original out now so they must be popular !! Oh but to dream for Ian

Thanks again for the kind words guys.Slow progress on the 125 since the groupbuild ended I kinda lost momentum.Last weekend I got some modelling time in after getting the heating working again & preventing pipes freezing during storm Emma,I made three small aerials from brass sheet for under the fuselage & epoxied them in position.Also epoxied another sticky out thing on the starboard fuselage & the nose wheel doors. I also made up a pair of wipers for the cockpit windows from some brass sheet,tube & metal rod superglued together (to be glued in position later in the build).Just for you John (Nimrod54) I'll go into more detail.Using a photo I marked where the wiper arm is connected to the fuselage & drilled a 0.3mm hole,I then bent (90°ish) some 0.3mm Albion Alloys brass tube held in a pliers.This was then cut to a short length & was given a little white glue to temporarily fit in the hole. Again using the photo & the kit window width as a guide you can measure the wiper length & mark this on the kit to scale.I think the wiper worked out at say 3.5mm & the arm at say 4.5mm.The arm was Albion Alloys 0.2mm nickel silver rod cut & slips into the brass tube & superglued,then filed back to the 4.5mm length with a power tool at low revs. The wiper was marked out on thin brass sheet (I think it's 0.2mm thick) & cut out with scissors.Then filed down to size gradually with the power tool.This was then superglued onto the arm in front of the glazing to roughly get the angle right using a few strips of Tamiya tape built up 3 high as a guide/stopper. This turned out to be the hardest part as the parts are so small & kept moving,getting the rod into the tube was also painful.So all this was duplicated for the second wiper,removed the next morning & given a light coat of black primer.No photo taken of them yet.I hope this gives you some ideas for a future build John,it's worth a try but I can see they are not easy things to do.A good magnifier is definitely needed. I then primed the fuselage & elevators,put it away to dry & harden up in a box for a few days but the box fell.One nose wheel door fell off & bent,two of the small brass aerials bent, paint scratched on the nose & tail.Hopefully it's all fixable.I'll leave it for a few days & see what can be done.Another two steps forward one step back. Till next time, Jimbob . ...

Here are some photos of Liberator Mk.III, FL936/V of 160 Sqn, based in Ceylon; FL936-V 160Sqn Coastal scheme - 5 by Tony OToole, on Flickr liberator aggra india, raaf crew member nfd by Tony OToole, on Flickr This colour side view shows a light blue outline to the fuselage roundel and while some aircraft did have a light outer ring (could have been blue or the original yellow?) the roundel of FL936 appears not to have a light outline. 22308728_1823841970964075_7510937140333710334_n (1) by Tony OToole, on Flickr And here is FL936/V after it was re painted with Azure Blue (not PRU Blue as described in the photo title,....as this actually refers to a later Liberator!),...one of two aircraft in the unit re painted in 1943 as a colour scheme experiment for long range PR duties; most likely FL936-V, 160 Sqn note earlier pitot and no nose window. PRU Blue overall - 8 by Tony OToole, on Flickr Other 160 Sqn Liberator`s in India, which were used for reference; In this view, FL936/V can be seen in the distance (as seen in the first photo) under the wing of FL945/H,.... note the camera apertures in the rear bomb bay doors and also the worn rubber de icer boots with camouflage paint flaking away,...the temperate red white and blue fin stripes were retained on the unit until light blue replaced white for the centre of the roundels; pl18232 by Tony OToole, on Flickr Cheers Tony

Hi folk's,as a break from Frog golden oldie's I got this Airfix gem of the shelf,I built a few of these way back when they first came out as a progression from the hours spent painting the HO/OO Waterloo set's I was mad about that era at the time I even had the lovely Farmhouse kit,anyway here's the card header. And the kit part's which still amaze me with their finese. After cleaning up the mold seams I assembled the two leg's. And same with the two part torso.I'm going to keep them seperate for painting,and that'sit for today.

Hi all, Just tried out a new (for me) tool for cutting small circles out of paper, tape, etc. As we all know, wheel masks are a constant itch, and as long as your itch is somewhere between 1/16" and 2" in diameter, it can now be scratched rather easily. For several years, I've tried various things to cut out masking tape circles; punches, scissors, and even things that are called "compass" cutters, but are in reality closer to "beam compass" cutters, for all you ex-droughts-men out there. This new one is actually more of a true "compass" type cutter, where you can "twirl" the thing with your finger to effect the cut. Most of the "beam compass" type, like Fiskars, require you to hold the pivot point with one hand, whilst turning the other end around the circle with the other hand. I present the "Flexifile Titanium Super Cutter Compass", #6116, which I picked up on Amazon for US $23.95, including shipping. A minor princes ransom, as these things go -- but unlike the others, this one actually works! In the photo above the tool was used to cut several 6mm dia. tape disks, and later two 4mm dia. discs. I stuck the Tamiya type tape onto a scrap of old vacuform plastic (to give something for the compass point to stick into). It was very sharp and worked perfectly the first time out. The smaller 4mm disks took a time or two of practice, but also worked fine. I highly recommend this cutter, and will use it unto the death! Ed PS. I have no stock or interest in this product. I make my money the old-fashioned way -- investing in munitions!

Hi all - I found these Buccaneer photos on a plan I pulled from an Aeromodeller magazine a looong time ago - it is listed as Aircraft described Number 164 - sorry about the wrinkles on the photos but I had covered the plans at some time with clear plastic to protect them with mixed results - the forward fuselage dividing line between EDSG/Squirrel Grey is different on each Buccaneer - the old Modeldecal sheet no 20 could be used for this scheme too I think if you can find it anymore CJP

There is doubt that this actually existed. Thought is that it was the EDSG painted over the white undersides which made it look lighter. I have seen reports of FAA Buccaneers painted an overall lighter shade of grey..possibly an experiment. I'll check with my mate up at HMS Fulmar (as was). He is a Buccaneer guru and has every known publication on the aircraft!

added these 2 small details... hard to see, although unpainted, but ... I marked them in red

Excellent ICM kit with Eduard PE inside and resin bombs.

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Thank you very much. Glad to be back and laying some paint down. Started with neutral gray, and it's taking a while with an airbrush over all that real estate! After that, I'll mask for two different tones of gray, then hand paint more tones after to help break up the color. One think I wish Mobieus had done, or the CG creators for the show, was to have had a more patchwork look to the hull plating like the Galactica. Being able to paint all those sections helps to break up the monotone. And while I have it out, I figured I'd finally finish armoring the bottom of my Jupiter class. Dymo tape going down for armor plate!