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  1. Dear fellow Britmodellers, after a long time in-the-making (half a year, actually) my 1/72 Revell Lancaster B.III is finished. I added Aires resin wheels, Quickboost gun barrels and Eduard exterior set. Only few parts of the Eduard set were used, like the antennas. The model was painted with Gunze acrylics, decals are from the box, representing a machine of 100.Squadron in 1945. Main wings were cut on the upper sides for corrected dihedral. The Revell kit allows you to display the inner engines in an "open" position. To my disappointment, I made a series of mistakes, that spoil the results somehow. First, some dust residue from sanding has contaminated the inside of the canopy. Then, I only partially masked the front turret, forgetting the middle section (I still have no clue how I did this...) which is now Black instead of Clear. Also, the decal code letters on the fuselage side show some unpleasant 'silvering'. Well, we all know, sometimes you succeed, sometimes not! Even if this is not the best I ever presented in this forum, I hope you find my Lancaster acceptable. All photographs taken by Wolfgang Rabel of IGM Cars & Bikes. Exhaust stains created with Gunze H95 Smoke + H12 Black (outside lines) and Gunze Sand for the inner streaks Nose art - and the masking error on the front turret. Note the silvering of the individual code "Z". On the above image, you can see there's some dust settled inside the canopy. And the following image reveals silvering on the fuselage side decals: Left side engine displayed open, as provided by Revell. A very nice feature! Fully equipped bomb bay. Thanks for your interest, best greetings from Vienna! Roman
    27 points
  2. Hi Folk's,built about three years ago the photo's were lost in the PB ransom episode,long forgotten @Adam Poultney came across it minus the photo's so after a good wash 'n dry heres a few of her.
    25 points
  3. Here is my attempt at the Airfix Shackleton MR2 painted as WR963. I chose the White as I have a revell AEW which will be in the darker grey scheme. This is out of the box and was really enjoyable. It all seemed to fit together with no issues. Painted in Tamiya paints. Hope you like! IMG_20180508_175944_005 by matt wellington, on Flickr _DSC0147 by matt wellington, on Flickr _DSC0148 by matt wellington, on Flickr _DSC0149 by matt wellington, on Flickr _DSC0151 by matt wellington, on Flickr _DSC0152 by matt wellington, on Flickr _DSC0153 by matt wellington, on Flickr _DSC0154 by matt wellington, on Flickr _DSC0156 by matt wellington, on Flickr _DSC0157 by matt wellington, on Flickr _DSC0158 by matt wellington, on Flickr _DSC0159 by matt wellington, on Flickr CSC_0173 by matt wellington, on Flickr CSC_0175 by matt wellington, on Flickr CSC_0174 by matt wellington, on Flickr
    25 points
  4. Kit - Airfix (new) 1:48 Paint - All enamels Decals - Kit, Aeromaster & Old S4 Airfix kit Extras - Quickboost resin exhausts. Hawker Hurricane Mk. I 32 Squadron RAF Biggin Hill May / June 1940. Enough has been said & written about this superb kit, so no need for me to add to it all. Loved every minute of it, like the Defiant & Spit V I've already built (and I have the P-40 to come). Go buy one, build it and enjoy it !!. As ever please feel free to hurl abuse, ask any questions or make a comment. Next... a helicopter ! Ian.
    21 points
  5. F-4K Phantom FG.1 XT597 A&AEE, 1980s This one started life as a 1/72 Matchbox original issue RAF Phantom. I had made a couple of these many years ago (before Fujimi) and I remembered the difficulties with undercarriage and canopy amongst other things. But now, having made various Hasegawa, Esci and Fujimi Phantoms, the spares box seemed to be overflowing with drop tanks, tailplanes, etc so time to put them to good use, so this one has : Basic Airframe – Matchbox Seats – Aeroclub white metal Canopy – from Monogram F-4J Undercarriage – from Fujimi F-4J Tailplane – from Esci F-4J Drop tanks and pylons – from Fujimi F-4J The nose cone also was completely reshaped – initially to represent the basic F-4K shape, but then had the Doppler antenna added underneath which is unique to XT597. Finish was Halfords Appliance White, Xtracolour Post Office Red and Xtracolour Oxford Blue. Main decals came from Xtradecal but I used the old Modeldecal sheet for the fuselage red stripes and extensive stencilling. By the way, Xtradecal provide large white underwing serials but I could find no photographic evidence of this aircraft carrying them so i left them off. It’s a pity that Xtradecal didn’t provide the A&AEE A Squadron fin badge which was carried by this aircraft – I’m claiming that it wasn’t applied initially. One day I will dig out my other two Matchbox Phantoms from the attic (an RN 892 Sqn FG.1 and RAF 29 Sqn FGR.2) for a joint photoshoot... Chris
    16 points
  6. Just finished my Vulcan XM597 Built OOB, with additional decals to build XM597 which attacked the radar installations on the Falklands with American Shrike missiles. The missiles are from 2 Italeri Intruder kits. Dave
    14 points
  7. I present for your inspection my just completed Beaufighter? This Beaufighter Mk VI(f), EW-Z, EL154 served with 307 Squadron at RAF Clyst Honiton, now Exeter Airport, between 7 Aug. 1942 and 13 Feb. 1943: "Z" was usually flown by the crew Damsz/Sylwestrowicz. The aircraft is finished in the then new night fighter colours of Medium Sea Grey overall, with Dark Green disruptive on the upper surfaces. Photographic evidence suggests the aircraft was in this finish by late winter 1942. No. 307 (City of Lwów) Polish Night Fighter Squadron was a night fighter squadron formed in Great Britain on 24 August 1940 following an agreement between the Polish Government in Exile and the United Kingdom. It was the only Polish night fighter squadron fighting alongside the Royal Air Force during World War II. 307 Squadron is named after the Polish city of Lwów, and nicknamed "Eagle Owls". This a/c, a Mk VI(f) was the 9th Beaufighter off the line at the Shadow factory just outside RAF Weston Super Mare. In total 1078 Mk Vis were built at Bristol, Weston and by Rootes. After service with 307 Squadron she transferred to No 488 (NZ) Squadron, reformed on 25 June 1942 at RAF Church Fenton, Yorkshire, as a night fighter 'intruder' unit equipped with Beaufighters. The squadron aircraft carried the code letters ME. I cannot find any information about her use with 488 Squadron, but as the Beaufighters were replaced by DH Mosquitos in late 1943 she was probably struck off and scrapped as a she would have been over 12 months old and the Mk IV radar obsolete. The Mosquito replacements had the much more capable Mk VII “centimetric” radar. The Build has been described in the "Work In Progress" board, where I detailed all the changes and modifications. The build went smoothly, I'm reasonably happy with the result, given the starting material. I've discovered errors that could have been corrected, but when discovered it was too late. Many thanks indeed to everyone who helped and answered questions as the work progressed. So, now from the front: From above: From the back And from underneath! This was my first attempt at airbrushing and at using washes to ad effect. Still a bit to learn, I feel! Comments, advice and suggestions most welcome...!!
    13 points
  8. So guys and girls, Here she is. After almost seeing the darkness of the round archive (aka dustbin), she made it. The whole adventure can be followed in this WIP So I learned some stuff here. First how to prime with a spray can, secondly I will cut the decals following recesses next time and gloss coat them. Third I use an accryllic gloss and it is possible gluing parts after that coat with standard glue.I feel my painting skills have improved a bit and I like the highlighted effects like on the machinegun cover. The Revell kit is nice with good detail and looks good to me. I leave the accurency issues to those interested. It just has the gap at the wingroots as fault. The rest what is wrong is what I have done. The model only comes in a closed canopy variant and I took a spare from an Airfix kit. When I see what detail of the cockpit still is visible I will not do that again in this scale. Also I havent attached the extra machine guns. Though I needed to drill quite some holes, the holes for those guns arent specified. Carefull reading of the instructions could have saved me but when I noticed it was too late. Also I didnt attach the antenna wire because I couldnt find an attacment point on the copula. Experimenting on the spare copula made conclude that I will mess up the copula so I didnt try. It seems I have trouble with installing the legs of the plane also this time it was troublesome at least, dont look into the wheel wells! For the rest enjoy and feel free to comment. Greetings TC Sorry for double posting the link cant remove it
    13 points
  9. F-14A Tomcat VF-143, Carrier Air Wing 6 (AE), USS America 1976 The 1976 Yeovilton Air Day was for me memorable for one thing – the flying display by a Grumman F-14A Tomcat. I had seen the VF-143 CAG Bird at that year’s IAT at Greenham Common, along with a VF-142 line bird and that was special too, but for some reason the appearance of 159457 / AE 112 at Yeovilton made a greater impression. Here are a couple of photos taken on that day, September 4th, 1976 : For the model I chose a kit of similar vintage, namely the original Hasegawa kit complete with raised panel lines and simplified detail, which had been in the stash for the best part of 40 years! I rescribed much of the upper surface detail, including of course the spoilers (can’t believe they moulded the spoilers in raised relief). Decals came from lots of F-14 sheets. There’s still no VF-143 decal out there in 1/72 except for the CAG bird decal from Microscale. I used the ‘pukin dog’ marking from that sheet but the blue and white trim was painted on. Good to have it in the collection after all these years. Chris
    13 points
  10. Morning all, A selection of my images from a superb show at Old Warden that has already set the bar high for what promises to be one of the best seasons in recent years. Great to see the Camel finally fly, and the Puma was a treat, but those BBMF passes were the absolute highlight for me Avro Lancaster BI PA474 Royal Air Force Old Warden 06/05/18 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Supermarine Spitfire LF IXc MH434/G-ASJV Old Flying Machine Company Old Warden 06/05/18 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Westland Puma HC2 XW212 Royal Air Force Old Warden 06/05/18 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Sopwith Camel F.1 D1851/G-BZSC Shuttleworth Collection Old Warden 06/05/18 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Avro XIX Anson TX176/G-AHKX BAE Systems Old Warden 06/05/18 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Bristol Blenheim IF L6739/G-BPIV Aircraft Restoration Company Old Warden 06/05/18 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Hawker Sea Hurricane Ib Z7015/G-BTKH Shuttleworth Collection Old Warden 06/05/18 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Blackburn Monoplane Type D G-AANI Shuttleworth Collection Old Warden 06/05/18 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Supermarine Spitfire LF IXc MH434/G-ASJV Old Flying Machine Company Old Warden 06/05/18 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Avro XIX Anson TX176/G-AHKX BAE Systems Old Warden 06/05/18 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Supermarine Spitfire LF XVIe TE311 Royal Air Force Old Warden 06/05/18 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Avro Lancaster BI PA474 Royal Air Force Old Warden 06/05/18 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Westland Puma HC2 XW212 Royal Air Force Old Warden 06/05/18 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Avro 504K E3272/G-ADEV Shuttleworth Collection Old Warden 06/05/18 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Hawker Hurricane II P3717/G-HITT Hurricane Heritage Old Warden 06/05/18 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Bristol Blenheim IF L6739/G-BPIV Aircraft Restoration Company Old Warden 06/05/18 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Supermarine Spitfire Ia N3200/G-CFGJ Aircraft Restoration Company Old Warden 06/05/18 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Supermarine Spitfire LF IXc MH434/G-ASJV Old Flying Machine Company Old Warden 06/05/18 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Westland Puma HC2 XW212 Royal Air Force Old Warden 06/05/18 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Hawker Hurricane II P3717/G-HITT Hurricane Heritage Old Warden 06/05/18 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Avro Lancaster BI PA474 Royal Air Force Old Warden 06/05/18 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Bristol M1C C4918/G-BWJM Shuttleworth Collection Old Warden 06/05/18 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Royal Aircraft Factory SE5A F-904/G-EBIA Shuttleworth Collection Old Warden 06/05/18 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Sopwith Camel F.1 D1851/G-BZSC Shuttleworth Collection Old Warden 06/05/18 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Hawker Tomtit I K1786/G-AFTA Shuttleworth Collection Old Warden 06/05/18 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Avro Tutor K3215/G-AHSA Shuttleworth Collection Old Warden 06/05/18 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4 ZK318 Royal Air Force Old Warden 06/05/18 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Bristol Blenheim IF L6739/G-BPIV Aircraft Restoration Company Old Warden 06/05/18 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Westland Puma HC2 XW212 Royal Air Force Old Warden 06/05/18 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Bristol Boxkite G-ASPP Shuttleworth Collection Old Warden 06/05/18 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Thanks for looking, comments welcomed as ever Shaun
    13 points
  11. Thanks chaps! I got a little more done today with yesterday's mouldings. I'm still not too sure about the radiator cowling, but I'll carry on with it and see what it looks like when it's all properly blended in. Here's how it looks after trimming it up and after cutting out and sanding the wheel fairings, I added some Mr Dissolved Putty to the radiator cowling. Then I just needed to fine tune the wheel fairings to see how they looked. The wheel fairings will be fitted at the rear first, then pushed down at the front to make sure they sit properly. I'm happy with the way these have turned out, and I should only need to add the drilled out front plates later. Thanks for looking in! Ian
    13 points
  12. MY FAVOURITE ........... The 1960 vintage Airfix Sunderland III model which I built in recent years is my favourite model The Airfix Sunderland holds a special place in my life, it is the first model that I have memories of. I am about four years old standing outside our cottage in Felixstowe and I am holding my dad's Airfix Sunderland, I can still smell the Airfix paint warming up in the morning sun. And then when I was thirteen I built one for my brother, I made sure that everything worked that was supposed too such as the retracting nose turret, beaching gear and bomb carriers. The Sunderland has long been one of my favourite aircraft so I cannot understand why it took me so long to build one for myself. It was circumstance that eventually brought it to happen which I will explain when I post its build soon. It had to be an Airfix Sunderland which to me still has the correct look and character of the real aircraft. A number of improvements were made to the quite basic kit including an almost full interior. But most important to me is that the turrets and bomb carriers work. Yes, definately my favourite. cheers, adey
    11 points
  13. USAF s/n 64-14858, a JC-130H with the 6593rd Test Squadron, 6594th Test Group out of Hickam AFB. Images taken at Edwards AFB in November 1984. As the tail motif reflects, this squadron's primary mission was Project Catch a Falling Star, the mid-air retrieval of reconnaissance satellite film canisters over the Pacific Ocean near the Hawaiian islands. The C-130 and their accompanying HH-53Cs took over the mission from the C-119J and HH-3. TheBaron currently is running a WIP for the C-119J with modifications for mid-air retrieval. Print Scale has a decal sheet, 72-134, for an HH-53C from the 6594th Test Group. I don't think anyone does the markings for the JC-130. Thanks for looking, Sven
    9 points
  14. Westland Sioux AH.1 660 Squadron, Army Air Corps, Topcliffe, Yorkshire, 1968 Way back in the mid 60s I remember going past Waddington in my Dad’s car. My eyes were glued to the camouflaged Vulcans, but as I watched a Sioux hover taxied past making a contrasting impression on a young teenager. And so in memory of that time I recently ambled through Italeri’s fiddly little kit, and here is the result (I’m still waiting to do the Vulcan, which has been in the stash in the attic for....quite a long time) Chris
    9 points
  15. Finished this one yesterday. A very nice kit. Made it OOB. Painted with enamels.
    9 points
  16. Hi guys, here is my latest build, The Ju 88 C 4 night fighter from Special Hobby in 1/48. This kit is not so easy to build but the black scheme was very fun to paint. Cheers, Manu.
    9 points
  17. For some time I have been tempted to make the trek to Lossiemouth when Exercise Joint Warrior is on. When a good friend of mine pointed out that Timeline Events https://www.timelineevents.org/ were organising two consecutive days on base during this April/May's exercise then the opportunity was too good to pass up. We were hosted by No. 2 Squadron in the mornings enabling us to see the their Typhoons being pulled out of the hardened shelters, followed by pre-flight checks and then taxying out for take-off and return. Owing to poor weather on day one the hot refuelling plan was abandoned but took place on day two. In the afternoon it was over to the apron where the MPAs were located. There were two P8 Poseidons, a CP140 Aurora, a French Atlantique and a Norwegian Orion in residence. I arrived the morning before our time on base and spent the day at the end of the runway 23 at the north end of the base. Suffice to say the viewing opportunities are superb which I hope some of the images convey. No stepladders are needed. Talking to a local, he told me that this was the quietest Joint Warrior he had seen in years and I think that was reflected in the small number of foreign participants. I have read that there is no JW this October but the staff on base told me that is not necessarily the case. Apparently this was the first event of this kind Lossiemouth has done with the planning having taken nearly a year. It seemed to go sufficiently well that there were hints of holding another one this October perhaps with a night shoot element. Despite 50 of us on each day everybody was courteous and there was none of the aggressive jockeying for position or selfishness that is sometimes encountered at this type of event. A huge thank you to the personnel of 2 Squadron and RAF Lossiemouth for a very enjoyable two days. 1. The squadron crest on their building. 2. 3. Aircraft are pooled hence the markings don't necessarily reflect the operator. 4. 5. BAe commuter. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. I haven't shown it in any photos here but No. 1 Squadron's apron is left of this shot and the aircraft taxy round in front of you. 11. It's a little like St Maarten in the Caribbean when the pilot revs up the engines. 12. 13. 14. See the parent and the children bottom right. 15. 16. A golf course lies right beneath the flight path. 17. 18. 19. This pilot is a USMC major. 20. 21. 22. 23. I've included this shot to illustrate what great access we had. Ear defenders and high viz jackets were mandatory. 24. Two fire engines were deployed for the three aircraft involved in the hot refuelling. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. Don't be fooled by the blue sky. Most of the time it was wet or cold and windy. 36. 37. 38. 39. The CP140 had declared an emergency hence three fire engines and an ambulance chasing it down the runway as it landed. We didn't find out what the issue was. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. That's it, thanks for looking.
    9 points
  18. Thanks Simon - done! Trouble is, at my age, I forget that I've got things... like the boxes I bought to arrange the spares in some kind of order Thanks James, all clear thanks, but I still think I'll go for gun pods, fuel tanks (thanks, wondered what they were) and Tiger pods just for the hell of it! Thanks Benedikt Thanks massimo They are indeed a bit rubbish although I blame the age of the moulds. Revell 'rank' the kit as "Level 5 - difficult: models with over 150 parts requiring a very high level of skill". Oops, should have left it alone then That aside I would say 'fiddly, but good general fit' and it won't disappoint you I don't think. Thanks Håkan - now resolved, thankfully! Things that chop have been started: There's lots of fine detail to pick out and some 'fun' masking to do. Great
    9 points
  19. Peeling the masks off reveals the color scheme: Needless to say, and in spite of appearances, completion is not really near. A line separating the colors needs to be added, decals applied, and then very complex upper wing cabane structure and wing struts need to be added, plus rigging, transparencies, prop, wheels and pants, and many small details. Sigh.....
    9 points
  20. Hie all, here my new build, the Harrier T.4 by Kinetic in 1:48. No doubt, this is one of the finest Kinetic kits with an amaizing decalsheet. Add some Eduard PE parts and the pitot by Master.
    8 points
  21. Hello everybody. A long time due to a lot of life reasons I was absent on a forum. There were many interesting things happened during this time that will give us hope for the future. But I am sincerely happy to see everybody again. Today I would like to present you a new my single engine jet fighter from the Korean War. Let's meet with the legendary "Thunderjet". This is one of my favorite aircraft of those times. The WIP process was very complex and very simple at the same time. I don`t know the reason of it, I know it sounds strange, but it's true. I have focused primarily on cockpit details then exterior. There are four metallic colours I used for the outher skin pannel`s effect. Let's together sit on the sofa and look at the pictures. Hope You like it. Thanks. Andrii.
    8 points
  22. Hello, While enjoying this sunny Sunday, I would like to share a bit of sunshine with you along with my latest built model. Actually, it was finished in 2017... It is Italeri 1/72 Gruman Hellcat. It has been enhanced by Quickboost gunsight and Eduard seat belts. The decals are from Aeromaster. Hope you like it. Cheers, Antoine
    8 points
  23. Massimo & Giorgio: Buoyed up by your enthusiasm I had a last hurrah at getting the rudders finished after work - which in the end took a surprisingly short time to get done, having got my eye in earlier and the parts being that much smaller. The added runners along the leading edges rotary-tooled down to a ruddery kind of cross-section: Actually, using up old runner from the kit like this is a surprisingly useful way of building-up this kind of structure: I think I'll stick with that method in future! 🎯 Let's tape them in for a test fit along with the mid-parts to get an idea of how these are all working together as an ensemble: Closer: That spot of empennagerie is starting to come together now in a manner not entirely unpleasing to the old ocular orbs: My favourite method for filling these days is the Dolegellau Magic Mustard applied with a wet scalpel: Lots of slots to cut for hinges of course but that needs the night to harden first. All the grinding of plastic this week has put more plastic particles over the bench than there is dandruff on Inspector Dover's collar - so much so that I was able to complete my lunar diorama of Apollo 15 finding out that the Soviets had got to Hadley Rille first. Here's Dave Scott and Jim Irwin falling off their seats in surprise: Damn fake history!🎥 Tony
    8 points
  24. You used a folding chair? That can't have been easy... 😉 A man xenomorph after my own heart! 🤘 Though now I've got the Kelly's Heroes theme song rocking round my head: Indeed! James' image just screams 'Insect Jesus' doesn't it? And if you couldn't rock compound eyes in the 70s, you were never going to really were you? 'Keep them moving blades sharp.' 👏 Some of the more interesting sound textures between tracks on The Lamb Lies Down were due to Mr. Eno too. His Before and After Science album remains a perennial favourite in the Baronial vinyl collection. Not so much a morning off today as a waiting period before having to head into town for an MRI on the old backbone. Turned out to be one of those new supercool Philips ones reminiscent of the Ron Cobb's Nostromo designs for 'Alien': Fluctuating LED coloured lighting changes throughout and that dolphin-language set of hums and buzzes these gizmos make in operation give a quite startling sense of aesthetics to having your hydrogen atoms spun up by a gert magnet. Anyway, before shoving off to work for the afternoon, a little more progress on the surfaces. Prepare to wince as the first stages of building the curved surfaces for the rudders and ailerons ain't pretty: Here I just split a piece of runner from the kit in half lengthways and glued each half to the leading edge of the rudders. An identical process for the ailerons, save for needing the whole thickness of a runner due to the deeper cross-section involved: Once the glue had sufficient time to harden, out with one of those miniature angle-grinder blades in the Dremel for some freestyle profiling. Before above, after below: Any obvious seam lines will receive a smear of Milliput later on; the key thing at this stage is just to focus on getting the curvature of the leading edge sufficiently correct so that it will slot into the channels ground out earlier in the wing trailing edges. Another 'before and after' from the side: After a few offerings-up and thinning-downs with the sihrsc, a successful meeting of parts began to emerge. Starboard upper: ...and lower: All done - quelle aileronique! I'm biased of course but that looks a whole lot more convincing in close-up now: Port upper: Rudders to receive same attention next, then some Millput work and smoothing to get them all regularized prior to fitting. Oh, plus the hinges to inset as well, mustn't forget those.... Right. Gotta grab some nosebag and thence to gainful employment for the rest of the day, followed by a squint through the CD of inner selfies I got handed at the end of the imaging session this morning. Tony
    8 points
  25. Trident 1C G-ARPK British Airways, Heathrow, 1970s This is the Airfix kit, of course, but this was refurbished after an original build back in the early 90s. The original build had the classic Red Square BEA livery, but it’s white paint (enamel in those days) had gone a fetching shade of cream. I had also attempted extended flaps, spoilers and droop but was never very happy with it so in the refurbish I glued everything shut, filled it with Milliput and gave it all a good sanding, re-profiling the old Airfix wing in the process. This is what it used to look like : This time around I also added about 4mm to the fin chord (the original never looked right), added some wing root fairings (they’re very different port and starboard by the way) and generally tidied up the shapes of most things. Why didn’t I put those classic BEA markings back? Mainly because I bought 2 other Tridents to do the red square and speedjack versions....sometime... My original plan was to do G-ARPF again, but then found out that it never made it to the final BA scheme and hence G-ARPK! Chris
    8 points
  26. Sculpted these for Retrokit, picked up castings at Scottish Nationals. Battle of Banana and Luft banana. Next job is a Meng Spitfire to give Battle of Banana something to fly!
    7 points
  27. Hello All, This was part of a GB for the 100 Anniversary of the RAF. The kit is the 1963 pop of the Avro Anson from Airfix in its 1970's boxing guise. A bit of a labour of love and is no show winner, but she was bought second hand unbuilt and saved from the rubbish dump. Thanks for looking and Happy Modelling, Ian
    7 points
  28. This is my reproduction of a Bf-109 G-6 Werknummer 160717, it was flown by Gruppenkommanduer of II/JG 51. Hptm Karl Rammelt. When his unit moved to Romania during the second half of 1943 the white fuselage band was painted over in a lighter version of RLM74. It was at Nisch in Romania when the wooden club was painted on to Hptm Karl Rammelt's aircraft by his ground crew. Not much I can really expand on the with the kit itself, but I built it straight out of the box expect for the seat harnesses. All comments welcome, oh and yes, the sun does come out in Scotland lololol
    6 points
  29. Hi all, While pondering the panel line dilemma, I decided to move on to the wing assemblies, which of course, had been sanded to their lines on the backing and were ready for assembly. First, I installed some rudimentary landing gear well sides, primarily to help strengthen the wings. There's not much area to detail, and I am going to fill some of that in a moment! I sort of cheated, and glued 10 thou card pieces to the edges of the gear cut0out, as well as the upper wing, which becomes the "bottom" of the wheel well: Odd pieces of plastic or wood are used to hold the new wheel well walls while the liquid glue dries. Popsicle sticks are great for this, as you can trim them to the exact widths needed. Next, long pieces of the thinnest card stock I could find (5 or 10 thou) were glued into the intakes, to form a duct: Next, a not-very-good photo of the finished duct-work, trimmed to size after the glue had dried: Next, I addressed the fit of the main landing gear, measuring the supplied metal gear legs against the drawings to see how "deep" into the wings they needed ti fit -- in this case, flush against the bottom of the top wing half. Also note that the main gear has a unique bend to it, requiring the mounting block for the gear to be sanded at an angle, to eventually allow the axle to be parallel to the bottom wing surface: I ended up gluing together a three layer sandwich of plastic card trips, into which I them drilled two holes of a size to accept the landing gear. This strip was then cut apart, leaving two blocks with holes in the middle -- one mounting block for each side. An angle was sanded (by trial and error), on the "top" of the mounting block, to compensate for the "angle" of the main gear leg. A temporarily-installed gear looks like this: In my case, the block was too high on one side, so it was also sanded flush. Next the prepped wings were glued to the fuse. In the end, and because there were relatively few panel lines, I filled them with CA and re-scribed, just to make me feel better. I promise you, when I'm working on a tough model, the Devil often whispers in my ear "take the dive... stay down...don't get up...", and it takes a lot to keep soldiering on. One of these days, he's gonna get me! (But he ain't got me yet!) Next a view from the front, with the wings attached. Looks like one intake is larger than the other -- well, more work to do: As I ponder the vagaries of errant intakes, I'll sign off for now. May all your models be successful! Ed
    6 points
  30. Be nice to see a 1/48 Bf109G-6... that’ll be something a bit different!! Cheers.. Dave (Hoping for a Venom but knows has next to no chance).
    6 points
  31. Here's my attempt at Sword's 1/72nd kit that I did over on the 'Carriers Ahoy!' GB if you fancy looking at the build thread. A nicely detailed kit, it requires a bit more 'proper modelling' than I had patience for this time! The wing fitting and canopy were the main problem areas for me, and I still managed to misalign the canopy at the rear (it is narrower than the fuselage). The Techmod decals frequently broke and I ended up not using the stencilling because of this. Paints were Vallejo ModelAir. Varnish was Alclad II Gloss (sprays nicely out the bottle) and Vallejo Satin. Lightly weathered and a 7 thou E guitar string aerial. Be kind 🙂 Davey.
    6 points
  32. Thanks Stuart and Giorgio for the suggestion of sanity There is an option 5 (see below)! Thanks Silenoz, Giorgio and Benedikt (English fine) for the tips on drilling holes - helpful Thanks to James for Option 5 - Tiger stripes on the Shturm pods! I like that idea so I drilled some holes in the ends: Practice makes perfect better than the last bodge up. Quick coat of H24 and some swipes with a black Pitt pen and we have: Me likey. So I now have: after quickly painting the other pods. But wait... gun pods, fat torpedo things (no idea) AND rocket pods? What?? I am an idiot. But we all knew that eh? The rocket pods are an option. That's in then, option 5 (adopted) is the Tiger Shturms on the wingtips and these inboard: I shall take great delight in chucking the pods in the bin... or maybe in the stash.
    6 points
  33. Thanks Håkan, Stuart, Andre and Johnny Thanks Sarge for the great photo - definitely scary Thanks James for letting me know that the tubes are for the AT-6 Shturm (Spiral) anti-tank missiles. That's encouraged me to to a bit more research on the weapons before I bash them about History.net has a nice diagram that tells me that the larger rocket pods are B-8V20 20 round rocket pack for launching S-8 90mm rockets. Forums.eagle.ru has a thread with some nice photos that I hope they won't mind me pinching (let me know guys) like this: B-8V20 rocket pack by Ced Bufton, on Flickr So, how do the kit parts compare? Stop laughing you lot! As mentioned above the 'tubes' come in two parts and one pushes through the back of the other (cheeky, fnaar!) When the moulds were new this might have provided a good representation, except they're still not tubes. Now they're also too fat and this pushes them out of alignment. The one on the left isn't too bad, but the one on the right has several bent tubes and both have some tubes of different lengths. Rats. Options? 1. See if they can be saved and drill them out 2. Replace the tubes with, er, tube 3. Leave them off - some shots of 3361 show them missing. In fact at shows she seems to be mostly bare. If you're modelling this in 1/48 then Aires do some nice B8V20 pods reviewed by IPMS USA. Sadly not in this scale. Option 1, file the seams and the fronts flat and mark out the centre of the tunes with a sharp point: This is one of those jobs that [will drive you mad] / [you will find therapeutic] (Delete as appropriate). Guess which one I am? I'm not very good at this drilling out malarkey but I drilled a small hole first and then tried to open the end with a larger drill. 'orrid. In my defence the plastic is quite soft and the drill very sharp. I'm also not very good at this - any tips welcome So option 1 has bitten the dust. Option 2. I've cut the 'tubes' off the front of one pod and filed it flat. I've found some Albion tube of (about) the right size. All I need to do now then is cut 20 bits of tube to about 2mm then arrange them in the right pattern. Easy. Not. If it works I need to do it again on the other side. Option 3 is looking attractive. Any tips greatly appreciated.
    6 points
  34. I realized that the chairs were of "comfortable airliner seat"* size, so I made a few more at a smaller size: (*For you, fledgling, a "comfortable airliner seat" is a thing that used to exist, even when you flew main cabin. Not anymore) Just for heck of it I prepared the kit's inst. panel, which looks decent enough if you don't want to use the P.E. one (I will), given its scarcely visible position. Also seen are very respectable radio and navigation consoles found in the spares bin. On British planes the complex radio instrumentation was used exclusively to listen to the BBC. The "navigation" console was actually a disguised cuppa brewing machine:
    6 points
  35. Aye up Steve, Well done mate. I'm currently on my 6th week now without the fags. Didn't go down the replacement route though. Cold turkey for me...... Good innit 😉 Regards, Steve
    6 points
  36. The subject of this build is "Wag's War Wagon", a DeHavilland Mosquito Mk.VI of No. 605 Squadron. Flight Officer Alan Wagner flew Wag’s War-Wagon and became an ace in the plane on the night of March 5/6, 1944. After its March 5/6, 1944 mission, Wagner’s aircraft carried two victory markings for Japanese aircraft Wagner claimed over Ceylon earlier in the war, along with three marks for the German aircraft shot down—two Me 410s and a FW 190. In total, Wagner shot down nine confirmed enemy aircraft and two V-1s. Tragically, he was killed while chasing a V-1 “buzz bomb” in heavy fog when his speeding Tempest fighter struck the ground in July of 1944. He was 29 years old. Built in 1/72 from Tamiya's excellent kit and a bunch of aftermarket. My WIP can be reviewed here: https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235035750-yank-does-a-mosquito/ Enjoy the photos! While researching this build, I learned that the Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum in Everett, Washington owns a flight-worthy Mosquito that has been repainted in the War Wagon's scheme. Google will point you to many photos and in-flight videos of this beautifully restored aircraft. Thanks for viewing!
    5 points
  37. Just finishing up my 8th Af Aircraft This is the Academy Kit with Kagero decals from the Book on P-47s in European theater The different tank are documented in a phot and the markings are included with the sheet Vallejo Paints and Testors Dullcoat finish Comments welcome Thanks for Looking Bill
    5 points
  38. It took many years to finish the beast, and finally here she is. Built with Vector engines, Part p/e landing flaps and some of my own ideas.
    5 points
  39. More progress. Primed yesterday with Alclad grey primer & rubbed down. Now on with a coat of Humbrol Satin white. Nearly a whole tin on the uppers & still not finished. Another coat plus undersides to follow when I return from holiday so nothing for a couple of weeks 😪
    5 points
  40. Bit more Botha. Completed engine improvements and pre-shaded then noticed another small rectangular window behind the glazed nose. So added it to the model. Decided to use the decals supplied which means trainer yellow undersides. Also added the clothes line underneath from trusty bag tie wire. Looking forward to getting some green and dark earth on then i'll really feel like the end is in sight, been looking at this one far too long and it's got in the way of some GB's I planned to do.
    5 points
  41. Source: https://www.facebook.com/groups/230736313769483/permalink/976642132512227/ Source: http://hobby.dengeki.com/event/567077/ V.P.
    5 points
  42. Bigfoot 10 wishing Britmodeller a very happy 10th Anniversary! 🎉 All the best Graham
    5 points
  43. As usual, I set low standards and failed to achieve them! Joking aside, despite my best efforts I stuffed up the awkward and very tight fitting canopy. I somehow left tape or another residue on the inside of the canopy, plus caused a slight stress fracture, snapped off the nosewheel, and had a little decal silvering. My other overall grey F-102 Case-X is on hold after one of the nose stripe decals(see Xtradecal instructions below) inexplicably shattered upon contact with water and without any handling by me, whereas the first one worked fine. Top marks to Hannants who are mailing me a replacement set to NZ, so hopefully I will have the grey one done in about 2 weeks time.
    5 points
  44. I don't get the fancy markings on Hinds thing at all.....This is possibly the only machine in the entire universe that looks less evil when you paint Giger bio-mech on it. You just know that thing wants to kill you!
    5 points
  45. Hello all, Here is my recently completed 1/48 Revell Rafale M - the build thread is here Extras used included a Wolfpack ejection seat, Wolfpack update set, Renaissance MICA IR missiles and SCALP (Storm Shadow) missiles from a Revell Eurofighter Typhoon kit. I know the load out is not 100% correct for a carrier based Rafale, but I know that several of these jets were/are deployed to Jordan for operations over Iraq/Syria so that's what i'm going for. The Revell kit is very nice indeed. Thanks for looking. Dave
    4 points
  46. Hi, In commemoration of 10th years of BM forum there was a GB in which we were all invited to do a model with "10" in its description. Could be even "Me 410" or any machine from 10 Squadron. My choice was Nieman R-10 - a Soviet light bomber/tactical recce machine from late 1930s. This is one of first (exactly No 72006, so 6th if catalogue number tells true) Pavla kit. Made of a bit too soft plastic. I replaced the turret by a scratch build one and changed the spinner for the late R-10 type. Here she is: The thread from build is in GB section Comments welcome Regards Jerzy - Wojtek
    4 points
  47. I think that everyone has their own method of quitting. I quit around 1981. I was never a heavy smoker, about 20 a day. At the time, I used to work at an oil refinery in the Thames Estuary, and we could only smoke in designated areas, known colloquially as "bang holes". They were similar to concrete bus shelters and were open to the elements. I remember sitting out there one January morning about 3am, with the wind howling up the estuary bringing the temperature down to about -10, and thinking to myself "WHY?" I had a nasty cold at the time which always made cigarettes taste foul, so I decided to kick the habit. It may sound smug, but I was able to do it quite easily. The difficulty with regards to the nature of my job, a heavy cold and couple of other factors helped. I've not smoked since. Now all I need to do is to convince my wife to do the same. It's a PITA sharing a car with someone who smells like an old ash tray. John.
    4 points
  48. Morning Chaps Thanks Vinnie & Steve Yeah, its a bit of a struggle, but one that seems to be diminishing as the days go on. There are those moments that your brain just screams SMOOOOOOKKKKEEEEEEEEE.... but instead of reaching for the fags i go outside or to the shops or something. You so right Steve about smelling other people that smoked but the nice thing for me (apart from all the health twaddle) is I my modelling desk isn't covered in fag ash from the ashtray anymore
    4 points
  49. Christmas 1972 in Whitby, my youngest brother is holding aloft his Airfix B-25 Mitchell present............... looks like I am going to be busy I have just realised that is me in the background ........... with an Airfix Stirling on my lap. We had our grandparents visiting us over Christmas and Airfix models were theirs and our uncle's choice presents for us, I built a Vigilante, Dornier 17E and that Mitchell for my brothers and the Stirling, Superfreighter, and C-47 Dakota for myself, all of them Christmas presents. seasons greetings, adey
    4 points
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