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  1. Pretty sure I`m not going to have to explain the inspiration for my latest in-flight diorama......! (Prop blur courtesy of Flickr photo editing) Thanks for looking.
    38 points
  2. Hello everyone I will welcome you with the b-2 bomber model. A gluing, or rather a sculpturing, took me half a year. At the time when I stuck it, it was the only 1/72 scale model on the market. Tests are not impressive with quality, it is a model from the "gniot" series. The patches date 1991, convex lines, wyppaczane items, there are many shrinkage pits, you need to improve a lot and even more earn. I collected probably the majority of photos, videos and reports from the model building available on the Internet. Unfortunately, very few photos of B-2 details are still available today. For the construction I used Eduard's plaques and airesa armchairs, the only elements available on the market for this model, and still are not perfect. Cockpit, bomb chamber, chassis recesses, engines, leaning rudders and many other things done from scratch, engraved lines. I have not used so much putty in my life, even on Mach 2 models. Model painted mr. Color C (FS36118), H. The presentation of this copy (21066) took place on November 22, 1988 at the Palmdale Air Force Base, California. The first flight took place on July 17, 1989 from the Palmdale base to the Edwards base. greetings ,,,,,
    37 points
  3. Hi all, this is the matchbox kit pk-401 which I build a while ago. The kit has been rescribed, A scratch build interior and cockpit, Float struts replaced, Scratch build ladders, Mass balances made from wire tipped with white glue, Falcon nose, home vac formed main canopie. (falcon was too short for the matchbox kit & windscreen was curved) Aires mg's, Paints used xtracolor rlm 72,73,65. Streached sprue airials. Aeromaster & xtradecal national markings, squadron codes super scale, squadron badge from the kit. Thank you for looking, comments are welcomed. Nick
    32 points
  4. Hello, dear friends and colleagues! Let me present my yet another model Blackburn Shark Mk.II by Eastern Express. This kit is the repack of the "old school" Frog model. The kit offers wide choice of varieties – with floats, on wheeled chassis, with folded wing or in-flight configuration – and leaves you rather pleasantly impressed. For its time the model seems quite respectable and can be transformed into a perfect replica if you give it a certain effort. As far as I know, this model of Shark aircraft hasn’t got any alternatives nowadays. The main drawbacks are the following: horrible engine which you must change undoubtedly, empty cockpit (though this feature is characteristic for all models of that time) and wrong number of ribs on the wings which can be seen while imitating the sagging of canvas. I managed to deal with the first two problems but the last one was resolved only partially – I didn’t have neither energy nor desire to remake the whole wing. The model has been made out of the box and materials at hand such as plastic sheets, wire of different gauge, fishing line, cotton buds tubes, hand-made sprues. From aftermarket I used only the Вrengun sight for the tail gun. The model was totally rejointed, riveted, remade the engine, added a cockpit interior, detailed the wings and fuselage. Cross-bracings and aerials are made of fishing line, guns – of wire and a drawn cotton buds tube, navigation lights – of drawn colourful party picks. All in all, the building produced positive impression and turned out to be useful experience for me. Colouring – enamel and acrylic paints Revell, Humbrol and Tamiya, lacquers Tamiya. I tried to highlight the sagging of canvas with paints and some graphite chips, so part of ribs and primary wing structures are merely hand-drawn. Accentuation of jointing – Tamiya panel line wash, oil paints. Toning – oil and water-color pencils. So, nothing out of the ordinary. Decals from the kit turned out to be of very high quality in spite of their age. I liked working with them, they are thin, very good to attach and don’t flake while masking. The result is the torpedo bomber 820 Naval Squadron K8471/652 from HMS Courageous air group as in 1937. Pleasant viewing! Thanks for watching!
    25 points
  5. Hello Here is my last build with this 1/72 Airfix North American B-25C from 83rd Bomb Squadron / 12th Bomber Group U.S. Army Air Force in 1942 somewhere in the North African desert area. Decals came from Xtradecal. Soon to be published in Tamiya Magazine French Edition. Patrick
    25 points
  6. Hi Folks Number 7 from the shelf of doom the Revell H19 kit. This is one built by Sikorsky and sold to the Royal Navy while Westland were tooling up to produce their version. The photo I worked from shows it to be lacking the winch which was a bonus as the one in the kit bears no relation to real real thing. The only things I did to it were some home made seats, mesh over the openings above the engine and rubbed down the rivets. It's time someone did this as new moulding considering it was probably the first useful helicopter available to many armed forces. Ian
    18 points
  7. This time the model F-117, the model is very simple to fold and very difficult to paint. I tried to make this model many times I took it off the shelf and put it back. Reason? One question: How to make a black model wouldn't just be black? I build models straight from the box and so I always try to focus on painting. I often make models that are a bit too heavily damaged, dirty but in my opinion is the only way to give them a bit of life. F-117 Trumpeter 1:32 the model is very easy to fold and you will not have any problems. At the begining few photos 1: 1 1:32 If you would like to see more pictures please let me know - I will add
    18 points
  8. Hello Britmodellers, Three of a kind. Now: Number 3, the first prototype, kit bash of 3 kits, Heller, Academy, KP 1:72, some left parts of the 4th, one of the 2 Tamiya kit,s and a lot of scratch with self printed decals.. Different keel, fuselage, cockpit, glass is milled and sanded for right curvature, older MLG cutout, wheels, front strut, navigation lights etc. I hope you like it! Cheers, Tom
    14 points
  9. 1/72nd RS Models Bloch MB-152 Out of the two MB-152 boxings in the stash, the RS kit is the most recent. The other is a Smer repop of the venerable Heller kit. While the Smer kit looks like an MB-152, it lacks some of the finesse of the modern limited run kit. There is no cockpit detail, and the wheel wells are open to the sky. With some extra modelling - with some ideas already forming after putting together the RS kit - the older version might still get built. Who can say? Anyway, let’s look at the RS kit. Four decal options are provided, all of planes that flew during May and June 1940. The instruction booklet is poorly printed, with some of the finer text being hard to make out. I make a point of going through it, identifying colour call-outs. The decal sheet is neatly printed. The power plant is a cast resin block, with RT antennae and the control column also in resin - an odd choice to my mind, when equally fine parts have been moulded in plastic. One clear sprue contains the single piece canopy, alternative gun sights and the landing light. Two sprues of light brown plastic contain the main parts, including alternates to suit variations in the real planes. There’s some nice detail evident in the cockpit sidewalls and basic instrument panel - more than enough for what can usually seen with the canopy in place. No PE in this kit, so I planned to use masking tape to create seat belts. Not having a lot of Armée de l'Air reference material, I sourced this Squadron publication, which has a fair number of reasonable photos and detail information for the main French fighters of the period. Hoping the kit information and markings are more or less right, aided by a little internet research, I’m confident a reasonably accurate model can be made with little effort. I found there can be conflicting opinions about the actual colours used for interiors, so I elected to follow the instructions. I chose Humbrol Hu96 RAF Blue/Grey. Camouflage colours will come from the Colour Coats enamels range. The basic cockpit tub went together quickly. I fitted the parts into one fuselage half to align them, with the other half taped on to make sure they stayed in place while the glue set. For a so-called limited run kit, the major components fitted well. The fuselage needed a little sanding along the seams. The wings (single part lower wings and fuselage, with separate upper wings) required just a little tidying and a pass with the sanding stick to remove ejector marks inside. I liked the way the undercarriage bay is built up, only I forgot to take its picture! The wing and fuselage assemblies mated pretty well. A little sanding of the front and rear of the fuselage insert resulted in a satisfying fit. I used some PPP filler on the upper wing roots and the small gaps elsewhere. I have to say I’ve used more filler on current big name kits! I think other variants of this kit have different engine blocks, and there are alternate parts for the cowling front and rear. It took a moment to ensure I selected the correct parts for this version. The resin engine plugs into the fuselage front, and I think the intention is you should build the cowling up around it. I felt, with half an eye on painting, it would be better if I could make up the cowling as a sub-assembly that fitted over the engine later. I took my time cleaning up and assembling the cowling parts. When the glue had set, I carefully sanded off the engine cylinder tops until I could slide it into the cowling easily. I spotted a massive ejector mark on one prop blade, which I filled. I’ll sand that later, when I’m ready to paint it. I carefully masked the canopy, and made sure it settled neatly on the fuselage. I used Kristal Klear to hold it in place, followed by a coat of the interior colour. With some sponge to bung up the fuselage hole and prop the cowling in place, I’m ready for some primer and painting to commence. I just need to wait for a little warmer weather so I can begin painting, and that gap in proceedings might tempt me to start another kit. We'll see.
    14 points
  10. Fret ye not chaps, I escaped (in 40 minutes - result!) only to go over the pub… Trevor and Steve, I think you're after: (Other That's Life talented pets available) But then, in an unusual burst of mojo before the pub, this happened: Close enough?
    13 points
  11. Dunno where he is no, wait.. I found him. He was hiding from us and even better, I found his next project !
    12 points
  12. This is my Tupolev Tu-128 "Fiddler B" Red 01, unit unknown, of the IA-PVO, Russia, USSR, which I built in 2012. It's a 1:144 resin bonus kit of the Tu-22K Blinder-B boxing (one hell of a bonus kit!). Built mostly OOB, correcting the position of the main undercarriage legs and putting the doors as they should be as opposed to what was suggested in the minimal instructions. I added various aerials and lumps from stretched sprue and scrap plastic as well as missing u/c retraction arms or struts. The kit was completely painted and varnished by brush. Thanks for looking and all comments welcome Miguel
    10 points
  13. This is a 1/35 Hobby Boss kit,of the Soviet BA-3 Armoured Car,developed in 1933,around 180 were built,have seen some fine examples of this kit so this is my interpretation,my idea came from the photo I have added to show what I was after,the engine came with the kit,which would have been hidden,it was such a fine example I thought I would show it off,Cheers to all and as it is close to Christmas,I wish all you Fine modellers out there a Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year..🎅 JIM..
    10 points
  14. Hello friends. Here is my latest work, the FW-190 D-9 from Eduard. In general good kit but quite far from their latest kits like the new forms of Bf-109's and FW-190's, which are amazing. Flush of parts, bad fit and engineering, etc. But never mind all of this - it was a pleasure to build and paint it. Hope you like it
    9 points
  15. I have been looking at this thread with great interest. I was initially going to do my Anson strictly OOB as a paint canvas but I have been kind of seduced by it to try a bit harder. Finding I had a Flightpath set didn't help the OOB cause much. There is no way I am going to copy anything but the basics of @TheBaron's magic but I will do a little. I quoted the figure at the top as it takes ages to wade through this thread to find anything - and that's just looking at the pictures! I have sanded off the Airfix fabric wings and I'll polish them up a bit. I looked at the SH ones - ohhh dear, I think they are metal panels? I was just going to ignore the flaps but hopefully it's just a bit of filling and re-scribing. I don't want them open. I got a bit carried away (in OOB terms) with the interior. Thanks again for doing this thread and inspiring me to do a better job! I suppose Airfix will now come out with a new Anson!
    9 points
  16. Still puttering along. It's hard for anything to look cool at this stage, but here we are. The white is on the nose, wing tips, and horizontal stab tips. And RLM 70 is on the spinner and prop blades. We're getting close to the land of extensive masking, as we'll need to mask the nose off and so much more. Excitement.
    9 points
  17. For lack of a better name. It's what I've been calling it to my family when I'm telling them what I'm doing (working on the charger...!) This is my first diorama (or is it a vigette?) and also my first model car (I'm an airplane guy) and first attempt at figure painting, not counting my warhammer days 30 years ago. It's a Christmas present to my brother in law who is a huge petrol head and muscle car owner and English bull terrier lover - so I really just put all those things into a model. The setting is a drive down to the local river bed where my brother takes his dogs for walkies, while driving a muscle car along beside them. The car is a 1969 Dodge Charger in 1/25 from a kit by MPC. It was the single worst kit I have ever built since or before returning to the hobby. Nothing fit, everything was crazy warped and some parts had so much flash, you couldn't tell where the flash ended and the part began. Don't buy this model - apparently its the same kit they've been flogging since the 60's and I believe it. Other than the car, it was an enjoyable build. Really enjoyed the figure painting so will definitely be doing more of that. Enough whining/talking... the pictures: Thanks for reading...! John
    8 points
  18. Another heavily exploited jet. After reviewing many photos from the location of Mirage IIIC (Djibouti), I decided to make a model using the photo below. The model straight from the box is basically the biggest challenge is painting the model to bring it to this look. I'm not sure if you'll like the model so tired. Mirage IIIC
    8 points
  19. Hi Here are a few phone grabs of aircraft from Nigerian airlines departing Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. Sorry for the quality, but the A340-600 window was rather dirty, and they have been cropped to within a pixel of their lives! Thanks for looking.
    7 points
  20. This is a 1/32 Trumpeter Razorback built for a friend who wanted a weather-worn workhorse. Insignia airbrushed with Montex masks before top coat in an effort to prevent markings standing proud. A few scratch-built additions here and there but generally OOB. The kit built quite well although you do need to be precise bringing together the interior in order to get the fuselage fitted neatly. Love these planes and want to build another.
    7 points
  21. WnW set with Parabellum gun maschine from Master Model, Proper Plane wooden propeller and Ushi van Rosten plywood decals.
    7 points
  22. Hello! Here's my HobbyBoss 1:72 Messerschmitt Bf 109E-7 Trop which I built back in 2008. It represents "Black 8", of 8./JG27, flown by Lt Werner Schroer, at Ain El Gazala, Libya, in April 1941. Despite being an "easy-build" kit, I had alot of work dealing with poor joints, especially along the fuselage sides. I added belts in the cockpit from an Eduard Luftwaffe WWII etched set. Although the boxtop displayed this option, it wasn't included in the decals so I used some from an old Airfix kit (from around 1980) which I had left over and were still in good condition. The main markings came from the HobbyBoss kit. The kit was mostly painted by brush except for the RLM80 mottling which was done with airbrush. The matt varnish was also airbrushed. Photos of this machine show it in reasonably good conditions so I kept weathering restrained. Thanks for looking and all comments are welcome Miguel
    7 points
  23. Hello Everyone This project took a little more time than i expected. A very known model from 70's, model I am extremely fond of, because it was the first model which my father made for me and introduced me to this hobby. I decided that I will do the same version, without any additional details in same colors and markings, just for him. I decided and ..... after almost 40 years I finished it...but in different way: Engraved, a complete cabin with instruments made (known only to me and impossible to see), completed made landing gear bay, replaced propeller with one from hobby boss, used Italery colors, for wash and shades used artistic oli paints, markings skymodel ... if I remember well ... and that's it, almost from the box Not to bother you more, another model old almost as me is done. I hope you like it Best regards and pictures at the end:
    7 points
  24. Avro 504Z Monoplane Racer A little known part of the Avro 504 story is the development, in the early inter-war years, of a monoplane racing variant of the type. The reason that it is so little-known is that I just made that 'fact' up. It's a shame really because if it were true I would now be much, much closer to finishing this thing... It's time for the lower wing to go on... A recurring feature of my builds is my tendency to use two different types of glues on one joint. Here 'liquid nails' will provide the strength for this critical joint, while aquadhere PVA will add some rigidity. The correct term for this technique is - 'making a mess'. Some model-builders seem to be able to maintain a near surgical degree of cleanliness and control throughout their builds. Not me... 😨 Anyway, slap the two bits, wings and fuselage, together and clamp them for 24 hours. And then you should be able to do this for the first time - take a photo of the model in 'mid-air' with the lower wings at least in the right spot. I'm happy with this, it's a major milestone, if for no other reason than I can now walk around the house 'flying' my Avro going Bzzzzzzz... Budda-Budda-Budda-Budda….Bzzzzzzzzzz…. which really is the entire point of the hobby I think... 😉 Next step was to remove the rather flimsy plastic tail that was probably not going to survive the rest of the project anyway (who would be so stupid as to try to build a model from plastic? I ask you...) Use some Lego to ensure that the tailplane goes on straight, whack some liquid nails on it and clamp it down for 24 hours. Now have another go at the tail-fin. Cut out the correct shape from some 'Magnetic Formica' - I'm going to write a lot more about this stuff in a forthcoming post because it's completely awesome stuff and apart from @albergman (who kind of clued me into it when I read his absolutely awesome 'Flying Scotsman' thread) I do not know of any other modeller who uses it. Anyway - Magnetic Formica - Yes it's a real thing, and yes you can stick magnets to it, and yes I never want to build another model without it - ever again... ever. So now we have it - a 1922 Avro 504Z racing monoplane - resplendent with a stripe of British racing green running down it's back. Thanks for your support I couldn't have finished this model without it... 👍 Will be posting this on RFI very soon. No I won't - them's all lies... still got miles and miles and miles to go... Soon I'll have to face some more fears - the cockpit (again) and how on Earth to put that damned top wing thing on... Bandsaw Steve...
    7 points
  25. Hi Heather great idea for a thread...Armée de l'Air 39-40 is an interest of mine too so I'll be dropping in here! my good friend 'Drix' at the "Flashback" blog has compiled plenty of interesting pieces on the period Flashback blog by Drix Lela Presse at avions-bateaux.com are the leading French publishers. They publish the bi-monthly "Avions" magazine and produced Serge Joanne's 500-page tome on the Bloch 150-2 series. Various issues of the magazine have in-depth features on the Bloch and of course all the other French types of the period.. Some twelve squadrons had Bloch fighters on 10 May 1940, and six more became operational with them during the battle. The Blochs shot down +/- 156 German machines and 59 Bloch pilots were lost (Drix gives the Blochs 188 vics including 50+ Bf 109s). The average squadron pilot apparently regarded the Bloch favourably enough as outlined by André Deniau (GC II / 6): " The Bloch 152 was of course different from the Morane 406 : heavier at low-level, but excellent at altitude, very pleasant to fly and very maneuverable. It was better armed than the Ms 406 with two wing-mounted cannon and twin machine guns. One major drawback was the amount of vibration when firing the cannon. .." capitaine Germain Coutaud commanded the 1st escadrille of GC I/1 in October 1939 when the first 14 N-25 powered Bloch 152s were taken on strength; "..Nous savions que le Bloch 152 était surclassé par le Bf 109 (…) :..we knew that the Me 109 outclassed the Bloch -with its overall superior performance, higher top speed, superior rate of climb and maneuverability the enemy enjoyed a considerable advantage. Our adversary could take the initiative, joining or breaking off combat at will. However in the Bloch the pilot enjoyed good visibility, the airframe was strong and sturdy and the armament relatively powerful.." Coutaud finished the campaign as an ace so his comments are perhaps slightly more favorable than otherwise would be the case. As CO in flight the remainder of his escadrille were tasked with protecting him while he achieved his kills thus dispersing the defensive fire from German bombers. The 'solidity' of the machine was proven by an apparent 'ramming' during the campaign when one pilot, Louveau, brought down a Bf 109 after colliding with it, an incident related in Icare magazine. Henri Gille (II/10) on the Bloch 152's manoeuvrability at low altitude : ".. The Messerschmitt 109s had worked out a method - they knew we could nail them in a turning fight ( '..on pouvait les avoir..'). They couldn't turn as tightly and in our Blochs we could turn inside them and get on their tails, and if we could, bring them down to almost roof-top height. Here they couldn't touch us. The Bloch 152 was a very good aeroplane, we were happy with it and preferred it to the MS 406. It was very solid and robust. Once I saw Diétrich get home with his crate completely riddled with impacts.." highest-scoring MB 152 pilot was sous-lieutenant Robert Thollon of GC I/8 with 8 confirmed aerial victories (four were shared). Perhaps the best 'known' ace on the Bloch was Louis Delfino of GC II/9 who later commanded the Normandie Niemen on the Russian Front..
    7 points
  26. Just finished this kit. I found it a bit hard going, lots of filler. The decals are good but tend to curl up instantly. Still it is done, so as usual all comments welcome. I finished her clean with a bit of weathering because she flew at air shows so was kept clean. DSCF9486 by john dann, on Flickr DSCF9487 by john dann, on Flickr DSCF9489 by john dann, on Flickr DSCF9500 by john dann, on Flickr
    7 points
  27. Over on @Tramatoa's thread the HC 2 reigns. What about the Royal Navy ones? Can we justify another Wessex theme? Let's see.. I never got to fly in a Royal Navy Wessex but hopefully those on here who did will forgive this retired part-time crab for starting this. I found these on line. Interesting scheme on the first one. I wonder if they painted the replacement boom in sand and spinach or the rest green?. The second one posted because it's just a lovely picture!
    6 points
  28. Good day. I present my finished model from the company Airfix A05126 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I 1/48. Prototype aircraft of the outstanding aces of the Battle of Britain P/O Eric Lock Spitfire N3162/EB-G, 05.09.1940 Airbrush: Harder & Steenbeck Evolution 0.2 Paint: Gunze Sangyo H12 Flat Black / Primary - Screw / Blackout Effect Gunze Sangyo H58 Interior Green / U.S. Army & Navy Aircraft WWII - Lightening Effect Gunze Sangyo H72 Dark Earth Semi-Gloss / Great Britain Aircraft WW II - Camouflage Gunze Sangyo H73 Dark Geer Semi-Gloss / Great Britain Aircraft WW II - Camouflage Gunze Sangyo H74 SKY Semi-Gloss / Great Britain Aircraft WW II - Camouflage Gunze Sangyo H 327 Red FS11136 Gloss - Signs Gunze Sangyo H 328 Blue FS15050 Gloss - Signs Gunze Sangyo H 329 Yellow FS13538 Gloss - Signs of Designation Tamiya XF-2 Flat White - Lightening Effect Tamiya XF-54 Dark Sea Gray - Color alphabetic code Tamiya XF-57 Buff - Brightening Effect Tamiya XF-64 Dark Brown - Blackout Effect Tamiya XF-71 Cocpit Green (IJN) - Cab Color Tamiya XF-76 Gray Green (INJ) - Blackout Effect Photoetched: Eduard 49006 Seatbelts RAF WWII Masks: Pmask Po48001 Supermarine Spitfire RAF 1/48. Very high quality manufactured kit, has both early types of characters and late ones. The letter code was made to order by a colleague UpRise, for which I express many thanks to him. I recommend as a very high-quality manufacturer of masks and decals. Top camouflage applied by hand without masks. I hope you will like it. \
    6 points
  29. 2 Snatch Military Landrovers (Defenders) to a Series3 & Series2 to Civilian. Part of a growing diorama of all UK & Argentinian assets in the Falklands conflict. Over 70% of the outside skin has been changed DIY to revert to the series 2 & 3. http://[/I MG][/URL] http://[/I MG][/URL] http://[/I MG][/URL] http://[/IM G][/URL] [/IMG][/URL] [/IM G][/URL] [/IMG][/URL] [/ [/IMG][/URL] [/IMG][/URL]
    6 points
  30. I see the Three Wise Men With Lockjaw emoji is back for Christmas CC! 'We Three Kings of Orient are, One in a taxi, one in a car...' Haven't been near the bench all week, having been in a cycle of up early, insane workload, home, eat, sleep, repeat. Except for Tuesday when up early to head to Dublin. This is what a rural Irish railway station looks like at 5.30am in December with the temperature at 0: No Stroudley came through. On arriving in Dublin, I decided to walk from the Heuston station to the hotel my training course was at - a walk of about 40 mins through old backstreets around the Liberties area with a crescent moon and Venus in the dawn sky like something out of Gormenghast. The walk back to the station was even more stunning at dusk, for similar reasons. Also had the schadenfreude of standing waiting at the traffic lights for the lights to change behind the Guiness works and witnessing some young nerk of a businessman loudly Facetiming somebody at his office, walk straight out and fall over the bonnet of a car sat waiting in front of us for the lights to change. Driver of the car - a large and uninhibited gentleman - gets out and gives said nerk 3 minutes of pure full-on Dublin dog's-abuse. Poetry I tells you. Had a kip when I got home this evening and unexpectedly found some sparte energy from somewhere so decided to have a lash at some undercarriaging. As @galgoshas already noted a while back, the kit job on these areas are of their time. Again, no complaints from me about that, but given the prime inspiration for this build, the plastic status quo will not hold. Here you can see the kit moulding alongside some various diameters of tube and rod cut out to make a replacement. Biggest size of tube on this will be 1mm for the main shock-housing and axle hubs, smallest will be some rod of about 0.3mm for the internal bracing: First step was to sweat-solder the shocks into the their lower mountings: Followed by some 0.8mm tubing to create the lower sections that run down to the axles, again soldered in: Some 1mm tubing soldered across to form the axle tunnel: Simpler to do it that way in terms of keeping things shipshape and Bristol-fashion until the rest of the assembly is done and then I can cut out the central part of the axle tunnel to add the wheels. Next I added the upper cross-section, which actually forms part of the retractable frame that draws the undercarriage up into the nacelle when being raised: Final task was to add the diagonal bracing from 0.3mm rod: The card is there to raise them up off of the wood so that they'll be centred on the surrounding parts for soldering. I'd expected these to be fiddly but as it turned out they went on nice and handily: Whether it was having had the week to mull over this structure and then the pleasure of getting back to the bench again I don't know but this was one of those pleasant sessions where you seem to make headway almost effortlessly: A bit of clean-up need on the solder in a few places but otherwise a satisfying burst of activity. A final check to see if after all that my measurements were ok and that it actually does fit into the nacelle: Could have been made for it! Well, it was, but you know what I mean. I need to trim the upper parts of them for length so that they fit higher into the nacelle as you only see the lower third of the diagonal bracing, plus some strips of foils to add in one or two places to mimic a number of collars that vary the thickness of the uprights in places, then it's on to the radius arm. You can see the bloody great agricultural sweep of the thing coming down from the rear of the nacelle and grabbing the axles in an iron first: Going to be a right old howsyerfather getting that bloomin' thing sorted out for shape and distance I can tell you. Might be some banging on the anvil involved... I've gorra work this weekend chucks so mightn't have much for you, but hope you're getting some in yourself. Tony
    6 points
  31. This is the fantastic Tamiya 109 G-6. In the markings of JG54 . Oblt. Wilhelm Schilling, February 1944. The only item I have added is an Eduard seat harness. Decals are Tamiya and they are miles better than what they have done before. I cannot exude how much I enjoyed doing this kit. It's like they have taken one of the 1/32 scale models and scaled it down. IT'S THAT GOOD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It does what it says on the box. Is there room for AM items … well really no except for the engine and seat belts. For around £30 it's a belter. Anyway on to the pics. Please feel free to comment etc. Thanks for looking Dick
    6 points
  32. I hate to be the critic Ced but I think the left one as we look at it could just do with a little more smoothing at the bottom edge as it looks a touch 'ragged', for want of a better word. The missus has just gone shopping and asked me what I want for tea - no guesses needed as to what I asked for.... this thead has become a prime example of subliminal advertising...!! Keith
    6 points
  33. Well well. Will you take a look at that. We finally get back to modelling, and it's a triumph. I think it's captured the lines on the original pretty well. But enough about the Enterprise, your intakes also look OK, Ced.
    6 points
  34. Thank you ,John And here is Gaspatch's anemometer mounted: What the end of the tube looks like to receive the meters flange: Thanks for lookin'!
    6 points
  35. Still no sign of Captain Nimrod? How sad. I propose we hold a minute's sausage at 11am tomorrow. Silence. Yes. Silence. A minute's silence.
    6 points
  36. 6 points
  37. I have mentioned in previous threads that I have something of a 1940 obsession. It started out innocently enough, with a plan to build at least one example of the aircraft that took part in the Battle of Britain, the Battle itself being another obsession in its own right. With the models I build I wanted to try to tell a wider story than the typical "brave boys in their Spitfires against the mighty Luftwaffe" kind. I began to add aircraft of Bomber, Coastal, Army Co-Operation commands, Fleet Air Arm and sundry others to the UK side in an attempt to even up the odds. When you realise more Bomber Command crew members died during the Battle period than Fighter Command losses, you begin to realise there is an untold story behind the myths of the Battle of Britain. Inevitably, the Battle of Britain edges started to blur. Interest started to shift backwards from the official July to October Battle period. The numbers of aircraft also grew, and it eventually became a plan to build at least one example of every type of aircraft that flew in the Western European theatre during the whole of 1940, from all sides of the conflict: Norway campaign, Phoney War, Blitzkrieg (France, Belgium, Holland), Operation Dynamo, Battle of Britain, Night Blitz, the beginnings of the Battle of the Atlantic, and the new types just coming into service at the end of 1940. So far, numerous models have been built and kits are in the stash, and steadily being acquired, which cover the types flown by the UK, Germany, France, Belgium, Holland, Norway, and Italy. I know: I’m a little bit mad. This work in progress thread will be about the French planes of 1940. Rather than start threads for each type, I’m lumping them all together in one place, though I’m not going to build them all at once. I’ll try and do the same for the other air forces as I get round to them. The bulk of the British and German protagonists have been built already, with only the oddities and strays to round up. I expect I’ll run individual threads for those. This particular thread will also be a bit about my journey of discovery, as I learn about the Armée de l'Air, the various aircraft the force could muster, and something about the pilots who flew them to try and stem the German invasion in the spring of 1940. I suspect there are some excellent references out there from France, but the language barrier is raised. While expanding my reference library is always a welcome, if sometimes expensive, pastime, I’m trying to rely on the World Wide Web, supplemented with some printed material, in order to move a little beyond what I find in the boxes. I suspect these builds, however, will mostly be straight "out of the box" builds. Honestly, most of the kits I’ve so far acquired seem sufficiently accurate to be able to do just that. I hope fellow BMers with be forthcoming to fill in the gaps in my knowledge, as I know there’s more than a few also interested in the events of 1940. So, what’s first on the agenda?
    5 points
  38. Nice Christmas present and had advantages 1 Get to work really quickly 2 Speed cops cant catch you but think of the insurance and fuel consumption though. Tires will be expensive as well and the local garage will do a lot of teeth sucking at service time.
    5 points
  39. I would imagine that it's the primary datum reference unit for the Nimrod design that arose from ASR381 - although on reflection it is more likely that this is inches. Even though decimalisation day happened on 15 Feb 1971, and the 1st Nimrod entered service in 1969 the chances of even the latest incarnation (the MRA4, commissioned in 1988) being specified in mm seems pretty slim to me. So, to answer Bill's question of why we need a leg end, I would say quite simply: "It's a convenient multiple of the standard units used to provide some level of component interchangeability of parts on the aircraft on which this model is based." Obviously. *Thanks to Wikipedia for the spurious facts supporting this spontaneous brain-fart.
    5 points
  40. While waiting for paint to dry, further work was done to improve the wings - shorten the ailerons; add the prominent landing lights on the port wing; and add nav lights on the wingtips. Anson (8) w by Philip Pain, on Flickr The amount of milliput filler that is going to have to be mixed, goes up daily! The fuselage interior has been further improved; Anson (9) w by Philip Pain, on Flickr The orange cathode ray tubes looked too modern, so I have changed them to radioactive green. Two fire extinguishers have been added, given all the extra wiggly amps inside this fuselage. And a life raft has been installed, in case they have to ditch in the River Tyne. And then the crew climbed into position; Anson (12) w by Philip Pain, on Flickr Anson (13) w by Philip Pain, on Flickr To give a bit of life to the action a variety of figures have been used (two are Luftwaffe), not including any of Airfix's wooden dummies. So next the fuselage can finally be closed up.
    5 points
  41. Reading this has just taken an hour out of my life😉. To spur you on.. a couple of pictures from my collection. Brussels Evere I think. Not the same version as yours, but.. John
    5 points
  42. Hi, everybody! It's my next model. This is a perfect kit, I have nothing more to say.
    5 points
  43. Hi all! Well, the next emergence from the paint shop is here and ready for your inspection As most, if not all, watchers will know, this is a another build for my F-105D Thunderchief collection. This time she is 59-1749, a F-105D-5-RE as she was during her time with the 469th Tactical Fighter Squadron/388th Tactical Fighter Wing, operating from Korat RTAFB, Thailand. The period was 1967 and at that time she was flown by Captain Dennis Wills who named her as you can see – “Mr Toad”. Additionally she carried “Marilee E” on the port side at some point in her service in SEA. Mr Toad was an affectionate name given by Dennis to his son. More about him is captured in the book “Vietnam to Western Airlines – An oral History of the Air War” by Bruce Cowee. Ultimately Mr Toad was lost although the dates when this occurred conflict. The book above states a date in 1966(!) but other sources differ. Who knows? I was drawn to her as the side names were not the typical war-like style and she was also a reverse camouflage machine, meaning that while the approved pattern was maintained some colours were interchanged while being painted at the depot. Mr Toad is different also because all other reversed machines that I've seen images of have a tan nose up to the black radar cone. In Mr Toad's case this was green. I always get drawn to the different and unusual ;). Normally I avoid weapons on models as it really is the aircraft that I am interested in. However the Thud looks just right with a string of M117s attached, hence the build configuration in the case. Here are a couple of in-service shots and one of Dennis Wills. Note that that in the image above she also carried a toad drawing on the starboard side. I couldn't find any original detailed image of this. Fortunately she flew for a long time without this and so my dilemma was eased. Courtesy Dennis R. Jenkins The modifications required to get her to a machine of that era and what I gleaned from photos of her were: 1. Removed the dorsal wiring duct 2. Modify the under-nose sensor/camera housing 3. Build a centreline weapons pylon What did I use? 1. Kit - Trumpeter F-105D Thunderchief 1/72 2. Decals – Xtradecal X72112 national insignia, home produced side names, "Snoopy" on undercarriage doors and serials, Microscale 72-178 and kit stencils 3. Paints – Sovereign Hobbies (Colourcoats) ACUS20 Dark Green, ACUS19 Green Olive Drab, ACUS09 US Interior Green, ACUS18 Tan, ACUS17 FS36622 Gray Humbrol 30 Olive drab, and others. Varnished withHumbrol Glosscote and finished with Satincote. Humbrol 192 Chrome was used for the speedbrakes with the forward and aft sections masked and treated with Tamiya Weathering blue. 4. Weathering – Flory Dirt and Tamiya weathering powders. 5. Aftermarket – Aires seat and cockpit (7239), Master pitot, Aires rear side intakes, Aires ventral fin, Hasegawa ALQ-87 (from Set IV), Hasegawa AIM-9B (from Set III), Brassin M117 bombs, Hasegawa MER (from Set I), Wheels from Aires. 6. Montex paint masks I hope you like her. I have to say that the Colourcoat paints were a delight to apply (I have no connection with Sovereign – just a happy modeller spreading the word). Martin
    4 points
  44. #32/2018 Dec. 5th in Austria.....celebrating Krampus Day typical Krampus Run https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCwzqkeR2_o 640 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr And now for the model... Before the WNF G-10 Profi Pack, Eduard already released a limited Czech edition. My dad built it mostly oob, EZ Line for the antenna , brake lines added, painted with Gunze and Tamiya acrylics. The model displays Avia C-10.21, OK-BYU, Police Air Patrol Unit, Czechoslovak Police Air Force, Prague – Ruzyne, 1947. Build thread here https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235044971-bohemian-schmitt148-avia-s-99-wnfdiana-g-10-czechoslovak-police-airforce/ DSC_0001 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0002 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0003 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0004 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0005 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0006 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0007 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0008 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0009 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0010 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0011 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0012 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0013 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0014 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0015 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0016 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0017 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0018 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0002 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0003 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0004 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr Greetings from Krampus krampus1 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr
    4 points
  45. ...and this is the next update, almost 1,5 years late...sorry for that but I could not help building 3 (!) Gaspatch Hs 123 models in the meantime - the pics and WIP of the 3rd yet to be published. Anyway I hope these slides are worth waiting (and of course there will be a lot more) : to be continued...
    4 points
  46. I think those pleasure flying trips for Air Anglia at Greenham were quite lucrative and as well as providing publicity made use of the aircraft over the weekends when their utilization was low. For those building One of the Air Anglia Dakota fleet I hope the following notes may be of help. G-ANTD Astrodome replaced with a flat circular piece of flat perspex. Two small windows in the top halves of each rear door.Eight cabin windows.Blank tail. G-AOBN Astrodome faired over. Black walkways at wing root outboard of fuel filler caps. Seven windows on each side.Rotating beacon on top of the fin. Tail Fairing fitted G-AGJV Black wing walkways. Small windows in doors, later changed to solid doors by 1975 when the aircraft carried Cargo titles in addition to the AA script. Eight cabin windows. Tail Fairing fitted G-AMPZ Astrodome faired in. Wing walkways present.Eight cabin windows each side. Tail fairing fitted. The location and type of aerials fitted varied on individual airframes, but all had de-icing boots on wing tailplane and fin as well as the short carburettor air intakes. All Four were fitted with Transair style Gear doors, however, GJV had had them removed by the time she was sporting Cargo titles in 1975. Guy
    4 points
  47. Calm down, calm down. What’s going on in here? 😂 thanks for all the info. I really didn’t know the code things were so important. Thanks oh Green one. Aaaand nope tis a Helix. Wocca tastic! You’re more than welcome. Its been a busy old week. I’m out at the office.Christmas do tonight but I anticipate last bits and bobs and weathering over the weekend. 🎄 Johnny.
    4 points
  48. Hi gentlemen and thanks! Temporarily stuck with trouble on my mill, I stopped the mechanic job... Lets go to the coachbuilder job! And of course, some wood is required, remember, we are in 1927. The beginning... An a very curious belt! Dan.
    4 points
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