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  1. Information about the crew and aircraft from http://www.zzairwar.nl/dossiers/954.html : Photo of the graves, also from http://www.zzairwar.nl/dossiers/954.html : I started out wanting to build the best possible B.IV in 1/32 scale. I wanted to expose one of the engines and the project started out with trying to come up with a way to fit the Eduard Brassin Merlin intended for the Tamiya IV to HK Models Mosquito. Playing around with the parts I figured that it would be possible to fit the HK Models nose to the Tamiya airframe, which I thought would be the easiest way to incorporate the Brassin Merlin. The Tamiya kit also has more detailed wheel wells, and the rear fuselage is also more accurate (position of lights) - the HK Models fuselage has a generic "late" mark Mosquito. A problem with the HK Models mosquito is the size and the position of the nose windows; they are pointed down whereas they should be symmetrical and horizontal. They should also be a little bigger, but I didn't address that. So the build started with switching the left and right windows to fix the side windows issue. Cockpit was detailed with Profimodeller, Eduard, HK Models and Tamiya parts, as well as some scratchbuilt items. HK Models fuel tanks fitted to Tamiya wing centre section: Eduard Brassin engine: And finished: Thanks for looking & comments and criticism is always welcome! - Elger
    22 points
  2. MiG-15 | 1/72 | Eduard Poland --Unknown pilot This was my first Eduard kit. I chose to get aftermarket decals in order to do a Polish MiG-15. Polish built MiG-15s were called Lim-1s, with the MiG-15bis being Lim-2. However, as @GrzeM kindly pointed out, not all Polish MiG-15 were built in Poland -- some were imported from the USSR -- so this could be a MiG-15 or a Lim-1. WIP is here. So, why Polish? Well, I did an Airfix MiG-15 when I was in high school and it was the first Soviet-made aircraft model I built that had something other than the Soviet markings. The Airfix kit was hideous and I always intended to replace it. Many may remember how inaccurate the old Airfix kit was, plus it was an old mold, so it had very clumsy raised panel lines. It was the only model I threw in the trash because I couldn't rehabilitate it (photo at the end of the post). Finishing: Seams filled with CA (superglue) Paints: no primer > Tamiya TS30 Silver Leaf (decanted into airbrush) > Some panels painted with Alclad white aluminum, Alclad Dull Aluminum, Testors buffable Metal Plate, and Alclad Stainless Steel > sealed with Testors Metallizer sealer Decals: Hi-Decal Line 72-022 Weathering/Wear: Panel line wash with diluted watercolors > some access panels shading (as seen on reference photos) with Tamiya weathering pastels (black) > oil staining and dirt streaks with Black and Burnt Umber Winsor and Newton Oil Paints > Chips on the walkway with Testors Chrome enamel applied with a spotter brush and foam brush > wear on the walkway with Tamiya weathering pastels (white) For those that were following along in the WIP, I finally got the decals to settle in. Build notes: The detail of the Eduard kit is amazing. It is the most detailed 1/72 kit I've done The engineering of the Eduard kit is also amazing and it is precisely molded. A little too precise -- my cockpit construction was a little sloppy (with paint on the mating seams, slight misalignments, etc) and I couldn't close up the fuselage. I had to tear the cockpit apart, clean the seams and carefully reassemble it. The fuselage closed, but took some pressure to keep it closed while the glue set. The nose popped open again later and I had to re-glue it. The landing gears were a bit fiddly -- Eduard wanted you to bend one of the struts of the landing gear and connect it to a gear door. I tried to be very careful, but it snapped anyway. The decals were very nice, but in spite of being very thin, they needed a lot of "Mr. Mark Softer" solvent to get them to settle in. I was a bit surprised by that, but nothing a little time and care couldn't handle. For fun: Here is a photo of my original Airfix kit. I was in the process of deciding whether I could refinish it and I took this picture with my new state-of-the-art 640x480 digital camera (this was a long time ago...). Thanks for looking; questions, comments, and constructive criticism always welcomed!
    22 points
  3. Finally calling this finished. Airfix's new Hunter, backdated to an early F6 without the wing dogtooth. XG292 'R' of 14 squadron, based at Ahlhorn, Germany, April 1958. Model is based on a lovely pic of 4 new F6s breaking to land in Lindsay & Kipp's RAF Hunters in Germany book. Extra detail added to the cockpit and the UC doors which are bizarrely blank, plus the ligh ton the back of the fin bullet has been added too, and the fuel jettison pipe at the lower rear. Other than that - this is a top notch kit that fits well and looks brilliant. Painted with Gunze & Tamiya acrylics in the the little known "bloody big fingerprint on the wing" scheme Final finish is Tamiya semi-gloss varnish to try and give a scale gloss sheen. The decals come mainly from the Freightdog F4 sheet - as this has the correct style squadron bars for the early style markings this F6 carried. Roundels and stencilling from the kit, serials from spares. I took the liberty of using the Freightdog german language ejection triangles and hood release too - these were used on F4s and I could see no reason why the F6 wouldn't have carried them too ( famous last words). All comments welcome as ever - and thanks for looking. Hope you like her. Jonners
    19 points
  4. I have some models on the shelf that I won in modeling competitions Interestingly, I always present jets and in return I get airplanes from WWII times. I decided to submit one of them. Hawker Typhoon Ib. Hasegawa 1:48
    17 points
  5. This was great fun. Quite a departure for me, and didn't end up the markings or concept it started out as - but I suppose that's fairly typical. It ended up being a vaguely made up early Vietnam Army ship, rather than the Marines one I had in mind. The kit is nice, lots of detail, nice fit, lots of photo etch for grilles and so on. It was painted with Tamiya rattle can olive green before I went to work with yellow, sap green, indian red (nice for dry brushing for that red dust of Vietnam), black, white, and ochre oils. It was great fun. That was all sealed with a brushed coat of Vallejo satin varnish. Thanks for looking! Bruce
    17 points
  6. Hi guys, haven't been finishing much recently! Finished photos of my TAMIYA,Inc. 1/32 F-16CJ. Built with AMS Resin ECM pod and L/h HARM pod, Eduard Model AccessoriesSNIPER pod, MASTER Static Dischargers, AIRES HOBBY MODELS wheels, GT Resin R/h targeting pod pylon and Videoaviation GBU-38s. Decals were a mixture of kit and Astra Decals. Painted with MRP & Mr Hobby. Seat belts are scratch built, Bomb rack is robbed from the Academy Hornet. I was planning on using the Quickboost seat and Aires wheel wells but they both were far too small. Massive thank you for Joe at Yellow Cake Models for sending my a new lower fuselage after I butchered mine and Fanch at Fancherello models & photos for cutting me the stencils for the tail.
    14 points
  7. Ever since I've been modelling, there has been one unwritten rule – no WWI aircraft, mainly because of the joint horrors of rigging, and transmuting plastic into wood using only the power of paint. I'm not a stickler for accuracy, but I usually add extra bits is that I don't like the finished model to look too featureless. No I'm not likely to add a head-up display and a couple of ejector seats (that's an idea), so please don't point out historical irregularities as I may be forced to spread malicious rumours about that hamster you were seen with last Tuesday. The main addition is the wooden prop; the scratch-built fishy anemometer; and the generator – with mini wooden prop. I decided that I didn't want to slavishly follow the schemes from the box, so after a bit of research I found this aircraft. It's a very little known example that lasted only a couple of weeks before it met it's inevitable end - but not before shooting down four aircraft! That quickly becomes less impressive when you learn that one was an observation balloon (hard to miss); unfortunately two were from their own squadron and after the gunner shot off their own fin, they added themselves to their less than glorious tally. Both crew survived but weren't trusted with fire-arms let alone another plane for the remainder of the conflict. After the war they went on to form the rarest of beasts, a German comedy double-act. For such an interesting aircraft (it seems the crew chose every quirky option available) it's very poorly documented and represented in the modelling world. * * History nazis please note: Every word of this is rubbish – it's not a representation of something that really existed, it's just a model. I like to think of it as a Luftstreitkrafte-19 build. This is the WIP if you're interested. Thanks for having a look - comments welcome. Gorby
    14 points
  8. Hello. I have just finished this nice Su-22 kit from Kitty Hawk in 1/48 scale. It is the replica of the Yellow 77 unit from the Ukrainian Air Force. The cockpit and Canopy is detailed using Eduard's photo etch upgrade set and crew boarding ladder from "Part".
    13 points
  9. I was able to pick this kit up second hand at Bolton in the Bridges of Toko Ri boxing I'd been searching out for a while. Sadly it turned out the decals were unusable even with a lot of TLC and some Microscale decal fluid. So I had to source some Microscale alternatives and repaint the completed airframe. It is a simple kit with no pitfalls and is an enjoyable build. Unlike the Kittyhawk F9F Cougar that is now on my bench. Thanks for looking.
    13 points
  10. Shocking news about the Anson's lineage whilst doing some research earlier. It's clear from going through historical sources that the nose of this aircraft bears no resemblance to that possessed of Admiral of the Fleet George Anson: I've blown up the original portrait here so that you can see for yourself how his majestic nasality was clearly that of the P-40 Tomahawk. You have to wonder how many other such errors are lurking in the archives! Most gracious Ced. I actually found my way to fiddling with the turret earlier, of which more below. Don't they just Simon? At some point I'm going to have to sit down and write out everything that needs doing but part of me wonders if that mightn't just be too frightening to see it all in one long document! You're a lot slimmer than I imagined H... It's not often the a Viz comic strip seems a calmer and more reasonable version of the target it's parodying..... 'Solution' in my case being the penny dropping finally after two spectacularly clumsy initial attempts Ian! You mean the shot of Anubis-Hendie above, respelendent in his magnificent battle jeggings? Ta Chris. There is definitely something 'drawing-room'-ish about the inside of this aircraft in place. I wouldn't be surprised to find a harmonium listed in the maintenance manula somewhere..... Sweet of you to say so Keith. If only Transport for London saw it that way regarding the (as I now realize - ill-advised) limerick about Boris Johnson and a gnu that I spraypainted down the length of that District line train.... Imagine how much shorter the original Alien film would have been if it were set inside of an Anson rather than the Nostromo Pete! 15 minutes in and Ripley is frantically trying to shove the creature out through the relief tube.... Btw - anyone like myself living beyond the UK and not able to access show-archives through the iPlayer, it's worth having a search through the Wayback Machine - I found Series 88-98 of the News Quiz freely available the other evening and enjoying a good chuckle, not least the bitterssweet memory of how funny dear Jeremy Hardy was: https://archive.org/details/TheUnbelievableTruth16/ (Ignore the 'Uneblievable Truth bit in that url, it is the News Quiz and not the David Mitchell vehicle) 2 bizinis then. The rear gun turret has been due for some attention so I began by sketching out the main components of the ring/gun mouting: There are three sub-assmblies involved 1) the bit the gun bolts is fixed to, 2) the upright/saddle seat that it's partially attached to, and 3) the ring itself to which both 1) and 2) are independently attached. Next to the drawing you can see that it was time to hook out the Aeroclub moulding for the AW turret. Before proceeding to build anything I quickly checked to see what the fit was like and can pronounce it on the right side of 'snug': I'm not at this stage convinced that Airfix quite caught the forward 'shoulder' of the fuselage into which the turret sits correctly - I think it needs to be built up a bit more vertically, I'll confirm that at a later stage and if necessary, some Milliput moulding should suffice to sort that out. Whilst the aeroclub stuff was out I ran a quick eyeball over the fit if the windscreen area also: Is it me our does it look slightly proud over to starboard? Beautiful clear moulding though so it will fit, one way or the other! 😄 Satisfied with that, I decided the easiest way to make the turret ring from some brass tube that matched the 12mm diameter of the glasswork: Then it was just a case of sawing-off a 1mm slice to make the ring itself: A couple of pivot-points soldered-on and that section is complete: From here, I moved on to building the uprights that form part 2) of the drawing above. For this, I found some runner on the Flightpath set that could be repurposed to act are the rear part of this: Two sections of that were cut off and taped down in preparation for soldering on some diagopnal framing: ...to end up after a few minutes with these: Close enough for something that will be half-concealed within the fuselage in its final position. Annoyingly I put the ring down earlier and now can't find it! Either it will show up or I'll know now how to build a new one! That's it for today: it felt good getting some time in on Annie over the weekend. Kind regards all, Tony
    12 points
  11. VF-17 "Jolly Rogers" F4U-1A White 3 - Lt Frederick "Big Jim" Streig Bougainville 1944. This is the Revell kit brush painted OOTB. At 1/72 scale it provides a lot of nice detail at a low price. A few fit issues were overcome during the build, and it was an enjoyable project. TFL Cheers Greg
    11 points
  12. This is the very nice Tamiya kit in 1/72, build straight from the box but I used the excellent Blackbird Models decal sheet for the markings. Colours are Middle stone, dark earth over azure blue.
    11 points
  13. Hi guys; This is my 4° model finished this year. This model is really good. Fine lines and very correct. About RLM's, I used a mix of Tamiya paints. I riveted all model with a Dousek Riveter and I used OWL FUG 220 lichtenstein set. Thank you for your attention!! Cheers.
    10 points
  14. This kit may have been the Queen in the 70's ,but she is a beast to assemble. Fights at every component attachment and seam that defied eliminating. PYN up decals had a set of marking with nose art on both Port & starboard..who can resist Starboard Port Markings The Scheme was premised on OD being removed to show natural metal below. I tried doing this with chipping solution on the OD. I used Alclad for lower natural metal and Vallejo Air for OD. I wonder how many D-Day models will be accomplished before I am dizzy from Stripes. Next project is FW 190 in Pips Priller markings and then back to stripes with a Horse and a Waco. Thanks for Looking Comments are always welcome Cheers Bill
    10 points
  15. After five months of work my Mountains of Madness diorama is finally complete. The basis of this project is the Airfix 1/72 scale Ford Tri-motor kit, done up as an aircraft the fictional Miskatonic University Antarctic Expedition, described in H.P. Lovecraft's novella, "At the Mountains of Madness" My Tri-motor is presented in a separate RFI, which can be seen here: The WIP for this diorama is here: On with the show! First, here's the general layout: Some "Beauty Shots" Next, the details: The expedition's supplies, skis, and a scratch-built sledge: Petrol drums and a scratch-built hand pump: Unoccupied tent with a case of empty beer bottles: Footprints leading from the tent to the plane: A new case of beer in the passenger doorway, and more footprints leading back to the tent: The footprints come to an abrupt end, where a case of beer has been dropped: Nearby is an empty boot, within easy tentacle's reach of an angry Shoggoth: Meanwhile, on the other side of the camp, a pair of sled dogs have encountered some very strange intruders: Last, but not least, both the Shoggoth's lair and the tent are wired with LEDs: I hope you have enjoyed viewing my RFI. Many thanks to everyone who has followed along, and special thanks to Greg "Thorfinn" who not only inspired this project, but also graciously sent me the Miskatonic Antarctic Expedition decals for my Tri-motor. - Bill
    9 points
  16. I picked up the Eduard 1:48 scale Tempest Mk V in its original Profipack guise very cheap at a local model expo. It came with the Airwaves Tempest II conversion, and the previous owner had already done a pretty neat job of cutting out the sections on the kit plastic, so an ideal subject for my second resin conversion. I managed to get hold of the Model Alliance 1/48 Hawker Tempest Mk.II/F.2/F.6 Post War # 48902 online as well. Considering my lack of experience with resin conversions I decided against the tail correction that is available (I suspect my skill levels are not quite ready for that). Completed as an aircraft from 33 Squadron RAF based at RAF Kuala Lumpur in 1951. Brush painted with Tamiya acrylics (with my own home brew attempt at PRU Blue - and no I can't remember the recipe. It was pretty much a bit of this and a bit of that from what I had in my paint collection). Also my first attempt at highlighting panel lines/weathering with artists' oils on a larger scale (my first serious attempt being the two 1:72 Hurricanes I posted yesterday). I finished with with a coat of Tamiya Flat Clear from a rattle can (TS80) - which its fast becoming my favourite way to provide a matt coat. I still have another Eduard Tempest V in my stash (second hand again), and still have enough decals to do a Tempest VI (I am drawn to the 213 Squadron machine on the Model Alliance sheet). Anyone had any experience with the MDC conversion for this kit? I would need to cut the plastic myself this time though! Thanks for looking. And some photos taken outside in the morning sun.
    9 points
  17. Here is my Roden 1:72 Fokker F.I which I built in 2006. It represents 103/17 flown by Lt Werner Voss, of Jasta 10, from Marcke, in September 1917. Lt Voss was shot down in this plane on 23 September in a lone battle with six S.E. 5as of No 60 Sqn RFC. The Fokker F.I was a pre-production variant of the famous Fokker Dr.I triplane of which there were only two built. It was built OOB and my notes point out it was a bit of a tricky build. The paint scheme came out very well by accident. I followed the suggestion of various sources that the olive streaking was over a light blue base. Humbrol 47 Sea Blue was brushed all over and I then started dry-brushing Humbrol 155 Olive Drab when I put too much and had to rapidly spread the paint. Due to the "slippery" surface of the glossy blue paint, the paint spread out streaking exactly as I wanted so I painted the streaks in this way. A coat of dry-brushed Humbrol 66 followed with another of Humbrol 155 on top to add texture to the streaking. The rest of the kit was also painted by brush and the matt varnish airbrushed. The decals were delicate and needed some trimming, as they were a bit oversize, and then some touching up with paint. Thank you for looking and, as always, all comments are welcome Miguel
    9 points
  18. And we're done! That makes five for 2019, woohoo!! A few details. Early pitot from Albion Alloys tube For @06/24, my twee wing tip lights New thing Uschi Fine I've used the Superfine for 1/72 but its ludicrously thin and un-pick-up-able. The Standard is a bit heavy and any of them are way finer than the undersea cable thickness of EZ line for 1/72.. and I haven't the patience of @clive_t to halve EZ line...Oh and another light of some sort for the Mighty Gwinn's pleasure ( or not) I muffed the cockpit by not painting the coaming part black but hey, they used a light grey primer in other places, maybe they were experimenting? After all this is an exhibition display plane ( see below) Quickboost guns, pretty! Look Ma, a spinner! Hacked together and reprofiled Hurricane jobbie from the spares box, pretty sure this prop was made by Curtiss, not Hamilton but the decals are on... Pre RFI Beauty shots ( too lazy to set up new flash head setc. and the sundowner has been poured) First off, the inspiration: Note properly deflected ailerons for the banking, you heard me, I said banking! Guns need glueing straight, just pushed in for now Rat-a-ta-rata-rat-a-ta-rata-rat-a-ta-rata-rat-a-ta-rata-rat-a-ta-rata-rat-a-ta-rata-rat-a-ta-rata-rat-a-ta-rata-rat-a-ta-rata-rat-a-ta-rata-rat-a-ta-rata-rat-a-ta-rata-rat-a-ta-rata-rat-a-ta-rata-rat-a-ta-rata-rat-a-ta-rata-rat-a-ta-rata-rat-a-ta-rata-rat-a-ta-rata! Lots of artistic license: Cowl should have wider flat upper intake not none, guns are wrong, should have two cowl guns and troughs, spinner too pointy, cowl flaps should be different, Rivet no. 125863 should be removed, secondary warp core inverted, eps conduits misaligned, incorrect flux capacitor installed etc. Who cares?, It looks like a honey and is different enough from the cookie cutter over weathered spits/109s/190s ( look who's talking!). Makes me smile and no military history was harmed (or quoted) in this build. Oh and look, its based on a real one with the undercarriage up and no plastic dummy in the cockpit, drone that babeee !! Well that draws this therapy thread to a close temporarily; having built six back to back Airfix kits, I need a change so I'm going to start something different for my workbench thread (s?) and restart this when I'm have the jones for Margate's finest. Many thanks for tagging along plus the encouragement of my often ham fisted efforts -I'll put up an RFI later next week. So in passing, loved doing this, got a decent cabinet full of models ( despite some being whisked away periodically by "admirers"). Learnt that it's easier to finish a model than whine about mojo loss etc. Practised my airbrushing, masking,seam filling, did a few conversions, made up stuff, respected history, got dirty, came clean, was grounded but now I'm airborne and all those years I said I would practice and get my skills developing? Guess what? I did! Building is fun, rivet counting less so ( for me at least) and of all my hobbies this is the cheapest and easiest. My concentration and confidence for other things is positively brimming ( which may mean fewer builds this year) but then, that was the point of doing this: learning to finish things and getting the pleasure of seeing a thing through to the finish. Also, got addicted to sniffing CA, doh! Cheery byes, styrene wranglers! Anil
    9 points
  19. Built a couple of years ago and a foray into 1/32 scale, here is my Revell Fw 190 F-8. I used an Eduard cockpit picked up cheap at a show, Eduard wheels and HGW belts. The kit was a bit of a disappointment after all the excitement of a new large scale Wurger - details are a bit heavy handed and the fit around the cowl was difficult. All in all though, an enjoyable kit. I preferred not to show the engine which, although quite well detailed, was a little heavy handed. The aircraft modelled was found abandoned in Southern Germany at the end of the war. It had originally been built as an A-8 but converted, possibly after battle damage, as an F-8. A couple of photographs exist of the machine with no canopy and, since I prefer the old style canopy and taut antenna wire, I used artistic license and surmised that the canopy was an old style one scavenged from another wreck. Markings were from EagleCals and the RLM 76/75/83 colours were courtesy of Gunge Mr aqueous hobby colour. As can be seen from the photographs, I didn't quite get the circular swirls quite right on the nose. Cheers Malcolm
    9 points
  20. Hi everyone I'd like to show you my 1/48 Airfix Hawker Hurricane Mk1. Pinterest.com The model still needs some shoulder harnesses plus it needs a rear view mirror, these will be added in due course. The Airfix kit builds up into a pleasing representation of the classic RAF fighter and it will look good in my cabinet. Any comments are always welcome. Cheers Iain
    8 points
  21. Straight from the box, brush-painted using Lifecolor paints. It's the first one I've completed in a long time, and maybe the fifth since getting back into model-building after a stroke a few years back. I'm quite pleased with it, although I think my RLM83 is perhaps a little off.
    8 points
  22. Here is my take on a E-75 Paper Panzer from Trumpeter. Wanted to build straight out the box but didn’t fancy the look of the rubber tracks so they got replaced with metal ones. That was the only thing that’s after market. This was my first real attempt at chipping with hair spay. I wanted the hull to have some more ware than the turret. Painted with Vallejo, weathered with Mig and 501 oils mainly. The figure is from a set from D-Day Minitures and swapped the head for a hornet one. Figure is again painted with Vallejo. Couldnt decide what to do with markings for the vehicle so I decided not to bother in the end. Lol.
    8 points
  23. Hi again, I finally managed to resume work on this Tiger Moth in November 2018, after finishing my Royal Navy Phantom by the end of October. The first step was installing the cockpit and closing the fuselage. However, the fit of the parts turned out to be very unforgiving, as it seemed to have no tolerance for misalignments. It seems the layers of paint and possibly the added PE detail, also contributed to the fit problems. I first tried to improve the alignment of the front seat with the mating locations on the fuselage sides. I removed the seat and also damaged some of the already installed PE detail on the cockpit base: IMAG6119 After a lot of fiddling around with the parts, including thinning the backs of the seats to try and get a flush fit with the corresponding mating areas of the fuselage, I moved to glueing the parts in place. Here's the PE floor of the cockpit in place: IMAG6120 Next, I glued the cockpit base with seats as well as the instrument panels to the left half of the fuselage: IMAG6126 The fuselage was closed and clamped while the glue cured: IMAG6134 Unfortunately, closing the fuselage dislodged the backs of the seats from the mating locations. There was also a big gap on the fuselage section between the cockpits: IMAG6135 The gaps between the backs of the seats and fuselage were filled in with CA and I installed a strip of plasticard in the gap between cockpits.. While doing this I managed to knock off the front instrument panel: IMAG6136 After unclamping, removing the excess plasticard between the cockpits and adding some more plasticard on the gap aft of the back cockpit: IMAG6148 As can be seen, the backs of the seats are not flush with the surrounding fuselage. I tried to improve this by sanding but didn't improve things much and just damaged paint some more. I also used plasticard to fill in the gaps on the underside of the fuselage: IMAG6147 The last two pictures were taken in Dec. 29, 2018. After that I had to stop work on the model because I spent January and the first half of February preparing for my Goethe Zertifikat C1 Prüfung (C1 level German exam), which I managed to pass. Due to this interruption, I only resumed work on the second half of February. So, after a lot more fiddling, I managed to reinstall the front instrument panel, though at the cost of damaging the paint of the parts: IMAG6153 After all the fun time spent with the fuselage, I moved to the lower wing: IMAG6154 The aileron actuators were removed, as they'll be replaced later by a better PE representation: IMAG6155 Before being able to glue the lower wing to the fuselage, I had to spend a lot of time thinning and sanding the mating areas of the wing and fuselage, in order to get a proper fit: IMAG6158 Here is the top wing and fuel tank: IMAG6156 The parts were glued together: IMAG6160 IMAG6159 I also glued in place the central struts: IMAG6161 Finally, I removed the engine cover and exhaust from the sprues and drilled the exhaust tube to improve the detail: IMAG6157 I also drilled the air intake on the starboard side of the engine cover: IMAG6162 I also removed all the remaining parts from the sprues (wing struts, tail plane and fin, tail plane struts, landing gear struts and tail skid) and prepared everything for painting but didn't take additional pictures. Thanks for looking. Jaime
    8 points
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  25. After enjoying the construction of the MFH Maserati 250F, see: I decided to repeat the pleasure with another car in which J.M.Fangio was successful and another Italian beauty, the Alfa Romeo Tipo 159M from 1951. Endeavor has provided a very detailed WIP of this kit that I could not emulate Suffice to say that my experience of construction mirrors his so I will just post photos of my construction efforts. More will follow as time progresses. IMG_0067 by shipbuilder2012, on Flickr IMG_0068 by shipbuilder2012, on Flickr IMG_0070 by shipbuilder2012, on Flickr IMG_0070 by shipbuilder2012, on Flickr IMG_0071 by shipbuilder2012, on Flickr IMG_0072 by shipbuilder2012, on Flickr
    7 points
  26. I took a break from aircraft after receiving this kit as a present, i never knew it took so long painting all the accessories and figures! Quite enjoyed the build, kept weathering to a minimum as all the photos i have seen online showed that the vehicles looked in pretty good order save for a bit of dust.
    7 points
  27. Here is the box, contents and AM for my build. Unfortunately I'm several 100 miles away from my bench, and also have 2 other builds going! Pretty sweet to get snowed in with 3 Helo builds in one go! Anyway, the kit is the venerable Academy kit, in 48th, with Cobra Company Resin, a Big Ed set, and MAW decals. I hope to do it some justice, but don't expect much! Looking forward to slapping some paint and glue on, around Monday, get to go home unexpected mid shift for 3 days, for some planned maintenance, so may as well eh? Cheers Harald/Winnie
    7 points
  28. I’ve decided that it’s now time to stop polishing this particular "Curd". It will never get any better than it is now, no matter what I do to it! This Leoman kit was another cheap acquisition from last year’s model swap at Telford. My expectations were pretty low, and have proved well founded, but at least I only paid £5 for it! I have very little I can say that is good; shape is vague and suspect, detail is non-existent or wrong, panel lines are either heavily raised or very deeply engraved, fit is variable, filler is needed and the canopy (to my eyes) is much too large. In fact the whole thing looks overscale. The intake is solid, whilst there is no tailpipe at all, allowing you to see right into the fuselage and up to the laughable cockpit and seat. Mind you, the instrument panel is actually quite good, as are the AA-1 Alkali missiles. The very basic decals worked well, but the “bort” numbers seemed much too large to me and I’m not convinced yellow was that common, so mine come from the spares box. So not recommended in any way, except perhaps as a canvas to practice your hand brushed aluminium finishes. Move on……………….. FredT
    7 points
  29. Hi guys! Im new here and this is my first post (fingers crossed ). Its been nigh on 25 years since i last built a model, and wanted to make my brother something special for his 50th birthday. This is an Italeri 1:24 Ford Escort MK II RS 1600 kit, I didn't go with the paint or decals as I was trying to reproduce what my brother had built himself IRL, the RS Mexico version of the MKII. some pics of the model, with some of the real thing at the end. Still getting to know my airbrush and paints, things sure have changed in the past 2 decades Painted with a mix of Tamiya X and LP with dash of Italeri acrylics. Looking forward to reading the critique. Tips on the airbrushing side are very welcome, just couldn't get a nice even gloss for the life of me.
    7 points
  30. Thanks Bill I'm still pondering whether to have flaps up or go for the 'common for Airfix' flaps down which will be more interesting, if inaccurate! Thanks Giorgio, Bill, Ben and PC - stencils are a pain (see below) Thanks Tony A nice subject and a nice kit IF you ignore the issues Thanks Johnny Thanks Rick As mentioned above I'll ponder the options… Pity there's no white backing on this kit, I checked! Should have thought of that and cut some decal paper. Thanks Chris Thanks Jon - Ooh, that's wicked Lazy Andy - and easier to line up when the numbers are all on one decal Thanks Rob Stencils? Hate 'em. Especially when there are problems like: AND you find that the tiny ones aren't cut from the film - gaaaaagggghhhh! Weird though, I only did three before my mojo vanished and the others look OK? We shall see. Flory dirt on the tail worked though, of course: More puppy sitting this week, not back until Thursday.
    7 points
  31. Here is one of two Sweet 1:144 Nakajima A6M2-N Type 2 "Rufe" fighters I built OOB back in 2011. It represents 34-106, of the 934th Kokutai Hikotai (Flying Group Fighter Squadron), Imperial Japanese Navy, at Banda Sea Ambon/Enu Islands Maikoor, from March 1943 to February 1944. Thanks for looking and all comments welcome Miguel
    7 points
  32. I do like that Shoggoth cushion 👍 I had originally intended to hold off on posting any more photos until I'm done (which should be tomorrow, knock on wood). But I just realized that I've not posted since Tuesday, and since I'm here . . . Let me start with something unexciting: the back of my diorama. Today I wired the LED lighting and battery pack, then finished off the backside of the wall to tidy everything up. Here's how it looked earlier in my build: And now, with additional foamboard in place. (The recess in the side is for the battery pack): The lighting consists of a green LED in the shoggoth lair (which you've seen before), and a flickering yellow LED in the tent: Here's everything else I've been up to these past few days: I gave the sledge a light dusting of snow, and added a set of PE skis to the expedition supplies: I also scratch built a hand pump for the petrol drums, and arranged them just forward of where the the starboard wing will be: I added a crate of empty beer bottles outside the tent: and another crate, beside the footprints heading from the plane back to the tent, that's been dropped: The footprints end near the dropped crate, and close by is a lone boot, within easy tentacle's reach of the shoggoth lair: On the opposite side of the diorama, a pair of sled dogs are defending the camp from some very strange intruders: That's just about everything. All that's left for me to do is finish up with the backside, and then glue in place the dogs and mutant penguins. Everything else is ready to go! Stay tune for my RFI, and remember, you saw it here first
    7 points
  33. I'll be watching this space. Some intel that may be of use, if you don't already have it. Chris
    7 points
  34. Thanks Crisp! Wait no more, oh tentacled one Aha, that's it! I do find though that one's eyes tell you when the red bit's in the middle, then you can knock it off centre while pressing down Serials have been 'designed' in Inkscape and printed on laser decal paper (no need for varnish): … and stuck on the bottom: That's it done with the Xtradecals - phew! What's that you say? Stencils from the kit? What these? Ah, right, I'll need my fresh eyes for those. Manana… Sorry, not very p.c. Personana
    7 points
  35. Atternooon. Right - here's a wee catch up. The inserts for the exhaust cooling panels were painted and attached. Painting is nothing special as you really can't see much once they are "in" Anyone who has built the new Tempest will know the cockpit is an excellent little miniature, though its rather fiddly and the side wall tubing is frail. But it builds up nicely. As with my first build I used the PE instrument panel parts but added to the plastic panel parts with the moulded detail removed. It makes for a nice robust unit that still fits OK. The eagle-eyed may spot that the floor part has had its flat areas removed to leave just the foot-rails, central control-run gubbins conduit and attachment points. Then the fuselage and main components were all glued up - which fit perfectly, and the resin power egg & front attached using a gap filling CA. There was much filling and making good to do now - just refining shapes and ensuring no gaps etc etc. To cut a long story shor... ... I've now primed her - and here she is. Note the 2 exhausts added to the lower side and some panel lines added around the area to make it look busy. Next stop is some remedial snagging, then it's silvery-silverness paint time Cheers Jonners
    7 points
  36. Hi All, Finally calling this one done. It was not without its issues! Over the years, I have had trouble with Hasegawa kits. I actually binned a 1/24th Ferrari 189, because of several mistakes that I made putting it together. It rather put me off them for a while... If you look at the build log, you'll see that I had problems with the steering (steering rack too short) and front suspension (one wishbone decided to detach itself... twice!) In a moment of clumsiness while trying to put the body on to the floor, I dropped the body on to the floor (A hard laminate floor...). At first, I didn't see anything obviously wrong, until I looked a bit more closely at the rear of he body. A large piece had broken away! Luckily, I found the broken piece, and was able to re-cement the part on without any really visible line on the bodyshell. Also, while assembling the bodyshell onto the floor, one of the front springs dropped out. I thought, "stuff it, no one can see it..." and no one can. So, here are the pictures: I managed to get a good shine on the paintwork using Halford's polishing compound. This stuff is a foam that you spray from a can. I then used a very soft cloth to gently rub the compound in, followed by a gentle rub with a soft cloth. Quite a shine came up. It's not perfect by any stretch, but I am very pleased with the outcome, despite the problems. I will be building more Hasegawa kits in the future... I has joined the car park. Any comments are always welcome. Thanks for looking, Alan.
    6 points
  37. Finished today, built out of the box, with aftermarkt decals by Modeldecal. Dave
    6 points
  38. Evening All, This is one of two recent builds I have completed depicting RAF jet fighters, I used the Fujimi 1/72 Phantom FGR2 kit which was pretty easy to work with. It just needed a brace across the airframe to ensure no gaps between that and the upper wing surfaces. I decided to depict the FG1 aircarft XV571 using the colour scheme from late 1986 from Model Decal set 89. As you will see this has the black and white check on the tail only. Enjoy.
    6 points
  39. Although photo references are a bit sparse I think I have worked out why the ramp angle would be too shallow as it stands. There is a raised area of the cockpit floor at the entrance to the cockpit. This is one of the best pictures I could find of this: Using some 1mm card left over from my Dalek build I cut this out: Some of it is a bit of guesswork, but hopefully educated and not too far from the real thing. As it blocks off the cyclic mounting hole I marked its position using the tip of my dividers. Here it is installed with the seats placed in position: The next thing in my sights was this equipment box in the corridor: First I made a dimensioned sketch of what was required: While I was making sketches I also made a start on one for the missing rudder pedals: Again using some Dalek scrap I cut out the required rectangle of 1.5mm material. Then using my hand vice as a cutting guide made a saw cut for the recessed controls area: The recess was then finished off with square and triangular files: For the control panel I had looked out a suitable piece of PE from my spares box: I then filed a rebate all round the controls area and then glued on some 1.5mm strip: With the surround finished I added the PE, it was such a tight fit no glue was required: I still have to add the swaged cruciform panel to it but that's now a job for next weekend. Bye for now, Nigel
    6 points
  40. While all of you Earthlings have been arguing over who shot who down, your scribe has been hard at work, probably more than is good for me as I have managed to give myself a headache. This often happens when I get carried away when adding fine details to a model but that's my problem. Today I began by fabricating some less toy-like mounts for the waist guns. I built a length of Albion Alloys tubing into each mount to take a spigot that I was going to add to the guns that I had purchased for this project a while back. The guns themselves were a bit of a problem as when removed from the packet the barrels promptly dropped off! Following a few choice Martian expletives, I calmed down and realised that this wasn't necessarily the disaster I had first imagined as guns that fragile were going to be a problem when it comes down to transporting the model. Having realised this, I knocked out a couple of barrels from more Albion Alloys slide fit tubing and drilled a hole in the gun breaches to accept the aforementioned spigots. I then promptly dropped one of the guns and spent the next hour on my tentacles trying to wrest the thing from the clutches of the carpet monster. The wayward gun recovered, it was locked up in the project box I keep for all the small assemblies on all of my projects and attention turned to the bomb aimer's equipment. The bombs on the S.M.79 were selected for dropping via a set of levers situated in from of the bomb aimer and these were fabricated from more of the ubiquitous Albion Alloys tubing. These really need to cure properly before I adjust any that are over length and add some super goo to the ends to represent knobs. I then added a curved panel between the control box for the bombs and the top of the cage surrounding the bomb tubes. I understand that this protects a system of cables used to release the bombs. I think I have now figured out how the bomb doors were opened and closed, thanks to the General and did make a start on the mechanism but by now I was really starting to flag and decided it was best to call it a day before I started to mess things up. Doesn't look much for about five hours work does it? Sorry. Enjoy the pictures and thanks for looking. Martian 👽
    6 points
  41. "Go and play with your new camera somewhere else. I'm doing personal stuff here"
    6 points
  42. Thank's folk's,did my usual Sunday morning hour earlier as it's blowing a gale outside it's called a halt to the rattle can finish on the Dakota so spent the free time on this one. Trust me there is logic to this but I decided due to the scheme I'd go old school and brush paint the lot now the decal's are OK and a test of some not needed show they work but they are faded especially the orange hi-viz so mixing the colour;s a few shades lighter and referencing Craig's Swedish IPMS link for the faded look I gave two coat's to the fuselage side's then fitted the window's and got the two glued together. And yes as with HB's kit even in light gray plastic it look's grim at the rear,as you can see I went with the ramp closed,not fazed though loving it so far!
    6 points
  43. In any other thread, yup, in this one, barely worth the comment, bizarre being the new normal. Steve.
    6 points
  44. Been a while since I posted an update! After completing the basic bodywork construction I moved on to what should have been the easy stuff - adding kit details and scratching some small bits. First I made the splash guards that fit on the inner side of the front track quard sections. These are a distinctive feature of the Conqueror that Amusing Hobby somehow missed! Because they are fairly flimsy I am not fitting them until later in the build. The rear tow points and the exhaust box were fitted, and I then made a replacement pair of rear lights which Amusing Hobby had managed to make about half size. Once they were fitted I ran the wiring to them. Then I went to fit the lower bazooka plates and found that they were warped and unusable. I promptly whipped up a scratchbuilt pair using the kit item as patterns. Then I consulted my ref photos and realised that the gas turbine machine had pre-production plates - pretty obvious as it was built on a Carnaervon prototype hull. Fixing the rear lights had created a problem. The kit front sidelights were somewhat oversize, - no doubt to compensate for the undersize rear ones, - and I had been trying to ignore them but once the rear were fitted the Anorak in me could no longer tolerate the kit parts so a pair of front lights had to be made and fitted. This would have been much easier if I had done it before I started the build! I also fitted the horn, but not before having to ‘improve’ the horn, change the mount bracket and add wiring. With progress not being as smooth as I wished I decided to have a break in the hopes that I would return to it refreshed. I restarted after a couple of weeks by tackling the crew. My ‘go to’ figures are the MiniArt British tank and AFV crew sets. I mix and match these to get what I need but this time I required a bare head so had to look at buying something. The end result is a driver with a Miniart body and left arm, unknown right arm found in the spares box and a head from a Masterbox set. The co-driver is Miniart body and arms, Masterbox right hand with mike, and Hornet head with Miniart/scratch headset. Feeling like I was on a roll I returned to the bazooka plates and made a pair from styrene, though I have not decided yet if they need some extra mounting/strengthening parts. The kit has a PE fret which includes the headlight brush guards. I did not want to fit them yet, but thought I would get them bent ready and also do some work on the headlights. Once I had removed the guards from the fret two things became apparent. Firstly they are the wrong size, secondly they are different pattern to the production gun tanks. While pondering these points a third was noticed - they are the softest brass I have ever encountered. Usually I anneal PE prior to bending, these are already softer than annealed brass, so they have been put to one side while I ponder the options - most likely I will tin them with solder to stiffen them up a bit and bend/cut them to fit. At that point it seemed a good time to hang all the bits together and take some pics to try and keep the spirit up or I will have a third half-built Conqeror in the cupboard.
    6 points
  45. I'm not sure the modelling world is ready for the torrent of obscenity that flows freely from my lips while I build.
    6 points
  46. Further to Pacificmustang's wonderful shots , here are some of mine (not all in fine focus-eyesight is not a strong point here) The great thing about Avalon is the variety of aircraft on show. You can also can get up close and personal to a fair number of exhibits which was a boon as it got rather hot on Saturday so the shade provided by various wings and fuselages was much appreciated. B52 with Royal Malaysian Air force A400 in the background. Grab that shady spot while you can. It filled up as the day went on B52 bomb bay- not as big as I expected Royal Malaysian Air force A 400 QANTAS brought in a 747 - (50th anniversary of the first flight) The shade was appreciated Republic of Singapore Air Force Chinook Phillips screwdriver anyone? Screw needs a tighten Up close and personal with a Reaper Global Hawk Three types of RAAF Hornet were on display - From back to front - The A, Super and Growler The only airworthy Hudson and Nanchang CJ 6 The whistling Boomerang flew with the Hudson Flying displays also included: F22, F 35 and Hornet formation F18 / KC 30 CT4, Winjeel and Harvard formation There were plenty of civilian aircraft including this smart looking Diamond Twinstar Steen Skybolt Chipmunk (for sale) Lastly- P 40
    5 points
  47. Hi friends , my last completed model. It is a Monogram's model in the Accurate Miniatures box. I am pleased that the model is made, so here's the picture. Enjoy.
    5 points
  48. 5 points
  49. Evening friends. Guess what? Yep, more PE action... 😂 Actually, for a break I decided to go ahead and finish the tail. There was of course some PE there too for the control horns.. This is the sort of PE work I really dislike. Tiny bits, nothing really to bond them too... well, you get the idea. Pleasingly, my mounting arrangements for the tail itself worked out nicely, and I decided to add the control wires whilst I was at that end. Obviously the model now has sticky-out/knocky-off bits which makes mucking about sorting the wing struts a bit more precarious... Despite [my own] dire predictions of how tricky this would prove, it wasn't actually that bad. A small amount of adjustment (i.e. bending..) and enlarging the hole I'd drilled in the wing and it was pretty much there. So I mounted the front and rear struts. I made an error here though. The rear set should be vertical but I simply couldn't get this to work out. They're mounted ever so slightly too far rearward but if I moved them so that they were vertical then the mounting point on the fuselage was noticeably too far forward. So we'll have to accept them Pitched forward a bit. Obviously you can see I have painted all the PE structures now too. I added the wheels (the pre-drilled holes were way too big so I had to drill smaller but deeper) and the PE representation of the "rubber band" type suspension. The latter was by far the most fiddly task on the kit. Six out-of-true ovals that hook over the three bars of the undercarriage. None fitted and each had to be filed and coaxed on. 😤 Much simpler was the post on top of the wing, although it did snap... I made a start on the rigging with the cross-bracing wires between the front struts. Next I'll dull down the newly painted parts and matte coat the whole thing before starting the rigging in earnest. Cheers W-D
    5 points
  50. Finally at the 'transfer station' White background to the serial? I'd thought of masking and painting this, but I forgot; doh! Out with the white decal sheet, but the Inkjet stuff just wrinkled up: The laser stuff was better. That applied and the two part (why, WHY!) roundel applied: Of course the sharp eyed amongst you will have noticed the '49 + 28' on the instruction sheet and realised that Xtradecal provide the white backing. Not my fault though is this: '62' looks a bit big doesn't it? It was only when I was typing that that I realised: Xtradecal have got it wrong and the tail should have 27 not 29, like this: Better. Of course I'm now short of a large '62' having pulled off that one with Sellotape. Rats. I'll have to get the decal sheet out again... Better news, the lower aerial has been replaced, before and after: I need a lie down now…
    5 points
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