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Hello. Here is my Italeri 1:72 Junkers Ju 188A-2 U5+KH, of 1./KG2, Luftwaffe, based at Bron, Lyon, France, autumn 1944. I completed this kit in 2005. The cockpit was incorrect so I scratchbuilt a new one. The top turret interior was also modified as that of the kit was more correct for the Ju 188E/F variant. The exhaust flame dampeners came from a scrapped Dragon He 219, if I recall correctly. Several other details were added. The main scheme was painted with an airbrush. Decals came from a Begemot sheet. Thanks for looking and, as always, all comments are welcome Miguel

Hi, Here is Tamiya's nice 1/48 Gekko Build OOB and Painted with Tamiya lacquer thinned acrylics... All the markings apart from the kill marks are also painted with home made masks... Thanks for looking.. Cheers Plasto...

This is an F-86A-7 in the colours of 92nd Fighter Interceptor Squadron based at RAF Shepherds Grove, England in September 1952. The black wing bands denote temporary markings applied that same month for an exercise simulating a Korean War scenario and using the River Humber in place of the Yalu (The 92nd’s sister squadrons within the parent 81st Fighter Interceptor Wing used a single stripe (91st FIS) or no wing stripe (116th FIS)). And though the exercise order stated that only one wing per aircraft would be striped, many aircraft were painted on both wings and retained these markings as late as March 1953. By late 1952 the squadrons of 81st Fighter Interceptor Group had lost the colourful fuselage lightning flash they’d worn when they arrived in the UK during 1951; by early 1953 they began to wear ‘U.S.AIR FORCE’ stencils on the fuselage and the colourful tails also began to go at that time, replaced by more generic black-bordered yellow wing and tail bands akin to those worn by Korean War F-86s. Thus this model is a snapshot of a six-month period in the unit’s history. Note also that, despite what may have been written – or even modelled – before, all units of the 81st FIG had tails painted in mid blue with yellow lightning bolts. This colour combination is described a number of times in the official Wing and Group records, and corroborated by colour photographs. It’s based on the 1/48 Hasegawa/Eduard F-86F (‘Ultimate Sabre’ kit 1163) fuselage, mated to the narrow-chord, slatted wings of the Revell/Monogram F-86D (I used the ‘early’ version, kit 85-5868). Speed brake wells are rebuilt to reflect the uncluttered F-86A type; tail section extensively reworked and elevators also reworked to show mass balances of the A-version. Various vents and intakes were filled, modified or added, as necessary. Finally, the vee-shaped screen typical of the F-86A-5/6/7 was made using the modified plastic part from the Revell F-86D (it’s thicker than the Eduard version so gives you a bit more to work with), plus acetate vee-screen centre section. Paint is mainly airbrushed Mr Color acrylic, using white and black to darken and lighten various panel shades. F-86A-specific colours include the interior green landing gear bays, speed brakes and speed brake wells. Markings are a mix of masked tail lightning flashes and decals. Decals comprise mainly AeroMaster stencils (148-026 - F-86 Stencils); Caracal F-86 Buzz Numbers (CDB48002) and a few from the Eduard sheet. Canopy names and squadron badges are custom decals by Bedlam Creations (https://www.bedlamcreations.com/). The WIP is here: https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235050524-f-86a-in-148/&

Hallo Freunde Heute möchte ich Ihnen meine jüngste Arbeit mitteilen. Es ist der gut sitzende F-84F Thunderstrak von HobbyBoss. Der Grund, dieses Modell zu bauen, war, es ist sehr farbenfroh, neben der Tarnfarbe sieht man gelbe, orangefarbene und rote Teile, was ich wirklich mag, denn das macht das Modell interessant. Wie Sie sehen können, habe ich vergessen, die Platten mit den Pylonen zu mischen. Ich werde es bald überarbeiten. Es ist nicht mein Meisterwerk, aber bisher bin ich zufrieden. Das Pilotprojekt stammt von PJ Production Die Aufkleber, das Bugfahrwerk und die Haupträder stammen aus dem Revell-Kit. Ich habe mich gefragt, dass ein 40 Jahre altes Bugfahrwerk besser aussieht als das eines modernen Kits.

Howdy all, Managed to get a few shots of my attempt at Trumpeters 1/48 MiG-19 kit between showers and gales Finished as an aircraft of the 925th Fighter Regiment, `Dong Nai`, NVAF, North Vietnam, around 1971 Built almost completely from the box contents Only additions being some seat belts and a brake/power steering line on the nose undercarriage Decals came from L Decals set LDS 48007, `Migs over Vietnam Pt 2` ...... ...and a few from the kit Much easier to build than my last attempt which was the HiPM kit Hope you enjoy, thanks for looking Cheers Russ

Not posted for a while, partly because camera had died and has been replaced and also owing to ongoing family concerns re mum. this model is AZ Mohawk III kit finished in the markings of 510 Sqn at Hendon in 1943. The kit provides the decals, most of which were not used as the roundels were a bit bright and I was not sure about the codes. 510 was a relatively short lived communication squadron with a variety of aircraft that included this Mohawk, that apparently lasted until late 1943, when it was struck of charge after an accident. By that time I should imagine spares may have also been a problem. The model is based on a photograph and a couple of profiles. The kit gives grey codes, but the photo (and I know bw photos are not always a reliable means of deciding colours) suggest to me that the codes were dull red. The photo also shows the aircraft was unarmed. The kit itself was not too bad to build given the nature of 'short run' kits. the main problems were with the cowling and wing roots. the latter needed some work on the top wing halves to ensure the wing had some dihedral. Paints were Xtracrylix and decals a mixture of kit and Modeldecals. Hope you like it Martin

My great-grandfather on my father's side was from Swinford in Mayo (and I still have relatives there today, though the spelling of our shared last name has diverged), and my maternal something-or-other originated from Fermanagh. I can't say it's a heritage I've ever felt much connection to, aside from generally considering the sound of bagpipes to be music rather than confusing noises. I made it downstairs tonight and got a tiny bit of work done. Some sanding: And the addition of one of the bomb bay doors, which was badly warped: A tot has been issued to the men. Strewth this stuff is strong!

Latest build folks Leningrad front, Baltic area 1944. Mod 1942 as per instructions Only add - ons seat belts, gunner sling seat made from Tamiya tape and instrument panel marked up with a Rotring pen, as no decal supplied. Pity not really visable as I was pleased with the results. This is a rebox Torro kit I believe. For the price it's not bad, but throughout the build I did keep saying to myself wish I'd got the Tamiya version. Very little flash, but no alignment pins on wings or fuselage. The alternative canopy was awful regards fit and in a nutshell unusable. The decals went on easily and nice quality overall. Anyway here she is:

To properly make Clostermann's Spitfire, I had to sand down the teardrop shaped bulges on the wings and two fairings. I did it with an Xacto, and made several scratches to the surface that had to be filled with CA. Luckily the plastic was thick enough to resist several sanding sessions. The horizontal stabilizers pushed each other out, and had to be pressed so they could stay in their place. The propeller spins, that's a good feature of the kit. I used Eduard decals for the ID codes. The Hasegawa roundels bulged a bit over the raised detail on the wings, and the underwing roundels had to be broken so they could fit in their place.

Hi, Here is my last built for 2018. Sure, it has been finished some time ago but one has to choose between posting and modelling. Guess my choice 🤔... Anyway, this is Airfix model. Not the easiest to build, especially for the cockpit that requires lot of attention. No add-on for this one. I just scratchbuilt the pitot tube with metalic tubes of different section. Paints are Gunze for the top and alclad for the underwing. The Swift has always been an aircraft I wanted in my collection. Now this done thank to Airfix. Hope you'll enjoy. Cheers, Antoine

I remember years ago seeing a nice A-7 at a Mildenhall airshow. She wasn’t navy and had a cool camo scheme. So when I saw an ESCI kit come up cheap online I couldn’t help looking back at photos of the old airfetes. And I found this Then I found some decals for that very airframe, so the decision was made. The ESCI kit is an A-7E navy bird, but included the ANG A-7D parts including the boom refuelling receptacle. So this is how she turned out Really wanted to get her outside in the sun with some shadow but the weather isn’t playing ball. Thanks for looking

Here is my Jagdpanzer IV L/70. The model is the 1/35 Dragon kit OOB with Archer disc camouflage decals.

Hello all, Here is my GB entry; Dragon's 1/35 smart kit of the Panzer IV Ausf. G. The build thread is here: Cheers, Mark.

Bristol F.2B "Fighter the Crocodile" A year after start I was able to finish the build of this Brisfit last week, just in time to take part on exhibition and contest last weekend. This biplane was rewarded with a gold medal in 1/48 class. The model was build from a "Limited Edition" kit 1127 by Eduard in 1/48, but was enhanced with a lot of scratch builded parts from wood and metal. As usual I used paints form Alclad, Gunze, Mr.Paint and oils for weathering. This is definitely the model with the biggest effort until now, so from that point of view it is my masterpiece. And now the pictures! Cheers, Frank

Well finished the Airfix 1/48 F.6, at last, to a Hunter made for two. Took pictures of the final ‘T’ bird only to notice that I’d forgotten to add the wing pitot, added a pic with the paint still wet. The only issues I had was sourcing the ‘WC’ decal that goes on the rear tail near the fin flash. Fantasy Printshop make a sheet for the XL573 Hunter, but I wasn't going to pay £20+for the 'WC' motif, had the other decals needed to hand. Thanks for looking. Greg.

#8/2019 My dad´s newest rollout, continuing the captured aircraft theme. Eduard kit with Rising Decals, brake lines with plastic rods and lead wire, paints used from Tamiya, Gunze and AK Real Color (RLM78/79). This aircraft was originally "Black 14", assigned to 2.(H)/14, Aufklärungsgruppe 14, and equipped with a Rb50/30 camera. It was shot down on February 20th 1943 in Tunisia. After a belly landing it was captured by British troops and later given to the Americans. Members of the 79th FG restored it to flying condition, the camera was removed at some point and the hole covered with a panel. In November 1943 the aircraft was sent to Wright Field for tests and afterwards written off. Build thread here https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235050201-under-new-management148-messerschmitt-bf109g-2-79th-fg-usaaf/ 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_0017 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0001 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0002 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0003 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr

Just added the finishing touches to Airfix's 1/24th Hawker Typhoon MkIb this week: a project I've had on the bench for the last 6 months or so. Admittedly I've picked it up and put it down as and when I've felt like it, but regardless this kit is most definitely a long-term investment in regard to time and effort. I found it an absolute joy to build and thoroughly enjoyed every minute. Fit was exceptional but you must follow the instructions to the letter, especially where the engine and its piping is concerned, as tolerances are very tight. The only after-market was a set of Eduard seat belts - everything else was OOB. PIC 9 by Thomas Probert, on Flickr PIC 8 by Thomas Probert, on Flickr PIC 7 by Thomas Probert, on Flickr PIC 6 by Thomas Probert, on Flickr PIC 5 by Thomas Probert, on Flickr PIC 4 by Thomas Probert, on Flickr PIC 3 by Thomas Probert, on Flickr PIC 2 by Thomas Probert, on Flickr PIC 1 by Thomas Probert, on Flickr PIC 10 by Thomas Probert, on Flickr I opted for the post-war scheme so other than some tonal variation to the paint, I kept the weathering restrained. Paints were Xtracolour enamels with Humbrol flat as a top coat. Decals were from the kit and were excellent, bedding down well over the recessed/raised details without any problems. All in all, a fantastic kit - roll on the big Hellcat! Best regards, Tom

Churchill's Pz IV Ukraine 1943. 1:72. . . . . . Many thanks to everyone for their kind words and support, this was my first GB and my first scale model in 37 years, but I'll definitely be back for more. Here's the build thread: And here's a shameless plug for a thread that I hope you'll find both entertaining and informative:

Hi, Here is the Dragon Platz Pz IV Ausf D with a few tweaks some Dragon Figures and a scenic base... Cheers Plasto.....

Hi all and here's my latest finish, Revell's ex-Frog Ar-234 B-2 built for a 'Captured' GB on the IPMS Ireland forum. You can read the build thread here but in short: Extras: Small panel line rescribe, Cockpit details added, u/c doors replaced with plastic card; extra links on main gear; drogue chute line; new struts for RATO bottles. Paints: Revell Acrylics by brush, Klear, Flory Models Wash. Decals; From kit. Not my finest but had good fun and I think it scrubs up well for an old kit. Thanks for looking! Cheers, Dermot Revell_1_72_Ar-234_Done (11)r by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr Revell_1_72_Ar-234_Done (2)r by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr Revell_1_72_Ar-234_Done (3)r by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr Revell_1_72_Ar-234_Done (7)r by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr Revell_1_72_Ar-234_Done (10)r by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr Revell_1_72_Ar-234_Done (9)r by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr Revell_1_72_Ar-234_Done (8)r by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr

Here is my other Jagdpanzer IV L/48. This the 1/35 Dragon kit with Armour Scale L/48 barrel and mantlet.

Hi All, here are are some shots of the Hetzer that I finished recently. I placed it onto a cobbled street scene base with a couple of piles of rubble and a lamp post to add some height. The commander figure is painted in WSS Camo colours as worn from 1944 onwards. I made the wooden base from hardwood and chamfered the edges with a router to mirror the angular nature of the Hetzer. Feedback and comments are welcome. thanks for looking, Andrew

Thanks Bill and Phil Back from my last week of Puppy Sitting - hooray! Tilly is now 12 weeks old, fully vaccinated and able to go to 'professional' carers when her owners aren't working from home. It's been an interesting few weeks but I'm looking forward to having some 'me time' now and I certainly won't miss the driving to Leicestershire. Training a puppy (my fourth now) is interesting and frustrating at the same time - exercise, discipline and affection, the Dog Whisperer says. Tilly can now sit, lie down and come to command and she's almost house trained. She's also developed a voice and I was very pleased to see her using it to comment on recent events in Parliament: You can see her frustration when she couldn't find someone to bite… Need to take Mols for a walk now but, hopefully, back to the bench very soon!

And since this is a "zoom in" model here some additional shots with details. Have fun! A big effort was spend for rigging with "RAF wires", here are 188 scratched metall parts are used on the wings, on the fuselage there are additional ones: And finally a new shot with the medal: Cheers, Frank

Hi Pals, a new model, this time it is a Stug IV Sdkfz.167 to 1/35 scale, from Italeri, which started in the WIP section, but which changed and was built to participate in the GB of PzIV of the forum and which ends today (if I'm not wrong). At first I was only going to make the kit, but seeing the GB works, I decided to give a base to the vehicle, and since it gave me time, there are a series of photos with the whole set. The kit has been somewhat complicated, because the fit is not good in fundamental pieces, and also added elements of PE, so I complicate more. In spite of everything it has served me to try and refine some skill, and the result is not all bad, I confess that I like how it was, although it can always be improved ... The base has been quite experimental, because it is the first one that I am serious about. I had components that I have accumulated over time in case they served me some day, and more or less "homemade" products, for the rest of the work. After trying enough, I was lucky with what I had, because there was no time to try anything else. I include a link for those interested, to the WIP section of the GB PZIv, and perhaps to the Dioramas / vignettes section. Thank you very much for watching and commenting as always. Cheers mates. Vehicule pics... Some pics in detail and closer... With the base... My apologies to anyone who thinks there are too many photos .... Cheers mates.

Panzer IV Ausf. J Sd.Kfz.161/2 1 SS Pz. Div. 723 Normandy 1944 Kit: Tamiya 1/48 Paints: Humbrol, Revell, Citadel and Railmatch acrylics all applied by brush Extras: Tamiya Zimmerit stickers (the set for the H version - which fit fine), Vallejo European Thick Mud Build thread: Here Ready For Inspection photos: Here ....and one on my Spitfire display base with some grass matting:

Panzer IV Ausf. J Sd.Kfz.161/2 1 SS Pz. Div. 723 Normandy 1944 This was my second build for the Panzer IV Single Type Group Build. It was a nice kit to make (as all Tamiya 1/48 AFV kits, I have made, seem to be} and I had my first go at using Tamiya's aftermarket Zimmerit stickers, which seemed to fit well despite being badged for their Ausf. H version. It was finished in a bit of a rush - to make sure it was completed for the end of the GB (tomorrow) so I didn't add any stowage (apart from the bucket - gotta have a bucket....apparently) or figures or make a base. It was still a very enjoyable build. Kit: Tamiya 1/48 Paints: Humbrol, Revell, Citadel and Railmatch acrylics all applied by brush Extras: Tamiya Zimmerit stickers (the set for the H version - which fit fine), Vallejo European Thick Mud, stretch sprue aerial and a bucket Build thread: Here And a few on my Spitfire display base with some grass matting underneath: Thank you to everyone who took the time to comment in my build thread. Kind regards, Stix

Hi Everyone! I am pleased to present My completed Fireball XL5 Project using UNCL Kits recentley-released kit, purchased from Timeless Hobbies. Model went together well (inspite of interference from Me!), and I can highly recommend it to any Gerry Anderson fans!! Build log here:- Photo's of finished job:- Thanks for looking in!! Keep Sticking! Cheers, Pete

Here's my attempt at the Airfix Mk Vb (kit AO1525) finished as a tribute to Jean Offenberg a Belgium fighter pilot who came to Briton to help fight against tyranny in WWII. His exploits are documented in a book titled Lonely Warrior. Thanks for looking.

First test shots. Congrats Danny ! https://www.facebook.com/largescalemodeller/posts/2585300571541882 V.P.

Yes, I imagine the O’Pius name is a rare one. And what is the origin of this unusual first name, “Proc”? Is it perhaps Gaelic? I too am enthused by the thought of a Procopian Siskin! And when someone mentioned a catapult I envisaged some inter-war naval contraption. [I have recently acquired a rather spendid metal and resin 1/48 catapult kit; it is designed for the splendid Airfix Walrus, but I am toying with the idea of modifying it a little to fit a Tamiya Swordfish-with-floats]. Alas, they were eyeing a mere ballista... Happy Birthday, young man!

Hi all and decided to throw my hat in with this one. Airfix Super Etendard_Box by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr Here she is in all her eBay bought glory. Looks like everything is in there. (fingers crossed) Airfix Super Etendard_Contents by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr While the two-tone French scheme is good looking, I think the Argentine Navy is the more famous one so will go with that. Airfix Super Etendard_Contents2 by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr Enjoy your builds, thanks for looking. Dermot

Hello, this is a model from three years back, took part at the 35th IPMS Greece Nationals and won a Silver in Masters Category. I have used Eduard's BIG ED and resin wheels, Aires's beautiful resin Junkers Jumo 213 engine, Quickboost's resin propellers & resin MG151 barrels and Master's excellent turned brass antennas. Other than that, I have scratch built some detail inside the main and tail wheel wells, cut open the cockpit windows, opened the access hatch, cut open the ejector chutes for the underside MG151s and opened and scratch built the port side engine access panels. Colours are all Gunze according to their RLM range. Hope you like it, comments are most welcome! Alex.

Hiya Folks, I`ve been sitting on this for a while as I wasn`t sure if I could get it done in time,..... but here goes,...... this is my progress so far; The kit,..... which is excellent; The intended subject,...... Wellington MkIc `Little Joe' said to be armed with a 20mm cannon in the nose (although it looks to me like it could be a .303in Browning?) and flown by Lt. Col. B.R. McKenzie DSO, DFC, SAAF of 458 (Torpedo Bomber) Sqn RAAF (who was promoted to become CO in June 1943, until September 1943) The unit had left Bomber Command in the UK during January 1942 to deploy to the Middle East but while staging through Malta most of its aircraft were `hijacked' by the units on the island or destroyed and many crews were re distributed around the Middle East Wellington force. A new 458 Sqn was re-constituted on Wellington MkIc`s again at El Shallufa, in Egypt during September 1942 and began a new life of maritime patrols, convoy escorts and mine laying operations . In this `coastal' role a number of detachments were sent to various locations around the Middle East and on 30th March 1943 the main base was transferred from El Shallufa to LG. 91, also in Egypt. From here it continued anti-shipping operations and in the middle of 1943 the squadron's crews were responsible for sinking or damaging many ships, including an Italian cruiser and a destroyer. During June 1943 458 Sqn deployed to Tunisia, followed by a further move to Bone, in Algeria, in October 1943 but by this time most of the the old Wellington Mk.Ic`s had been replaced by radar equipped Mk.VIII`s; Here is Lt. Col. McKenzie again,.... the Wellington which definitely does have a cannon in the nose in this case is `Henrietta', a radar equipped Wellington Mk.XIII and Little Joe`s replacement. Maybe there was some confusion when describing `Little Joe' as having a cannon too as the gun appears much shorter on this earlier Wimpey, or was it just mounted differently?,..... I intend to find out; The unit badge; Although Wellington torpedo bombers had the rear bomb doors removed to allow the air tails of the two torpedoes to fit into place, when flying in a maritime recce role the doors were left in place and this appears to be the case in these photos. Note how the unit was transferring across from the Mk.Ic to Mk.VIII`s fitted with ASV radar with its sticleback and Yagi antennae. And the DK Decals sheet that I helped research which includes Little Joe; I also have a back up model,..... to represent this different 458 Sqn RAAF aircraft, just in case I struggle with adding the ribbing detail on the plain resin nose blank; And this second aircraft is on another DK Decals sheet which I helped with; Construction; Here are the parts which were pre painted the previous day; Here is the interior finished, just a shame that non of it will be seen after the fuselage halves are joined; The fuselage halves fitted together and the blanked off nose represented by a conversion from Alley Cat Models which was intended for the Trumpeter kit but fitted the Airfix kit with some whittling of plastic. I will need to add some rib detail to represent Little Joe. I am hoping to use the left over nose turret on an Italeri Sunderland MkIII which incorrectly includes the early style gun turret with only a single gun fitted; An here is the fuselage with the wings assembled; So that is it for now! Cheers, Tony

This is my PZL P.24A in 1/72 scale built in autumn 2018. The model was built from Azur offering - cat. No A102 - PZL 24A/C Turkish Air Force. Aftermarket upgrading: YahuModels instrument panel and Master Model metal gun barrels. I have thoroughly reworked the surface structure and to some degree scratch detailed engine front area. There are quite many pictures here, but I hope you like them. Best from Szczecin, PL:

Hi Guys, just finished this one, it was built for a GB on another forum. It's only the 2nd aircraft I've built, so plenty of mistakes and still a lot to learn.

I had the B-17, B-29, Stirling and Ark Royal out of that collection, built during the 1970's and 80's. The B-29 and possibly others were big and expensive enough to have been birthday/Christmas presents. Pocket money would probably only stretch to series one and two. More recently I've built the Comet, Mosquito and Chipmunk from the original moulds. They take a bit of work, but still make a presentable model.

The original Airfix catalogues can bring back a few memories. I missed out on the first four back in the day, the Collector in me has rectified that situation though. The fifth and sixth versions take me right back. I would spend ages just staring at the bigger, out of pocket money, kits like the Stirling and B29. Here's the first seven full catalogues... Opening up the sixth edition see's this lot greet you on the first page. Pure heaven!

Look what the postman brought yesterday! Short version with pics now, text later! A sturdy box with... ...not just the kit A-4 parts, but also the A-5 parts left over from @Mikemx building his torpedo carrying A-17 variant. Thank you yet again! I'll be sampling the decals together from Aims, Airfix, Revell, Xtradecal and Zvezda pieces. V-P

Pusser's eh? Oof. That'll put hairs on your chest and possibly on your palms

When I asked on Facebook, they said 1/72 decals were poor sellers for them, so it was unlikely at best. Personally, I feel like if you can't sell 1/72 Spitfire decals...well, I mean, come on.

IMHO FWIW, whether or not it really is or isn't BA's 100th is pretty immaterial, it has generated some cool schemes with associated modelling opportunities, now to me, THAT is what matters, the rest is just pedantry, strictly IMHO of course. Steve.

FUSE PANEL ,RADIO ROOM HATCH AND CONTROL CABLES! Hi guys Hows it all going in the model world? Here we have the next installment of the radio room build for this B17G...as the the title states I managed to get 3 things completed since the last post....so starting with the fuse box here are some photos............ Quite straight forward really...a thickish piece of plastic was cut and manipulated into the fuse box!! It was then painted and cables added to it ....and here it is installed in it's rightful position! I then played around with the radio room hatch by adding the 4 escape/securing handles....basically I bent a sliver of aluminum from a cola can Then started the real fun and games! I never thought that adding the control cables would be such a pain!..I mean I put the cables into the nose section and the bomb bay without the blasted hassle I had this time.....is was all done by trial and error...starting over twice as I just couldn't get it to look right...I tried different gauges of electrical wire....I even tried using some fishing line!..the glue wouldn't set or I couldn't get the cables to tighten...but in the end I found some other small gauge electrical wire which wouldn't bend and made some guiders(for want of a better word) so that the cables were at equal distances to each other!.... Not sure if I know what I'm talking about!!😟....so here are the photos of the end result!! Oh .....I also sprayed the internal walls and placed the two window perspex on either side of the fuselage. So that's it for another week guys.........thanks a lot for looking in Laters Fozzy

STURMGESCHÜTZ IV SDKFZ.167 1/35 ITALERI. Hi Pals, I end this model, and here are some pictures of it, alone, and with the base, later on it will be in the RTI section with all the photos I have taken. Many thanks to those who have followed the editing and those who have taken the time to comment, and the rest for making a GB so "populous" and with so much to admire. Greetings.

Tamiya 1/48 Ausf. J with scratch build schurzen, RB models bow MG barrel and Tamiya figures. Thanks to all.

An enjoyable diversion from my usual scale, a 1/72 ausf h

Model OOB, resin with PE, litle riveting and added some wires. Camo - feldfebel Jordan Ferdinandov -flying school Dolna Metropolija/Bulgaria - 30 march 1944. They only one battle mission of Avia - interception (formation 4 Avia's) 400 american bombers during mission over Sofia.

Hi @Hewy @Churchill @wimbledon99 @Robert Stuart and @FrancisGL Thank you very much for your very kind comments. Well, over the past few evenings I have managed to get most things done and I finished it off this morning - the photos in the Gallery can be found here. I have enjoyed this build but it has been a bit of a rush towards the end. I did wonder about adding some stowage but just decided to stick with the bucket on the back (I got told off for not having one on my previous Panzer IV) A couple of photos here: Lots more photos can be found: Here Finally a big thank you to everyone who took the time to comment and make suggestions. Kind regards, Stix

Changed my mind, I'm building a sailing dingy now. Now on to the easy bit. Easy bit!? This things got more angles than Kryten's genitals (it's probably not advisable to Google that). I had got ideas about being terribly, terribly, terribly clever and do scale thickness armour, what I didn't realise how ludicrously thin the armour was on this thing: Front of the hull – 30mm (scale thickness = 0.6mm) Rear & sides – 15mm (scale thickness = 0.3mm) Top – 6mm (scale thickness = 0.125mm) That would be like building it mostly out of paper. I've used 0.8mm throughout. I don't do impulsive. In the past when I have been spontaneous, it was only after weeks of careful consideration and planning. Completely out of character I was overwhelmed with the urge to fit the side pieces, “But they aren't ready”, my sensible side screamed – but I went ahead and did it anyway. That's what scratch-building does to you. It turns you into a wild, impetuous fool, laughing at danger, throwing caution to the wind. I'm a rebel now. If that's not too much trouble, hope you don't mind. The grey bits are lumps of lead. I don't like model tanks to be as light as a feather. The front and back ends are made up of very weird shapes. It didn't help that two views on the plan I printed were contradictory, one view showed this measurement as 4.5mm and another showed it as 9mm – a huge amount at this scale. This is my solution: The lower point is fixed as I was pretty sure that was correct. The upper point was movable. Obviously if one point and one side is fixed, and if the panel was flat, it would show where the mystery point was – it was 9mm. I still wasn't completely confident so rather than waste plastic, I used the card that comes with Eduard PE. I don't throw it away as it's good quality and is perfect for stuff like this. It took me a complete afternoon to figure this all out to the point of cutting the final plastic. There are times when I wonder if I could be doing something useful with my life. Next up, the bangy bits.

Styene is glued to compensate for the mismatch: And back, again, to putty and sanding to level everything: