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Hi mates, In the midst of my build of the Tamiya 1:32 Spitfire, I decided to tackle a small side project, and one I've been wanting to do for some time. This is the 1:72 resin kit from Aki Products in Japan of the Hawker Sea Fury FB.11. There are a few articles and reviews on-line about this kit, and I can say one thing - believe what you read. This is an outstanding kit, and the best replica of the Sea Fury that can be had in 1:72 scale as of this writing. In fact, this kit surpasses many injection moulded kits in detail, quality, and fit. It's that good. Unfortunately, I don't think this kit is still in production, so the price (when you can find it) is a bit crazy. OK, a lot crazy. But I'm stupid, so I bought it. I chose the Royal Australian Navy display aircraft circa 1961 for the markings, and I made sure to go by actual period photographs and not from the restored warbirds that have worn this scheme at one time or another. The overall Oxford Blue scheme was too hard to pass up. As you look at the photos, you may notice that the flaps are down in some, up in others. This is because the flaps are hinged on the model, and can be posed where you like. The metal rods used as the axle of the flap hinges are actually cast into the resin - a clever bit of engineering and some nice quality control to pull it off. Special thanks to @NAVY870 and @Paul Bradley for their help in this build. Without their sage advice, old Navy Bird would have been naughty and done something silly on more than one occasion. Project: Royal Australian Navy Hawker Sea Fury FB.11 Kit: Aki Products Hawker Sea Fury FB.11 (kit no. A.P.4) Scale: 1:72 (If God had intended others he wouldn't have made my thumbs so big) Decals: Xtradecal Sheet No. X72074 depicting RAN WH589/115 724 NAS Nowra circa 1961 Paint: MRP 183 Oxford Blue; Gunze H11 Flat White, H12 Flat Black, H77 Tyre Black, H329 Yellow FS13538, H90 Clear Red, H94 Clear Green, 75% H34 Cream Yellow & 25% H11 White (for the Hawker Primer), MC219 Brass; Alclad 101 Aluminum, 115 Stainless Steel; Floquil 110015 Flat Finish; Tamiya XF-69 NATO Black, and a bunch I forgot about. Weathering: None. This was a display aircraft. Improvements/Corrections This was built pretty much out of the box, the only things I added were: Whip aerials (two under the wings and one on top of the vertical tail) Portion of engine mounts seen through the open cooling doors Interior ribbing on the engine access covers Open clasps on the lower access covers Support cables and rods to keep access covers open Posed the tailwheel turned a bit Build thread: Link Now, let's see some photos! Enjoy! Cheers, Bill

Hi, So, here my last build model, a very nice kit, i just improve it with a Pavla resin cokpit and the GBU comes from the Brassin range by Eduard. I used too some Photoetched from an old set for an Hasegawa Harrier. The fans of the plane note that I made a big mistake by sticking a coin upside down. I'll let you find where...I hope you will like it anyway. Cheers Joel

Well, it's really been a while since I posted anything here. It's also been a while since I finished a model, other than a 1/350 Riich Models Los Angeles Class submarine as SSN-722 USS Key West for a friend who's son serves aboard her. Anyway, first up is the Heller 1/72 P-39Q, finished with Eagle Strike decals for "Snooks 2nd." This was part of a Christmas club challenge to finish a kit by this past weekend for the ValleyCon show in Chicopee, Massachusetts this past weekend. And, I did get it done on time, barely! It's actually not a bad kit, and is more accurate, in many ways, than newer offerings from HobbyBoss and Academy. I might have to try one of the RS Models early P-39s. I've got a set of decals for a nice "D" model. Oh, and this was brush painted with Vallejo Air, though I did airbrush the gloss and flat coats. On to the pictures

This is an excellent kit from Tamiya. The build went smoothly throughout. Only modifications made includes wiring/piping to the engine, metal pipe for gun barrels and pitot tube, and the navigation lights.

Bit of a change for me doing 1/144, but if I had done it in my preferred scale (1/48), the price of the kit would have been nothing compared to the cost of the divorce This is the Revell kit bought from Home Bargains a few years ago for silly money. Fit is Ok. Fitting the wheels is a faff. The worse bit is the box it came in …… hey ..ho. Any way on to the pic's. Please feel free to comment etc. Thanks for looking Dick

It isn't the best model I have ever made - but I'm calling it finished..... The ABM resin kit of the Beriev R-1...... Powered by 2 X Klimov RD-45 (RR Nene copy) turbojets, it was Beriev's first attempt at a jet flying boat. The Beriev OKB had lots of trouble getting the R-1 to become airborne - suction formed under the planing step and it took a long time to cure the problem............ Making it's first flight in 1952, only a single R-1 was built and the project was terminated in 1956.. This is a superb resin kit from newcomer ABM - but due to my failing eyesight and fat fingers, I haven't done it justice. The beaching gear is scratchbuilt. The R-1 next to its slighly more successful big brother - the Beriev Be-10.... More photos here. Ken

Especially important once upon a time in Australia where I believe that it used to be called called Durex....* *source of this information is a half-remembered Jasper Carrot sketch so may not be entirely accurate. You're getting confused with the Hulk's less masculine brother Davina Banner now CC. As indeed was William Lee, inventor of the stocking frame: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lee_(inventor) Stockings must course through the county's veins.... 'This is not just any rice. This is Rob's Rice.' It's why there have never been any great escapologists in this country Ian: there's never been any incentive to try! Thanks Johnny. It might be the Old Spice. It's quite an old bottle... 😜 A quick update over Friday coffee then. I hate working transparencies as a rule (on account of the perennial anxiety about not scratching them or getting them gummed up by a grubby-mitted moi at the bench) however, came the day that I finally had to face cutting out the beautiful Aeroclub transparencies into shape for a fit. This I simply did with a small pair of nail scissors, which I find more reliable on such shapes than a blade, which can slip on the radii: This is a particularly important job at this stage because adding the new brass windows at the sides means I need to be dead sure that the height of the roof is correct to mate with the windshield. Surely the the transparencies were designed to fit the kit you ask? Absolutely, but I'm conscious that with all the thinning and reshaping of cockpit windows that needed doing, it is not beyond the bounds of possibility to have introduced errors into the equation myself over the weeks. Thankfully I seemed to have got that matter pretty much right: Using Aeroclub stuff also gives me a certain feeling of reverence knowing that there's a finite supply of such modelling heritage around now, so I reallly really want to do right by it. There is undoubtedly going to be a great deal of masochistic fun to be had masking all of the complex shapes and subdivisions both on the windshield and on the gun turret - in relation to which I modified @hendie's excellent technique that I nicked from seeing him do on his Lizzie build yonks back, here substituting one of Stanley's freshest for a saw blade: I figured this ran less risk of tearing the fragile transparency whilst turning it against the blade and this was indeed the case, producing a neat scored line all the way around the could then be turned into a slice. You knew I'd immediately have to bung the gun mounting in for a look at this stage didn't you? Implanted in the fuselage, that should look very nice: Wondering what to do with the turret's appearance. I think the sliding panel for the gun aperture will be in the closed position, so I'll have to build a curved, raised strip for that to add to the surface of the Aeroclub moulding; the Lewis gun itself I'd wondered about but having checked the kit moulding it looks to be such a decent rendition that I can tart it up a little and include hanging inside. The new hexagonal window frames I simply folded up from flattened 0.8mm tubing for scale effect: These have now ben epoxied into place at the correct alignment with the interior framework: Won't have time for any more tomorrow as taking my eldest to the local university open day but hope to get back with something on Sunday. Have a good start to ytour weekends! Tony

I present the Revell A321 in the current colours of Iberia. Apart from replacement winglets and a few small details the build is OOB. I have an ongoing, very long term project to build at least one aircraft from each of the current and former European national carriers and I had intended to finish the A321 in the classic Alitalia green stripe livery. Unfortunately when the F-DCAL decals eventually arrived they turned out to be completely the wrong shade of green, so much so that I considered them unusable. A search on the net failed to find an alternative source of decals for that livery but I noticed that 8A Decs had the new Iberia scheme for the A321. Iberia was also on my national carriers “to do” list so off went my order and it took a lot less time for the 8A decals to arrive from Mexico than the F-DCAL ones had taken from France. The decals went on well. They needed a bit of trimming around the tail, especially at the base of the fin, and a little adjustment around the rear doors but other than that there were no major fit issues. My only criticisms are the slightly over scale aircraft names and the omission of the nose gear door registrations neither being the end of the world. Stencils and detail decals including wing coroguard and replacement nose gear registrations came from the spares box and Authentic Airliners windows completed the ensemble. Paint is Halfords Appliance White and Holts HL Grey01 with Tamiya and Revell metallics. Although the model didn’t end up as I had planned, I like the new Iberia livery and I think it suits the A321. I might be in a minority of one but I actually prefer it to the previous red, orange and yellow stripe scheme. Thanks for looking and as always constructive criticism is welcome. Dave G

I have pleasure in presenting my take on the Tamyia SAS jeep and LRDG chevy on a scratch built base. cheers Scottie

I have finished the little Roden kit. Just waiting for some figures to complete the scene. It is more or less built out of the box. I added some plastic strips to the side walls inside the body and on the roof above the driver. I also drilled out the lights.

I have just finished this small group of a/c from the Finish AF, all build out of box. Dornier is the new Airfix kit with OWL conv. set, D.21 from MPM, an C.X. from AZ. Decals are all aftermarked. Seen during wintertime with skies. Rather dramatic story this one. Cheers Jes

Hi all Here is my Airfix 1:72 Avro Shackleton MR.2 ive finished it in the markings of WL737 of 220 SQD, Royal Air Force, based at RAF St Eval, 1953. using Model Alliance Decals, RAF Coastal Command, post war part 1 (MA-72210) The only extra detail I added was a PE instrument panel. tamiya paint use throughout apart from Halfords appliance white for the underside. This has been an enjoyable and frustrating build due to fit issues early on. thanks for looking Fit issues early on tested my patients to the limit I put it down walked away and went back to it a couple of weeks later and repaired my moment of madness And made good in the end

I was asked to rebuild and finish an Accurate Minuatures Camel, I think it's 1/32 and two Hawk Lysanders, here's the link to the work done. https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235052492-camel-and-lysanders-rebuilds-for-1-canadian-air-command-display/

Here's my OOB Airfix 1/72 Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat finished with the kit decals for Marion Carl's aircraft. I really enjoyed building this kit.

Something to brighten the day This is the Eduard 1/48 Profipack kit of the X-1. Needs a little bit of work as there are no locating pins. But it's a great kit. No real vices. Paint is International orange and all that has been changed are the pitot tubes which are made from Albion Alloy tubing. Recommended. Please feel free to comment tec. Thanks for looking Dick

My usual take on two `Tigers` on a practice scramble circa 1970 from RAF Tengah. Airfix 1/72 kits. First picture was my inspiration for the build. Thanks for looking.

Hi all, here's a set of RFI shots for the recently completed Re.2005. I'm sort of pleased with it, in spite of the several slips and trips along the way. It has at least been a learning experience, so hopefully I shall avoid repeating some mistakes in future builds. I deliberately held off going overboard with weathering this particular model, as I was concerned that the dark green top colour would have needed an awful lot doing to it in order to be noticeable. From what I have read these aircraft really came into the war too late to make much of a difference, so the amount of action they would have seen would not have caused much in the way of wear and tear. In hindsight, I think the main headaches were from the fitting of the PE parts - some of them, such as the tail wheel doors and the aerial mast, I didn't bother fitting. I found that overall, the PE was more trouble than it was worth - just my opinion, of course! Other than that the kit itself was a nice build. The WIP can be found here, for your information and amusement should you so wish. So with that, here's a few photos of the finished article: Comments and criticisms all welcome

Looking closely at my photos, I found evidence that confirms the placement of the aerials on WH589. Right where Steve @NAVY870 said they would be! Accordingly, I added these to the model and finished her up. Here she is: The full RFI is here. Thanks everyone for coming along on the ride, I really appreciated all the help. Cheers, Bill

started in january, finished in July, 6 months of work, hard work.... And Czech beer goes well with czech produced kit...

I did spray a protective clear coat before masking for the blue stripe, CC Anyway, here's more masking for you: ... and the final outcome A tad of touch up around the fuselage hinomarus, but the painting stage is essentially completed (least some sparse bits and bobs like the propeller and the drop tanks ...) Stickers next .... All comments welcome Ciao

Latest build folks the ancient Airfix Mig 21.... Fun build ... Many thanks to the extremely kind gents on this site via the wanted adds for the decals. My wife got me this via evilbay very cheap, but lacked decals and tail damaged. - re-built with good old Millput. The build: The canopy was a pig, as massive gap between parts and at an angle, I built up gap with white PVA. Brush painted Humbrol 108 and 27, thin coats of 11 silver to finish.. some crushed pastel used for light weathering. Stand used from an old Frog kit, I felt this worked better in flight mode. I've only used PVA on the doors so at a later date may use the undercarriage and the drop tank. For now left off the Attol missiles, but may add them later... It looks more like it's just been on a mission without them.. First attempt at a modernish jet fighter.... Atolls added...

Managed to get my 2 blue Airfix 1/72 RAF Phantom FGR.2's finished. 19 Squadron markings from the old Xtradecal sheet and 92 Squadron markings from the decals in the kit. Both used the Aerocraft intake ramp and afterburner can sets. Paints used were Tamiya matt white and rubber black, Hataka for some of the detail work, Vallejo Metal Color for the metalics and Humbrol 25 Matt Blue for the blue. Prior to decalling the aircraft were sprayed with Johnsons Klear and after decalling sprayed with Newton and Winsor Galleria Acrylic Matt Varnish.

I have noticed a number of modelers on BM that seem to have long running threads of their builds and thought that that would be very useful for my finished Sabres. So here we go. F-86A Sabre 'Miss Louise, 4th FIW, USAF, Kimpo AFB, Korea, cir. 1951. Built from the Hobbycraft kit; backdated the wings, pylons moved inboard, correct gun-sight fitted, got rid of the tail plane actuator fairings, Pavla canopy. Humbrol Metalcote Polished Aluminium enamel paint. Decals from Matchbox kit. TF-86F 2-Seater Sabre Trainer Fuselage is a Vacform by Falcon. Everything else came mainly from a Hobbycraft kit and spares bin, wings backdated, pylons moved inboard, correct gun-sight fitted. Humbrol Metalcote Polished Aluminium enamel paint. Hobbycraft decals, serials and such were DIY. WiP here: Canadair CL-13 Mk.2 Sabre. Aircraft '19241' of 421 Squadron, 2 Wing, RCAF, Grostenquin, France, 1954. Hobbycraft kit with backdated wings, pylons moved inboard, correct gun-sight fitted. Humbrol Metalcote Polished Aluminium enamel paint. Model Alliance decals. F-86E Sabre. 'Lt Col. Ed Heller' aircraft 'HELL-ER BUST X', 16th FIS, Korea, 1953. Hobbycraft kit with backdated wings, pylons moved inboard, correct gun-sight fitted. Humbrol Metalcote Polished Aluminium enamel paint. Kit decals. F-86E Sabre. 'RUTH I' No. 2 "Flying Cheetah" Squadron of the SAAF, Korea. Hobbycraft kit with backdated wings, pylons moved inboard, correct gun-sight fitted. Humbrol Metalcote Polished Aluminium enamel paint. Kit decals. Microscale decals. Stuart

Hi, everyone! I decide to continue the Suez theme. And now I present you Se Venom from "Ark Royal".

Here is my recent addition to the Sabre collection. CA-27 Avon Sabre Mk30, A94-901, RAAF, 1954/55. Tasman fuselage with Academy kit with mods. Decals from various pots to present the first production aircraft. WiP here: Stuart

Brilliant! Thanks Keith Thanks Simon and Tom for your advice too, really appreciated The vac form fits nicely over the top of the kit part (is that a good thing?): …so I carefully cut it to match: The fuselage is flat on the top so I cut up the sides and then joined the cuts across the front. Seems to have done the job, and the vac form canopy fits over the Pavla frame and rear i/p: …unlike the kit part: Needs a bit of tidying but I think I'm happy. Onwards!

Thanks Paul Sadly my chosen subject doesn't have the doors so I'll see what I can bodge. The CMR kit has arrived - hooray! As per Keith's kind picture above there's a nice 'cabin heater' exhaust: …and a couple of canopies: They look exactly the same to me so I guess there's a spare. They fit the fuselage without spacing so that was glued up: The canopy was carefully cut out and sanded: Any ideas how to cut this so that it fits please? Meanwhile I've drilled out this intake: I'd better do the other one to eh?

Hiya Folks, I`ve been wanting to build a Wimpey torpedo bomber,...... also known as a `Fishington' for some time now and when I found photos of `Little Joe' of 458 Sqn RAAF I just knew it had to be that one, with a gun fitted in the nose! I used the nose turret blank from Alley Cat models, intended for the Trumpeter kit and also DK Decals,....here is the WIP if anybody is interested; This was my first experience of Hataka brush painting paints and they were among the best of the currently available acrylics in this medium. Although Wellington`s used in the torpedo bomber role had the rear bomb doors removed and a torpedo sight fitted in front of the cockpit, reference photos also show that when used for mine laying or bombing sorties the bomb doors were left in place and the sight removed and as this was the configuration seen in the reference photos I went for that. Here is the real aircraft; And a general view of a Wellington torpedo bomber (in this case a radar equipped MkVIII) in its natural environment at 50 feet above the sea,....... which was usually at night and without radar assisted altimeters! Here is the model; Cheers, Tony

I built this last year from the Hasegawa 74sqn version of the kit but I wanted a 23 Sqn/1435 Flt Phantom based at Stanley Airport in the Falkland Islands so used after market decals, resin seats, wheels, etched IP, intake blanks and Sidewinders from Eduard. My most enjoyable build so far and one that I think is probably the best I have produced. some photos were taken before the missiles were fitted.

Another one from a Group Build for the Classic British Kits SIG. This is a really simple little kit, with no engine detail, so it goes together pretty quickly. Paint is Halfords "FIAT Racing Red", polished with Novus. It's not a factory colour combination, but a restoration I found online which I thought looked great. best, M.

A build from five years ago, bear that in mind when you read. I made it for my younger son, a fan of the genre, myself favor civil airplane models in 1/72. If the phrases "Fritz Lang's Metropolis" or "Forbidden Planet" say nothing to you, just skip this and move on. To the fans of vintage science fiction Robby the Robot needs no introduction. To the ones that era not, nothing will make sense anyway. The foundational "Forbidden Planet" movie featured this mechanical character that later on transited through the years all across the board appearing in other movies and several TV shows. Today is an iconic symbol loved by supporters of the genre. I finally could get my hands on this kit. This Polar Lights edition includes the figure of the female character of the original movie, Altaira, whose attention Leslie Nielsen (yes, pal, the same) managed to pick up. This kit is different from other releases as the legs and arms of the robot are differently posed, and includes a new base with the movie poster background in cardboard, a bit cheesy as it should be with these early examples of the genre. The model is quite hefty, indifferently molded, quite heavy and the details are coarse, again, in line with what you could expect from a "figure" model. Lots and lots of seam kilometers to scrape, fill, sand and smooth-out. The fit is not bad, though. The number of parts is not high, even with the added female figure. You can find on the Net some "upgrades" for this kit: photoetched parts and some electronics that include light and sound effects. Although you could add those to your model with some extra work, it is not my cuppa, preferring personally to leave things as science-fiction nature made them. There. The two creatures: One has no heart, is calculating, cold, and driven by ruthless motives. And the other is the robot. The good thing is that the fans of the genre can make an almost decent replica of Robby the Robot with this kit. My son will have a much better replica because he has a loving father that happens to be a decent modeler. This kit should be better and could have been made better. There are no excuses. To a modeler it feels chunky, heavy, coarse and deficient. To a toy -or memorabilia- collector it may feel different. I wouldn't know. Any modeler with average skills and a bit of experience will pull a good one out of this. At the cost of some extra time and some profanity-muttering. Polar Lights does a good thing rehabilitating this old kits and making them available, but since they charge a price and don't do this entirely from the goodness or their hearts, they can do a much better job "polishing", perfecting and upgrading them. Or at least making sure that the molds are repaired, and revising some of the parts. Nevertheless and regardless of the well-deserved nit-picking, I hope my son will be happy to have Robby at home. Darling, dear, what is that woman doing on you desk?: The ancillary parts are now colored as per stills of the original movie. It is now when the mediocre quality and production of the kit is most noticeable. The clear parts have flash and excrescences, and they are poorly molded: Look at this one half of an "ear": the two bigger towers are flash, the two smaller pips are the locating pins. Man, this is not a bargain kit, the designers and the Chinese factory could have been just a little bit more careful: And these are the worst: the said "ears" which are totally, absolutely awful and do not match reality, and the "transducers", which come as solid plastic and should have been included with the clear parts. The clear circles you see are the ones I am producing to replace the solid parts: The head is assembled. Watch out because the clear parts that have those little accordions are a very poor fit and are all different, in spite of being all "#15". The shorter ones should go in the middle, the longer ones at the ends: The fit problems with the head components continue. This head was a....headache!: Do not glue the arms before placing the figure, it won't fit. First position the robot's left arm around the figure and glue it to the torso. Immediately, before the glue sets, add the right hand. All these parts have an excellent fit (contrary to the head's):

This is my interpretation of my recently completed CA-27 Avon Sabre Mk.30. The Avon Sabre was based on the F-86E and shared many parts from it but was fitted with a Rolls Royce Avon engine causing the fuselage to become deeper, looking like an F-86H. My way of producing a Mk.30 was using the Tasman conversion kit that came with the fuselage, canopy and decals for later Mks, the Academy F-86 kit, some corrections and other work. Work done to Tasman Fuselage: Gun ports modified to reflect early type Air brake section and aft removed and replaced with Academy offering to present air brakes open. Internals greatly thinned to allow Academy cockpit to fit. The rest of the build: Wings backdated to pre 6-3 Flaps removed and refitted 'deployed' Tank pylon points moved inboard Brake lines added to main undercarriage Front wheel hub modified to reflect correct type. Build log here: Primed using Halfords rattle can grey primer and painted overall with Tamiya AS12. Finished with markings of the first production aircraft, A94-901, RAAF, 1954/55. Stencils were from Academy kit, roundels and flashes from Airfix Sabre kit, serials from spares box. Thanks for looking. Stuart

With my first RFI, here’s my version of Airfix’s Nimrod MR2. Built out of the box with the exception of the searchlight lense made from a silver sequin and pitot probes from telegraph poles.The base is scratchbuilt based on the parking bays at RAF Kinloss with suitable clutter GSE, Houchin, A frame steps, chocks, fire extinguisher and lineys. One error I made was not painting out one of the windows on the port side above the intakes.

I had it on extremely good authority that the WITCH was essential Nice subliminals I wonder if it is going to work I may hanker for another yellow bird though I first met Whirlwind at RAF Leconfield when they were the SAR unit The potential ball is in the air if there is any air A little done on the H-19, all the pictures I have seen show grey interiors which surprised me A little bit of interior stuff which will never be seen through windows blockier than Lego bricks Padding supplied by Tamiya tape Cabin floor and the transmission shaft The IP was snagged off my Airwaves set which I am saving for a rainier day A couple of collectives to go with the cyclics in the kit and HIYA UNCA BOB! And now its pub time see ya Oh yes some more small progress Bye

Just a little something I've been working on for the past week or so.... 🇯🇵

Thanks Codger, Wind deflector made sense... Rear side is almost completed! Something is missing? I suppose... Wind deflector in situ too: Dan.

Hello Giorgio, Look, I received this on a FB page about frienship !! Still they are working together !! sincerely. CC

RADIO EQUIPMENT ABOVE THE RADIO OPS DESK INSTALLED Hi guys We continue!............... I spent all this week since the last post installing all the radio equipment I scratched......As a reminder this included ..the radio ops desk that had the Liaison Receiver ,spare turbo amplifier ,headphones ,transmitter master switch ,transmitting key and desk lamp. I also installed the Command dynamoter and modulator ,the fire extinguisher ,portable oxygen bottle , IFF crash switch and the oxygen regulator and panel...I don't think I left anything out! Here are some photos............... So staying in this area I will now scratch build all the equipment that can be found underneath the radio ops desk....not as much gear so I will make the radio ops chair as well! Happy modelling guys and see you on the next post! Cheers for taking a look Fozzy

This is my first attempt at armour, bought on impulse.Probably lots of things wrong but i got it finished, hope you like, and as usual all your comments very welcome.

Here's the finished 1/12 McLaren MP4/6. An original kit from 1991 with Marlboro decals from TBD. The problems is the common rear tires which shrunk and hardened, causing cracks and didn't fit well on the rims. Never could find a replacement.

Cellar Dwellers for the last 15 years,These kits date back to the early 90's The Prince and the bat just got a clean up and some washes,additional detail work and varnish,the wolf was a complete e-paint. Worst boyband..................Ever

Just be careful, it could happen to you! This week I've had like, no bench time because I've been trying to get more sleep and more exercise (down now to 193 pounds from 222 at the start of the year, but still trying to lose more, because come on), but I hope to get back there eventually.

Standard fare. OOB with Eaglecals.

Not sure why but I took it into my head late last year that I wanted to get and build this kit. To be honest, I've never been particularly interested in the Jet Prevost before - I'd built the Airfix Strikemaster when I was a child, but for some reason I ended up buying this kit last year and have been building it on and off since December. In the end its turned out quite nicely. The engine intakes are supplied as resin inserts, which as you can see here took quite a bit of filler and sanding to blend in well. The seams on the wing-tip fuel tanks were also a pain! Fitting the resin seats in the cockpit was a tight squeeze. It was painted with Tamiya paints and it was during the painting for this I started experimenting with Butanol as a retardant for the Tamiya paint which worked really well. It meant that Tamiya paint became brushable! In fact the coaming over the instrument panel in the cockpit was brush painted with XF-69 Nato Black and dried perfectly smooth and even. That makes a nice little addition to my collection of post-war RAF jets that I've been building up in the last few months. I'm happy with that.

Spitfire F.21, 1/48, using bits from Airfix Spitfire XIX and Seafire 46 kits. Build thread here. Thoroughly enjoyable kit bash and rather more straightforward than I expected!

Thanks for the comments and suggestions, Guys. It is much appreciated. The the pencil line in the photograph below marks the next saw cut on the firewall. A 4mm section to the left of the line will be removed to move the lower forward section back a bit.. Once again, you see the firewall in two pieces. The 4mm section has been removed from the sides of the firewall. Due to the slope of the top of the firewall's forward section, the top fits into the rear section, so the rear section will be trimmed and reshaped, then the junction will be filled and shaped. The two pieces were welded together. The rear section has been trimmed a bit, but more filing is required before the join can be filled with Milliput. Below is a factory drawing, taken from Paul Koo's CD. Note the proportions of the firewall and the position of the engine relative to the firewall. The photograph below shows the position of the bell housing relative to the firewall and floorboard of a prototype. Below is the still unfinished firewall, engine block, and head placed in position. The engine has been moved back 10mm, the leading edge of the cowl is in the stock (and correct) kit position, a 7.5mm horizontal section was removed from the cowl and the top section of the firewall, the firewall has been moved forward about 4mm so it is flush with the leading edge of the cowl, and the lower forward section of the firewall has been moved back 4mm. The white styrene tube was installed to simulate the "tunnel" through the left rear motor mount. Still a work-in-progress. Below you see the position of the engine relative to the firewall, radiator shell, and bonnet. It is tilted because it was just placed loosely in the chassis for the photograph.

First layer of hull planking is now complete and ready for sanding... … and sanding completed. Next steps are to do the deck planking and then the outer (finish) hull planking. I'm up to step 6 in the plans. Lots more to go... Iain

A build from six years ago. Same as with the recently-posted Ludewig Aero: I actually build these vehicles as diorama complements for my 1/72 civil planes, and I only wish of them that they serve that purpose with a modicum of dignity. As the kit instructions inform us, Strassenzepp was the “marketing” name of this bus, meaning -literally- a Zeppelin for the streets/autobahns. With its double fins and showy lines, this design is a source of aesthetic pleasure and delight, and has that truly “modern” Golden Age flavor of the late 30’s. There are a lot of things I like about this little bus, and I am very happy it was released by Roden. There are a few things that need care, though; some are optional, some are not; some are simple, others are a bit more complex to fix. Although a better molding technology -like a multipart mold for the bodies of both buses as have been used for decades now for 1/24 cars- could have been of fantastic benefit and eliminate the difficult of fixing seams once the body parts are glued; it would nevertheless have increased the comfortable price range bracket where these kits are now. Perhaps for future bus releases? In any case it is a joy to have these kits around and I hope Roden will keep releasing this beautiful type of material that has such level of detail and charm, for the pleasure of us the aestheticists among modelers. Congratulations, Roden. Please, more!!

Just needs a large puddle of oil under it and it will be perfect. Well done that man.

Huge Update today! (no it's not the canons... I'm a student. I am really good at procrastinating😅) BUT I did a couple of other things! I found another little error that had to be fixed... hmm... the trustworthy soldier (measured from head to toe 1,69m) found the door to be way to small! so I extended it with sheet way better! Next thing on the list is the stern... looks better... And I started painting the hull this is still only base colors... I think there might be some spots where I'll have to fill and sand some gaps when joining the hull And here comes be best thing! I found a figurehead! well at least I found a nice figure that I can use with some small modifications. The figure is from Games Workshop and is called a myrmourn banshee... First I mocked up the whole stem and cutwater then I had to swallow some brave pills... but it was well worth it! May I present to you: The Black Widow!!! There is still some detailwork to be done so everything fits perfectly but I really like the way this looks! thats it for today! Thanks for stopping by, Cheers Konrad