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Hi everybody Here´s another Mig-29 and the ambition from my part was to depict a rather weathered individual. For that part I used the Gunze range of colours, H305, 308, 320 and 325 and I added matt white and flesh (H44) to different degrees for the post shading process. I also experimented using oil on some panels to fade them even more. The exhaust were painted with Alclads "Exhaust", "Pale Burnt Metal" and "Transparent Blue". I also used Model Masters "Exhaust" for the inner parts of the exhaust. Apart from that an artist silver pencil from Derwent was applied here and there, to simulate chipped paint. The leaks are all from AK´s Streaking Grime, which in my opinon works very well on flat surfaces. The "office chair" is from True Details and the Pilot climbing on Eduards ladder is from Aerobonus. I used some "artistic license" on this project, for instance the pilots dress should in reality be blue, but that made him look to much of a smurf in my eyes. I Also used the decals from Begemot sheet 48-012, under the devise, "if it looks cool it´s right". Finally for the construction of the base plate a I used a single sheet of Plasticard which I scribed and glued some grass randomly. Thanks for looking and I hope you enjoy the pics Cheers Göran

Evening All I've been slack at posting pictures this year, so it's time for a catch-up. Where has the year gone ??? Luckily for you I've been equally as slack with my build progress so there's not much to catch up on. So here's my OOB build of a 247 Sqn Sqn Typhoon that I built between January and April. I've notice that with lack of modelling time, recently, I'm tending to got for quick out OOB builds just to maintain some mojo. As far as I remember there were no major issues with the build. I did lose one of the Main Undercarriage Doors and had to scratch build a new one (the original later found under the paint bench and thrown in the spares box). Comments good, bad or indifferent welcome as usual. I hope you like it. Cheers Gaz The look I was after was of a used aircraft with fresh(ish) painted stripes. At first I thought that the stripes would be a little lairy, but then thought that they might add a little dazzle to the cabinet; another reason to go OOB. I tried using AK Interactive's chipping and wear fluid again on this one. The foolishness of intentionally making the paint not stick properly was quicky highlighted when I started masking other bits and pieces. The invasion stripes were masked and sprayed, and lots of touch-ups were needed. Thanks for looking

Ah, the Fly Whitley. on Flickr I've been waiting to build that until people have forgotten that Airfix have brought out a new tool that is, no doubt, much better. It looks like a nice kit though; resin, PE, nice canopy molding and I even have a set of masks that I bought before the cutter arrived. One of the first things I did was to get rid of the end-opening box. Wow. That stands for 'Why oh Why!" Of course I remembered to keep the back as that has the schemes on it. Shots of the parts trees: Not phased by those separate props, honest. I have a tool for that. Obviously. Oooh, three part wings eh? Interesting (in a kind of Chinese curse way…) Nice canopy frame: But wait, what are all those (gulp) thin little window things on the left? We shall see. You know I like to maintain an air of mystery (or do I?) Resin, PE and AM masks: Lots of resin. What's in there? Lots of nice interior details, just right for the ceiling! Note that two of the guns have already broken off. Do you think I might lose them? 🤞

This is Revell's '60s-vintage 1/32 P-51B Mustang in a 1993 boxing, with the RAF-style Malcolm hood as the included canopy option. The faults and deficiencies of the kit have been well-covered elsewhere; this build was undertaken simply to enjoy revisiting a favorite old kit, 'dressing it up' a bit with a few chosen details. These included plumbing the kit's somewhat anemic Packard Merlin engine with lead wire and assorted tubing and etch left-overs, substituting the gorgeous Aires resin cockpit (designed for the Trumpeter kit) for the kit's rather-lower-relief parts, and adding the True Details resin 'Napalm' set...modified back to their original 75-gallon drop tanks. Paints are Tamiya acrylics; the excellent decals are from Techmod's extensive 'Polish Mustangs' sheet. [BTW, the rough-edges and uneven spacing of the invasion stripes are actually 'toned down' from what photos show for the real aircraft. There's a short clip on YouTube of Horbaczewski 'rolling out' for takeoff, showing parts of the fuselage stripes on both sides of the a/c...and they look like they were painted by a blind man. (Or an aircrewman in a hurry, who had better things to attend to!)] Biggest challenge was the kit's pretty awful clear parts; big square 'hinge holders' (for the original greenhouse-style canopy) had to be carefully chiseled from both windscreen and quarter-lights, and those areas made smooth and clear again. The Malcolm hood part was too short length-wise to be displayed closed, and too short in height to fit in an open position. I ended up adding on extensions in the way of the 'sliding' portion of the bubble to stretch the height a bit, but it's still a very near thing. [WIP for those who are interested may be found here.] The aircraft depicted is the second of three Mustang Mk. III's flown by renowned Polish ace Eugeniusz 'Dziubek' Horbaczewski, C/O of No. 315 (Polish) Squadron. FB382, decorated in full D-Day invasion stripes, was flown through much of June-July 1944, until 'traded in' for the more-frequently-depicted FB387--the aircraft bearing the well-known victory tally for his four V-1 kills. [It is possible that FB382 was marked for one or more V-1 victories as well, though no photographic evidence seems to exist to show them.] The drop tanks are suited to what seems to have been the last combat mission flown in this particular aircraft before it was exchanged, a long-range Beaufighter-escort mission to Norway during which Horbaczewski was credited with (1) Bf109 shot down 'solo,' and another shared with his wing man. The third-highest-scoring Polish fighter ace was KIA on 18 August 1944 during a 'Rodeo' mission over France; he was credited with 3 Fw190s during that flight before he himself was shot down, for a final total of 16.5 aircraft confirmed (and one probable) with 4 V-1 missiles destroyed.

A long-time member of our local modeling group passed away earlier this year. Automotive modeling was his favorite and he was a great fan of "kit bashing". Our annual show and contest is being held at the end of this month, and we will have a special kit-bashing category in his memory. He once brought a stack of old car magazines to our monthly meeting, and the advertisement below caught my fancy: So, here's my entry for this year's contest: Bashed together using these kits: And, here's a few in-process shots showing how I grafted the tank tracks & suspension onto the Lincoln's chassis: It was an entertaining little project, but not something I would normally do.

Morning all, I'm sure everyone is bored of RIAT images by now, but having mostly caught up with my backlog of editing I thought I'd share my take on what was largely a superb five days at Fairford. Wednesday McDonnell Douglas EAV-8B Harrier II Plus | VA.1B-37/01-925 | Spanish Navy | RAF Fairford 17/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Boeing B-52H Stratofortress | 60-0048/LA | US Air Force | RAF Fairford 17/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr AgustaWestland HH-139A | MM81796/15-40 | Italian Air Force | RAF Fairford 17/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr AgustaWestland HH-101A Caesar | MM81865/15-02 | Italian Air Force | RAF Fairford 17/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr McDonnell Douglas EAV-8B Harrier II Plus | VA.1B-37/01-925 | Spanish Navy | RAF Fairford 17/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Panavia Tornado ECR | 46+49 | German Air Force | RAF Fairford 17/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Boeing C-17A Globemaster III | 01 | NATO SAC | RAF Fairford 17/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr AgustaWestland HH-139A | MM81796/15-40 | Italian Air Force | RAF Fairford 17/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Hawker Hunter F58 | ZZ191 | HHA | RAF Fairford 17/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr McDonnell Douglas EAV-8B Harrier II Plus | VA.1B-24/01-914 | Spanish Navy | RAF Fairford 17/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Thursday Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-21MF-75 LanceR C | 6807 | Romanian Air Force | RAF Fairford 18/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr McDonnell Douglas F-4E 2020T Phantom II | 77-0296 | Turkish Air Force | RAF Fairford 18/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-21MF-75 LanceR C | 6807 | Romanian Air Force | RAF Fairford 18/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Ilyushin Il-76MD Candid | 76683 | Ukrainian Air Force | RAF Fairford 18/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr McDonnell Douglas F-4E 2020T Phantom II | 77-0296 | Turkish Air Force | RAF Fairford 18/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Boeing F/A-18C Hornet | J-5011 | Swiss Air Force | RAF Fairford 18/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr General Dynamics F-16AM Fighting Falcon | E-191 | Royal Danish Air Force | RAF Fairford 18/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr General Dynamics F-16AM Fighting Falcon | FA-57 | Belgian Air Component | RAF Fairford 18/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Eurofighter Typhoon S | 30+25 | German Air Force | RAF Fairford 18/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Panavia Tornado ECR | 43+25 | German Air Force | RAF Fairford 18/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr McDonnell Douglas F-4E 2020T Phantom II | 77-0296 | Turkish Air Force | RAF Fairford 18/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Sukhoi Su-27UBM1 Flanker | 71 BLUE | Ukrainian Air Force | RAF Fairford 18/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Sikorsky S-92A | G-MCGK | HM Coastguard | RAF Fairford 18/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Boeing E-3A Sentry | LX-N90451 | NATO | RAF Fairford 18/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-21MF-75 LanceR C | 6807 | Romanian Air Force | RAF Fairford 18/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Saturday Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-21MF-75 LanceR C | 6824 | Romanian Air Force | RAF Fairford 20/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Boeing 747-436 | G-BYGC | British Airways | RAF Fairford 20/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-21MF-75 LanceR C | 6824 | Romanian Air Force | RAF Fairford 20/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Boeing F/A-18C Hornet | HN-406 | Finnish Air Force | RAF Fairford 20/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Lockheed Martin F-16CM Fighting Falcon | 96-0080/SP | US Air Force | RAF Fairford 20/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II | ZM146 | Royal Air Force | RAF Fairford 20/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Sukhoi Su-27P1M Flanker | 39 BLUE | Ukrainian Air Force | RAF Fairford 20/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr General Dynamics F-16AM Fighting Falcon | FA-101 | Belgian Air Component | RAF Fairford 20/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Saab JAS-39C Gripen | 39268 | Swedish Air Force | RAF Fairford 15/07/18 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Leonardo T-346A Master | MM55213/61-06 | Italian Air Force | RAF Fairford 20/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Sukhoi Su-27P1M Flanker | 39 BLUE | Ukrainian Air Force | RAF Fairford 20/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr McDonnell Douglas EAV-8B Harrier II Plus | VA.1B-24/01-914 | Spanish Navy | RAF Fairford 20/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Boeing F/A-18C Hornet | HN-406 | Finnish Air Force | RAF Fairford 20/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr General Dynamics F-16AM Fighting Falcon | FA-57 | Belgian Air Component | RAF Fairford 20/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Boeing 747-436 | G-BYGC | British Airways | RAF Fairford 20/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr British Aerospace Hawk T1A 'The Red Arrows' | Royal Air Force | RAF Fairford 20/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Sukhoi Su-27P1M Flanker | 39 BLUE | Ukrainian Air Force | RAF Fairford 20/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Boeing F/A-18C Hornet | J-5011 | Swiss Air Force | RAF Fairford 20/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Sunday McDonnell Douglas EAV-8B Harrier II Plus | VA.1B-37/01-925 | Spanish Navy | RAF Fairford 21/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-21MF-75 LanceR C | 6824 | Romanian Air Force | RAF Fairford 21/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Sukhoi Su-27P1M Flanker | 39 BLUE | Ukrainian Air Force | RAF Fairford 20/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr McDonnell Douglas EAV-8B Harrier II Plus | VA.1B-24/01-914 | Spanish Navy | RAF Fairford 21/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Boeing F/A-18C Hornet | HN-406 | Finnish Air Force | RAF Fairford 21/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-21MF-75 LanceR C | 6824 | Romanian Air Force | RAF Fairford 21/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Boeing F/A-18C Hornet | J-5011 | Swiss Air Force | RAF Fairford 21/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Eurofighter Typhoon S | MM7343/RS-21 | Italian Air Force | RAF Fairford 21/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Bell-Boeing CV-22B Osprey | 12-0051 | US Air Force | RAF Fairford 21/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Leonardo T-346A Master | MM55213/61-06 | Italian Air Force | RAF Fairford 21/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Boeing F/A-18C Hornet | HN-406 | Finnish Air Force | RAF Fairford 21/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-21MF-75 LanceR C | 6824 | Romanian Air Force | RAF Fairford 21/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Aermacchi MB 339PAN | 'Il Frecce Tricolori' | Italian Air Force | RAF Fairford 21/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Sukhoi Su-27P1M Flanker | 39 BLUE | Ukrainian Air Force | RAF Fairford 21/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr McDonnell Douglas EAV-8B Harrier II Plus | VA.1B-37/01-925 | Spanish Navy | RAF Fairford 21/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Monday McDonnell Douglas F-4E 2020T Phantom II | 77-0288 | Turkish Air Force | RAF Fairford 22/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr General Dynamics F-16BM Fighting Falcon | 691 | Royal Norwegian Air Force | RAF Fairford 22/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Eurofighter Typhoon S | 30+25 | German Air Force | RAF Fairford 22/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr McDonnell Douglas F-4E 2020T Phantom II | 77-0296 | Turkish Air Force | RAF Fairford 22/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr General Dynamics F-16AM Fighting Falcon | E-191 | Royal Danish Air Force | RAF Fairford 22/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Boeing CH-47F Chinook | D-890 | Royal Netherlands Air Force | RAF Fairford 22/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Lockheed C-130B Hercules | 3766 | Pakistan Air Force | RAF Fairford 22/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Boeing F-15E Strike Eagle 96-0201/LN US Air Force RAF Fairford 22/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Westland Puma HC2 Z XW224 | Royal Air Force |RAF Fairford 22/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Panavia Tornado ECR | 43+25 | German Air Force | RAF Fairford 22/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Sukhoi Su-27P1M Flanker | 39 BLUE | Ukrainian Air Force | RAF Fairford 22/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-21MF-75 LanceR C | 6807 | Romanian Air Force | RAF Fairford 22/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr McDonnell Douglas EAV-8B Harrier II Plus | VA.1B-24/01-914 | Spanish Navy | RAF Fairford 22/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Eurofighter Typhoon S | 30+25 | German Air Force | RAF Fairford 22/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr McDonnell Douglas F-4E 2020T Phantom II | 77-0296 | Turkish Air Force | RAF Fairford 22/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr A lot of images I know, but hopefully they were of interest. There are plenty more on my Flickr too.... Thanks for looking, comments welcomed Shaun

Here is my third (and possibly final) entry into the Frog GB Gallery. Miles Magister Mk.1 Central Flying School Aerobatic Team Upavon, Wiltshire, 1937 Novo bagging of the Frog (F153) Magister, with LF Models sheet C72189 markings, which also included resin rudder, tailwheel, masks and two transparencies on acetate film (not used). It was sprayed with Tamiya white primer, yellow was brush painted Humbrol enamels, (69 Gloss Yellow over 24 Trainer Yellow), red was Humbrol acrylic H60 Scarlet, and cowling was Revell acrylic 90 Silver. The build log is here: Thanks for looking and the support, Ray

F228 Novo Fairey Gannet AS1, 816SQN RAN HMAS Melbourne, 1960s

Good afternoon gentlemen Finally, I've finished this model. Painted with Tamiya and Gunze colours. Roundles with David's stars, Scorpions (on the tail) and serial numbers (558) were painted by masks (The masks are made by: https://heroesmodels.it/ ) 20190805 - 041 FINITO by Matteo Zarantonello, su Flickr 20190805 - 042 FINITO by Matteo Zarantonello, su Flickr 20190805 - 043 FINITO by Matteo Zarantonello, su Flickr 20190805 - 044 FINITO by Matteo Zarantonello, su Flickr 20190805 - 045 FINITO by Matteo Zarantonello, su Flickr 20190805 - 046 FINITO by Matteo Zarantonello, su Flickr 20190805 - 047 FINITO by Matteo Zarantonello, su Flickr 20190805 - 048 FINITO by Matteo Zarantonello, su Flickr 20190805 - 049 FINITO by Matteo Zarantonello, su Flickr 20190805 - 050 FINITO by Matteo Zarantonello, su Flickr Have a nice summer at all. Cheers

Revell Lockheed C-121C Constellation - 1/144 Scale Built OOB - Painted overall with a Humbrol aerosol with Vallejo and Citadel acrylics for detail stuff, Uschi thread for aerials. Thanks go to Organisers, Mods and all you who took part. IanJ

Hello All. Back when this GB was suggested I mentioned that the Airfix VC10 and the Airfix Bren Gun Carrier kits were new moulds in 1964; the year I was born. The VC10 has been patiently waiting for attention since then. The boxing is a later 'Sky King' issue with British Airways decals, which although eligible were not what I would like to do with the kit; even if I did pick up a set of the lovely 26 Decals for the scheme. Despite having those I now have a set of S&M BOAC decals on their way, the early scheme with the white 'Speedbird' on the tail. Not only is the mould from 1964, but the VC10 entered service in 1964 as well which makes it even more fitting for the GB. I taped the major assemblies together for the 'start-up' photo. The dry fit showed that the fuselage sides didn't quite mate up evenly along their whole length, so I added small tabs along each side of the joins to even up the meeting faces. I also fitted the fuselage doors and reinforced them with tabs superglued in place. That was done to give extra strength so that when I sanded them down to get a smooth fuselage they stayed in place and didn't fall in to the fuselage. They also helped level the doors with the fuselage surface as much as possible, which I hope will make the smoothing job easier. The decals have printed windows for the fuselage and for the cockpit glazing, so I have set in strips under the fuselage windows and will fill them from the outer surface after the fuselage is glued together. The instructions mention 9g of nose weight to be added if the model is to sit on it's undercarriage, so I added a small pile of lead shot behind the bulkhead, secured with 5 minute epoxy. There we are then, I have started. Bearing in mind my dismal performance in some GBs I will try really hard to do better with this one.

This is not a subject I would have chosen to build. However having been asked to build it I thourghly enjoyed the challenge and loved learning about this iconic, groundbreaking aircraft.

Here are a pair of Eduard 1:144 Me 262s which I built back in 2008. Both were the E-Day bagged kits with options to build either a one- or a two-seater variant of the aircraft assembled and flown in Czechoslovakia after WWII. Both were fully painted and varnished with brush. Since no etched parts were included, all aerials and probes were made from stretched sprue as were the radio wires. The only modifications I made was make a little hole in the tips of the engine intake cones and cover the gun ports on the fuselage topside as no guns were carried (the shell ejection chutes remained though). Firstly, Avia S-92 (S-92.2) "V-33", VLU (Military Aeronautical Institute), Czechoslovakian Air Force, late 1947. Secondly, Avia CS-92 (CS-92.3) "V-31", VLU (Military Aeronautical Institute), Czechoslovakian Air Force, late 1947. Thanks for looking Miguel

Hi folks There's been a couple of these posted recently I think, but as this is only my third completed build this year I've decided to put it out there anyway. Regards J.A.

Hi guys I am not in to paper panzers … But could not resist buying the 1 72 scale dragon maus kit ,as it wasn't far away from completion? .I wanted to have it in action in a dio and saw a photo on line of a Russian T 34 crushing a panzer 2 tank and decided to ring the changes . Hope you like my bit of fantasy, crew have decided to bail out.

Isn't this exactly how every zombie movie starts? 🤧👿 As for the Silhouette, first you need a computer (don't have one), then you need the software (see:I don't have a computer), then you need the machine (see:software(see:I don't have a computer) 😁), then you need skills (see:then I need a machine (see:software(see:I don't have a computer) 😁)). Did any of that make sense? My method (that I just made up) is to find the shape on the internet, use the zoom feature "two finger spread" (no dirty minds!) til the size is proper, then I overlay some paper and use a Sharpie marker to outline the shape, then I mess up the lines, crumble the paper, curse, throw the phone, accidentally hit the cat, he knocks over the TV, more cursing, wife starts yelling at me, cats crying, and all the while, my bench remains fossilized. But I do have the super sharpie 44 piece set! Now I am just bragging 😁! On a serious note, sorry about the cold, been there, done that. The work so far is beyond explanation, I can say with confidence, we all look forward to your next update, even if it's minimal progress, it's always inspiring. Cheers, Anthony

Hi all, Number 8 for the year so far is the insectoid Fieseler Storch. Nice kit, the only let down being the transparencies which are not the best moulded clear parts I've ever used, and a pain to fair in to the fuselage. Paints are from Gunze for a change, as they had the correct RLM colours, but I've painted it up as a modern restored warbird. The painting guide from HobbyBoss was woefully inadequate, so I had to use a lot of online reference for the camo scheme, and that's where I got my inspiration to do a modern representation. Walk around first: A couple of closeup shots: And the traditional 'magazine shots' to finish: Hope you like it, Dean

Greetings this is my first post in this forum. Thanks for watching.

Fly? oh dear, Ced. I shall pray for your soul and mental well-being over the next few months

I found a RAF 613 Squadron green/brown/sky scheme on t’web (IPMS Stockholm) which I think came originally from a Valiant Wings book. So Hu90 underneath (and band): Cockpit frames painted interior green and filled (again) to blend with the fuselage: Looking more closely at the profile I think i’m going to have to add the cheek Brownings. I’ve decided the raised lines are staying. And the propeller fell off! I was wrestling with it to make the spinner fit nicely so I think it’s a blessing in disguise. I have some metal tubing that will allow it to spin freely and still fit into the original hole at the end. That’s the plan, anyway. Thanks for looking, Adrian

Morning folk's kit arrived safe,box still sealed in wrapping,inside all looks nice in a pale green plastic.

Here is my 1/48 Hasegawa Canadair Sabre MkVI in FAC markings (Colombian Air Force). Un saludo.

This is my first posting on this site. There are some great builds and articles here. I thought I would show my Trumpeter 1/32 scale P-38L back dated to a YP-38 (except for the boom intakes - my limited attempts at that surgery didn't work out. Thanks for looking...

One down, 5 to go. Having built one, and seen how it goes together etc, the remaining mounts will be put on a production line.

Thanks Rob. Apologies for not responding and indeed the lack of updates on this. My eldest has just graduated from uni and then we were straight off to France for a few week's holiday with very limited internet connectivity. Didn't realise until we got there we were staying only about 5 miles from Trun but I couldn't find anything that suggested Heller did factory tours or had a factory shop. The last bits I did before heading off to his graduation was to fit the forward carley floats. Hmm, like the after ones, the frames, which are designed for the liberty ship after fitting are way too large. I half suspected they would be after having to cut down the after frames. The X brackets at the back don't look great but they pass a moderate scrutiny Before: After: Not sure how much will happen on this now for the next few weeks/months. The builders are arriving later this week to do a whole raft of renovation work - part of which thanks to my lovely wife's idea is the creation of a dedicated modelling man-cave by bricking up three doors at what is currently the junction between our hall and the old conservatory; the new conservatory will have 2 sets of French doors leading into it so doesn't need that access whilst the other two doors haven't been used for years. So it will give me a space about 2m x 1.5m in which I can create a bespoke working area.

Hello! Here are some pics of model that was built last year, but was waiting for the right moment to come out. This is the well known Special Hobby kit, with Vallejo Model Air Vallejo e Mission Models paints. I want to leave a warm Thank You to a fellow Portuguese modeller - Paulo Lopes, for the inspiration provided by his work on this kit, which got me through - Obrigado! Here is a link for the detailed construction and painting process of the Buckeye. https://imodeler.com/2019/08/greek-master-special-hobbys-1-32-t-2-buckeye/

This is my 1/48 Tamiya F-16C Block 52 Viper dressed up in the markings of the Republic of Singapore Air Force's Black Knights aerobatic demo team. Base kit used was Tamiya's F-16C/N Aggressor/Adversary kit as it has parts to build all F-16C blocks from 25 through 52. I modded the kit by using the metal pitot and AoA probes from Tamiya's F-16 detail-up set. I also scratch-built the smoke system pipe from the centreline station to the nozzle at the exhaust as well as the HMD sensor on the canopy. The seat was detailed using Fine Molds' plastic seatbelts for ACES II seats. Static discharge wicks were made with stretched sprue. I used decals from Miliverse to represent a Viper flown by Lead Solo MAJ Eugene Lim of the RSAF Black Knights demo team. Overall a nice build though the decals did give some problems. Hope you enjoy the photos! Mark

My take on this Airfix kit do in Spanish Markings

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Hi Guys, It was raining the whole weekend so I couldn't go out thought I built a kit and here it is RAH-66. The kit was very basic and need some corrections the first major one was to hide the big panel lines lt was just killing the model and making it look like diecast so filled and sand it away, rest I didn't bother, much just pretty much OOB and also I didn't add the hellfire it was spoiling the shape. Thank for looking.

Blast! Trying to sleep off the turps in a toilet cubicle and this lot traipse in at an ungodly hour like a herd of bloody elephants bellowing about Richard Whiteley's flies.

It can get quite full before any action starts. We might even get a few commercials for some of Ced's tools and a trailer for the next build .................😁 Terry

In any case, Ced, the Airfix Whitley is a MkV, with Merlins, whereas yours has Tiger radials, so this merely looks like keen interest in the earlier marks of the type.

Done... No special sandpaper required

Quite! Thanks Ian (I think) Mum, they're all laughing at me! Pull yourself together, big boys don't cry (cue song…) Sorry Tony That's made me think I should really get some new glasses too… No modelling yesterday, family here. This morning I, guiltily, decided I needed to do something about the small faults in the seams that you've all been too kind to mention: Better let that dry before touch ups. All this waiting has prompted me to choose my next build. I did have a Blackbird waiting in the wings for the Specialist GB (missed it) or the Lockheed GB (missed it) and there have been a few on here recently so I decided to return it to the stash and choose something else. It's strange for me when I do this. I think it's mostly influenced by others' recent builds. Especially the good ones… Barracuda? Nope, I still remember TheBaron's excellent build so I have to forget that before I bash the kit myself. Ah, the Fly Whitley. I've been waiting to build that until people have forgotten that Airfix have brought out a new tool that is, no doubt, much better. It looks like a nice kit though; resin, PE, nice canopy molding and I even have a set of masks that I bought before the cutter arrived. That one then. I'll post a link later.

Canopies unmasked, and looking not too bad, considering the age and thickness of the plastic and the challenges of fairing them in. The undercarriage, sans wheels, is on and so we're almost there. There's a lot of masking tape scraps that had to be removed from the small panes. I use the sharp end of a scalpel blade carefully with the plane sitting on a 'sticky' mat to keep it steady. Takes a little time but works.

The final batch of images all taken in very low light conditions - apologies for the quality . . . . .

Well I have made a start on the Islander. Interior undercoat in grey and a top coat of Mr Colour 306 for the fuselage halves and seats. I thought the Islander was quite large but actually it's not much bigger than the AT37 I'm just finishing in the 80's Asia GB. Colin

I didn't quite make the cut with this little L14 Super Electra, but so close I thought she deserved to have a portrait put on the gallery Lovely little thing. From the MPM/revell Hudson kit. Well done everyone! Excellent bunch of builds on here!

Continuing my series of ASW helicopters here is my Sikorsky MH-60R Strikehawk built with the Olimp conversion using the Hobby Boss SH-60B kit as the donor. I also used the Eduard SH-60B interior, which you can't really see much of. The Olimp parts are well cast resin that fit well, but they are not the smoothest of casting and can use some polishing. Here is the kit with all the conversion parts on. The conversion kit also came with decals. These were fairly complete complete, but the film was yellowed and sticking them on a sun facing window only partially cleared them up. I emailed Olimp asking about getting another set, but was totally ignored. I had a set of Hobby Boss decals for an HH-60 and ended using those for all the generic marking and only used the Olimp ones for the aircraft specific ones. So here it is Next up is the Fujimi SH-2F Seasprite. Enjoy

Another one finished - the 1/350 scale resin kit of an Oberon Class diesel submarine from ebay seller subsmodels..... I chose to finish it as HMS Opossum - wearing a roughly-applied camouflage scheme used when she was on special ops during the Gulf War. She also sported a sharkmouth - sourced as a decal from my spares box. It isn't 100% accurate but it looks OK... I think I may have overdone the 'weathing' a bit on the camo........ The camouflage makes a nice change from the all-black finish normally found on RN subs..... Ken

Hi, I haven't seen it posted here, and I really think everybody even remotely interested in classic British airliners, scratchbuilding, or just modelling should have a good look at it. So check that: http://www.master194.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=105804 Some early steps have been erased (a pity), but most of the build is there. I'm not the author of this masterpiece (when I have grown quite a lot of talent, maybe...). Hope you like it, S.

The first layers of paint are on.

I had hoped to be get primer on over the weekend, but the Bondo job is taking longer than expected. Not that the Bondo hasn't done a good job on the joins, but it shrinks when drying. This creates small cracks, requiring close inspection to find and additional Bondo to repair. At this point, I think all the Bondo that will be needed has been applied and sanded down. In this pic you can see how the Bondo has worked on the wing panel step: Before: After: I didn't think it wise to use Bondo on the area around the turbosupercharger bulges, something with a little more finesse being more appropriate. Instead, I attacked the step with sanding sticks, then applied sprue gloop to even things out: After I had sanded down the sprue gloop, I gave everything a good coat of Mr Surfacer. It looks ugly right now but should clean up nicely once it's been sanded: While painting the bulges with Mr Surfacer, I couldn't help but get some on the surrounding Bondo, and noticed minor flaws that weren't readily apparent beforehand. So, I decided to give all my Bondo'd joins a coat of Mr Surfacer: Which explains why I haven't gotten around to primer yet. On a more positive note, I did complete a couple of minor projects while waiting for the Bondo and Mr Surfacer to dry. First, I polished the clear parts and gave them a clear dip, which greatly improved their clarity: BTW, while polishing the canopies, I noticed that the hole in the forward canopy for the gunner's sight didn't pass completely through the plastic, and needed to be drilled out. I haven't yet abandoned the idea of making vacuforms for the canopies, but time is running out if I want to have this build ready for our local show, and I will lose a few days for a business trip next week, so chances are I'll go with the kit parts instead. My other completed project is something completely different, but also targeted for the show: That's it for now!

Many WIP threads die on BM - good subject for a thesis? However this one, having been static for some time, is still alive. I have made some progress. Here we have the three of them with a preliminary priming to look at seams and suchlike. [

The slats are made and I have one wing done! Here is the pattern for the outboard slats, CMK's resin parts, and the 5 mil Al replacements. I molded the slats atop the plastic leading edge of the intact wings. I cut the Al blank slightly under-width to account for that. And here are the inboard slats pattern and Al parts The extent of the slat is larger on the upper surface than the lower surface. I then cut the molded slats and flaps from the port wing The upper wing needed a bevel to properly fit the flap. A couple minutes with the edge of a #11 blade fixed the problem. I used the cut-off plastic leading edges to form the inboard under-slat leading edge. Once glued together, they formed an approximation of the parts CMK made for the outboard slats. Some thinning was needed to create an inset for the 5 mil Al slats. Once suitably thinned, I was able to assemble the port wing. Some filler is yet needed. The slats fit well! At least I'll know they fit well as they'll be fully deployed on the model, which is the common configuration per contemporaneous photos. Now to repeat the whole process on the starboard wing. I probably won't get any more building time until next weekend.

And here is where those cuts should be made (very carefully, since they will weaken the area) to lodge the retracted LG. Once the cut is made, you could glue from inside/behind a little piece of styrene to bridge the gap and restore rigidity: I chose to glue first what you see: Then the interior. And yes, as @Unkempt mentioned regarding his build, I too had to shorten those rods a lot for this part to fit, so may be 8 or 9mm is a more realistic length for those than the 11mm stated in the instructions: And then the upper part goes on, no issues:

Time to take a little break from tubing! Here is the Weapon Main Unit, part of the control of the five stores hard points. It' s a good warm up for the cockpit detailing to come. The main box was printed along with a block of switches and knobs. The clear cover was cut from Evergreen clear 0.010" styrene and scored and folded to it final shape. The upper portion masked and sanded to create the frosted border. Fairly simple paint job, black body, aluminum wire connections, switches and cover latches and dark grey wiring boots. After a coat a Future decals were applied and a little thinned oil paint was used to pick out details and add some grime. Finally a coat 50/50 flat and gloss lacquer to unify the finish and the cover was attached. Plumbing is about half done so that's next.... More soon and thanks for checking in! Timmy!

Frog Mirage IIIO RAAF, painted with Xtracrylix, varnished with Winsor and Newton Matt

Lockheed 12 Junior. 1/72 Special Hobby kit. Decals custom made depicting the only Baby Electra in Canada and use by the Department of Transport for survey flights over Canada for mapping future routes by Canadian air lines. The real CF-CCT resides in the museum at Rockliffe Ottawa Canada. AK Xtreme metallic paint used for overall metal finish.