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  1. Hello everyone, I have been a long time lurker on this forum but have decided to post my first finished kit since 2016. The kit is Academy's 1/48 F-4B/N "VMFA-531 Gray Ghosts". The Academy kits has great surface details but some construction choices seemed a little overly complex and lead to some fit issues, other than that the kit is great. The seats are resin (I don’t remember the brand, I've had them in my stash for years) with photo etch from Eduard. The model is painted with mainly Vallejo air paints and coated with Humbrol clear and then Tamyia matte spray. Im really happy how the kit turned out considering its been 3-4 years since my last kit and this one is substantially better, there is however still some room for improvement such as the paint coat I don’t think came out well because it was very coarse even after layers of clear, but overall I'm pretty happy how it came out. Any criticism or tips will be much appreciated, thanks y'all!
    32 points
  2. Built for the kit I built as a kid GB a few little up grades from spares box
    25 points
  3. Hi There, I picked this up last year for much cheapness and decided to give it a go over my long weekend. Innis advised me that the Sea Plane version was the one to go for so here it is in all it's amateurish glory. I found trying to get the windows to stay in place nigh on impossible so the cabin windows were microscaled but I had to use maskol to cover up the side cockpit windows as they were in serious danger of falling inside so the masking is not up to a standard that I would like to have. Primed with Mr. Finishing Surfacer White, Painted with Tamiya gloss white and Colourcoats Oxford Blue Finished with Windsor & Newton Satin Varnish. It's off to Innis tonight as he fell in love with it on a visit today. As always Thanks for looking and all comments and criticism welcome. Cheers, Alistair
    24 points
  4. Hi folks, this is the "jedenastka" from Arma Hobby kit built basically out of the box. I opted for Hieronim Dudwal "White 10" who scored 4 kills during the September campaign; however, he later died in the cokcpit of MB.152 over the French sky. The national insignia on upper wing surface were scraped down in September 1939, what I reproduced with Prismacolor silver pencil. Painted with Gunze H81 mixed with a drop of dark brown for slightly darker Khaki shade. Cheers Libor
    20 points
  5. Latest off the bench is the RS Models 1/72 Dornier Do 17P "Ostfront" kit. This is a limited run, multimedia kit with resin and photo-etch components. This was my first real limited run kit, and I struggled a bit but learnt a lot. The instructions were extremely vague, and the kit had no positive locating tabs or similar for internal or external components. I quite often referred to the Airfix instructions on scalemates just to get an appreciation of how the aircraft is supposed to look. During painting, I decided to try a different technique - no pre- or post-shading with the airbrush, with any tonal variations and weathering achieved with oil pants once the decals were down. This was mainly to get myself more comfortable and practiced with oils (I don't have a paint mule, each kit is an experiment). The decals were extremely fragile and prone to breaking, which is evident in a few photos. I attempted to reassemble decals where I could (one of the H's was made up of 4 separate pieces by the end of it). Swastikas were provided but I didn't feel like fighting with them once I'd gotten the main markings on. The kit is built OOB, plus EZ-Line antenna wiring and minus one PE gun sight which pinged across the room. Critique always welcome.
    20 points
  6. Hello all, Here is my recently completed Airfix 1/48 Hurricane MK.1, marked as N2359 of 17 Squadron, based at Debden in June 1940. Built as part of my 'RAF QRA through the years' project, the build can be viewed on page9 here Extras used included Sky decals, Eduard canopy mask, AML camouflage mask and a CMK resin seat. Paints are from MRP and the weathering was done with a mixture of Abteilung oils, AK pencils and Tamiya pigments. This is my first Hurricane in over 16 years of modelling. Quite happy with how it turned out. Beside Tamiya's Spitfire MK1. Thanks for looking. Dave
    19 points
  7. Good afternoon all, The latest off the production line: Zvezda's 1/144th scale Boeing 777-300ER finished in Emirates' livery using 26-Decals. This kit is by far the best airliner model I've ever built - it fell together and it's the first time I've ever built a model where not even the tiniest bit of filler was needed. Detail is also very good and a huge step up from the old Minicraft Triple Seven kits. 26's decals were a pleasure, too - all in all a very enjoyable build. DSC_0018 by Thomas Probert, on Flickr DSC_0010 by Thomas Probert, on Flickr DSC_0021 by Thomas Probert, on Flickr DSC_0025 by Thomas Probert, on Flickr DSC_0023 by Thomas Probert, on Flickr DSC_0007 by Thomas Probert, on Flickr DSC_0027 by Thomas Probert, on Flickr DSC_0004 by Thomas Probert, on Flickr Best regards to all, Tom
    18 points
  8. Here is my first successfully completed multi wing subject. All marking were painted, the serial code is letraset. This was a lot of fun to build.The rigging, although fiddly,was far easier than I thought it would be. I didn't bother with turnbuckles or eyelets, I just CAd Prym elastic thread for the flying wires and Uschi Van der Rosten thread for the control wires. There are plenty of little flaws if you look closely but I am pleased with the result. I hope you like it too. 20200624_153508 by Richard Williams, on Flickr 20200624_153906 by Richard Williams, on Flickr 20200624_153718 by Richard Williams, on Flickr 20200624_153535 by Richard Williams, on Flickr 20200624_153622 by Richard Williams, on Flickr 20200624_073501 by Richard Williams, on Flickr 20200624_154525 by Richard Williams, on Flickr All criticisms, feedback and comments gladly welcomed. Thanks for looking. Richie
    17 points
  9. Greetings! Another old Airfix kit - this time the classic JU52. Out of the box build with a few minor enhancements. Poor fit in many areas, especially landing gear! Maybe I should have done the float plane version. Decals were the most challenging part of this build - the corrugated surfaces are not very decal friendly. Kit decals were very old and unusable, so I used the PrintScale set 72-075 which finally worked with repeated applications of decal solution. Paint scheme is from the PrintScale decal painting guide. I think the actual machine may have had a splinter pattern? Had a mental lapse and forgot to mask the side windows before spraying clear flat coat so they are a bit fuzzy looking! Many thanks for having a look, comments and questions always welcome. Bill
    16 points
  10. Su-15TM Flagon - 22nd Fighter Aviation Regiment - Chita Oblast - Bezrechnaya2 AFB - Zabaikalskiy Air Defence District - apx 1990 Trumpeter 1/48 plus ...... many accessories and my scratch I invite you to comment
    15 points
  11. My final lockdown build before returning to work tomorrow! Airfix F8 built as an early production model (solid canopy, tabbed ailerons, small bore intakes). This is from the Korean War boxing but both issues of the F8 contain parts for making early & late versions. This is my third Airfix "Meatbox" & I have to say they are not "shake'n'bake" & I encountered what seemed different issues with this build than I seem to recall from the previous two! Here, the intakes were a tough ask to fit, requiring considerable trimming down of the "carry-through" of the wing leading edges before I got anything like an acceptable result. The two part nose is a PITA & there is something VERY weird about the main undercarriage & the pins/pegs for securing the wheels which appears to be different on both sides with different holes or slots provided on the wheels themselves. Take a look at these parts yourselves (anyone with the kit). Xtracolour High Speed Silver paint & decals from an old Xtradecal sheet for 257 squadron 1953. Also included a shot below of this, my other F8 (late) & FR9.
    15 points
  12. The TID tugs were an emergency class of tugs built in 42/43. This is my portrayal of one such tug reaching the end of its life many years later. I hope you enjoy... WIP https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235049826-tid-steam-tug/ Thank you Stay safe Kev
    14 points
  13. Hello mates, this are the surviving parts of my very first built model. I made it 1965 at the age of 5 years. This "seveneleven" from 1956 has raised outlines of typo and markings. Because Revell started without decals first. Later i made some yellow paint tests on the fin (who else). Therefore they survived (i believe). It rested in a Grabbelkiste for decades (i know). Now my first model has a very good place in my house behind glass. And has there the OK of my wife. Resting in Peace s... Cheers, Tom
    14 points
  14. Thanks Tony How do I do it? Well… Giorgio has it right, thanks Giorgio All the tools I need? Not sure… there's that 3D printer… Ah, thanks CC 'Versatile Lady' will go in the stash and, probably, stay there! Thanks hendie - Not sure I'll take that bet! Thanks Erwin Thanks Mark Like you I have a quite 'Catholic' taste in music; all sorts in the library from classics to some current stuff. No 'heavy' stuff though. Not the worst autocorrect Mark but, as you'll see, sharp eyed BMers like AW ( ) will always pick it up (and confuse future readers once it's edited!!) Yikes! Too hot for me! Better get on… Sorry to spoil the anhedral fun John I DO find this quite therapeutic so have had some sneaky sessions: For those not familiar with the paste I'll do a brief tutorial but there's plenty of official stuff like this tutorial on YouTube. That shows how you can brush and airbrush it. Thin and clean up with white spirit. Dark Aluminium has already been applied to these areas: So how far will this little bit of Aluminium go? My technique is to dot the paste in several areas and then scrub it around with the brush. There's LOTS of pigment in the wax and it goes a long way: If you don't scrub it around A LOT then the wax remains and it doesn't 'dry' for ages. You can always go back with another coat if needed but DON'T thin second coats - it will loosen the previous coat (ask me how I know). In no time we're here: Easier to see the different 'colours' and variation in natural light: Any bare patches can be scrubbed around or a tiny bit of paste applied. Almost finished. Next we'll see what it buffs like…
    12 points
  15. Evening all, My first RFI for quite some time. It's the Roden 1/48 North American T-28B. Built for my model club's Covid-19 virtual group build and a lightning fast one for me - it only took just over three months (rather than my usual three years odd!) Not a particularly enjoyable build, some bits of the kit are great, others awful. Paint was Hycote Gloss White out of a rattle can and a mix of MR Paint British International Orange and Signal Red to get as close to the FS12197 U.S. International Orange that I could. Anyway; North American T-28B Trojan, BuAer 137652, U.S. Naval Test Pilots School, NAS Patuxent River, 1970's. Thanks for looking Keith
    11 points
  16. Apologies for the page three headline, it seemed like a good idea at the time. Anyway, here's the first three Airfix 1.72 Spitfire models. Two original BT-K ones, shamelessly ripped of from the 1.48 scale Aurora original. Then there's the more Spitfire shaped MkIX from the sixties and a later Mk1. The BTK's are both refurbs, keeping the original paint where possible on the cammo one, a clean, polish and clear coat for the blue one. The blue is bare plastic. Silver plastic was also used for this release. Both rather rare now. The JE-J is a later issue of the sixties original, in grey plastic. It came to me loose with no transfers. I added early ones that went on perfectly. Bottled Airfix paints used for the grey, yellow and Duck Egg Green, exactly as called out in the instructions. The green is Humbrol 116 and 30 mixed 50/50. Tube cement used as well! The Mk1 is, I belive, the kit that came with the airfield dispersal set. A really nice kit to build. Revell Aquacolours used. Difficult to apply, lovely colour. The MkIX is a recently completed one for the Kits you built as a Kid Group Build. Here's another shot of it...
    11 points
  17. Hi All, I'm a newbie and new to group - started building again and this is my first model since boyhood. Far from perfect but learnt a lot on the way... Sean
    11 points
  18. An A-4E of the Naval Fighter Weapons School out of NAS Miramar, Bureau Number 151095, on the Edwards AFB transient ramp, April 1985. Thanks for looking, Sven
    10 points
  19. Thanks Heather That's after a smoothed bud, believe it or not! It wet sanded OK though (see below) Awww sorry Keith, but you're right of course. get the paste out, you know you want to! You're right too Johnny, shouldn't let it get to me, it's this damned heat I tell you (over 25o here so I'm useless now) I have settled down a bit and some Invader love is growing… Oooh, now then… thanks Tony But wait… "Designed to make 3D scanning affordable"? €4,990? I'm obviously in the wrong job… or was in… you know what I mean. Only scans objects down to 20cm, sadly, so it'll have to stay scanning the cogs. Phew. So, a bit calmer now (if hot). How does the paste buff up? Before and after gentle buffing. If you want really shiny you can apply thicker paste and really buff it hard (see the video). Wet sanding the nose and re-painting worked OK: As did the bay doors: So I've fitted the cowlings (no, they didn't fit well): one BIG benefit of the paste is that it's very smooth so will take the transfers. No worry about silvering. Not that you'll be able to see anyway…
    10 points
  20. Pro tip: never try to measure a killer whale with one Pete. Where does detailing the arrestor gear bay end and falling down a rabbit hole begin James? Thanks on x2 counts Johnny. As Humphrey Littleton would have said! (Ced). 😁 Same here Alan: the only difference I can see in output terms is that of the size of the piece, and I imagine pretty quickly with the subjects we work that it would increase the number of orientation/support problems many fold. Both points are on my radar and will indeed for the basis of the next set of test prints, given the wide variety of thicknesses starting to come into play by this stage. For some of the smaller pieces I'll also give you increased exposure tests a run myself. Appearances are certainly deceiving Giorgio - after not touching the aircraft for a few days my brain was all over the place for the first couple of hours! Thank you on all counts Roger - the sheer range of detail that I never noticed on this aircraft until studying it more closely continues to amaze me! Proud that this comment appeared in a thread of mine. #myworkhereisdone As if I would! As often happens after a night or two's repose you come back to a job and realize you haven't quite got things as they should be. In this case I'd managed to pull some more detailed views out of the shadowed bay in Photoshop and realized that I hadn't understood the interface 'twixt Hook, Hinge & Hydraulic. (Sounds like an animatronic Hinge & Bracket tribute act...). This is my revised attempt: Differences now are a modified hook mounting and the fact that the hydraulic actuator is now mounted more vertically in the fully-retracted posture. Of course, when closed (as it will be on XJ481), none of this will be visible, but on '708 I need to remember that the acuator will be extended downward, so produced a second version with this in place: Another addition are the 'wings' on the inside of the door at the hinge joint - I've no satisfactor lateral view of these due to the impossible viewing angle but when viewed from the rear looking up and in, you can just make out features similar to this extending back into the forward section of bulge. It won't be visible when finished of course but will make another useful additional mointing point to hold the lowered door in place. Whilst on the subject of mounting - a closer-in view: - I've thickened the actuator arm to about 0.4mm and cut a wider (0.52mm) mounting hole for it in the roof of the bay. As the actuator meets a thicker section right about there, the idea is to house it in a 0.5mm brass tubing sheath for strength. As Alan's previously noted. I'll doubtless have to 'fully cleanse and refresh' it with a drill after printing due to accumulated resin, so this is much in the manner of a pilot hole. Also note the remodelled hook mount - tapering nowmore towards the rear. The fruits of image processing also revealed I was wrong in my initial designs for the bit that meets the actuator - from what I can see it's less of an upward-angled arm (as I had it on Monday) and more of a sort of Welsh harp shape that's part of the overall forging, as shown here now. I also got the pocket rocket holder housing for the Microcell rockets done: Complicated bugger due its highly-organic profiles. The rear part of it I've just left simplified (rather than eleborately-curved like the front opening) as that section will be invisible and I want a squared-off and stable mounting point. These units were removable (Tony Buttler has a lovely shot in the appendix of his Sea Vixen book of one being serviced) and iirc were designed to be loaded as a single unit with the rockets already installed. I actually came across an article yonks back (typically since misplaced) in an academic research archive, reproducing an old 1960s materials science paper that talked about the housing being made - if memory serves - out of some kind of plastic/resin compound. Buttler also notes acerbically in his general description of the FAW.1 that from his conversations with pilots, this rocket system was deactivated on service aircraft. On early production aircraft (as was XJ481), these were not installed so the sleekness of the nose was unblemished in this area. I'm saying this to remind myself as much as anything as it keeps slippiing my mind: In the above shot you can see that I've now formed the negative space in the underside of the nose that accomadate the rocket housings on '708, along with a feature on the FAW.1 that I'd been oblivious to until quite recently - the scalloped-out section behind the Microcell housing (presumably to deflect rocket blast?): On FAW.2s (such as you seen on XP924 in flight) this scalloped rear was faired over and the Microcell recess itself repurposed to provide a coolant supply for the Red Top / Firestreak sensors. Lateral view of all in place: The front of the Microcell pack has to be designed at such an angle that it closes flush but has sufficient clearance upon opening: Mirrored for a test-viewing: Put yer dukes up! A quick test-sketch earlier revealed it would just have been possible to actually add in the 14 rocket openings per pack, however, the idea is a non-starter as the actual thickness of the walls separating them would have been non-existent at this scale - in this case we'll have to settle for adding them at the painting stage instead. Sun and blue sky beckon out the back, along with Robert Wohl's thoroughly excellent 'A Passion for Wings' to finish-off over afternoon tea. Civlilized as feck me. Thanks for looking in and hope all is well with all of you. Tony
    10 points
  21. Well Thats another one finished! So this is the 1954 Hudson Hornet from Moebius models. Overall a nice kit, lots of detail, but also unfortunately quite a bit of flash too. Some parts needed quite a bit of clean up to make good. I chose a sage green colour as most of the reference pics showed a car this colour and it was something dfference for my display cabinet! I used Zero paints throughout and Molotow chrome marker for the window frames and body details. So anyway onto some pics! As always, all comments greatly received!! Cheers Matt
    9 points
  22. Hi, The Marcel Bloch 220 was a French modern airliner from 1937, 16 of them were constructed. Each one had individual name of French province: Alsace (F-AQNO), Anjou (F-AQNK), Aunis (F-AOHE), Auvergne (F-AOHD), Berry (F-AOHI), Champagne (F-AQNN), Flandre (F-AOHG), Gascogne (F-AOHB), Guyenne (F-AOHC), Languedoc (F-AQNL), Lorraine (F-AQNP), Poitou (F-AOHJ), Provence (F-AQNM), Roussillon (F-ARIQ), Saintonge (F-AOHF) and Savoie (F-AOHH). When WW2 started they all were impressed into military service. Mine is No 4, F-AOHD Auvergne in apearance from 1940. Model is made using parts of Heller MB-210 Verdun and scratch parts. WIP is here Here is result: Comments welcome Regards Jerzy-Wojtek
    9 points
  23. From the build thread here: I recently unpacked a load of old Tamiya Minis that I built in the late 80s and early 90s. They varied from shockingly bad to passable, but needed thinning out. This was one of the worst offenders, which the build thread covers in detail... A month later, and I like to think it looks somewhat better. Anteater.
    9 points
  24. Latest in-flight diorama of the production line depicting the last Lightning loss in service with the RAF. Flt Lt. Dick Coleman, an RAAF exchange pilot, ejected safely from Lightning F.6 XR769 into the North Sea on 11th April 1988 after an in-flight engine fire. The whole incident was captured in photos by Ian Black and is covered in his book Last of the Lightnings. (Thanks to Ian also for his assistance helping me out with this). Dick was picked up in good order and in good health. For those who love coincidences, it in interesting to note that Lightning F.6 XR769 entered service with 74 `Tiger` Squadron based at Tengah, Singapore and was lost on a day when it was it was carrying out practice intercepts against two Phantom F-4J(UK)s from 74. Ian who was on the sortie and took the aforementioned photos is the son of George Black who flew Lightnings with 74 in the 1960`s. It can be a funny old world. This is an Airfix 1/48 scale kit and built for fun to show a unique moment in time for both the EE Lightning and no doubt for Dick Coleman. Thanks for looking.
    9 points
  25. My new project - AT-33A, No.721, Escuadrilla Acrobatico "Los Quetzales", based at La Aurora, Guatemalan Air Force, 1970.
    8 points
  26. Hello to all of you guys. Here is my latest model.A 1:72 Aircast Resin Soko NJ-21 Jastreb combat trainer.I upgraded the cockpit with some scratchbuilt details.Made the nose light and made the machineguns out of hypodermic needles.The paints used are tamiya and MM and the decals came from lift here.
    8 points
  27. Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vc RAAF 457 Squadron ZP-X BS219 May 1943 Livingstone Airfield NT Australia 1/48 Airfix Mk. Vb converted to Mk. Vc The build thread can be found here: Ray
    8 points
  28. G-ANNL follows suit with the rigging and windscreens, and will go into hibernation too, until the decals arrive for completion of rigging and details:
    8 points
  29. Most of the rigging is done. Little benches for the aft part of the floats are fabricated, so the model can stand with some dignity: I have to wait now a bit for the decals that I just commissioned, and the queue is long, as we know 😉 After decaling is done, it will be then possible to add the many control cables, stab struts and other details. So this one goes into hibernation, and we will continue with G-AANL:
    8 points
  30. Hello all, Here’s the new(ish) Armory kit. I got it at last years SMW but only just got round to building her. It’s a curious kit, felt a bit limited run on opening, it’s not the easiest kit to make - I found it quite challenging. And I was rushing it - I’ve got another kit I’m dying to start and I ungraciously raced through it (being written up for a magazine). That said, in the right hands this could be an absolute gem. Anyway, here she is - from HMS Eagle 1924. Thanks, Guy
    7 points
  31. I've been clearing out my shelf of doom during lockdown and have finished the Buccaneer. The build thread is here if interested. Any comments are welcome!
    7 points
  32. Hello Here is my 1/72 Special Hobby SNCASO Vautour IIN from the ECTT 01/030 Loire in 1961 on Creil Air Base. This an old kit but easy to build except around the engine cowlings. Patrick
    7 points
  33. Hi again, more old sins nothing says dirty like a Skyraider and the Tamyia A-1 is a fantastic kit OOB, only additions I did was the gunbarrels and scratched that little whip antenna by the cockpit. Of course it's freehand painted with my trusted Lifecolor acrylics and then I just went bananas with the weathering and had a real blast! enjoy the multitude of photos of it Cheers!
    7 points
  34. This is the 1/72 Roden Fokker D.VII (OAW Mid) kit, finished in the markings of Ltn. Rudolf Stark when he was commander of Jasta 35b in August 1918. Plenty has been written about Roden's Fokker D.VII kits and much of it is pretty uncomplimentary; most of it is also true. Although it looks very well detailed in the box and significantly more delicate than Eduard's example, very little fits without widening, narrowing, shortening, lengthening, filling, fiddling and fettling. The lozenge decals are brittle and unyielding to Microsol or Mr. Mark Softer, and even after plenty of both was used, along with very warm water, significant pressure was required to get the decals to conform, and that pressure tore and shattered many of the edges necessitating much hand retouching of missing lozenge. Roden's rib tape decals were completely unusable and split into varying lengths on contact with water, even after overcoating with two coats of Future/Kleer on the sheet. Eduard's newly released sheet of rib tapes, while intended for their recent kit, fit the Roden kit quite well, so they were used instead. The remaining Roden decals were variable, with the crosses and personal markings working quite well, and the codes and stencils silvering quite badly. There's around 120 decals on this model and, to be honest, finishing it became a chore about three weeks before actual completion, so the control lines remain unfinished for now and I'll return to them eventually. But the final result is quite pleasing and it looks good in the cabinet alongside Udet's 'Lo' and Berthold's winged sword examples, both of which I made years ago from the Esci kit. I built it alongside Roden's 1/72 Fokker Dr.I, finished in Vzfw Ulrich Neckel's Jasta 12 markings from April 1918. This kit isn't as bad as the D.VII with respect to fit and decals (no lozenge for example) but it's no shining example of state-of-the-art and was less frustrating but not completely trouble-free. Triplane aficionados may note that the upper support struts do not match the location of the lower struts. This was an error of my own making when I failed to increase the length of the cabane struts (they're about 2-3 mm too short out of the box), which threw out the wing geometry. Once again, I'll live with it; it looks OK in the cabinet. There are less frustrating kits of both of these aeroplanes offered by Revell and Eduard; choose one of them if you want a trouble-free build. But with better lozenge, care in building and a bit more planning, both of these can build quite nicely. I have a few more in the stash, especially the D.VII and I'm sure I'll build more down the track. Cheers, Jeff
    7 points
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  36. Hallo This kit I built straight from the box. Nice kit, and quite straight to build. What I do wonder most of all: The parts are so small and so fine mold, that the quality gap of kit parts between aircraft and vehicle is so big. Why is it? Since with this quality standard of vehicle plastic parts we could omit most resin in aircraft kits? Even the best aircraft kits do not reach this level!!!???? Happy modelling
    7 points
  37. Decals are set! Gloss layer on this kit was Gunze GX100 Gloss Super Clear III - I ran out of Tamiya X22 so I've tried this one for the first time. It gives a bit more shiny and glossy finish than Tamiya X22 after just few layers, but on few places I got something like "finger marks" - I don't remember of touching those areas while drying, so it may be connected to drying period (I applied decals after 2 days) or to thinner used (Gunze Leveling thinner - it maybe dries a bit slower than regular thinner). anyway, I'm pretty satisfied with result... Cheers, S.
    7 points
  38. My latest work... Special hobby Mirage F.1 EQ
    6 points
  39. Hi all, It seems like every TV show or film in the 70s & 80s that I watched had a helicopter of some kind in it. And with being lucky enough to fly as a kid in a helicopter with my Dad, I'm a bit of a rotor nut. Or rotor head nut....So when this GB came up, I was most definitely in with one build and all going well, hopefully another. Like @Jinxman, I'm also in with an AH-6 but from Italeri and to be built as a civilian model... Italeri AH-6 Box art by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr Yes, you guessed it.. Kit contents here.. Italeri AH-6 contents by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr I've built some small helicopters but this one is a first for me. Italeri AH-6 size by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr Thanks for looking and enjoy your builds! All the best, Dermot
    6 points
  40. I just found some photo's at Pinterest from this very interesting diorama: Touchdown // F/A - 18 F Super Hornet // Scale 1:32 Does anyone happen to be familiar with this diorama or know more about the building process? https://nl.pinterest.com/pin/193936327679216455/ Thanks.
    6 points
  41. Ok its finally finished, now ready for the spares drawer till I think of something else to do with it.
    6 points
  42. A Scooter, Bureau Number 151064, of VF-171's Key West Detachment at Nellis AFB for a range exercise, September 1980. Thanks for looking, Sven
    6 points
  43. A quick farthers day present project finished up in record time. Not sure were this came from but it has its issues but I did the best I could with it. Comments and feedback is Wellcome. Cheers Brian. That first picture should be at the bottom as it a WIP shot.....
    6 points
  44. OK instrument panel then. This is two thin sheets of plastic card, the rear one of which is painted white and 1/72 Reheat instrument face decals added. And the two parts roughly positioned to show the result. The bottom part broke off (no surprises there) but no problem to add it separately. And a quick dry fit: it will sit back a bit further once it's glued in. Next the cabin windows have been cut out, four on the port side and five on the starboard. On 'my' Marathon the small window on the starboard aft fuselage (so the loo can be placed on either side) was not incorporated. Contrail put some serious trenches there, so I felt it would be easier to cut the hole, removing the trenches and then glue in a section of plastic card, which could be sanded flush neatly. So I backed the cut-out ready for the insert. Note that this kit has a few sink marks (one visible above the blanked-off window), which I can't recall seeing on a vacform kit before. And these are the two halves after sanding flush. I'm still in two minds whether to remove the passenger and cargo door on the port side and blank them with plastic card too. Seems daft to cut a hole and fill it again but it's usually neater to scribe onto plastic than filler and the door frames will need to be re-scribed whatever. I had also pondered on how to do the cabin windows. On some previous kits I've cut the whole line of windows out and inserted a strip of clear plastic, which can then be sanded, polished and masked. But the plastic thickness varies so much on this kit that my usual method of strengthening the clear insert with a 'picture frame' on the inside would have been difficult to do and clamp equally. So I decided to make small supports on the rear face of each aperture, which hopefully will allow me to put individual windows in after the paint has gone on. The supports should stop the windows falling inside the fuselage. Or that's the plan... And finally, the propellers turned up, thanks to @John Aero . I thought they looked a bit small, but they scale exactly. So they are puny because the real things are. Paint on the interior next!
    6 points
  45. Well I'm calling the tug completed and is now up For Sale A big thank you to all who have supported my project with comments and likes Further pics on Ready for Inspection soon.... Stay Safe Kev Ready for Inspection https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235075730-tid-tug-sell-by-date/
    6 points
  46. Hiya Folks,.. I built this 1/72nd Rareplanes vacuformed Martin Mariner over 20 years ago and it is looking rather tired, so I`m going to refurbish it and using some of the parts from the original kit which have been languishing in the spares box, I`m going to convert it to the PBM-3R transport version and wearing the markings of 41 Sqn RAAF,...... probably in the Blue Grey and Light Grey early US Navy scheme rather than the later overall Foliage Grey colours,..... we`ll see? Here is the model before I rip it to bits, wearing the colours of a US Navy aircraft during the Korean War; Cheers for now,...... Tony
    6 points
  47. I’m with Brian - & Tiger was the first RN ship on which I ever set foot. We shouldn’t confuse capability with purity of form: - Hood: beautiful... deeply, deeply (fatally) flawed - Vixen FAW2 much better weapon system, but FAW1 infinitely more pleasing shape without the boom carbuncles on the front - Batch 3 Type 22s: a lot more capable than their older cousins, but... “I see you baby, shakin’ that bottom...” with the fat rear end of the Merlin hangar & flight deck edit: [I didn’t write “bottom”: Nanny Forum Autocorrect is definitely at the Mary Whitehouse setting] Lots of other examples - FRS1 Shar vs FA 2; Pup vs Camel; Overstrand vs.. (OK, now I’m getting silly...)
    6 points
  48. And here is what I`m aiming for; And some had nose art,..... A70-6 A70-10 So,... wish me luck! Tony
    6 points
  49. I get the hint Crisp. I'm weird. This Autocorrect thing is getting a bit silly. At the start of my Canberra thread, I wanted to make a reference to someone pricking their ears up and got some waffle about "Gentleman's parts" with some numbers thrown in for good measure which made the whole sentence totally nonsensical. Wibble. Martian 👽
    5 points
  50. Have not forgotten this GB! Finally on leave and underway. After a hectic few weeks of children’s birthdays, parents visiting, assignments and all the bumf of adulthood it’s therapeutic to get reacquainted with an old friend and put down some paint and glue something spitfire shaped together! going together nice and quickly!
    5 points
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