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Hi all, here some pics of my latest model: Kitty Hawk`s 1:32 scale Mirage 2000C. For me the best Kit KH produced until now! Add some Eduard PE´s, Löök Panel and Berna Decals for the squadron markings.

Dear fellow Britmodellers, I built Brengun's Yak-1 "Aces" boxing with markings for Mikhail Dmitrievich Baranov's "Red 1", flown in summer 1942 with 183.IAP. The kit is a multi-media affair, with plastic, etch and resin parts. Painted with Gunze/Mr.Hobby acrylics, weathered with artists oils from Winsor & Newton. Photographs by Wolfgang Rabel. # Thank yo for your interest in this topic. A detailled build review will appear in an upcoming edition of Scale Aviation Modeller International. Best greetings from Vienna, Roman

Hi everyone, Latest build off the bench,the 1/48 P51 D Mustang from airfix.The first airfix kit i have done for a while and i was pleasantly surprised how well it went together,the details,panel lines etc are good. Built out of the box and brush painted as usual with humbrol enamels.

Hiya Folks, As many of you will know I am an ex paratrooper and as such I have a long lasting love of the C-130 Hercules,.....especially the stretched Hercules C.3 from which 90 of us used to jump plus equipment, 45 from each side door. I have wanted to model the C.3 variant for a long time and I eventually bit the bullet by using the Italeri 1/72nd C-130H kit plus the resin fuselage inserts from Flightpath, to which I added the the new resin engine nacelles and propellers from Attack Model/Arma Hobby. Here is my WIP if anybody is interested, it also includes lots of reference info, photos and also stories from myself and other Britmodellers who love the Herk,...... especially the RAF ones. For my subject I wanted to choose an aircraft that I have jumped from and I chose Hercules C.3, XV294, a photo of which can be seen here,.... from my collection; XV294 was traded back to Lockheed Martin on 4th Sep 2001 and sadly was ultimately scrapped. Photos of this aircraft appear to be quite thin on the ground. Here is the model,... however I realised after taking the pics that I missed a set of antenna from the sides of the fin, which will b added later! I have left off the wire antenna to allow it to fit into the cabinet; Cheers, Tony

I wasn't really sure where to post this - I hope it's in the right place. This is the Airfix 1:76 Airfield Control Tower which first appeared in 1959. I had wanted one for a while, as I thought it would look good in the 1:72 / 1:76 cabinet with my planes and military vehicles. They are hard to find but I got one second hand a couple of years ago, I saw another build (here I think) that recommended a photo etch set from Flightpath and a neat set of posters, notices etc from Sankey. I used both of those. The p.e. set replaces all the windows, doors and the ladder up to the roof - along with the little room on the roof (getting that square was a test). The kit windows are rather chunky. I also got some laser cut furniture from a model railway supplier along with the obligatory comfy chairs - you can never have too many comfy chairs 🙂 The p.e. set also provides replacement posts for the roof and walkway but I found those a bit two dimensional so in the end I used the kit posts. The railing is brass tube. The figures are from the kit (two in the room on the roof and one peering out of the first floor window) the rest are resin chaps from CMK and from PJ Productions. I took a few pictures of the inside before attaching the roof so those are mixed in with the external shots. That's about it really. Here's the pics. all the best Mark

Nice quick build, didn't weather much as I'm getting to old and lazy nowadays to bother too much.. Just like to build and get them finished now,helps to take my mind off work and whats going on in the world

Fairey Fulmar MkI, N1868, 7L, No 808 Squadron Fleet Air Arm, Scotland, August 1940 Built as one of my contributions to the Battle of Britain 80th Anniversary Group Build. While I let everyone else build the usual suspects for such a GB, I decided to try and cover some of the more unusual participants in the Battle. The British Air Ministry issued a specification in 1934 calling for a light bomber capable of being used as a dive bomber. In the end, the Hawker Henley was the selected design - although it was only used as a target tug, but that's a whole different story. Fairey's P.4/34 prototype was later found, with some modifications, able meet a later Admiralty specification for a fleet observer and defence fighter. As the rather hide-bound organisation it was at the time, the specifications called for a two-man crew, with a pilot plus observer. It was understood that pilots were not capable of flying the plane, making observations, and finding their home aircraft carrier on their own. I am only partially joking. Bearing in mind the aircraft might often be some distance from its aircraft carrier when acting in a fleet observation role, and navigation and communication technology was still fairly rudimentary, having a second crew member guide home would have been very useful. The Fulmar first flew in April 1940. It was an all-metal design, derived very much from the Fairey Battle light bomber, and was rather heavy for an eight-gun fighter. This wasn't all that surprising, considering the nature of a carrier-based aircraft with folding wings and catapult equipment, carrying two people. The Fulmar proved to be easy to fly, with few vices, rugged and reliable. A single Rolls-Royce Merlin VIII of 1,080hp gave the plane a maximum speed of just under 250mph and a service ceiling of 21,000ft, plus a useful endurance of around four hours. Armament was eight 0.303in Browning machine guns, grouped four to each wing. Lack of a defensive armament for the observer was criticised at the time, and it became a regular thing for observers to carry a Very pistol or sub-machine gun on sorties. I have read an effective defence was to throw a bundle of toilet paper wrapped in elastic bands into the slipstream, apparently guaranteed to throw a pursuing fighter into confusion! The aircraft was never expected to deal with land-based fighters, which is exactly what happened in the Mediterranean. Even so, the Fulmar ended the war as the Fleet Air Arm's highest scoring fighter. No 808 Squadron was formed at RAF Worthy Down, Hampshire, in July 1940. A brief period of patrols over the Irish Sea while based on the Isle of Man was followed by the squadron being assigned to the RAF Coastal Command station at Wick in the north of Scotland. No 808 Squadron came under the effective control of No 13 Group, Fighter Command, making it only the second FAA squadron to qualify for Battle of Britain honours. In September, the squadron was assigned to HMS Ark Royal, part of Force H in the Mediterranean. You can read more about the squadron on the Wikipedia page. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/808_Naval_Air_Squadron The kit was built from an Airfix boxing of a mould that has been around various manufacturers, kicking off with Vista around 1995. I think it's currently available from AZ Models. It doesn't exactly fall together, but there isn't much that can go wrong with so few parts. I busied up the cockpit areas a bit with some scratched details and parts from the bits box, bought in a paint mask from Montex, and made up the camouflage and markings to match what is known of N1868 in the summer of 1940. I suspect the actual finish is more correct once the squadron had been posted to Ark Royal, but without any further firm information it will do. The model was painted with ColourCoats and Humbrol enamels, mainly airbrushed (now I feel happy with that particular tool), transfers from a Special Hobby Fulmar kit that had been donated to me and my transfers file. Another aircraft to add to my 1940 Fleet Air Arm display, which leaves a Supermarine Walrus, Blackburn Skua and Fairey Swordfish to go.

Bit older this SR.A/1 - was COVID 32-th I think. Still missed pitot and antena - This old kit was a gift from Fabien (merci), so it was a must to built it. This is a kit for very desperate modellers.

Here's what I have been up to in recent months. Pretty crummy compared to what everyone else manages to achieve, but they have kept me busy!

This has been ticking along in the background for a little while and is now done. Here is my spin on the Churchill IV(?) A.V.R.E tank in 1/76 using the venerable Matchbox kit and built OOB with some little enhancements. With kit of this vintage, their was always going to be some issues of fit and detail which were soon overcome. The only enhancement I done was to replace the handles on the rear deck but I'm sure their can be other refinements like towing cables, tools that can be done...on the next one maybe. Painted with AK Interactive paint. Kit decals held out well. Very lightly weathered with an oil wash. I wanted to depict the Churchill in its first roll using the SBG (small box girder) assault bridge. The assault bridge was designed to overcome the coastal sea walls (up to 12' high) and once that job was done, the bridge operating gear was ditched and it went into a support role. Thanks for stopping by. Stuart

Hi guys. Want to show you my second Viggen. Early this year I built the Sk 37 from the Special Hobby Duo Pack, now the AJ 37 followed. Some extras were a pilot from PJ Production, pitot tubes from Master and the m/70 rocket pods from Maestro. I used the nice vinyl masks from DN Models for the paint scheme. Cheers Daniel

Hi all I haven't posted anything here before, primarily because I could never work out how to!! So here goes...some pics of a couple of Kinetic's Harriers... Cheers Shaun

Welcome to the Sunday Service. First to the pulpit are Brothers Peter and James, with a reading from the Book of Lubricants: Thank you both. (Not sure about '481 on land-based trials work but would '708 have been likely to be smeared with the stuff in 1964? No absolute way to I suppose - The crash happened bombing off Portland Bill but I can't recollect was she flying from Yeovilton or from a carrier deck at the time. The 'image-plane function in Fusion is great for allowing you to use reference directly within the design - as long as the viewpoint of the original photo was perpendicular to the sides/top/bottom: The correspondence between these two is complicated slightly by the fact that the front view seems to have been tipped forwards slightly so that the angled seat back is perpendicular, not the overall seat position itself. At points like this as long as you're aware of such discrepancies, you can kind of mentally re-calibrate to take this into account. Any kind of heavy perspective/distortion in images (such as produced by close-ups with a short focal length lens) are by contrast useless unless you can remove the optical distortion based on known characteristics. This can be done if you've taken the photo yourself and consequently know the camera/lens type combination, but for most historical images, this isn't recorded like the EXIF data produced by digital cameras today. How many builds have you got on the go at the moment Spadders? Did I see about 12 listed the other evening? 😁 It's getting close to being possible Ced but I've yet to see any convincing canopy transparencies done with printers like the Elegoo that don't look like clumsy injection moulds tbh. The combination of thickness and optical clarity just isn't there if you want to view the contents beneath undistorted by the surrounding medium. There's a forum thread over here that illustrates the limitations rather well: Personally I still think a good quality vacformed transparency (of the Falcon Clear Vax kind) at 1/72 remains the benchmark for clarity at this scale. That said, I am here going to investigate a 3d printed buck for vacforming instead, though that's a bit later in the schedule. I would not wish to see it otherwise quite honestly. A name which resonates. Have had some fun in this department for a couple of hours this morning in virtual form - so tight are the internal tolerances on the actual aircraft (you have to admire them simply being able to cram everything into those two cockpits n a workable fashion..) that some liberties will have to be taken at this scale - more below ⤵️ Having looked at a lot of seats - especially at 1/72, though the Airfix 1/48 jobs look gruesomely chunky to me also - I wasn't sold on the idea of trying to repeat these limitation using printing but decided to start with a test seat pan to set a baseline of practicability: Doesn't look too bad does it? Except that at 0.1mm thick, those panels all fall below the threshold that will print. Unsurprised at this, I fell back on Plan B which was to build the seat pans using the sheet metal tools in Fusion. Visuals aside, the most important parameter was going always going to be width - due to the necessarily over-scale wall thicknesses needed (to avoid buckling and shrinkage after printing) for both the surrounding fuselage and interior walls of the nose-wheel bay. To examine this problem I mocked up sheet metal bases and backs for both pilot and observer and positioned them into their respective locations for a test fitting: Not surprisingly the two issues I'd anticipated were to the fore, in terms of the front left side of the observer's seat clipping the wheel well, and right side of the pilot's seat encountering the same superimposition to port. The pilot's side doesn't actually cause any undue problems due to the fact it sits up far enough above the negative space that the wheel itself retracts into that it falls inside the region I'm going to be trimming and reshaping to form the instrument consoles that surround the pilot down the centreline of the cockpit: The observer's seat is the one place I'm going to have to sacrifice structural accuracy and cut slightly into the same negative space lower down in order for the seat to fit: as this intrusion will be won't be visible from above, and will be invisible from below due to the long rear door of the nose wheel being closed to cover this region anyway, the overall visuals of this section won't be compromised: This is for '708 of course. With '481 in flight the coal hole will be close from above and the u/c doors similarly shut so even less of an issue on the second plane. The full sheet metal seat pan: The reason for using this method instead of designing for a printed form is that quite simply you can unfold a sheet metal design and voilà: - you have a 2D planar version complete with fold lines that can be exported to produce a photo-etch part from. That was the first time I'd attempted using the sheet metal function and although you kind of mentally have to function in terms of building things out of walls the whole time, the process looks incredibly promising for designing PE components of all kinds. The remaining rails and headrest sections (along with all the associated upholstery)of the seats I still reckon will print fine for 1/72, but this component should give an underlying crispness to the Mk. 4s that printing alone wouldn't be capable of producing; I must remember to add this to the 'brass' design file now along with the wing fence and fold mechanism lattice. Ta for dropping by and talk to you later in the week. Tony

Latest quick build. A nice kit and easy to assembly as are all these 1/48 scale Tamiya kits. I added a few little bits from wire and styrene but nothing too fancy. I may make a proper base for it one day but too many kits in the t'to do' pile. I hope you like it and thanks for dropping in for a look.

Thanks guys. It is nice to gt back to some brass work every now and again Tony Thanks Ian. Yup, the back end of the exhaust system will be something along those lines, though I think just a bit different. Maybe. Perhaps. If it works. My idea that is. More construction follows. I've been swithering back and forth with this - these biplanes are strange beats indeed. When do you paint what parts? There's so many rods and bars and sticky outy bits and sticky in betweeny bits that it was difficult to determine when the best time to paint it was. If too many of those stays and struts and stuff go on, will I be able to get good paint coverage? Anyways,. the vertical stabilizer was stuck on - the rudder is just dry fitted to help with the alignment. It's impossible to see here and I didn't take any photo's but the leading edge if the stabilizer is offset to port. Again (and I know I'm getting boring with this, but the molding quality is outstanding. However, I am going to replace that aerial mast with brass as I'm pretty certain it's not going to withstand the Held By Hendie test. AMG also provide two different rudder arrangements. One plain rudder and one with a trim tab and tail lamp. Unfortunately neither of them are correct for the Audax, at least according to the photos I have of 28 Sqn Audiiii Easily remedied by sticking on a trim tab, and shaping some runner to form the lamp housing. As you can see below, the other rudder has a trim tab and a tail lamp, however in all the photos I have, the trim tab is above the lamp AMG do not provide anything for the interior of the radiator housing, and it's highly unlikely that you'll be able to see through the PE, but I happened to have one of Robby the Robots ears left hanging around so it seemed rude not to use it. That was painted black, then the housing was glued in position The next little carbuncle provided some minutes of endless amusement. It is not mentioned anywhere in the instructions and it was only by chance that I spotted it on the runner before I discarded it, thinking it was empty. It's a little teardrop lump that fits on top of the nose, see here held on to some blue-tac held in the tweezers. Yes, it's entirely possible for it to fall down inside the nose, never to be seen again. I used TET and carefully placed the teardrop in the hole, only to watch it sink at the front and begin to disappear down inside. I had to use a piece of bent wire stuck inside the exhaust space to try and force it back up into place. It was a worrying couple of minutes but we got it in place- to stay. After that it was Mr Dissolved Putty time again and about an hour today sanding down and polishing up the nose once again. Now it was time for the first piece of etch on the air-frame. I assume this is a hinge on top of the nose. I put this on now because I thought it would be better to glue directly to the plastic rather than to paint. - I just hope I don't have to do any more polishing of that nose now. Prime Time! Having determined there was nothing more I could really add until some paint was on there, it was time for some primer For a first pass I am really happy. There's the tiniest of seam visible on the very front of the nose, but so faint, I may not even bother addressing it. The seams around the blisters look good. and here's the cockpit coaming bare nekkid without any filler (I forgot to look at the other side though - that's tomorrows issue) Back to the exhausts again. A rustle in my drawers produced some 1.5 mm diameter stainless steel rod. I had an idea! I used a scrap piece of aluminum rod to bend and get the shape of the exhausts to use as a template - mush easier to bend you see. Once I had the general shape, I clamped the two stainless rods in the vice and tried to bend them. Bloomin' 'eck, that was difficult. I never realized 1.5 mm ss rod was so tough. I had to use the back edge of a file and push like a pushy push push thing just to get them to move. Eventually, using the aluminum rod as a guide, I got two bends in approximately the right place. Now the reason I chose to use the stainless rod, was that this being an exhausts system, was going to need to look used. What easier way to replicate the heat colors on steel than by heating it? The soldering torch was brought out again and I blasted the ss rod. I want to leave some natural stainless before it goes into the muffler thingy at the end. There's a bit of bluing and some nice blackening on the rod. I may experiment a little more but I'm pretty pleased with the way this is looking. I'v used a small section of thin walled tube to cover the join between the brass and the stainless. There does appear to be some kind of joint in this location in the reference photos I have a plan for the brass - more to come on that in later episodes. The stainless still needs trimmed to size. The 1:1 exhaust system ends at rear of the gunners position. I plan to use brass tube down there but need to try a few things first. In photos, that last section appears to be a slightly larger diameter, and I'm not sure if the exhaust is perforated or just a straight tube. The photos are such poor quality it's impossible to determine. I assume it's perforated as per the Hawker Demon exhaust in the BM walkround. No! I am not going to attempt to drill lots of little holes and a piece of 1.5 mm diameter brass tube. Even I am not that stupid. Finally, in todays post. Paint that isn't AK !!! Hooray! Now the question is... Do I continue with this build, or jump back to the Roden F2B?

I thought I would post this here in case anyone is interested. Finally finished after two and a half years! Now, I know a lot of folk don't like these partworks because of the cost, and I knew what I was getting myself in to, but this was my first partwork and I have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed it. A sort of respite between my "proper" models that I could plod away at and not have to worry about ruining any paint jobs! It certainly builds into an impressive beast and believe me, this thing weighs a ton. No WIP I'm afraid as a two and a half year WIP would have sent everyone off to sleep. It's actually a very good model, but I did decide to modify several areas in which it lacked. For example, I re-did pretty much the entire interior. The supplied floors were cast in a horrible almost orange plastic. Nothing like a real Routemaster floor. This was re-painted and lightly weathered in a far more suitable colour. Every seat was re-painted. Hachette had you fix every seat back cushion in place with screws, resulting in the rear faces of every seat having a very noticeable pair of screw heads showing. They also only painted the grab bars on the top of each seat chrome, and missed the rest of the chrome seat frames. I glued the cushions in place, filled the screw holes and repainted each seat and each full chrome seat frame. All cushions were matt varnished as they all had a slight sheen. The stairway kick plates were fixed with overly large chrome screws that make the stairs look very dolls house like, so the kick plates were glued and the screws replaced with pin heads for a far more in scale look. I also made a black out blind for the rear of the drivers cab. Exterior wise, I pretty well left as supplied. However, being that these models are supplied to be built entirely with a screwdriver, all beading strips are attached with small screws. This made it all look a bit Mecanno like, so I filled each screw head with paint to try and achieve the look of a rivet. They still look a bit overscale, but way better than they did. Eventually, I may decide to replace all of these with pin heads, but that's for another day. All adverts were "aftermarket" items to replace the supplied ads as they were not too great. She also lights up. Full interior lights, head lights, destination blinds and indicators and rear lights. Have to say that this model really comes alive at night and looks superb lit up. I'll post some night shots when I get the chance. Overall, a very good model with a few short comings, but a very enjoyable build. Pricey? Overall yes, but still way cheaper than what I was spending on cigarettes ten years ago before I gave up. Would I build another? Possibly. I'm very tempted by the 1/12 1973 Eddie Stobart DAF "Twiggy" with trailer that's just been announced. That might well sway me. ...A couple posted with my trusty Starsky and Hutch mug for scale... Cheers! Steve

Evening folk's,my meagre offering for this anniversary GB is Airfix's 1/72 Defiant.I usually do at least a half dozen builds for our GB's still time to do the Hurricane though. Thank's for looking in.

Made largely of wood so as not to upset production of existing aircraft it initially showed promise and was awarded a production contract, however the underpowered and unreliable engines proved its downfall. The airframe was unable to accept larger units and its rate of climb and manoeuvrability suffered according.. On 18 May 1940, 35 Caudrons were delivered to the Polish Warsaw Squadron, the Groupe de Chasse polonais I/145, stationed at the Mions airfield. After just 23 sorties, adverse opinion of the fighter was confirmed by frontline pilots who expressed concerns that it was seriously underpowered and was no match for contemporary German fighters. On 25 May, only a week after it was introduced, French Minister of War Guy La Chambre ordered all C.714s to be withdrawn from active service. However, since the French authorities had no other aircraft to offer, the Polish pilots ignored the order and continued to fly the Caudrons. Despite flying a fighter hopelessly outdated compared to the Messerschmitt Bf 109E, the Polish pilots scored 12 confirmed and three unconfirmed victories in three battles between 8 June and 11 June, losing nine in the air and nine more on the ground. Among the aircraft shot down were four Dornier Do 17 bombers, and also three Messerschmitt Bf 109 and five Messerschmitt Bf 110 fighters. (Above info Wikipedia) So here's the kit The kit is still in its sealed bag Instruction, naturally in French However, decals are missing, so off to search the interweb Cheers Pat

Afternoon folk's,built for the MTO GB is Airfix's original 1/48 Bf109f,second one this year for me I loved this when first released probably one of my first foray's into the bigger scale,a bit of a test piece to see what can be done to break the monotone finish without a panel wash as there are oddly recessed lines on the lower wing's but nowhere else! Thank's for looking in.

As several other people are doing the 510, I thought I'd start with the other variant. The box - despite it being the black box, I bought it from Pat Lewarne (AKA Collectakit) at the RAF Museum show on 20 May 2012 for a fiver. The box contents - still sealed in the bag! I'm going to have to take the sprues out to build it. Instructions and somewhat yellowed planche de décoration Some aftermarket decals I bought a few years ago. I'm pretty sure I've got that cockerel design on a Mirage sheet somewhere as well.

Yes, another one!. This is the second of my triple build of the revell 1/48 Tornado. Two ADVs and a GR4. I went for a clean finish this time. Aftermarket used comprised eduard Steel seatbelts, which are far easier to use than their earlier sets, being more malleable, and the printing seeming less prone to flaking off. The FOD covers were made from glue soaked tissue formed over kitchen foil with RBF flags from an old verlinden sheet. Pitot tube came from Master Models, and the decals again from Xtradecal Tornado F3, Part 1. A great sheet. I almost plumped for the Saudi one, but chose this one in the end, as that large fin just calls out for a bit of colour. Thanks for looking Bruce

I have to say, I really enjoyed making this kit. It went together so well, even the tracks were not as hard to assemble as I thought they were going to be, although with hindsight I should have used one or two more links than Meng suggested, the tracks looked a bit tight when fitted, but the Bar armour covered that, so sort of all's well. I added a couple of lengths of wire as aerials, probably hopelessly out of scale, other than that it's built straight out of the box. A nice touch by Meng, was the inclusion of a couple of metal masks, one for the road wheels and another for the rubber pads on the track links. They made painting these parts SO much easier. Jon.

Done! And not too pleased. It seems the more models I make, the worse I get. Loads of mistakes - never going to leave attaching the canopy until after painting ever again! As you see it is after 3 re-paints!! Anyway, here it is. Airfix's 1/48 scale Hawker Hunter F.6. Decals are from Xtradecal, sheet X48-105 and depicts Hunter F.6 XF527 'P' of 19 Squadron at Church Fenton in 1958. I used replacement resin wheels and wheel bay doors. The aerials are stretched sprue and I added a small exhaust port on the tail underside. The rest is OOB. Paint is mainly Vallejo Model Air but the undersides are Humbrol 11 (another mistake!).

Hello, Here is my recently completed model, the Italeri 1/48 S-58 in the IAF service. It is OBB. I hope you will like it. Thanks for watching.

Thanks Keith, glad you like my effort Thanks for the story too - I would have kept the full set after a solo crossing of the Atlantic too, sort of a proud sign! Cheers Cookie, thank you Glad to hear the weather is getting better over there - I hope the fires are tamed too As anticipated, I was able to complete the diorama and the whole project - I actually completed it a few minutes ago. But first things first: the crew painting was completed then I scratch built two PEC connectors from brass pipe, copper wire, 0.5mm plastic sheet, PE leftovers and masking tape, all glued with CA Here after the relevant painting and weathering and in place They are quite a crude approximation, but in the context I think they add some interest to the figures. Just, don't look too close! It was just a matter of placing the various bits on the base then: So the pilots are talking while these two blokes are working This other guy is fixing a missile, while the other is just looking and this project is eventually completed Proper RFI pics to follow, if and when A huge thank you to everybody who followed, gave advice, encouraged and donated - details about that will be reported in the RFI thread Stay tuned for the next project announcement All comments welcome, as usual Ciao

Thanks Guys. Did someone say Stays......??? Interpreting from photographs exactly where the Funnel stays embedded is difficult and it's apparent that there was considerable variation in arrangments between different vessels of the County Class. This is the closest interpretation I could manage. The job was made easier by using https://www.bobsbuckles.co.uk/ 1/48 buckles and using "running" lines rather than securing each and every stay. Attention turns to masts. berwick in 1940/41 had a tall aft mizen which was virtually the same height as the foremast. Trumpeter only provide a cut down mizen that Cornwall used in her late years So...... A 1/700 masters mast was cut down and fitted. Kent's masts are the tripod type that were eventually fitted to all fo the County Class cruisers. The 3 holes on the mizen mast failed to align... The forward securing hole was filled and the front leg will glue straight to the deck to get correct sit and alignement. I'm not looking forward to folding the etched crosstrees The next real decision is when to "plant" Berwick into the styrofoam base - the sides need filling so once she's in - there's no going back - detail first then plant or plant and detail whilst iin the base - there's the rub Thanks for looking (and just who are these "numpties"? I think we should be told!)

A bit of an oddball, nothing new as far as this GB goes then! Hellers box scale Occident Paddle Steamer. One of the Cadet series that contains quite a few gems, this one included. A beat to death box and a hull that needs separating into its two parts means this ones this one's a builder. A nice change of pace from the aircraft that are queuing up behind it. Ship models rarely get a look in with me, so I'm well and truly into uncharted waters here. Accuracy be dammed, it's going to be a straight out the box build, complete with a seascape base to sit it on. Viva la difference!!!

Hi there, this is my first post in britmodeller so I hope you guys like it. A couple of months ago I came back to the hobby after a long seven years without modelling anything… Since I got into model making I always wanted to build the Bismarck. 13 years ago I purchased Revell’s 1/350 scale kit, back then the best and most complete kit you could it have. Unfortunately soon after I moved across the world to Sydney and I couldn’t bring it with me. Then years later I got Trumpeter’s 1/700 with a bunch of aftermarket detailed sets but then again, after my daughter was born I was not able to build it because of lack of time and I put it aside with the hull and turrets done. But this year when browsing online at my local hobby shop I stumbled upon this AMAZING Flyhawk kit. I got the deluxe FH1132S version which comes with 8 plates of photo etched parts and metal barrels. Because this was my third attempt to build it and motivated to do the best possible I’ve also got a wooden deck and detailed metal mast by infini models. And finally, exactly after a month of working every day I’ve finished. I decided to build it as seen on the 21 of May of 1941 when at the beginning of operation Rheinübung, Bismarck and Prinz Eugen stopped briefly in Grimstadfjord, southwest of Bergen in Norway. The baltic camouflage on the superstructure was no longer there but it is still visible on the hull with the sailor starting to paint it over. And here just a couple of images from the building process: Cheers, Jorge

Hello I have finished the 1/72 Zvezda Sukhoï Su-57 kit. I have chosen No 511 prototype as it has likely operated form Russian bases in Syria and I have found a couple of pictures of her. The build is easy as with every new aircraft kits form Zvezda. On the other hand there is nothing for the pixelated camouflage except a wrong scheme on the instruction sheet. So I used my Silhouette Portrait to make masks and get a better camouflage scheme. Both colors came from the Tamiya Lacquer Paint range and how I saw them on the available pictures.. Patrick

#21/2020 My dad´s next finished Imperial Japanese subject. After four combat aircraft, this time a recon plane. The very nice Fine Molds kit, fit is very good, except the one-piece canopy (the only canopy provided) didn´t sit that well in the rear area. Painted with Tamiya XF-14 JA Grey, XF-13 JA Green and XF-64 Red Brown. EZ Line for the antenna wire. The kit has nice cockpit detail but sadly you don´t really see it afterwards. Build thread here https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235078479-eyes-in-the-sky148-mitsubishi-ki-15-i-babs-imperial-japanese-army/ 18th Independant Company, Hankow Airfield, China, spring 1939 DSC_0001 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0002 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0003 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0004 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0005 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0006 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0007 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0008 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0009 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0010 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0011 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0012 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0013 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0014 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0015 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0016 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0017 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0001 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0019 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0021 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0007 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0002 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0003 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr

Just finished this Ryefield Sherman Firefly and I must say it is a superb model but very fiddly to build, especially with old fat fingers! paint is Lifecolor with some very small amounts of oil weathering. depicted as grenadier Guard Sherman Holland 1944. It will eventually form part of a larger diorama with a universal (bren) carrier, some crew and infantry hopefully

1/48 Airfix Cutriss Tomahawk speed build project. During lockdown I started several kits recently and finished a grand total of ZERO. So I tried to get this one knocked out quick just to try out a few things and also to feel some form of achievement in completing someing for once. Excuse the canopy detail was sacrificed for time and i ran out of decent masking tape so its a bit naff. Pilot has had damage during a dogffight and has limped back home and is in for a bumpy landing on one wheel. I'd imagine its approx 18-20 hours build time maybe? 3 evenings with drying time basically, corners were cut and decals missed and the carpet monster had its fill.

Punch and die afternoon, Adding some of the smaller missing details to the turret. The turret counter weights were bolted on so added the bolts and washers to the inside of the turret. Also added the turret ring bolts and the .50 cal locking pin to the mount. Drivers hatch is missing a few details, the handle for operating the hatch will get added later . Enjoy Dan

All, I know there's already been a few posts from the 31st FW deployment to Lakenheath but here's my efforts from one early evening a week or so ago. This was during the 'late' surge so most of the 48th sorties and all the F-16s were launching late afternoon with the arrivals being after the sun has moved around to the North. This made shooting viable from the Northside as opposed to the normal practice of photographing from the South. I noticded the comments on the other threads concerning exposures and settings. My own pattern in recent years is to set up my own exposure and settings to purely manual as I find that any form of auto or even semi-auto settings result in the cameras own exposures varying widely. All these shots were taken in one hour but because the light level was constantly changing as the sun moved lower late in the day, I was always checking and changing the settings. First pair had left with what looked like GBU-12s loaded and the lead ship brought one back. The No 2 was the only airframe on the deployment that was in the dark 'Have Glass' scheme. Now that is a swine to photograph. First time I've seen 493rd FS jets carrying SNIPER pods on the centreline. Single D model was cycling quickly, no doubt flying incentive rides. Hope I haven't gone over the top. Gary

Well, we're across the line with this one. It has been straightforward build, just some annoying things like mould lines to get rid of, not a big deal but I think the engineering should be better Airfix! I've resisted doing a lot of weathering, just a bit of a dry-brush in places which doesn't show up in the photo's and overall I'm happy with the end result, as usual wouldn't stand up to close scrutiny but is a welcome addition to the start of my 30 odd Bomber Command models I plan to do. Thanks for all the encouragement people, I'll see you in the other builds I have planned on here! Davey.

Play time Port side battened, foil covered and bashed Trying out rust Sorry I forgot to take pic, will try and remember next time. Pleased with the result, a finely textured orangy finish Next up Just love playing with these Results so far Hope you like it Avoid the numpties and stay safe Kev

A little bit done over the last part of the week. Been busy today so nothing bench related. I thought I’d share the work done though. Decals. 🤗 Not many. But they look great!!! I even managed to paint the little guy. One more for luck. Top coat then weathering. Oh and the prop. aaaaaand the base. Then she’s done. 🤗🤗🤗 Johnny

Size compared to Fokker F.32

This is going to be a huge GB so we thought to make a nice list showing all the builds and the people building them! This list will of course be updated regularly. We have 100+ participants and we should expect multiple builds from a lot of you so we're talking hundreds of builds here 🙂 On a side note: we're only listing initial releases as per Scalemates info here, so in case you're building a rebox it could be that the kit number and year don't match with what you're building. Note: a red (RFI) brings you to the build's gallery entry. Last updated: 15/02/2021 05:30 London time. Aircraft - Helicopters 225 (1980) - SA.316 / SA.319 Alouette III - TimV1969 501 (1978) - Aérospatiale SA 365 Dauphin - stevej60 L340 (1967) - SA 330 - Olmec Head L341 (1967) - Lama - Bjorn (RFI) Aircraft - Jets 071 (1978) - Bachem Ba 349A "Natter" - Fieseler Fi 103 "Reichenberg" IV - Jockney (RFI), Johnson (RFI) 201 (1981) - M.D. 450 Ouragan - stevej60 (RFI), Jinxman (RFI) 207 (1978) - Republic F-84 G "Thunderjet" - Paul821 (RFI), John Masters (RFI) 220 (1980) - CM 170 Fouga Magister - stevej60, John, JosephLalor 221 (1980) - SNCASE SE.535 Mistral - Wez, Graeme H 253 (1976) - Mirage III - Enzo Matrix (RFI) 255 (1977) - SAAB 35 Draken - Bjorn (RFI), Bjorn (RFI) 256 (1977) - Saab 37 Viggen - Bjorn (RFI), Bjorn (RFI) 257 (1977) - Dassault-Breguet / Dornier "Alpha Jet" - stevej60, Anatol Pigwa 258 (1978) - Mirage F1 - Enzo Matrix (RFI) 260 (1978) - SAAB J 29 "Tunnan" - Wez, Bjorn (RFI), Orso 263 (1976) - Jaguar versions A, E - Enzo Matrix (RFI) 277 (1979) - North American F-86F Sabre - klr, stevej60 (RFI), mike romeo (RFI) 283 (1979) - De Havilland FB.5 Vampire - AdrianMF (RFI), Orso, Bjorn (RFI) 301 (1980) - Lockheed T.33 Shooting Star - John 343 (1982) - Saab J.32 Lansen - Rudolf_Filip, Bjorn (RFI) 346 (1981) - Gloster Javelin T.3 - SledDawg 351 (1979) - AMD Mirage IV A - PaulT 876, PeterB (RFI), PhantomBigStu, IanHx (RFI) 354 (1979) - AMD Mirage 2000 - klr (RFI) 360 (1984) - AMD Super Etendard - PeterB (RFI) 361 (1984) - AMD Etendard IVM - Jean 596 (1979) - AMD Mirage IV A - ArnieC, CYA 599 (1979) - AMD Mirage III C/B - exdraken (RFI) 701 (1978) - Mercure - Halcyonjet 80305 (1985) - Boeing 707 Intercontinental - Romeo Alpha Yankee, Jabba (RFI), Back in the Saddle 858 (1977) - Airbus - Rob S L015 (1962) - Trident - CliffB (RFI) L086 (1974) - Messerschmitt 262B-1a/U1 - mike romeo, Prenton L105 (1958) - Trident - Rudolf_Filip L251 (1973) - MiG-19 - PeterB (RFI), John Masters (RFI) L252 (1973) - MiG-21 - helios16v L300 (1957) - Caravelle - Rob Lyttle (RFI) Aircraft - Propeller 072 (1976) - FIESELER Fi 156C-3 STORCH - vppelt68, Richard Tucker (RFI), John Masters (RFI), klr (RFI) 073 (1976) - Chance Vought F4U-1 Corsair - Fightersweep 074 (1976) - Messerschmitt Bf 109 K - John 077 (1960) - Messerschmitt B.f.108B "Taifun" - stevej60, jpthedog (RFI), klr (RFI) 078 (1976) - Bücker Bü 133 Jungmeister - Jockney (RFI) 079 (1978) - North American T-6G "Texan" - TEMPESTMK5, Stevehnz (RFI), alt-92 (RFI), Grandboof 088 (1975) - Spitfire Mk Vb - alt-92 (RFI) 089 (1975) - Messerschmitt B.f 109E - Fightersweep (RFI), TommyF (RFI), Ratch (RFI) 099 (1975) - Polikarpov I-153 - Fightersweep (RFI) 101 (1978) - Messerschmitt Bf 109 B - Corsairfoxfouruncle (RFI), Rabbit Leader, Malpaso (RFI), Fightersweep (RFI) 102 (1978) - Dewoitine D 510 - Enzo Matrix (RFI), AdrianMF (RFI) 151 (1977) - Focke Wulf 56 "Stösser" - Rabbit Leader, Greg Law (RFI) 152 (1977) - Hawker Hurricane Mk II c - stevej60 153 (1978) - Gloster Gladiator II - Rafwaffe (RFI), Bjorn (RFI) 154 (1977) - Bell P-39 Q/N Airacobra - alt-92 (RFI) 155 (1977) - Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat - Fightersweep (RFI) 156 (1977) - DEWOITINE 501 - Richard Humm (RFI), AdrianMF (RFI), John Masters (RFI), TonyW, Fightersweep (RFI) 159 (1978) - Hawker "Tempest" Mk-V - TEMPESTMK5 (RFI), mike romeo (RFI), Richard Tucker (RFI) 161 (1977) - P.Z.L. P.11c - Fightersweep (RFI) 162 (1977) - Arado 96 - Dean Whiston (RFI), Fightersweep (RFI), Davecov 165 (1978) - Caudron Renault C 635 "Simoun" - Jockney (RFI), jpthedog (RFI) 224 (1979) - Nieuport Delage NiD 622 - Jean (RFI) 240 (1979) - Heinkel He 112 BO/B1 - Rabbit Leader, Pete F (RFI), Corsairfoxfouruncle (RFI), Ratch (RFI), Fightersweep (RFI) 241 (1979) - Arado Ar 196A - Desk Flyer (RFI), Fightersweep (RFI) 247 (1979) - P.Z.L P 23A/B Karas - Fightersweep (RFI) 261 (1980) - Saab J21A - klr (RFI), Bjorn (RFI), grufsnik 262 (1981) - Saab 91 Safir - Bjorn (RFI) 279 (1981) - N.A. T-28 Trojan/Fennec - Wez (RFI), ThePlasticSurgeon (RFI), TEMPESTMK5 (RFI) 282 (1979) - Supermarine Spitfire Mk XVI E - PeterB (RFI), PhantomBigStu (RFI), BlackAck (RFI), TonyOD (RFI) 285 (1980) - Curtiss SBC-4 Helldiver / Cleveland I - Wez 304 (1980) - Canadair C.L 215 - JB65rams (RFI) 310 (1982) - Lockheed L-749 Constellation - TonyW (RFI) 311 (1983) - Lockheed EC-121 Warning Star - stevej60 345 (1979) - D.H 89 Dragon Rapide - Heather Kay (RFI), Dom Barr (RFI), Unkempt, 825 (RFI), lewis25049 (RFI) 380 (1979) - Junkers Ju 52/3m - Heather Kay (RFI), mike romeo (RFI) 803 (1978) - Nord 2501 Noratlas - Zebra, bianfuxia (RFI) L081 (1972) - Messerschmitt Bf.109 - Toryu (RFI), Johnson (RFI) L083 (1972) - Curtiss P.40 E. - PhantomBigStu (RFI) L084 (1974) - Thunderbolt P-47N - TonyOD (RFI) L090 (1975) - Yak 3 Normandie-Niemen - Enzo Matrix (RFI) L091 (1965) - Bloch 152 - Prenton, AdrianMF (RFI), TonyW (RFI) L092 (1965) - Dewoitine 520 - AdrianMF (RFI), TonyW (RFI) L093 (1965) - MORANE 406 - klr (RFI) L094 (1966) - Curtiss 75.A3 - Corsairfoxfouruncle (RFI), TonyW (RFI), TonyW (RFI) L095 (1967) - Mureaux 117 - Enzo Matrix (RFI), Heather Kay (RFI), John Masters (RFI) L096 (1967) - Caudron 714 - Jockney (RFI) L097 (1967) - Morane 225 - Richard Tucker (RFI) L098 (1967) - Morane 230 - Enzo Matrix (RFI), Richard Tucker L335 (1964) - Arc En Ciel - TonyW (RFI) L390 (1966) - Amiot 143 - Jockney (RFI), TonyW, TonyOD (RFI) L391 (1966) - Liore 45 - RidgeRunner, JWM (RFI), AntoineG, TonyW L392 (1967) - Breguet 693 - TonyW, Richard Tucker (RFI) L393 (1966) - Bloch 174 - Lightningboy2000 (RFI) L394 (1967) - Potez 631 - TonyW (RFI) L395 (1967) - Potez 540 - Pin L545 (1967) - Bloch 210 - Adrian Hills (RFI), klr Humans - Humans (World War II) 118 (1977) - Waffen SS - Islesy 143 (1977) - Groupe mitrailleuses Hotchkiss - Dean Whiston (RFI) 144 (1977) - Compagnie Saharienne - Ted (RFI) Ships - Aircraft carriers L1005 (1964) - Foch - stevej60 Ships - Cruisers 1032 (1976) - Prinz Eugen - Ventora3300 L870 (1967) - Jeanne D'Arc - Davecov (RFI) Ships - Fishery vessels 754 (1978) - Thonier "Armor" - JB65rams N605 (1970) - Sinagot Cotre - Ernie Ships - Passenger ships 062 (1970) - Occident - TonyW Ships - Sailing ships 056 (1977) - DRAKKAR OSEBERG - Jockney (RFI) 064 (1977) - La Reale - Dean Whiston (RFI) Space - Space L021 (1971) - Apollo - helios16v (RFI) Vehicles - Cars 1304 (1977) - Citroën Traction Avant - Bengalensis (RFI) 146 (1980) - Alpine A310 - cmatthewbacon (RFI) 160 (1979) - Peugeot 203 - JeroenS (RFI) 173 (1979) - R5 Turbo - Scargsy (RFI) 175 (1979) - Citroën 2 CV - TimJ (RFI) 180 (1979) - Leyland Princess 2000 - Halcyonjet 182 (1979) - Alfa Romeo ALFA-SUD - cmatthewbacon (RFI) 183 (1979) - Jaguar XJS - cmatthewbacon (RFI) 185 (1979) - Leyland Rover 3500 - Bjorn (RFI) 186 (1979) - Lancia BETA Turbo - TimJ (RFI) 196 (1976) - Renault 30TS - Bengalensis (RFI) 197 (1976) - Citroen CX2000 - cmatthewbacon (RFI) 707 (1979) - Delahaye 135 - Rob Lyttle (RFI) 709 (1978) - Jaguar Type E 3L8 FHC - Rob Lyttle (RFI) 711 (1979) - Talbot-Lago Record 1950 - TimJ 712 (1979) - Mercedes-Benz 300 SL - TonyW 721 (1979) - Talbot Lago 4L5 Grand Prix - Ottopv (RFI), Rob Lyttle (RFI) 722 (1978) - Bentley 4.5L Blower - Wimbledon99 (RFI) 724 (1981) - Renault Vivastella "PG7" - Dean Whiston (RFI) 727 (1983) - Citroën B.14 'Torpedo de Luxe' - cherry268 (RFI) 763 (1978) - Citroën 15.Six Traction Avant - Davecov (RFI), Davecov (RFI) L760 (1968) - R8 Gordini - tangerine_sedge (RFI) Vehicles - Tanks 197 (1979) - Somua S 35 - srkirad (RFI), Davecov (RFI) 199 (1976) - AMX 30 - PeterB (RFI) 781 (1975) - AMX 13 - janneman36 (RFI), Foxbat Vehicles - Trucks 703 (1982) - Citroën C4 Waterman - Ottopv (RFI) 770 (1979) - Scania LB 141 - JeroenS (RFI) 780 (1980) - Delahaye type 103 "Bonneville" - chimpion (RFI) Vehicles - Utility 3501 (1983) - Massey Ferguson - cherry268 (RFI) GB stats Total subjects: 305 Total builders: 122 Total builds: 220 Active builders: 95 Completed builds: 154 Completion ratio: 70,0% Build average: 2,3 Builds per category Aircraft > Helicopters: 4 Aircraft > Jets: 56 Aircraft > Propeller: 115 Humans > Humans (World War II): 3 Ships > Aircraft carriers: 1 Ships > Cruisers: 2 Ships > Fishery vessels: 2 Ships > Passenger ships: 1 Ships > Sailing ships: 2 Space > Space: 1 Vehicles > Cars: 24 Vehicles > Tanks: 5 Vehicles > Trucks: 3 Vehicles > Utility: 1 Builds per scale 1:8: 1 1:24: 16 1:35: 5 1:43: 11 1:48: 3 1:50: 4 1:60: 1 1:72: 166 1:75: 1 1:100: 3 1:125: 3 1:180: 1 1:400: 4 1:450: 1 Top 10 popular subjects Messerschmitt Bf 109: 10 Dassault Mirage IV: 6 De Havilland DH 89 Dragon Rapide: 5 Heinkel He 112: 5 Dewoitine D.500: 5 Supermarine Spitfire: 5 Lioré & Olivier LeO 451: 4 North American T-6 Texan: 4 Fieseler Fi 156 Storch: 4 Citroën 15CV Traction: 3 Top 3 Heller admirateurs 13 builds: TonyW 12 builds: Bjorn 11 builds: Fightersweep Top 3 Gallery Entries 12 builds: Bjorn 10 builds: Fightersweep 7 builds: Enzo Matrix, TonyW

Hi guys and girls, I am entering a second kit into this Heller GB. This means that I have lost my marbles: 2 kits!!! The lucky winner is the Nieuport Delage NiD 622 in 1/72. porting the kit number 80224, this is a 1993 rebox of a 1979 kit. Here are some photos: My priority build will be the Etendard IVM, but I reckon that this Nieuport will come together fairly quickly. So, it is worth the try. Cheers everybody! JR

Yes,thank's to Pat one of these will be arriving soon,a kit I've always wanted to do so another one for the tally! https://www.scalemates.com/kits/heller-231-messerschmitt-bf-108-b-taifun--148589

Good evening mates, I will join you with this small oldie - Somua S35 in braillescale. I will also use some aftermarket add-ons which will improve some details - small etched set for hull and turret, metal barrel from Armo, and best improvement (if I don't mess up assembling of it :D) - OKB Grigorov etched tracks (rubber ones from kit are REALLY ugly!) Well, see you soon with in progress photos... Cheers, Srđan

Built oob, lots of nice detail, most you don't get to see when finished especially the engine

This is my first build on the current MTO GB. Built OOB with decals by Plastic Planet Club decals. Vallejo ModelAir paints airbrushed throughout. 'Klear' gloss coat with 'Galeria' matt varnish airbrushed on. A stress free build like all of the new tool Airfix I have done lately, I left out most of the internals as you can't see much through the glazing. I resisted doing much in the way of weathering as usual with my models. The decals were very thin and worked well, I only broke one of the fuselage roundels due to my cack-handedness! Comments and criticism welcome. Davey.

37 Squadron Vickers Wellington Mk.1c, Greece, 1940. Airfix new tool OOB with Plastic Planet Club decals. Airbrushed with Vallejo ModelAir, hand brushed 'Klear' Varnish, Airbrushed Winsor and Newton 'Galeria' Matt Varnish.

Thanks Craig, PVA is a must when doing clear bits. G'day people, Milestone today, I managed to get the fuselage closed up I managed to scratch up the last bit of kit that lives on top of the avionics and add the electrical cabling Plenty is still visible through that big side door The nose section fits reasonably well cheers, Pappy

@Scargsy the a110 didn’t come out too well if I’m honest but it was the first model I built in over 40 years , so far none have ,I am learning thought and each one is getting better @Rabbit Leader yes wasn’t sure whether I should do that I’ll keep this for the Talbot lago and start a new wip for the citroen

The RNAS bit could be true - after all, it was only in existence for a short time - but the conclusion is definitely wrong; the RFC & NAS (whether Royal or not) were both abolished on 1 April 1918 with the advent of the world’s longest running April Fool joke. The phrase “Fleet Air Arm” was originally “Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Air Force” (in the inter-War days when the aircraft & at least half of the people in Naval aviation were indeed RAF), but for obvious reasons it was fairly quickly abbreviated. FAARAF a bit of a mouthful even for the 1930s. So technically the Fleet Air Arm... is the Fleet Air Arm. [More of a Fleet Air Finger nowadays, alas, though still punching above its weight in contribution to the RN.] Fabulous Vixen-ery, Tony. I recall that fitting the bottom of the resin (Aires??) cockpit and top of the nose u/c well was a real challenge even in 1/48 - the cockpit floor and well roof both ended up Mr Creosote Waffer Theen after a LOT of sanding - so I am not entirely surprised that the tolerances are tight in your scale.

Gloss coat and markings are on. 5th Armored Div. Germany. April 1945.

So, there I was at the breakfast table this morning with Mrs Romeo and Mike junior, and I mentioned that I wanted to do some modelling today (ie get some more decals on my Eduard Tempest, if you must know). No problem with that. Then, a pregnant pause, followed by, "Mike, please don't buy any more models . . . I think you may have a problem." A problem? A problem! OK, so the boarded part of the loft is chocker with unmade kits, and the study / my modelling room has another stack of kits almost touching the ceiling, but my actual problem is not having at least 3 of every kit I may possibly one day want to build. Assuming a standard modelling lifespan of 180 years, natch. Anyway, as I just sat there, looking like a scolded puppy and trying to think of a supportive yet evasive response, there was a knock at the door. Mike jr ran out and returned with a box, clearly labelled as coming from the big H (it was my AZ Hornets; F.1 and PR.2). Things have been kinda quiet around the house since . . . Rgds, Martin