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  1. Hi all, the German Air Force will retire its very last C-160D in September this year. For me a good reason to build the nice 1:72 Revell kit in the Eloka version. Built it OOB, apart from the RBF (Eduard parts). Used Mr Hobby acrylics for painting. the original 50+55🙂
    41 points
  2. Hiya Folks, Another refurbishment,...... I built this High Planes Beaufort Mk.IX, known as the Beaufreighter well over 20 years ago,.... but it was looking its age, was one of my first ever limited production kits and it was recently submerged in freeing cold water when my cellar was flooded,....... so it was about time it got some TLC,..... it started off like this; Was sanded to this; Then the filling, sanding, cleaning and painting began,... brush painting using Polly Scale RAAF Foliage Green ; here is the WIP if anybody is interested; Here is the aircraft that I wished to restore the model as,...... A9-712, coded R of No 10 Communication Unit, Lakunai Airstrip Rabaul in 1945, where it crashed on 21/11/45, It had Japanese writing under the wings which read "NIHON KOFOKU",..... which basically reads as ,......Sunrise Land Surrenders,.... or Japan has Surrendered,..... and it carried out leaflet drops over the surrounding jungle to try to convince Japanese troops that the war was over! Here it has underwing bomb racks fitted with `Storepedoes',.... supply containers; At least one more Beaufort received the Japanese writing on the undersides,.... but this was a standard aircraft,.... note the turret; Another Beaufreighter with standard underside markings; And here is the refurbished model; Cheers Tony
    23 points
  3. Hi all The latest in the 'Sywell Series' for the Sywell Aviation Museum. I am only doing some small gap filling projects at the mo as am hoping to move house and I don't really want to be half way through a big job! Ex RAF DH Tiger Moth N6986 was purchased by David Lloyd as G-AIXD on 25-11-1946. He was to own her for some 39 years (until 1985) during which time she was mainly based at Sywell. She was extensively flown in air displays including with The Barnstormers Flying Circus and for various TV shows such as ‘The Late Late Breakfast Show’ and ‘Game for a Laugh’ when fitted with a ‘wing-walking rig’. Sadly she was destroyed near Rendcomb airfield in a non-fatal accident after hitting power cables in July 1995. This of course is the lovely Airfix 1/72 Tiger (Oh how I wish they'd tooled at 1/72 Chipmunk to the same standard before they did the 1/48 one - or conversely that they break their 'no downsizing rule' to issue a new tool in the future!) I must have built a dozen of these now and they are great - its a simple fun project so I didnt bother with rigging as I think it looks oversize in 1/72 and I am lazy. The main object of this job was to scratchbuild a wing-walk rig - the Tiger Club and Barnstormers Flying Circus rigs are different, fact fans and am grateful to the BFC FB page for their help. Built OOB - the only parts to watch for are the underside wing attachment which needs fettling and the cutting and adding of the spin strakes which I've never mastered really - the instructions say assemble the fuselage then cut the rear section and add the two part strakes. I thought this time I would cut the parts out and add the strakes on each fuselage half before bringing them together - frankly it makes no difference! Sprayed in the excellent Rustoleum White Plastic Primer from a rattle can - trust me it's excellent - then three brush coats of Humbrol 60. A coat of clear then some Aeroclub reg letters - the border of the letter sheet was used for the go faster stripes. Final coat of clear and we're done. Pilot modified with a bone dome and the wing walk rig was made of brass tube with the canvas back cushion from Tam tape. The girl was a railway figure off ebay - she was wearing a jump suit already and I thought her pose looked fine braced against the slipstream rather than trying to graft on a new waving arm! So, all in all a bit of fun! Hope you like it - - apologies for the poor photos - stay safe everyone ATB TT 1436B363-4B88-429C-AB44-9C1174A50A5E by Ben Brown, on Flickr BDAA2124-7608-4D8E-A454-886E9EA284F8 by Ben Brown, on Flickr 6CB51EE0-0220-4142-BE52-A142BB67EF69 by Ben Brown, on Flickr EBC47E42-0217-4757-9B1B-FFFAFBF403FF by Ben Brown, on Flickr D21610A2-BB75-4D63-8188-5ED4393EA066 by Ben Brown, on Flickr 73FE42F8-481F-4603-B4EC-1D89D1CB3D63 by Ben Brown, on Flickr (C) JOHN TEMPEST F52A025A-7BD2-438F-BC2B-819BE650CAF6 by Ben Brown, on Flickr (C) TREVOR THORNTON
    23 points
  4. After having read the fantastic book "BOAC and the golden age of flying" by Malcolm Turner I decided to build the Boeing 707 and the VickersSuper VC10 of BOAC in the Speedbird livery (IMHO the most elegant airline scheme of all times) The 707 is an Authentic Airliners kit in 1/144 scale and with 26Decals. The VC10 is a Roden kit with 26Decals.
    22 points
  5. Mirage IIIE No.501 / 3-IB EC1/3 'Navarre' Nancy-Ochey, France, June 1985 This was built from the old Revell 1/72 kit from the 1970s. Not the best Mirage kit out there nowadays by a long way but it's been in the stash for so many years and it was time to build it. The inspiration was that Modeldecal sheet with those attractive EC1/3 anniversary markings. The French are usually very good at anniversary schemes, and though this one is quite simple it's also very French and looks good. The kit was basically OK. It gave the impression that it had been scaled down from the Revell 1/32nd scale kit of a similar era. This was noticeable in some of the attachment points and detail. particularly on the undercarriage, which were so small and thin as to be unusable. In the end I replaced the main gear with that from a Heller kit, and used the Heller nosewheel in the Revell nose leg. The inner main gear doors were leftovers from a resin conversion kit for a Mirage V and had nice internal detail. I added quite a bit to the ejection seat but the cockpit is a black pit so there's minimal detail apart from the seat. I struggled to fit the canopy neatly but just about got there in the end. I used Mig Ammo paints from their French Modern Jets set for the top surfaces which sprayed very nicely and dried in no time, and a mixture of Xtracrylic aluminium and light aircraft grey for the undersides. Decals were all from the Modeldecal sheet except for the roundels which were replaced with others having better depth of colour from a generic sheet. The topcoat was Humbrol matt varnish. Overall a fairly quick (by my standards) and enjoyable project And some of it's brothers :
    22 points
  6. 1:144 scale is just too small, 1:72 is too big, but 1:96 scale is right in the Goldilocks Zone. Why did it go away? A couple of old Frog kits which fit comfortably on my shelves. Vulcan Valiant Mike
    21 points
  7. Good Morning everyone, This is 1/32 Hasegawa Focke Wulf Fw 190F-8 with the markings of Black M – I (W.Nr 584 205) of III./SG 3 flown in Sweden May 1945. Top surfaces are RLM 75/83 with RLM 02 patches and bottom surfaces RLM 76. Modifications are: Eduard Löök instrument panel and seat belts. Quickboost exhausts and gun barrels. Eagle Parts wheels Henri Dahne propeller set Paints: Gunze Sangyo acrylics Decals: “M-I” markings are from Kagero book Fw 190 Monograph Vol 3. Happy modelling
    19 points
  8. 1/72 Welsh Models P-8A Poseidon complete. The build consisted of scratch building the weapons bay, weapons mounting points onbthe wings and pylons, many of the ESM and AMS lumps and antennas. I also added various vent blow in doors and the sonobuoy tubes. I reshaped a lot of the kit supplied parts as well. Finally I added Harpoons from a Hasegawa weapons set and Mk48 Torpedoes from a Hasegawa P-3C Orion, they looked close enough to me to replicate the Mk54s the P-8 carries. Decals were from a custom sheet DekLs created by upsizing their 1/200 sheet and it was painted in mainly SMS lacquers. It is a bit rough in some parts but I have spent enough time on it and am calling it finished.
    17 points
  9. I managed to finish this RAF1:48 Eurofighter Typhoon today depicting a special scheme worn in 2014 'TP V'. The Revell base kit is pretty good, I added Eduard photo etch set along with resin intakes. Thanks for looking
    15 points
  10. This morning I remembered my perdu training - tube glue (Humbrol) is sticky enough to hold things in place and dries slowly enough to allow a little wiggle room. Ideal for this sort of job: When I built the Belle I had problems with these then realised the top of the back strut goes under the bar at the back. This time I looked closer and noticed that the bottom of the legs are angled so, if you push them into the holes, they sort of line up properly. I also noticed that the top of the back legs is 'morticed' so they fit inside the frame. I've left it loose so that you can see it in that photo. Just. They're in now: 'On a roll' I decided to glue it all in: …and check the seam: Acceptable. How much will be seen after close up? Not a lot. I'd better take some close up shots before close up. (English is weird)
    15 points
  11. Something I knocked up for the STGB here. It is the Academy kit with Blue Rider decals. Not a bad little kit with only minor filling and sanding required. Blue Rider decals are a little thick but do settle well with Mr Mark decal solution. The rudder was masked and painted, there was a decal supplied but I hate trying to use them for rudders!
    14 points
  12. Good morning all. I registered because I follow the post of neil5208 and his Academy B24. I built the L version last December. The Academy model proposes an M version, but it seems easier to represent an L with a rear turret. I discovered that Consolidated A6B turrets had been retrofitted on the L. I wanted this model to wear the colors of a liberator from the Mighty Eight. I found pictures of the 93BG with this version of the B24. I didn't find a specific decoration, so I got part of the baptismal name on the decals sheet provided in the box, and the pin-up comes from a Kits-World board intended for lancasters. On the other hand, the serial number which appears at the top of the fins is compatible with the B24L series! There is no longer a ventral turret on the L series: I upgraded the pilots office, but we can't see anything anymore: I replaced the engines with quickboost aftermarkets: And here is the result: The parking lot comes alive when the crews return from mission: Regards, Eric-Snafu35
    13 points
  13. From the Africa GB... Sud Aviation Alouette III, the personal helicopter of corrupt despot and noted sartorial icon General Mobutu Sese Seko, 1967. Heller 1/72 kit with Brengun etch and a bit of scratch work here and there. Not the easiest of kits to work with simply because it's so small and I'm chronically clumsy. The fit isn't great and is downright rotten around the front transparency. As always close-up photography is brutal but it passes the three foot test and I'm quite pleased with the result, although it was a lot of hours for a tiny outcome. I'm indebted to Martin @RidgeRunner who supplied the Berna decals (twice as it turned out 😉) and Mr. Pierre Gillard who runs the outstanding www.alouettelama.com website, surely the definitive online resource for information about this versatile little chopper! He kindly allowed me to reproduce pictures from his website in my build thread, here: Mobutu had a very fancy red leather interior (he was all about understatement) which I had a go at reproducing, it's about a third kit, a third etch and a third scratch. I suspected it would be invisible (and I was right) so I took a pic along the way. A (whirly)bird in the hand... ...and there are some pics of the real thing here. https://pierregillard.zenfolio.com/drcaf Thanks for looking!
    13 points
  14. Hiya Folks, Bill (Navy Bird) asked me to photograph my Academy 1/72nd Ventura`s together,...... well I could only get to those in the cabinet,...... so here they are; From the rear L-R,.... Ventura Mk.II, Coded C-25 Sqn SAAF in Italy,-operating with the Balkan Air Force in Italy, 1944. This model is built more from the box, although it is fitted with a BP 4 gun mid upper turret (from a Special Hobby Baltimore or Revell Hallifax) as the Ventura`s of this unit were fitted with modification kits sent from the UK to South Africa to modify them for the coastal role which included this 4 gun turret, ASV Yagi antenna and additional interior tankage,...... however after flying across Africa to Italy in 1944 the unit was re roled to the light bomber role (which had been `outlawed' over Europe for the type the previous year following disastrous losses flying from the UK with 2 Group) so the radar and extra interior tankage was removed. These aircraft also had the distinctive South African style air intakes above the engines and to replicate this I used Milliput. Many early Ventura`s in South Africa had their undersides painted Sky Blue and had A Type roundels applied; Ventura Mk.IIa, coded B2- -34 OTU RAF based at Pennfield Ridge in Canada,- Basically straight from the box but with a scratch built cockpit. Ventura Mk.II, SB-J- 464 Sqn RAAF 2 Group in the UK- his Ventura Mk.II is from 464 Sqn RAAF, 2 Group of Bomber Command in the UK and I used the interior detail set and resin tail from Pavla, Neomega resin engine nacelles plus a spare BP mid upper turret from a Revell Halifax, which required the hole in the fuselage to be opened up. Also, see if you can spot the shark mouth Ventura Mk.IIa/RB-34 Lexington-13 Sqn RAAF in Australia- Another straight from the box, with scratch cockpit, spares box extras. And here is an earlier post which my be of interest as it include some others,.....1/72nd nd 1/48th scales; Cheers Tony
    11 points
  15. thanks chaps ..just a quick one I cut away the under fuselage to allow mating of the rad structure - the roof of the rad intake at the front seems also to have some sort of slat arrangement, but I only have a couple of oblique photos to work from so imagineered this bit.. ..also the flat panel in front of it was let in by using a template glued on to cut away the skinning and then some work to flatten the underlying structure before adding a more detailed panel.. TTFN Peter
    11 points
  16. Gents and Ladies, Unfortunately we have had more than a few issues over the last couple of weeks in regards to tidying up the areas and dealing with less than stellar behaviour. We are spending a lot of time removing posts after members multi topic spam in the area and push other members off the front pages. Don't be that member. We also normally give a polite sort it out in regards to postage and then cull if its not sorted within a reasonable time frame. But its starting to grate that either the rules (especially by members who have been here long enough): Are not being read Are being ignored Secondly, the 100 post rule. Its there to ensure that those selling, those buying and importantly, those asking of members for spares etc. should be reasonably well known on the forum and have a presence This also includes "asking/selling for a friend". This morning I was asked to get involved where a member with less than 100 posts had advertised kits somewhere else on the forum. He was informed by another member that this was not allowed. The post was edited by me to show it had been deleted due to the incorrect area and the 100 post rule requirement. In the interim between posting and editing, the member was approached by another member for one of the kits, it was agreed upon and he sent the kit. He sent it before being paid and funnily enough the money has not arrived in his account. Add to that he is unable to provide a PM or a user name and the Mod team were expected to deal with this...... As before these rules are from hard won experience and a member has been exceptionally trusting, but exceptionally naïve both in his actions and expecting the Mods to deal with it. And another member has been a.... well the swear filter is not in place for me, but you will get my drift. Abide by the rules please, and that includes ensuring that those with less than 100 posts attempting to bypass are highlighted to the Mods. We don't need the hassle and would prefer to nip it in the bud before members get out of pocket. Finally, if anyone knows a "Josh" from Essex and what his user name is on here, please get in touch. Thanks Greg, Mike and Julien
    10 points
  17. Finished with programmable functions. Finish isn't great.... I'm more of a put bits together person rather than a neat and tidy finish person.... So this has all the usual lights inc wheel bay and cockpit. The top and bottom strobes flash. The tail lights are unfortunately in wrong position.... should have done more research! The after burners use candle LEDs and programmed to vary intensity. Finished with a satin spray. And a video... with added sound (not from model)
    9 points
  18. Latest build. 1/48 ESCI kit with AuroMaster decals. Mark DSCN3923 (2) by mwsfly9, on Flickr DSCN3924 (2) by mwsfly9, on Flickr DSCN3925 (2) by mwsfly9, on Flickr DSCN3926 (2) by mwsfly9, on Flickr DSCN3927 (2) by mwsfly9, on Flickr DSCN3928 (2) by mwsfly9, on Flickr DSCN3929 (2) by mwsfly9, on Flickr DSCN3930 (2) by mwsfly9, on Flickr DSCN3931 (2) by mwsfly9, on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51105621338_d8a5a1c8ea_k.jpg]DSCN3933 (2) by mwsfly9, on Flickr .staticflickr.com/65535/51105147677_ca21297ee8_k.jpg[/img][/url]DSCN3932 (2) by mwsfly9, on Flickr DSCN3934 (2) by mwsfly9, on Flickr
    9 points
  19. A little before bedtime. No wine this evening. Next step is to apply decal #9 x 2. Can you see them? How about now? They're on now: Three went fine, the other fought me - but I beat it! Future builders note: Stick the control wheel to the column before you stick the columns in. That'll save you fiddling trying to get them straight. Next the seats: I had them balanced in the slots then knocked them out when fitting the supports. Twice. At least. In the morning I'll use tube glue.
    9 points
  20. Thanks Paul. Further work very nearly finished now Got to shorten the main aerial mast, rig the aerials and a whip aerial add the ring aerial add the blister window for the Target winch operator and finish props. Thanks for looking Chris
    9 points
  21. This is the first build I've shared on Britmodeller. This is AMP’s 1/144 B-2A Spirit with Metallic Details photoetch set and Begemot decals. This kit is a double edged sword. It is fantastically more detailed than the Revell option. The fit in most areas is rather good. But parts location is inline with short run kits and some areas need a fair bit of filler. This model will join an Academy B-1B and to-be-built GWH or Academy B-52H to make an SAC trio (sorry, Global Strike Command). The split ailerons and flaps were split and positioned in the normal ground/powered down positions. The base colors as a Tamiya mix for gunship gray, lightened for the RAM panels. Weathering was entirely with oils. Almost the entire photoetch set is in the gear, gear bays, and bomb bays. A mix of Alclad paints were used for the exhaust areas Thank you for looking and I welcome any comments or criticism! Eric
    8 points
  22. Hi, Please find my Italeri 1/32 Tonka in 617 Squadron 70th markings. A massive thank you to Jack Ruskin, without him and his Fuel tanks, I would have had to fitted the larger Italeri tanks, Thanks JR.. Thanks for looking.
    8 points
  23. Recently completed the Eduard Tempest Mk.V series 2. A great kit however the AMS struck so I completed it with some aftermarket; PE flaps from Eduard, wheels, seat, radiator and exhausts from Barracuda studios. The squadron letters and serial are from Dutch Decal to represent the machine of Jan Linzel. This was a "Mayflyer" who managed to escape to the UK and flew with 33 squadron of the RAF. Approved by "Kitty" A fine cockpit OOB but not much can be seen when the fuselage is closed. Full WIP here; https://www.scalemates.com/profiles/mate.php?id=14213&p=albums&album=66781 Thanks for watching Erik
    8 points
  24. Hi all, This ‘Special Hobby’ (Kit No:SH32064) model represents a Fokker D.II, serial number not known, attached to ‘Kampfeinsitzer Stafflen’ (Kesta) 4b sometime between April 1917 - October 1918 at Royal Bavarian AF, Freiburg. Figures ‘Kellerkind Miniature’ Germane engine crew (54101), ‘Wings Cockpit’ figures - seated LSK pilot (LSK 04A). Decals ‘Aviattic’ WW1 Fokker ‘streaked’ camouflage (ATT32058), ‘Aviattic’ Linen Weave effect (ATT32236) ‘Airscale’ WW1 instrument decals (AS32 WW1), ‘Xtradecal’ Parallel Stripes (Black XPS1) ‘Xtradecal’ Parallel Stripes (White XPS2). Propeller ‘ProperPlane’ Lang type propeller. Weapons ‘GasPatch’ early LMG ‘Spandau’ 08. Rigging accessories (as required) ‘GasPatch Elite Accessories’ Turnbuckles 1/48 scale, ‘Albion Alloy’s’ Micro-tube (Brass or Nickel Silver - various diameters). ‘Steelon’ mono-filament 0.12 mm diameter‘, ‘Stroft’ mono-filament 0.08, 0.12 mm diameter, ‘Maxima’ Chameleon mono-filament 0.12 mm diameter. Grass mat ‘Polak’ Wild Meadow (Variation C - 4703). Paints ‘Tamiya’ acrylics, ‘Mr. Colour’ enamels, ‘Alclad’ clear coats As usual a fully detailed build log, in Adobe PDF format, can be viewed or downloaded from my site (linked in my signature block below). Many thanks, as always, for your kind comments and encouragement throughout this build. Mike
    8 points
  25. Hiya Folks,...... right I`m calling this one done,... wobbly radio mast and all I knocked it photographing the undersides,...again!)! Thanks ever so much for your encouragement along the way; Cheers Tony
    8 points
  26. I have done a build thread in awhile, so with a week off over Easter I thought I would pull this one out of the stash. I was brought up on Salisbury Plain, and then later Germany so this was quite the nostalgia build. Completed as Chieftain of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, based in West Germany in the 1980s (which was when we were living there). Brush painted with Tamiya Acrylics. Build thread can be found here: Thanks for looking.
    7 points
  27. A bit of background to start with; I normally work in Myanmar every winter and get to see 'real' life there. After WW2 a lot of vehicles and equipment was just abandoned there for which the locals were very grateful! When I started working there nearly twenty years ago it was very common to see allied trucks and vehicles 'repurposed' as buses(buscars in local parlance), trucks and village transport. We ourselves have 7 buses converted from Chevy and Ford CMP C60 trucks, and every village has or had, an allied vehicle of some sort to transport villagers to town for shopping, charging house batteries(no mains leccy in a lot of places), and as general freight transport. Obviously spare parts are very hard to come by and maintenance is erm, basic! It's a bit difficult to know where to post this as it's (ex) military but not an AFV, but at the same time could fit in the civvy section🤷‍♂️ Anyway, I thought I'd have a go at converting a US truck to a 'village truck'...Somewhere I've got a load of pics of typical vehicles, but I can't seem to find the hard drive they're on🤔 I'll attach one to give you an example... As I said, a lot of equipment was left behind as well as vehicles: PSP is a very common garden fence material! As a model it was fairly straightforward even for a very old kit. The assorted junk in the back is from a Tamiya(?) stores set, the rice sacks are made of putty, and the tarp is tissue paper soaked in PVA glue, and painted in the typical colours of Chinese imported sheets: Blue one side and orange on the other. This was my first build since I was a kid, apart from the Revell 1:24 Landy which I built a few weeks before. I got back into modelling like many others I suspect, during Lockdown last year, having not built anything since I was about 14! The Landy was a revelation in how far kits have come in 40 years😱, so this one was a step back in time! Looking at the pics now, I can see many ways I could improve it based on what I've learnt since then, but I prefer to leave it as-is...
    7 points
  28. Front shock absorbers are fitted after some minor modifications. Then it's time to fit the nose section. Again the bonnet must be taped in place to get a good alignment of the parts. While the glue up front cures the rear wheels can be fitted and aligned.
    7 points
  29. Well I thought that I had finished this one today,..... but after viewing the pics I`ve noticed that the canopy frame lines are not the best ever,....... so I`ll try to tidy them up and sort them out! I know it looks a bit dirty and bashed about,.... but the real one was too! The real aircraft had a fuel dump pipe in Sky Blue from another aircraft,..... in case you were wondering!! Cheers Tony
    7 points
  30. I gave everything a Dark Dirt wash when I got in from work and wiped off when dry. Undercarriage and sundries were stuck on so she's on her feet. Just need to fix the pitot that I broke off and scratch up the air intake vanes and she'll be ready for a final satin coat, canopy unmasking. some white decals strips on the canopy and then I'll fit the wings. Thanks for looking. Cheers, Alistair
    7 points
  31. A bit more `progression',..... got a watercolour wash onto the models, ready to remove with some kitchen roll; And both Beauforts have had a bit of weathering added,....... seen here with some of the smaller parts comng together,...... I`m trying to sort out some Browning machine guns for the turret,.... using a High Planes turret as a refrerence,... I have some Aeroclub twin Brownings which I can modify. A set of Coastal Craft Vickers K Guns will be used for the beam positions on each aircraft,.... the torpedo and the exhaust rings still need to be painted yet; 22 Sqn RAF; 16 Sqn SAAF; So almost done now,..... time to add the undercarriage, turrets etc, Cheers Tony
    7 points
  32. Hi guys, I just finished this longer than usual project. Is the fantastic Fw190 A-4 Eduard 1/48th kit with some aftermarket details. Eduard's Advanced Brassin set which includes: resin engine & fuselage guns, resin wingroot gunbays, resin propeller and PE upgrade set. Master Models gun barrels, HGW Models fabric German fighter seatbelts and decals, Quinta Studio 3D decals cockpit set, and Aires resin inspection panel on the vertical stabilizer. For the colour scheme I wanted to do something different to the usual ones that we see in the Fw190 so I've opted for this very attractive North African camouflage. It was flown by Erich Rudorffer in Tunisia in 1943 Considered by many to be the Luftwaffe’s greatest all-round fighter ace of World War Two, Erich Rudorffer served on every major front, flew all of the classic German fighters and was renowned for his ability to shoot down multiple aircraft in succession. Beginning his campaign with JG2 during the Battle of France, Rudorffer then served in the Battle of Britain alongside top aces such as Helmut Wick and Gunther Seeger. Flying the Bf109E, his aerial victories soon mounted, and he continued to joust with the RAF during the ’Non-stop’ offences of 1941. By the time of the ill-fated Dieppe Raid in 1942, Rudorffer scored his 44th and 45th victories, both Spitfires. His Gruppe was then relocated to northern Africa where the war was going badly for the Axis forces. Now flying the heavily-armed Fw190, he began to demonstrate his skill at downing a number of aircraft on a single sortie. On the 9th February 1943 he claimed eight British aircraft and a short time later scored multiple victories over US-flown fighters. By June of the same year, Erich had moved to the brutal Eastern Front, assuming command of II/JG54, the famous ‘Green Hearts’, and continued to display his remarkable ability. On the 6th November 1943, he tangled with a large force of Soviet aircraft and shot down no fewer than thirteen of them, a record for a single mission. By this time Rudorffer had already been awarded the Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves and in January 1945 ‘Swords’ were awarded to this decoration after achieving his 212th victory. Shortly after, he was given the command of I/JG7, flying the potent Me262 jet fighter in the defence of Germany. Despite the dreadful war situation, lack of fuel, marauding Allied fighters over the jet airfields and heavily outnumbered in the air, he managed to shoot down a further twelve aircraft with the Me262. By the war’s end, Erich Rudorffer had flown more than 1000 sorties, scored 224 victories and was the seventh-highest Ace in the history of aerial combat. He died at the age of 98, on the 8 of April 2016. Fw 190A4 6.JG2 Yellow 1 Erich Rudorffer, Tunisia 1943 cheers and thanks for looking. Jorge
    6 points
  33. Every now and again, I like to paint a figure as a break from aircraft modelling. ICM's recent release of a Roman Centurion caught my eye. There is something about the combination of colours that is very appealing. It is a very nice kit to work on - sharply moulded with crisp detailing. I used Alclad for the metalwork, Mr.Color C18 for the basic flesh tone and Games Workshop acrylics for the rest including the gold tassles. The one thing missing from the kit is a decal for the decoration on the shield. I wanted to say a big thank you to @cmatthewbacon for sending me the artwork which I printed out on white decal paper. That worked a treat. The base is MDF that I coloured with teak effect woodstain to make it look like a more expensive piece of real wood. I very much enjoyed working on this figure and will definitely look to do another one at some point this year. Cheers Richard C
    6 points
  34. to all Tomcat fans, here is my take on the F-14D in 1:72, it's a great kit of an epic fighter aircraft. Decals came from Hasegawa, cockpit from Aires, avionics bays from Black Dog: That was fun! Now, where is this Hasegawa kit whose decals I robbed, might as well build it in the toned down version!
    6 points
  35. Notwithstanding that my photography skills are lamentable, here are some photos of the finished vignette in 54mm. I based the subjects on William la Zouch (who gave Ashby De La Zouch in Leicestershire its name) in the Blue Corner, and Bertrand du Guesclin (who became constable of France and was a 'general' in the Hundred Years War) in the White Corner. The pics are their usual over-exposed selves; the shading and highlights are better than they appear here (honest!). Can paint; can't take pictures. Can't have everything. Here they are: A real pleasure from start to finish (figures). Base ... well, less so, but that's less important. Brooklyn Zouave next. Cheers DS
    6 points
  36. It's been some time since I've posted any civvie stuff on BM. I'd like to say I've been to the Seychelles but that would just be wishful thinking.... Here's my take on the Matchbox Twin Otter dressed up in the markings of Air Seychelles : I started using the markings on the Nazca decal sheet but I couldn't live with the join line on the tail markings. Although I tried to paint over, my efforts to match the colours failed miserably - there's a surprise ! I ended up taking the easy way out by painting the markings with home-made masks 😋 Hope you can feel the sand between your toes ? mike
    6 points
  37. Although I'm not a fan of the Landor British Airways livery I do quite like their Caledonian Airways scheme . I picked up a copy of the Welsh Models Aerocolours decal from a model show many years ago and have finally got around to building it. Paint is Revell 371 for the Pearl Grey and Tamiya X-3 Royal Blue which I think works well for Landor Blue. Halfords Racking Grey was used for the Boeing Grey and Humbrol Metalcote Polished Aluminium for the wing and engine leading edges. Coroguard and white door outlines from the Flying Colors 757 detail decal. I'm not too impressed with the decals as they have silvered a bit possibly due to their age. Had I known this would happen I would have floated them onto a puddle of Future rather than directly onto the paint surface. Hopefully when the Zvezda 757 kit comes out there will be some new Caledonian decals available and I'll remove these and reapply some new ones. Until then here are some pics. Hope you like it and thanks for looking. Any comments and criticisms gratefully received! Cheers, Ian Ps As a bonus please check out this link https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235091968-pushback-and-start-up-approved-caledonian-2357/
    6 points
  38. "Three, Two, One. Now!" -1:144 British Airways Concorde Hi everyone! As a bit of a distraction over Easter, in amongst studying, I thought I would have a go at a Revell 1:144 Concorde. My first encounter with the Revell tooling was a number of years ago, and whilst it built up quite nicely, there were plenty of areas where I felt I could do better. So this time around I brought along some extra "goodies" to help, namely the combined PE/resin set from Metallic Details, and the BraZ resin windscreen. The PE fret was relatively straightforward to get to grips with and some of the detail on it is phenomenal. I did, however, have a bit of trouble with the engine nozzles, intake ramps and gear bays- but most of this is likely due to my own heavy-handedness. The resin engines and intakes were surprisingly fragile, however if you come equipped with a spot of your favourite filler/putty, you'll have no problem! Not much can be said about the BraZ windscreen except that it fit right in and I would suggest it to be essential for any build of the Revell kit. Painting was done with a base coat of Vallejo grey primer, then Halfords white primer and finally Halfords gloss white. It being my first time spraying white, I had my fair share of hiccups, but I think it turned out alright in the end? Plenty of plasticard was used to build up the nose gear, main gears and tail wheel. The base, by the way, is a sheet of foamboard masked, sprayed and brushed with a multitude of Vallejo paints to try and replicate Heathrow's runway 27 Right- I'm very happy with this! Enough waffle, time for the pictures! So there we are then... Overall, I have to say this was one of the most enjoyable builds that I've had a go at. The kit has presented its fair share of problems (see WIP thread), and yet the finished article doesn't look all that bad? I still have plenty of things that I would have done differently: not attempted to do rivets, left some of the nose aerials off, used (or made) decals for the nose windscreen windows, the nose is angled a bit too much I suspect, etc. But for now, that's this build done and dusted. As always, thank you ever so much for having a look! All the best (and see you on the next one), Sam
    6 points
  39. Inspired by other builds here on BM I too wanted to build a classic 1/32 scale Airfix car kit, and for me the first choice is of course the Renault Dauphine, first released in 1961, but sadly not issued for a very long time now. Being partly a collector as well as a builder I have a few of them stashed, at least one of which was always destined to be built. I have a long and very fond relation with the Dauphine and I know them inside-out, so I gave the old Airfix kit a little extra help, modifying and detailing along the way, but trying to not stray too far out. This is meant to be an Acton built UK spec standard (R1090) 1960 model, using the lovely Roy Cross artwork of the second Airfix release as inspiration. The build thread can be found here.
    6 points
  40. Hiya Folks, My second 1/72nd scale Ventura from the Australia/New Zealand GB,..... this aircraft represents a B-34 Lexington/Ventura Mk.IIa from 13 Sqn RAAF, based in Australia during 1942. Now 13 Sqn is better known for operating the later PV-1 Ventura but it also operated some of the 20 B-34`s sent from the USAAF to Australia, all equipped with ASV radar with its Yagi antennae. Here is the subject of the model, SF-J,.... which I have made an educated guess at being A59-11, And some other RAAF B-34`s, to help illustrate the radar etc; A59-4 seen below was being used for trials work; The cockpit interior was scratch built to better represent the early Ventura variants, additional windows for the beam gun positions were cut out and guns added while the other windows were also increased in size, the under wing ASV antenna came from an Academy Catalina, the fuselage side antennae are etched and came from a High Planes Beaufort and the model was brush painted with decals coming from the spares box with codes from Fantasy Prinshop,....., here is the WIP; And here is the model; Thanks to Bill (Navy Bird) for the kit and to Chris (bigbadbadge) for sending me an RAF style canopy,.....cheers fella`s, Tony
    6 points
  41. Hmm. A rummage through my stash in search of something else has probably significantly changed the odds of the HGW belts reaching imminent fruition: Meanwhile, everything in the cockpit is now done except the seat (& belts) - seat & frame dry fitted here: I’m masking up the rest of the canopy framing, and then some real fun can begin...
    6 points
  42. Hello everyone I'd like to present my latest model, Kit IBG + Master Model+ BitsKrieg painted Hataka a few photos of the finished model: PZL P.11c pilot lt. Stanislaw Skalski enjoy the photos.
    6 points
  43. So many superb builds. Here is my Hawker Sea Fury, all shiny and ready for the air show! WiP here... --John
    6 points
  44. So finally managed to spend a few hours at the bench and have made some progress regarding the painting and weathering of the SU-122. At this point I think I should say that I'm after a worn out battle weary look so this build is far from factory fresh 🙂. May not be to everyone's taste but I'm happy with the results so far though I'm still far from finished regarding the final effect I'm looking for. Here's a few pic's of today's progress. First up a few different colour shades to give me a base for the weathering Next the start of the weathering And finally a gloss coat in preparation for oils,pigments,washes etc. I need to leave this overnight now to allow everything to dry properly and hopefully I can crack on tomorrow. Thanks for looking back soon 🙂👍
    6 points
  45. The rear suspension and floor section is fitted and epoxy curing.
    6 points
  46. Hello Neil I'm in if you don't mind it !! Then you all folks finished your models a visit to the museum will be mandatory !! At last !! And some BMer's rocket fuel party on the parking lot... Sincerely. CC
    6 points
  47. Very similar photo to yesterday, but after some placards & weathering to busy things up. I thought briefly about wiring the radios up, but then thought better of it; the balance of effort vs visibility not worth it. And here with the rear canopy dry fitted (glue tomorrow). At the front end of the cockpit we do have glue; the windscreen is now fitted after some fiddly work with gun sights etc. But if you really want fiddly, then look no further than the HGW belts - of which I understand @Fritag is using the Spitfire equivalent in his build. I’ve never used these before; they look great, but need a steady hand and some patience (& short sessions). Here they are at the start (pre-windscreen fitting): ...and here as at close of play: Once these are done I can fit the seat and button up the cockpit for priming. More soon Crisp
    6 points
  48. I have started the slow final assembly process during the day. With kits like this it takes a little time and effort as you still have to make minor adjustments and solve small problems or make a late addition and thinking things through a step or three before committing to glue, but it's very enjoyable and very rewarding. Radiator and oil cooler fitted into the nose piece. Cockpit details being fitted, and the compressors mounted on the engine. Tank details. The front suspension, still waiting for the hydraulic brake hoses. Ignition wiring being made from 0,3 mm lead wire and painted.
    6 points
  49. Thanks Simon, glad you like it It all has come together now, see below Cheers Erwin, thank you OK lads, I'm calling this completed Here's a summary of the last few steps; I completed the underside by gluing in the bomb trapeze and the radiator flaps actuators Then I scratch built wingtip lights form stretched clear sprue, and glued in place with a dot of CA glue They were then painted with usual Tamiya Clear Red and Clear Blue Top side: here's my setup to glue in the antenna wire (I think I stole nicked was inspired by one of John's @The Spadgent build ) The wire is, as per usual, a woman's hair - with a wife and three daughters around the house, I have an unlimited supply of those.... While I was at it, I fixed the antenna wire on another Cenni's mount I built a while ago, that got undone Tail gun inserted in the rear canopy I actually had to remove the barrel sight to be able to slide it through the canopy hole; I then replaced it with a segment of brass pipe, although this isn't even close to the real thing, but a PE addition would have been very welcomed here.... I also scratch built the rear view mirror from a PE leftover, here's again a third-hand setup to glue it in place (with CA gel) The glass part was painted with Molotow Chrome pen Sliding canopies glued in place with Formula560, and the same for the propeller, and there she is, eventually completed (antenna wire insulators made with blobs of CA+flour): Proper RFI to follow as soon as the sun comes back, probably next WE... All comments welcome, as usual Ciao
    6 points
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