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Hi all, Latest one off the production line is Trumpeter's 1/48 F-100F Super Sabre finished as an aircraft flown by the Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards AFB as she was seen when used as a chase aircraft in the X-15 program. Now I know its a Trumpeter kit so it will no doubt be plagued by inaccuracies but I have to say that I really enjoyed building it, the only additions I made were a pair of aftermarket seats and I added some pieces of old credit card between the two halves of the main wheels as they are way too thin as they come. Paints used were Vallejo metallics and Revell Aqua Color which performed very nicely and the decals are a mix of Furball (all the stencils and national markings), kit decals (USAF markings) and Hypersonic for the ARDC and AFFTC markings. Anyway enough waffle from me here are the pics of the finished model; I built this as part of the ongoing an excellent Century Series Group Build which is well worth a visit as it has some truly great builds going on of what is probably the most important series of post war fighter aircraft, my build log can be found here; Thanks for looking in and as usual all comments and criticisms are gratefully received. Craig. 🇺🇦

Salutations! I am pleased to present my freshly completed He-177 A-5 as flown by Kampfgeschwader 40 on anti-shipping missions over the Atlantic. It carries the Ruhrstahl FX 1400 "Fritz X" radio guided bomb. I think it's a handsome design with gangly landing gear that makes it resemble more of a wasp than a gryphon, as its nickname implies! This was a kit that I wanted to build for a few years, but I didn't feel that my skills were up to the task until recently. As expected, the build wasn't all smooth sailing - not a single clear part fit correctly, leading to some creative work with my hobby knife around the cockpit glazing, and very careful gluing. It is entirely brush painted. The decals were thick and this led to some silvering, but I'm not too bothered by that. I did the best that I could. I was inspired to continue working on my kit by the excellent result that @Roman Schilhart achieved with his model a couple months ago, so thank you!

Not the easiest of all kits, but very rewarding in the end. Lots of resin, some PE, a typical Classic Airframes kit. Fit is not too bad, but the plastic parts needed a lot of attention, filler and sanding. But the result is something that looks like a SM-79. This one is a torpedo bomber of 253 sqn. stationed in Rhodes/Greece 1943. These aircraft carried only a single torpedo. The camo scheme is made of Neutral Grey (Tamiya) and RLM 83 (Gunze). The fotos were made by my friend Frank Lustig who knows how to do the trick. Thanks for looking! Volker

Hello everyone, This time, here's something very different. It is an AS.42, 'Sahariana'. I don't have much experience with wheeled vehicles, built just few of them so far. So it was quite an interesting build for me. You can find WIP thread here. I really like this vehicle. Wouldn't mind driving one to my work It was designed during 1942 as a response to LRDG. Initially planned as an unarmed reconnaissance vehicle, with range as it's main focus, it was soon armed with a few different options: Breda 20/65 Mod. 1935 gun, AT 47/32 Mod. 1935 and Solothurn S18-1000 20 mm anti-tank rifle. The one I built is armed with an 47/32 Mod. 1935 anti-tank gun. Each vehicle could carry 20 fuel jerrycans, 20l each, on it's sides, extending the range to a very solid 2,000 km. It was extremely maneuverable as well, and the 110hp engine gave the AS.42 a top speed 84 km/h. The model I built is based on a vehicle that was part of the initial batch delivered to North Africa in December 1942. It was assigned to the The Raggruppamento Sahariano AS and participated in the final stages Libyan Campaign and the entire Tunisian campaign. There were only 10 vehicles in this group and only one of them, with registration number 791B, was armed with 47mm AT gun. Saharianas were mainly used for raids deep in the desert and to counter LRDG actions. They performed very well and were praised both by the Italians and the British. At one point during 1943, LRDG was ordered to attack only if there were no high numbers of AS42 in the area. Most of AS.42s in Africa were lost at the end of Tunisian campaign. However, Sahariana and its successor Metropolitana continued to be used in Sicily and Italy, and even in Soviet Union, until the end of the WW2. Some of them even so service after WW2 as a part of the police force. Model is painted with Hataka's version of Khaki Sahariana. Some Gunze and Vallejo Model Color were used as well. Weathered mostly with MIG's and VMS pigments. And here's the reference photo of this particular vehicle: Thanks for watching and thanks for all the help in my WIP thread, I really needed it Now that I'm addicted to these wheeled vehicles, I'll used it a lot in my AB 41 build that I'll do sometime soon. Cheers, Nenad

Mirage III BZ "Flying Cheetahs" of South African Air Force. Model straight out of the box, folds very well. Main landing gear requires attention. It is best to glue them with CA glue, otherwise the connection is very delicate and easy to break off, which I found out by simply placing the model on the desk. Now, after snapping off, one shin is slightly bent. I only made ladders on my own. I was modeled on these photos.

Hi all This is the Hobbyboss 1/48 Me262 kit, finished in the markings of Lt Hans Dorn, 1/JG 7, surrendered at Fassberg in 1945. The Hobbyboss kit is not without some issues, but these are fairly easy to fix and on the whole it goes together really well. Painted with a combination of Mig and Vallejo colours and using Montex masks for the markings - except the underwing crosses and octane triangles, which are from the kit decals. Multiple pics of Yellow 17 are available, both in Luftwaffe markings and subsequently with RAF roundels - sadly none of them in colour. I believe this particular 262 ended up in Canada after the war. Anyway, hope you like the pics...

From March 2022 until the middle of May, Ukrainian Army Aviation organized multiple sorties of Mi-8 helicopters with supplies and relief personnel to support Ukrainian defenders besieged at the huge Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol. Using a force of 16 Mil-17 Hip helicopters, a total of 7 daring missions were flown under Russian fire from Dnipro airport into Mariupol in order to re-supply the Azovstal defenders. The Mil-17 Hips were stripped of armaments and other systems to reduce their weight and make room for food, MANPADS, anti-tank missiles and satellite communications terminals to be taken to the defenders. Wounded Ukrainian personnel were airlifted out for the return journey. This is the Hobby Boss Mil-Mi-17 kit, with a few small changes and decals from the spares box: FredT

Camouflage and Custard. Dual Tiger Moth Build. 1/48 RFI Afternoon Britmodellers. Here is the RFI for my latest build and probably my last multi build for a while. Don't get me wrong building many kits at once sure has its allure but for me its's just too much. I'm a one kit man from now on. Regardless these two beauties got built and they look smashing if I do say myself in a sunny west Midlands garden sometime in June 22. Thanks to all that followed the build HERE. And I hope you like the results. Off we go then. lets start with: DH82A Tiger Moth T7189/LIA of 780 Naval Air Squadron. Royal Navy 1943 "Camouflage" And. de Haviland DH82A Tiger moth 524 of No 4 air school, South African Air Force, based at Benoni, South Africa, June, 1945. "Custard" And that's your lot. Had great fun building them. The kits made it a joy every step of the way. As di your companionship and help. ( you know who you are ) 😇 Hope you approve of the outcome. Happy modelling chums. Johnny.

Finalized Plans Hello Xantho Fans This is a very important post because this marks the finalization of plans for this model. As you may have noticed almost a year has passed since the last substantial post on this project. There was a good reason for this delay; principally that there was a suggestion from a third party (in no-way related to Britmodeller BTW) that a set of plans for Xantho did in-fact exist but had been incorrectly labelled and catalogued in a certain collection of plans. This claim has been investigated and we (Ross and I) have now discounted it on the basis that hull from the alternative set of plans is listed as built from wood not iron and hence could not have been the Xantho. So, having investigated that particular line of enquiry I have decided to revert to building the Shadlow 2021 interpretation. Importantly - that's all that this model will be - a model of a particular person's / team’s interpretation of information available at a particular time. If more information ever comes to light then that's fine. If someone else has another view - then that is also fine. Here are the profile and plan views that I will be building (you have seen these before). In order to assist me with accurately reading these plans and in order to generate a 3D view of the hull form I have drawn up the following. The profile view is a centerline section derived from these drawings that clarifies one or two uncertainties in my reading of the plans above. The plan view below includes 'the' interpreted waterline. And here are sectional views of the frames that I have drawn up based on the plan and waterline views on a best guess basis. These are very similar to the sectional views that I used to make the maquette on pages 7 and 8 of this thread, except I have put a small amount of 'rise' either side of the keel so that the bottom of the ship is no longer dead flat. (BTW don't worry if the frames don't look exactly symmetrical in these drawings as these are photographs and not scans, and the camera is not dead square to the paper.) Hmmmm, these ones look a bit smudgy... Might have to tidy these up a bit. Anyway - that's the bulk of the research done and the basic plans finalized (at least for this interpretation). Despite the fact that the final drawings are mostly derived from Ross's expert pen I really want to thank everyone who has contributed any thoughts or information on this thread. The ideas and discussions in here and the interest shown have kept me going on what has proven to be a rather long-winded research journey. I would especially like to acknowledge @Dave Swindell who's very incisive points have informed many of the discussions that I've had with Ross and have gone a long way toward helping me trick Ross into thinking that I actually know something about this subject. 🙂 So - now to phase two. For better or worse I'm going to build this thing as shown above. But don't expect lightning fast progress. Right now my model building priority is to finish the PZH 2000 that you can see documented on the armour pages, once that is done this project will get some serious attention. Best Regards, Bandsaw Steve.

Not much to say here, but just experimenting. Saw a photo of a similar scene and thought I'd replicate it. Will probably add a figure or two, maybe a dog would suffice; not sure.

Hi All, Eduard 1/48 ProfiKit Painted overall RLM 76, Gunze FuelTank - Revell Bf.110, slightly different color Enjoy watching!

Pull up a sandbag and get comfy and I'll tell you about a IX Sqn party held in the summer of 1978, or maybe '79. 76? The hall that was hired had a stage and that prompted the preparation and presentation of a Squadron Review. There were singers and other musicians of course, dancers, magicians, stand up comics - IX were a talented bunch, top to bottom. On the bottom of the heap, as far as rank and pay was concerned, were the dozen or so Flight Line Mechanics. These poor chaps were recruited to do the donkey work around the squadrons on the promise, seldom realised, of a Fitter's Course. They were trained to top up empty things and lift heavy weights. Amazingly, they were generally the most cheerful of all the chappies and always the most cheeky - nothing to lose, I suppose. The Flight Line Mechs' (FLMs pronounced phlegm) contribution to the review were a series of comic sketches. One that stands out in my ailing memory all these years later was based on the Cleese, Barker and Corbett routine. The posh gent became the officer pilot, the middle class wallah became the crew chief and the grubby little working class Herbert became, you guessed it, a phlegm. "I'm a phlegm so I look up to both of them. When I sign the RAF Form 700, I use the biro I knicked from the bookies shop at the weekend." "I'm a crew chief so I look down on him, but I look up to him. When I sign the RAF Form 700, I use my trusty Parker pen." "I'm a pilot so I look down on both of them. When I sign the RAF Form 700, I use... I use... (patting pockets) I say Chiefy, can I borrow a pen?" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I'm a pilot and when I go to the Officer's Mess in the evening I sometimes take my lady" I'm a crew chief and when I go to the Sergeant's Mess at night, sometimes my wife comes with me." I'm a phlegm and when I sneak into the NAAFI at suppertime, I'm always looking for a woman." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It went downhill from there and must not be repeated here 😆

Too late. And now back to normality...

You've not been here long, and a lot of your posts seem to be borderline rants. I also noticed that you tried to circumvent our swearing filter, but it caught it and made it more family friendly. We are a family friendly forum and expect folks to post accordingly. We ask people not to swear, use obfuscated swearing such as p**p, or P00. We'd also like it if you'd dial back the apparent anger too, as we've had a few complaints, and some of your previous posts have been a bit.... irate seeming. If that's not for you, we'll understand, as not everyone can or wants to be polite and respectful to their fellow modellers. It's entirely up to you, but there are consequences for those that don't

These GBs keep coming thick and fast. Still to start my entries in the Revell-Monogram and Canadian GBs. Hopefully my two Century Series builds will be finished this week. My entry for this GB will be Trumpeter’s 1/48 T-38C Talon wearing the colours of NASA. Looks like it should be a nice quick & simple build.

G'Day All Certainly not the easiest model, but Im glad she's now done and residing on my shelf! I've always liked the Tankbuster Hurricane ever since seeing the ancient Monogram kit built to a high standard during my early teens. The model was built pretty well out of the box, although I replaced the cannons with brass tubing. The fit wasn't tooooo bad, but you need to ensure that the casting block is completely removed from the resin wheelbay. Even then there was still some sanding and filling required. All markings were painted on using home made masks from a mate. Stencils were also painted using masks from 1 man Army. Paints were by SMS A fuller description of the build can be found by following the link in my signature block. Roll on the forthcoming Revell Hurricane IIb! Thanks for Looking Bruce

Good Morning - Afternoon - evening -night (your choice) All! Coming back to the forum with a classic build: the superb Hasegawa Aardvark, with its USAFE livery. This kit is OK from a shape and size perspective and despite its age, it is "on top". Building the kit was not too difficult, I just added some wiring and piping inside the wheel wells, some PE for the cockpit (Verlinden), wings slats and spoilers, glue the wings in the forward position and an home made vacform canopy. As Hasegawa didn't spend too much time in the wings cavity, it needs to be detailed by adding a kind of simulated rubber joint. To put my personal touch, I opened the AAR receptacle. The jet exhaust are very disappointing, all the inner details are to be added. Camouflage is a standard SEA, not too weathered as these birds from Lakenheath were in a pretty neat condition. I chose the 48th TFW boss bird, loaded with the "right things" under the wings for the raid. Decals were atrocious to apply, I mixed both the Microscale and Hasegawa sheet, the first going into very little pieces when watered, the second being too thick. Here are the photos: Thank you for watching, enjoy!

Hi all Went to a retros meet at the Pilot, Dungeness today, sea wa like a mill pond, a stunning full English breakfast was enjoyed along with some cracking cars. Ford Galaxy yummy A gorgeous pair that would look good in my Garage!!! Lovely Mk.1 Spitfire Not seen one before, a Gemini ? A tasty little Mini An AC, not sure what model One of my all tome faves and a very rare car in the UK, a VW (Brazil) SP2(Special Project 2) A beast on VW Type 3 rear running gear and engine. Chris

I had a feeling things would go south from there. Fortunately, the Antipodean contingent of the Mod team was on point to mop up. Nice one @Greg B BTW - thanks for all the reports, it's heartening to see everyone using the system to calm this sort of thing down, rather than jumping in and risking getting caught in the blast

Speaking as one who has been on the wrong end of one mods decisions, I think that if you continue like this, you will end up on an enforced holiday, or worse. Regardless of what you (or I or anyone else) think, in the end it's their site, their rules, their decision is final, and if you want to remain on here, you have just got to accept it. And before you start leveling any accusations about shaving (???) or worse still, unnatural practices, I can assure you that of all the sites which I have been a member of, nothing remotely like that has occurred. Now, take a deep breath, vent your spleen into the ether, and walk away from your computer. You know it makes sense. John.

At risk of stepping out of line, this is a thread that has meandered more than most though that is by no means unknown on BM, almost par for the course in fact, but at every twist & turn along the way, one @masterKamera has being weighing in with comments that in New Zealand would probably get the originator of said comments labelled as a stirrer, often preceded by a common term for no. ones, of you get my drift. A less charitable individual than I might have gone beyond that with a suggestion there was trolling afoot, but not being an expert in such matters, I wouldn't know about that though there has seemed to me to be a bit of an odour permeating the thread. Just saying. Steve.

Hello everyone … This will be my entry for the build. Its Hasegawas F-20 which only comes with the company demonstrator scheme. Sadly I’m not a huge fan so this will be built in a WHIF scheme. The parts image is taken from google and will be replaced once I can open my box and photo it. My back story for the WHIF, the F-20 was a success in that it was taken up by various nations to replace the older F-5’s and in some countries to modernize their Air forces. The F-20 was also purchased by the USAF & USN in the late 1980’s to replace the F-5 aggressor’s. The USAF would also use it as a prototype chase plane. My particular plane is one of these. It is an F-20C based at Edward’s AFB in 2009 and for the airframes 50th anniversary is painted in this scheme. Which was worn at Edwards 50 years earlier on F-5A prototype scheme. Yes I will be doing Day-glo on this bare metal frame. https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Northrop_YF-5A_(SN_59-4987,_first_prototype_aircraft)_060905-F-1234S-001.jpg Please feel free to ask questions, post comments or add thoughts. Dennis PS - I do have a second F-20 which may also get built pending available time.

Hi again This is my 1/144 Revell Boeing 767-300 that I have just completed as a second model of 2022. As you may know Revell kit goes together seamlessly with very little sanding and filling required. Kit however lack of some details. So I had some additions like pitot tubes, engine vortex generators and beacons which is not included kit. I think it looks better now. The decals are Martola and quality is top noch and it has extremely thin carrier film. Cabin windows and windshield decals are from Authentic Airliner decals. Paints used were Mr.Color C156 white for the fuselage, MRP Boeing Grey for the wings and stabilisers. Corogard section is Alclad Dark Aluminium. Metals are Mix of Alclad range. Model clear coated with 5 thin layer of GX-112 and after fully cured polished with Meguiars products. Thanks for looking.

Folks, I've finished the BMPT and Tim is happy for me to publish the RFI. I hope you enjoy it. The WiP is here It was a fun build although copying the camouflage and getting modulation got a bit tedious. Tim wanted it dusty, which does kind of go with the paint scheme. The paints were a mixture of Mig and Tamiya. The Mig expo paint set was totally off (for this scheme anyways). I used the Mig Warm Sand for the desert yellow and NATO Brown for the dark red/brown. The dark sand I mixed Tamiya XF-59 and XF-72 until it looked right, because it was what I had to hand. I used Quick Shine for the gloss coat, Mig desert wash for the pin wash, Vallejo Matt varnish and finished with Mig dust pigment and thinners to stabilise. Bill

Things I have discovered since restarting this modelling lark: 1. Superglue only sticks to 2 things; skin and anything it's not supposed to. 2. A bottle of Tamiya Extra Thin will only get knocked over if it's: a. Full and b. You leave the top unscrewed. 3. Your finger will unconsciously be drawn to the area of filler you've spent 10 minutes meticulously smoothing. 4. You can find every colour of paint under the sun except the one you're looking for. 5. Cats like 'helping' by knocking bits off the cutting mat or getting sub-assemblies stuck in their fur. 6. The announcement of "dinner is ready" comes just as you have filled the airbrush cup. 7. Trying to place a microscopic piece into an even smaller locating hole will be interrupted by heavy breathing over your shoulder and the "what ya doing?" question, as the aforementioned piece pings out of the tweezers and sails across the room, never to be seen again. 8. The kit you really want is always out of stock. 9. Nightshift youtube videos are addictive 10. You get some funny looks when browsing the makeup department in shops "these makeup brushes and nail sanding sticks are for my model making, honest" "Of course they are sir. Would you like a bag for your, ahem, modelling supplies"

Loathe as I'm am to promote Twitter. This is just hilarious. The telling comment is ' A dog would never do this'.

If you're going on the snobbishness of foods. I had an elderly aunt, lived close to me. Sometimes asked me to help her unload her monthly big shop The whole process was very odd - we'd unload the grocery bags on to the ground behind the car. Wait a bit, then carry them onto the pavement, all of 4 feet. Wait a bit. Then my aunt would see a nosey neighbour 'hello, Mrs Jones, I'm just back from my shopping' A quick exchange between the two then I was allowed to take the bags into house. As I'm not a snob I didn't recognise what was going on. My aunt bought the shop-own goods in Asda, Tesco and Lidl, but the bags were Sainsburys, Marks & Spencer et cetera. My aunt was trying to impress her neighbours

Sunderland Mk.III RAAF 10 Sqn. Mount Batten, 1942 Italeri 1:72 by Rodolfo Masti, on Flickr by Rodolfo Masti, on Flickr by Rodolfo Masti, on Flickr by Rodolfo Masti, on Flickr by Rodolfo Masti, on Flickr

Going Green Initially my intention with this model was to finish it in German colors as deployed in Afghanistan and as shown immediately below. Unfortunate recent events in Eastern Europe have now made me change my mind. This model will now be finished in a temperate camouflage scheme similar to that shown below, but probably with a small Ukrainian flag or coat-of-arms in place of the Bundeswehr cross. For the last twenty years or so I've used acrylic paints of various brands but recently I had the opportunity to use SMS (Scale Modellers Supply) acrylic lacquers and have decided that these are now my airbrushing paint of choice. These come 'airbrush ready' - no dilution with any thinners required - and they run through the airbrush like a dream. With paints like these even I might be able to get a half decent finish. Here's my best guess as to the correct colors for this scheme. Here goes the green going onto the wheel hubs. And the turret getting the treatment. The side armored skirts. So far so good... but the paint on the turret is still a bit thin and needs another coat. Give the hull a quick squirt... and end up with this. As you can see I've applied a small area of black and tan to see how the colors work together. I think that they look about right and will get dulled down a little bit with some weathering in due course. So that's it for now. Next I have to paint the tracks and the roadwheel tyres and then fit all the running gear and the tracks to the model. This could prove challenging but I think I have worked out a method. Best Regards, Bandsaw Steve

The latest in my line of models I'm making of all the jets I've had the pleasure of flying. This one has a special place in my heart as I got my command on the 777. Used some after market Avia Decals & landing flaps by LACI. I made quite an obvious boo boo on this one, which I didn't notice until I took the pics somehow, my only excuse is I changed my mind on the reg half way through and decided to do the BAK. Which is the aircraft I flew for my first flight after finishing my command training. Any comments and critique very welcome, thanks for looking

They work very well, but they are not the same as enamel paint. Expect them to be and they will be 'useless' I brush them, as do others on here, but you need to know how they work. Small flat brush, thin coats, but as they dry fast, you can do that quickly. Yes, they are fragile, and I find they work best over a thin primercoat of Tamiya acrylic which has a bit more 'bite' , as yes, they do not stick to plastic but form a thin film. The fragility ceases to be a problem once varnished. This is all brush painted with Vallejo Model Color (though i did have to mix the colours) except the UC legs and tyres which are Tamiya. Absolutely they won't do some thing older enamels will do, and i have plenty of old kits and bits done in those, and they were very forgiving, tough one coat finish.... paint white over black, but unless I want to go hunting on ebay for vintage paint, they are unavailable now. but I also don't have to deal with a tiresome clean up, I just used some oil paint on a neighbours window, and that reminded me why I avoid them if possible. They started to me make feel sick, and I was working outside. I do use lighter fuel, but in tiny amount, and it does not have the same heavy odour. But, again, this is why I have my sig line. I have seen several members here complain about acrylics, in the same way I know a painter and decorator who does not like acrylics, while they are my default decorating choice. Hope of interest.

Nice to know my instincts are in good fettle still. Steve.

Quick update. Got the paint on and now will wait for it to dry and give it a seal tomorrow ready for some decals then I can get on with the weathering fun. I was trying for a more mottling effect but overdid the second coat too much. Tamiya German Grey with a dollop of brown in to calm the blueish tone. And a top, lighter coat of my own blend. It's a bit flat and 1D at the moment but once I can get washes, pin washes and pastels on it should lift it a lot. Hopefully. The wheels aren't glued in place yet and it looks like the grill isn't either.🤨

Today I popped along to a local car show at a place called Carleton Rode Social Club, wasn't expecting much, but was totally surprised when I got there. Only about 30 or so cars, but there were some great ones amongst the field. Not seen an X19 for years Certainly wasn't expecting a Countach (not sure I ever actually seen one in the wild before) A lovely Jag A Vauxhall Viva Brabham (never even new such a beast existed). Only 6 left and this is the only one on its original engine. The a lot of American Iron Didn't recognise most of it, however I know a Pontiac GTO when I see one and a T bucket (quite an unusual sight for rural Norfolk) The rest were just very very large! And this is quite possibly the largest car I have ever seen Andy

Back to the fuselage. Nothing really special here. I followed the kit instruction sequence and didn't add any extra detail. The instructions recommend 20g of ballast be placed forward of the cockpit. I mamanged to fit a 5g ballast weight and about the same mass in rolled up lead flashing. It will be difficult to get 20g in there unless you use something like depleted uranium... So I fitted ballast weights and lead flashing wherever I could. and we're ready for main assembly. There is one significant question raised at this point. Why have I never built a 48th scale Sabre before?

Hello all! Here is my recently completed build of Eduard's FW190 D-9 in 1/48 scale, the kit went together a treat and was a real mojo booster, only slight filler needed on the ammo covers on the top of the wing but apart from that no issues at all. I used Mr Color paints for this build, I will definitely be building this kit again and have already snapped the D-13 from Eduard. Please let me know your thoughts and critique always welcome. https://i.postimg.cc/wB9jQWcL/IMG-2198.jpg

I built this many years ago. I copied details from a magazine which had a few photos of the same Scout. I crash/push moulded 'blown' doors over Fimo bucks. The SS.11 rockets were made from the bombs from an Airfix Messerschmitt 109E The framework was built up from hss Maybe not the greatest or most accurate build but I'm content with it

Those spinning props look fantastic @Toryu, you can almost hear the roar of the engines. Beautiful work. Here's one from the very first GB I took part in here, a Hurricane from the Hawker GB in 2018. The type was also my first ever Monogram build, way back in nineteen hundred and frozen to death. I was hooked on Monogram kits from then on in.

Hi All, Some more good progress on the Glad today! First order of business for the day was to lay down a gloss coat: Not looking too bad! Whilst that was drying I started work on the engine. Looking at photos of the Bristol Mercury, the presence of ignition leads was not immediate apparent, so I decided to go without. Here's the basic unit built up: That'll look alright with an oil wash! The exhaust collector was given the usual treatment of steel mixed with brass for a heat-treated effect. I'd seen others use Tamiya Clear Red to good effect to simulate heat treatment, so I decided to give it a go - I also mixed in some roundel blue to give a purple hue. Here's what we ended up with: Macro photography is not kind, but it doesn't look too bad? Next I added the decals: You can see that I had a drama with the 'K', but quickly realised that it would be mostly covered up by the access door 🤫. I therefore just cobbled together the visible lower section from other codes. Otherwise the decals were nice, if a little on the thin side. Once that was done and another gloss coat applied I couldn't resist popping the Mercury on for a look: NOW it looks like a Gladiator!! Next up I applied a Flory wash - Grime underneath, Black on top: And here's a final view with the wash removed: That's actually knocked the edge off the Light Green - I rather like that! That's it until next time, Thanks for looking, Roger

Meandering is not the problem here, it happens all the time on BM & unless it is a specialised thread such as the rumourmonger, designed to discuss a specific problem, then is widely tolerated. This thread HAS covered a range of topics beyond what the OP proposed, nothing unusual there, but a common property throughout has been your comments which invariably seem to have a theme of dissension about them. I'm sorry if you can't see that, if Mike has felt the need to chip in, as a result of complaints from others & if I've thought it since early in the thread, maybe you're the only one who can't see it or are the only one who is out of step here, or maybe its simply time for the Big Billy Goat gruff to show up. Steve.

Seems like a fun thread. Here's me when I get to wear something nice other than work clothes. This was taken a week ago at Fortress of Louisbourg in Nova Scotia while on vacation. Go by Vanessa when done up. crushing_vanessa3 on yt. Careful, I might just step on you or crush something and make you watch. I take my feet seriously and I'm not afraid to use them.

A bit more progress. Next step was to fabricate the bracket that anchors the rear fender. This is a one-piece metal rod that wraps around the fender and is anchored to the frame down at the hub. It needs 2 tiny tabs through which I can insert bolts. I tried soldering tiny tabs but this didn't work too well so I bent a piece of scrap steel to the shape of the rod and soldered it on ... not pretty. http:// Used a sanding/cutting disk on my Dremel (cheap copy) to hack away at it till I just had the tabs showing. http:// This is much stronger as it has a thin strip of steel running under the rod and joining the tabs. Next I have to anchor the leading edge of the fender and decided to solder a tiny steel bracket to the frame and drill a hole through this and the fender. Now I can fit a small nut and bolt and the fender is secured. http:// To fasten the ends of the wrap-around bracket I needed to add a tab through which I can drill a hole and fasten it to the hub. This is fiddly but I cut a slot in a piece of scrap (all of which comes from salvaged ink-jet printers) and fitted the rod into the slot. http:// Apply solder (messy) then grind the mess down to a decent shape. Looks pretty good once it's cleaned up ... now repeat for the other side. Once this has been fastened down with a nut and bolt I can drill holes in the fender to take bolts there. Next I dismantled the whole apparatus and cleaned up the scratches and polished the fender then re-assembled it. I re-fabbed quite a few of the pieces and got rid of all the brass and replaced it with steel and now I can fit those "dampers" that attach to the back of the seat. Lots of trimming of rod lengths and locating new holes but now the seat fits perfectly above the fender. My shaped cutout under the seat is now too large and I have to address that but I think I'm about ready to move to the front suspension. Thanks for looking in. Later

Well I have achieved a millestone today. 70 years of dodging the bullets, despite a couple of close calls in the past few years. Maybe just lucky I guess, but my grandfather, father and brother never got this far. I will be (moderately) celebrating in view of recent events, but the big question remains.......can I work my way through my stash?

Saturday SITREP The postie brought some goodies this week. This is a HobbyZone building slip. They make similar for aircraft and tanks too. I'd always thought them a bit of a gimmick but I'm a convert. This thing, with all of its accessories holds the boats whatever the stage of their construction, firmly enough to actually work on them. Filing the deck down was much easier with the thing held steady than holding it n one hand and filing with the other, faster too. That deck ended up looking like this. Not perfect but good enough for a first attempt. The pattern came out just right and only the unevenness of the caulking lets it down. I decided that I would add simulated treenails (dowels) which I impressed with the butt end of a drill, following the lines of the frames. It's awfully like riveting! Unless a strong light is directed from the side like this, the marks are almost invisible which is exactly what I was aiming at. The idea is that a viewer looks at the boat for ten minutes and then notices the marks. I have a new and all-round better plank vice, just in time for spiling the hull planks. The first planking has to be good this time because I'm not doing the second layer. Above the waterline is painted and below it's covered in copper sheeting, so why bother applying a very thin veneer of expensive wood. I'll use some around this boat and save the rest for another project. My son and I made the vice, based on the Moxon design, from an old painter's easel belonging to my daughter - a good family project. There's some of the hull veneer-like planks used to line the fo'c'sl bulkhead. The hatches are cherry wood with brass latches and the hatch frames are mitred walnut, just to see if I could. It looks nice but it will all be painted, as the real thing undoubtedly was, although no-one knows in which colours. Room to be creative. I'll possibly follow Fitz Roy's heraldry if his family had any. One last picture of the forecastle deck going on for keeps. You can see the camber there and on the main but the poop has probably pooped it. Never mind, two out of three ain't bad. (There's your earworm for the evening.😁 ) As I had two days off sick, that's not bad progress for the week and brings my grand total of hours up to 27:45 in just under a month since I first started cutting wood. Every time I compare my progress with my hours I realise that my 'planned' (ha!) end date is now receding into the depths of winter 2023. It doesn't really matter though.

As panel lines on this kit are very deep, I chose not to fill them with Mr. Surfacer but also not to do classic wash in the end, but only dot filtering with White artistic oil. Idea was to try to simulate rainmarks on fuselage and wings, as this bird was stationed on aircraft carrier, and weather was pretty harsh in that period of year. Accompanied with previously done faded cammo, I think I've managed to do this not so bad 😕 Final semigloss coat is also sprayed on, so now we're closer to finish line... just assembling of smaller parts and detailing is left to do... Small parts are also almost done.. some small detail painting is left to do... Cheers, S.

Hi Guys, couple of more helicopters that took part in the operation. SA341 Westland Gazelle, Airfix kit Westland Scout AH Mk.1, Airfix kit

Kit from Eduard, build OOB. It is an exelent kit, fit is very good, no big issues. I have used Topcolors 28. Luftwaffe over the Far North decal, that are of very good quality. As always i never build a kit that I do not have a photo of original, so was lucky to find some on the Internet. Cheers Jes

It is finished! here it is ready to go on what is probably its only excursion - to the local model club. The box does a pretty good job of supporting it but it is still fairly fragile. I will put some pictures in Ready for Inspection and write a summary of what I think are the main points from the build. If you are going to build one PM me and I will send you a copy of the notes with a few extra pictures and plans etc.

Patch who has taken to living in the back garden is slowly working his way in! He's been hiding from the sun in the conservatory this afternoon. He now follows me about the garden when i'm out. He's a bit of a strange fruit really as one minute he's very smoochy and the next he'll take a swipe at my leg as i go past 🤨 Therefore i always approach with caution! Am thinking of making him a shelter for winter so he has a nice cosy hidey hole 😉 Regards, Steve