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Hi there , This was a build going on in the background and I thought I'd just stick it up to give my thoughts on it. My previous experience with Dora Wings was their 1/72 Lysander which was challenging to say the least. The fit was not stellar. However, this kits absolutely falls together. I used a smear of filler on the underside seam and some canopy blending was needed on one side. The vinyl masks given for the windscreen had a tendency to lift in one place and the nose pitot is way too delicate but these are minor niggles. The decals were a different story. They are extremely thin and brittle. Indeed the starboard nose decals completely shattered on me. Those got left off as it will be positioned in the cabinet to show off the port side. All in all a cracker of a kit that I have no problem in recommending. In the photos the forward part of the pitot was replaced with some stretched sprue and brass rod. There are no vanes on the pitot yet as I've put the PE frame in a safe place and can't find it at the moment. When I eventually stumble across them I'll get them fitted. Primed with Mr. Finishing Surfacer 1500 Black. Painted with Rainbow Railways First Group Magenta. Tamiya Rubber Black, Gun Metal and Gloss Aluminium. Finished with Windsor & Newton Galeria Satin Varnish. The Rainbow railways Magenta is a fairly good match for the real colour in normal light but in strong sunlight and LED lighting goes a little pink. It looks ok in the cabinet. Thanks for looking, Cheers, Alistair

Hi, I built this one for the D-Day 80th GB so sharing in RFI too. This one went together OK in general. Cheers Nigel

Here's my 1/72 Boeing E-7T Peace Eagle, using the BPK kit. Built in the NATO group build - build thread is here. I enjoyed this one - it's quite a nice kit, one of those kits that mostly goes together well as long as you think about the best approach and don't rush in. Most of what you need is in the box although there are a couple of small omissions (anti-collision lights and decals for the metallic strips on the wingtip radomes). It stands out from everything else on the shelf - but mainly because it's huge! thanks for looking Julian

Well, here is one tough little Corvette, which,, if you followed my WIP postings, you'll know was resurrected from a fall of about 574 scale feet. This is my first plastic build in well over 50 years, as I have been here-to-fore a "sticks and strings" builder. I had originally planned on displaying her in a diorama at anchor so I could have her flying the Canadian Blue Ensign from her jackstaff (see more below) that HMCS Sackville flies, but I waited too long into the build to safely cut the hull to mount her on water glass. I was just not up for learning the technique of sinking the model in styrofoam and attempting to model a realistic seascape this time out. So just picture her as being pierside. I know some pics of these little workhorses show them battered and rusted beyond belief, but I wanted to keep that aspect, while realistic, somewhat more subdued and subtle. Particulars of the build: --Basic model: Revell. Okay(ish) out of the box with some clunky and out-of-scale moldings --Aftermarket additions (a must in my opinion): Pontos, which is superb with its PE, wooden decks, and turned brass parts. Micro Master. Almost all of the weaponry except for the 2 pdr is from them. World class, the best there is and absolutely astounding. The odd Shapeways piece here and there was also used (hit and miss). --Archer rivets on the hull. Now out of business, but there are other sources. --Decals and flags. Above and Below Scale Graphics. This is a veteran-owned company in British Columbia. Andrew was most accommodating about producing one-off special orders like the Blue Ensign and was quick, very reasonable in pricing, and a pleasure to work with. Markings on the DCs, smoke floats, hedgehog mortars, and the microscopic DC depth setting charts on bulkheads on the weather deck aft are by them as well. --Paints. Mostly Vallejo acrylics --Weathering. Artist oils and a few AK products So here she is. Thanks so much for all of the looks, likes, and encouragement I received during this build. You all made it a pleasure! Best, Jeff

Not exactly a refreshingly different subject but I needed to build something familiar and simple to get back into the swing of things. This old Hasegawa 109 fit the bill. This model is completely OOB. The only things added were aftermarket decals and masking tape seat belts. Other than the mottling coming out too soft, I'm pretty ok with it. This is what it was supposed to look like. Thanks for looking. Ron

Hello Britmodellers, This Revell F-104G was built more or less oob, except for the two AIM-9J's on the fuselage launching rails, which came from the Hasegawa Weapons Set III. Thanks for watching! Luka

I'm finally calling the scratch-built Dart Kitten model I've been building for one of my old flying friends as complete. After 10 years (yes, really), and a few challenges, she's now done - I've re-done the windshield since the last photos I shared, along with a new tail skid reinforced with fine stainless steel rod. I can finally deliver it to my friend, who owned the real aeroplane for a while, now and crack on with some other projects. Scale is 1:32 - just under 12"/30cm wingspan. Part 'traditional' sheet styrene, with balsa core for the wings, and part CAD designed and 3D printed: engine, undercarriage, cockpit etc.. Build thread. Hopefully you like her! More to follow... Iain

More to follow... Iain

Normally, I prefer colourful planes, and the majority of my kit stash consists of jets with special markings, as gaudy as possible. However, there are some planes that I adore as such, the Thunderbolt II being one of them. In my 25+ years old stash I had this Italeri kit, and I must say I really liked it. A concise building report here in the forum was immensely helpful, so I am quite satisfied with the outcome. The decals are from Astra, a "subsidiary" of Danny Coreman's DACO line. A ton of tiny stencils was included, and I admit that I love stencilling my planes. The more, the better .... Marcus

Good morning you lovely lot and welcome to my build of The P40-F War Hawk by Trumpeter in 1/32 scale. Why this one? August 4th 2024 at 18:19 life threw me yet another curve ball. It seems like 2024 has been full of things that can be described as life changing. This one just sits on the top of a pile of things that might just topple the tower. I’ve found ways to cope with such cunning pitches over the last few months but the constant aid that has helped me the most has been my time sat at the bench making bits of plastic junk that to the untrained eye seem pointless. But we all know how sitting quietly figuring out how to “fix” something really helps the brain process real life moments and kick into gear the coping mechanism that we all need to carry on day on day. The Honda Dax I’m currently finishing was used to mentally put the lid on one of the many challenges that cropped up this year. It really helped but there’s something off for me about a kit that just fits, simply works. Life isn’t like that or at least in my experience it isn’t. I’ve been following along with quite a few builds as per usual but @AdrianMF has been once again a real inspiration, over coming problems with old kits by creating scratch built parts as if it were as simple as turning on a tap,(Thanks for sharing old boy). Hitting problems during modelling time , overcoming those issues with gentle perseverance, love and skill can so easily be bought into practice during every day life. I think what I’m trying say is that this hobby of ours really does help. For me I think the more I can fix the more help mentally I get from it. I know a lot of you out there probably feel the same. Some of you might read this and think it’s insane that a grown man should place such an high value on little plastic models and maybe they’re right but right now and for the last eight years or so it’s really helped me through some dark times and hopefully will continue to do so. So with that in mind I opened the cupboard (none metaphorical) and sought a kit that has some issues. This one seemed to fit the bill. Even the box art has issues. 😉 I mean come on. With my choice made I’ll step up to the mound, heft my trusty bat and in classic Stephen King style attempt to knock yet another curve ball “outta the park!” Wanna tag along? Johnny

This is the first of a pair of Tamiya Jugs that I used to continue my personal theme for 2023 of "Pairs." It's painted with Alclad, AK Real Colors, MM and Testors enamels. I used Eduard wheels and Master Model blast tubes and pitot. Its decals are from Aztec Decals and weathered with oils and pastels. This Escuadron 201 airframe is in honor of my late father, and this was my inspiration: Here's what I turned out: Honestly, I'm not 100% happy with the results, but it looks pretty good on the shelf next to my other 3-footers. I'd love to hear what you think. All comments, questions, and criticisms are welcome. Please drop your two cents into the bucket on your way out. Thanks for lookin'! -O

Here is the completed beast... IT sits nicely in my 1/48 FAA post-45 Jet collection Steve

This is the second of a pair of Tamiya Jugs that I used to continue my personal theme for 2023 of "Pairs." It's painted with Alclad, AK Real Colors, MM and Testors enamels. I used Eduard wheels and Master Model blast tubes and pitot. Its decals are from the old Superscale sheet and is weathered using the salt technique, oils, and pastels. Honestly, I'm not 100% happy with the results, but it looks pretty good on the shelf next to my other 3-footers. I'd love to hear what you think. All comments, questions, and criticisms are welcome. Please drop your two cents into the bucket on your way out. Thanks for lookin'! -O

This time, a very interesting aircraft with Greek insignia, offering great opportunities for those who enjoy weathering techniques. A-7 Corsair II HAF, Trumpeter 1:32

Hopefully deliver it to my friend in the next few weeks. If you've never had a go at scratch-building - give it a go. Really not that difficult - and hugely rewarding! Blue Skies, Iain

Good evening you lot. It really tells like I’m at the end of this build now. Just one more post after this then I think she’s done. I do have another build lined up but I’ll keep that under wraps for a little while longer. Everything feels a bit backwards with this kit even though it’s gone together really well I seem to be building and painting all out of sequence. So with that said. Decals. Usually I’d put these on then weather but as the main body really isn’t being weathered as such they go on last. All the sub assemblies got their stickers. And the main body got the Tamiya treatment. I’m doing scheme A The Tamiya limited edition. There are some lovely little decals for the wheels. Masking off for the handle bars. And the wing mirrors. I made a bit of a hash of the main dial. I used the digital one first and it looked good. But I had a piece of chrome left over and couldn’t see where it went until. Doh! Luckily for me they had an on and off variant so I used the off, which I think also looks nice. More sub assemblies got glued. The little Tax disk thing although it might be a horn. The second gear changer got added. And the whole handle bar section got built. And rear. Fitted in place I could start wiring up all the relevant bits and bobs. Now we begging to get fiddly. For some reason the little foot rests just don’t want to go where they should. Especially the rear ones. I heard a real trial trying to get them in. If you’re going to build this kit I recommend adding them before adding to the main frame. The headlight however just snaps into place. 😍 And to my eyes looks ace!!! The only thing that was keeping this from being finished is the rear reg plate. I decided to pop the second decal on as the “Honda” one had worn while I was micro soling it. After the new decal I top coated but as it was all assembled I used a brush. 🫣🤦‍♂️ I just couldn’t live with it so I popped it off. Started sanding it off then thought about just making another. Well one is done but for whatever reason I’m still not happy so I sanded the original back and I’ll get that painted again and maybe use a Tamiya decal? One other last touch is the helmet. The colour call out is silver but I thought to hell with that and did it red. ❤️ That was it for tonight. Thanks for dropping in. I might start my new build before this gets completed but we shall see. All the best and happy modelling. Johnny

Hello to all of you guys.This is my fast build of the NAW A-10A.built OOB.

Howdy All, Just added another to the `Too big to go anywhere` collection 😬 My attempt at doing a North Vietnamese Harbin Z-5/Mil Mi-4a Built from Trumpeters 1/48 kit Actually thought ( as it looks very similar ) it would be about the same size as a Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw but is a fair bit larger Built, as usual, mostly from the box contents But I replaced the moulded in mesh grilles on the engine covers with some steel mesh and canvas cover for behind the instrument panel with kitchen roll and PVA glue Couldn`t find any images at all on Google/Bing, so had to give it my best shot re guarding colours and markings so this is based on the box art work of an East European manufacturers 1/72nd kit and markings cobbled together from the spares stash Hope you enjoy the pic`s, thanks for looking Cheers Russ

A few months back, I bought a book called "Combat in the Sky: Airpower and the Defense of North Vietnam, 1965-1973" from the US Naval Institute Press. It's an interesting perspective of the war from the North Vietnamese side. To be honest, the book is a little drier than I was hoping, but it still gave an interesting overview of what I was looking for. So that naturally made me want to build a model from that era. Thankfully, Airfix was there with a lovely MiG-17F. I am very happy with this kit. Airfix kits continue to just be an absolute joy for me to build. For one, I love their gear up pieces! So few companies make it easy to close up the damn airplane if you want to display it in flight (which I do, very much so), but Airfix does. They also included a pilot, which again makes things easier on me, even if it's not the highest definition lil' guy. It all adds up to a build that doesn't really cause me any problems, and I can just relax with. I enjoyed being able to mostly free-hand the airbrushing. Not a lot of masking, which some models can just be full of. Overall, super enjoyable. IF I had a critique, which I do because as an artist that's how you grow, I would say that I wish the panel lines on the wings matched the lines on the fuselage. I noticed the discrepancy and could have tried to fix it, but I think I kind of rushed myself. I felt momentum, the model was progressing, and I was excited to see it finished, and I just said 'Good enough'. Looking back, I think the panel lines on the fuselage were deeper than those on the wings and it held onto the oil paint way better. So next time I'll try and take my time, and try to make sure the panel lines were of similar depth on the model. Whether that means a little bit of vallejo putty to fill them in on the fuselage, or attempting to deepen the ones on the wings with a scribing tool, or both, we'll see on the next model. Thanks for looking, hope you have a great day! :}

I bought this kit along with a few others when Rian Allen closed in Birmingham a few years ago. 75% off so don’t let the price tag on the box scare you. 🫣 I’ll go through the trees later on after I’ve done my chores for the day but they is a lot of stuff in the box. I know there are issues with this being a short tail version and the decals don’t suit the kit. There is also an issue with the front of the fuselage having an unwanted bump, but I have a plan for that. Back to decals. here are the kit ones. I can sense Alain’s @corsaircorp’s enthusiasm at seeing a shark mouth. 🦈 the schemes look great. And alas I fear they are either inaccurate or don’t match this aeroplane variant. If any one knows for sure please pipe up. The decals I have chosen are a little saucy but do fit this particular bird. kitsworld war birds. I’m planning on building x21 “Fifinella” with tail art by Cptn Joseph e Pumphrey. You can read the history on the decal sheet. Here are the decals. They look great but I can see a few issues already. The call out asked for six stars but the sheet only has four? I was hoping to use the operation torch ones. I have seen this scheme with just one star on the upper and lower wing and I’ve also seen some with just the “torch” on the fuselage. I’m a bit confused however as the 1/72 version of these decals have six stars of each type? If any one out there , the “hive mind” if you will could help me out with this I’d really appreciate it. The kit also has no stencils and the office has very little in the way of markings so I treated myself to these to help. Hopefully I’ll get to make a start later on. All comments welcomed as well as any help. Johnny

You finish models? What's that like?

Here's my Turkish Air Force E-7T Peace Eagle. BPK kit, OOB, build thread is here. cheers Julian

This one is a really nice and simple model to do.I enjoyed every second of this build.I upgraded the cockpit a bit and the rest is oob.Painted in gunze and tamiya paints.The decals came from the spares box.

Another one off the shelf. OOTB plus some rigging and a fag paper windbreak managed to get the decals on with no silvering😁. played around a bit more with the photo settings so it is a closer match to what I see on my desktop. I do like these small ships😁 just noticed some errant rigging, not doing all these pics again!😝. Will be fixed before it goes back on the shelf.

Taking a rest from the Yarra build and doing some late spring cleaning of the built stash. These two needed rigging to finish them off so decided to do so and post some pics. I picked these up a few years ago in a sale from from Starling. I have added PE rails, rat lines and a few other extras to the basic Combrig kits. Found 2 other 1/700 builds so am planning to post these as well.

This is 1/72 Bell TH-1L Advanced US Navy trainer. It is based on the Italeri UH-1C kit. Starting in the late '60s and through the '70 The TH-1L replace the UH-34J as the Navy advanced helicopter trainer in turn being replaced by the Bell TH-57. The TH-1L was based on the Marine Corps UH-1E which was itself based on the UH-1C Huey Hog. So it seemed logical to use the Italeri UH-1C kit as a starter. Unfortunately the the Italeri UH-1C is a rebranded UH-1B with some, nut not all, updates needed to make it a UH-1C. Visible differences between the 1B and 1C are: The -1C used the larger "540" rotor system. Italeri chose to ignore the "540" rotor and just used the smaller -1B rotor. The AH-1G also used the "540" rotor so I was able to grab one from the Special Hobby AH-1G kit. The AH-1G did not use the Bell stabilizer bar to save weight but Italeri molded it as a separate part from the rotor so I was able to use that and all the rotor parts matched up perfectly. The -1C had a much wider chord non symmetrical elevator than the B whose was symmetrical. It looks like Italeri did include a wider cord elevator but left it symmetrical. This was easy to fix with some sandpaper. The -1C had a wider chord non symmetrical tail fin than the B whose was symmetrical. Italeri again seems to have included a wider cord tail fin but again left it symmetrical . I thought of using the AH-1G fin but it was taller and the tail rotor head was very different so I chose to ignore #3. I also used the Rotorcraft Bell UH-1C/L Huey rescue hoist set, kindly supplied by @Colin @ Freightdog Models, for the cabin roof. Fit was a little above average for an Italeri kit. As you can see it is not a tail sitter but neither does it sit plat on its skids. The only space to put some weight is between the 2 lower windows. I meant to add some but I forgot. For decals I mostly printed my own based on an HT-8 aircraft. I used True Color paint for the International Orange and AK Real Colors for the rest. Total build time was 11 days. Next up will be an HH-1H search and rescue helicopter using mostly the Hasegawa UH-1H kit, the rotor, and possibly the interior, from the Italeri UH-1D kit, and the Whirlybird HH-1H conversion set. Enjoy

1/3 scale bust of Dracula portrayed by Christopher Lee from the 1958 Hammer film 'Dracula'. Sculpted by the talented Mike Hill and produced by KillerKits in the UK. Christopher Lee gained fame by his role as Dracula in 7 Hammer films from 1958-72 and in an illustrious acting career played character roles in James Bond, Star Wars, The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and a number of Tim Burton films. Christopher Lee died on 7th June 2015 at the age of 93. This figure is finished in a mix of acrylics, oils and pastels. The last photo shows the companion piece by the same sculptor with Lee as Kharis from the Hammer film 'The Mummy'.

More to come... Iain

Afternoon folk's built for the Classic Airfix GB Airfix's 1979 tooling of the Spitfire,now replaced by a newer tooling still easy to find and despite some fit issues especially the re-tooled Snap fit editions once fettled still looks like a Spitfire.Many thanks for looking.

This is my build of what Airfix call the Typhoon F2 but is in fact just a slightly revamped version of their old EFA prototype kit from 1990, so it has serious accuracy problems. I have used the kit decs for a plane from No 3 Squadron RAF. Here is a link to the build thread. Pete

I suspect those that do think that are a very, very small minority. The mindfulness modelling facilitates is my primary motivation in pursuing this hobby of ours.

More craziness tonight First, I scribed panel lines on the flaps. An edge line inside and out, and some vertical lines inside. Then I applied TET to the ailerons and pulled them both off. This allowed me to reposition them to both droop (as they did when flaps were deployed) and to extend them with some styrene to make up for some gappage. Second, reattached extended ailerons in drooping position. When it's all cured, a little touch up might help and some putty. Third, I decided to try making the door opening mechanism with stretched sprue and a little bit of styrene. This will do, I think. I think what happens is when the landing gear falls, the triangle flips up, which pushes the c-part up and the door open. Here's the other side. I tried extruding a lot of sprue tonight and just wasn't having much luck. But this will do. And... re dry-fitted flaps to see how things look with the drooping ailerons and scribed flaps. All the deflected surfaces are kind of cool, bring the bird to life.

Tape belts, paint applied with brush, dry-brush and cocktail stick: That will do through a 1970s injected closed canopy!

Douglas C-47 Skytrain (Airfix 1:72)

Don Skinner was my father - I was born in 1975, as it happens! I’m the eldest of 5. Here’s a very potted history about him- Dad was born in Oxford in 1948, and took up model making at school at an early age. I remember going to toy fairs with him, and he used to have a stall at the IPMS fair. In the early 70s he was busy painting a soldier at his stall, in his characteristic brown apron, long hair and huge beard… not really paying attention to the crowd, when a woman asked him “..and what are you doing, then?” Without looking up my dad muttered “I’m flying a kite!” and was later informed that he’d just been rude to Princess Margaret. He claims to have invented, or at least instigated the diorama- until dad started doing it, model soldier exhibitions featured soldiers of all periods on plinths. Dad started putting them in sets, to make them more interesting and you’ll have seen some of the WW2 ones he did in the books.. and these often included hidden anachronisms- I remember a couple of menacing dinosaurs in a Perspex case, prowling undergrowth (moss rescued from up the road), and a tiny, perfectly munched apple core at their feet. He worked in London for a while, and for RIKO as you mentioned. I remember going to their offices in Hemel Hempstead with dad at a young age dropping off kits he’d built (where I dimly remember meeting Richard Khonstamm). Most of the models of aircraft photographed on their blueprints on AirFix boxes were made by dad. He worked for Therloe Models in Sulgrave, Northants for a while in the 1960s, and working in a cow shed owned by military uniform expert Andrew Mollo. He owned ‘Skinner Models’ in Brackley, Northants in the 80s & 90s, building private and commercial commissions, architectural models, stripping Yesteryears and putting company logos on the side as code 3s.. he worked for the architect that designed Milton Keynes, he worked on many films including The Fifth Element (he made the alien’s ’key hand’ at the start of the film that was trapped in the stone doors!), Tomorrow Never Dies, The Borrowers, Mission Impossible… others.. he featured as an extra in the Civil War film Winstanley in the early 70s, when he was a member of the Sealed Knot! He finally fulfilled his ambition to live as a woman in the mid-late 2000s and became Dawn Skinner, and died of cancer in Oxford in 2012. please don’t think this disrespectful, but I do say ‘he’ retrospectively now when referring to him as my dad I only knew about that side of his life towards the end, (although 100% supportive of it). We five had ‘special dispensation’ to do so as in his words, ‘dad’ and ‘she’ don’t really go together! it’s lovely to have stumbled on this post (and the replies), I joined the website to be able to post this.

This is Tamiya's SdKfz-251/1 Ausf D. A lovely, straightforward kit which comes with a nice selection of figures and accessories. I used the driver figure and pinched the machine gunner from their older Hanomag kit, giving him a Hornet head and newer personal equipment. Instead of using the infantry figures provided in the kit I replaced them with their late WWII German Infantry . The diorama base is mainly scratch built, except for railings and gates. I used a piece of 3mm plastic card for the base, engraving the cobbles onto it. I painted the 251 with Tamiya acrylics and used Humbrol enamels for the figures. Thanks for looking Angelo.

I got this one cheap many years ago, but have not been brave enough to build it until now. There are soooo many things to correct, and soooo many other kits that are easier to build if you should go all the way with this one. So finally I decided not to bother so much, building it mostly OOB just correcting a few of the most prominent issues. And here it is: Issues corrected are adjusting the shape of the fin leading edge, moving the exhaust on the front part of the right nacelle to the other side, removing the door on the left side of the front part of the body, plus adding a few antennas, opening a few holes and some more small additions. My original plan was to find aftermarket decals, since the colours on the Airfix sheet are far from correct. Not having found any cheap enough - this is a "good enough" build - I still wanted to do the hemp sceme, I decided to use the Airfix sheet after all. Replacing the roundels an fin flash with decals from the Xtradecals 1/72 Nimrod sheet that were in perfect size. I also replaced the kit seat with one from my spares box, (I think it was from a Kinetic Mirage) and added a few details on the visible part of the cockpit. Having decided that this was good enough, the rest of the build was more enjoyable than I thought. Fit was acceptable, parts are few (it feels like an upscaled 1/72 kit - which I also guess that it is, although it is not exactly similar to the Airfix release in that scale). The main problem was to handle the size, this is a huge bird, wingspan is 42 cm! To avoid it being a tail-sitter, I added more noseweight than I have ever done. The total weight of this model is almost one kilogram! I painted it with Mr Paint colours and did not weather it that much. Canberra experts will find plenty of errors, the rest of us, I guess, think that it looks pretty much like a Canberra. Once more - the mantra for this one was "good enough". I can't remember the number of times I said that to myself during the build. Thanks for watching!

Good day to all, After a long delay, I am finally able to submit my fourth project for the year. Here are some of the highlights of this kit………. 1. Colors & paint brands used A. Airframe : Alclad Dull Aluminum, AK Extreme White Aluminum, AK Matt Aluminum, Tamiya Flat Red, Flat Black, Flat White, Olive Drab, Interior Yellow-Green & Flat Yellow. 2. Washes : Ammo Medium Gray, Tamiya Black, & Brown 3. Built straight out of the box including provided decals. 4. Uschi Fine bobbin thread for antenna wires. 5. Weathered with paint, pencils, washes, & chalk pastels. 6. Eduard canopy mask is a MUST HAVE for this kit. This one turned out to be a challenge and it was all centered on the nose section in front of the top gunner`s station. Understandably so, Hasegawa separated the nose sections on their Liberator kits to provide an early D / Delta variant and later J / Juliet version. I had to perform surgery inside the nose section to get multiple lead fishing sinkers for ballast so it would not turn into the dreaded “tail sitter”. That wasn`t enough so I added more sinkers under the top gunner`s turret and it proved enough. The nose section comes in three main clear parts and the interior pieces do not fit all that well to get a proper alignment. The decals turned out to be a nightmare as the first green - yellow ID bands broke into no less than 12 pieces . After a considerable amount of time, I was able to repair the damaged decal and proceed after spraying a clear gloss coat over the remaining sheet. Oddly, everything behind the top gunner`s turret went together very well and the wing spars help greatly when handling the model. Due to the complex nature of the nose section, I can only recommend this Hasegawa B-24 kit to those with some experience. Thank you in advance!!! Mike

And another one from the world of of Koh Yokoyama. This time it's a scratchbuilt conversion of a Renault 4CV. During WW2 the RAF used Austin Utility trucks for various tasks. So why not have something similar 800 years in the future? Presumably they saw (will see) a picture, liked (will like) the shape and printed (will print) one out. I got the Renault from the King Kit (thanks guys) 'Salvage yard' painted in Humbrol brass for just less than seven quid! So no real loss if it all goes wrong. Thankfully it came out okay and I really enjoyed it to boot. The Renault BTW was a small '50's rear engined 4 (suicide front) door car. This one is now a pick up/Ute/Backie. Helmut came outside to lend scale to the pictures. Colour is Tamiya Olive drab with sand weathering. It's a Flight Line truck, so we have the striped bumper and yellow roof light (a bead) In the back, sitting on a special trolley is a scratchbuilt (by request) central Anti Gravity unit from a Falke Fighter, The anti grav units on the booms are deeper and shaped to fit the contours of the boom. Half a ping pong (Table tennis) ball filled with greeblies. Central is a printed Avon engine intake courtesy of @TheBaron Don't ask me how it's supposed to work. Witchcraft, bluetooth and telepathy. Probably. Also in the bed is a small tank of fuel? Not sure. But it fitted nicely in the corner. So why not. The underside is a bodge combination of the original chassis and another American one to lose the motor. Presumably it now has some sort of electric drive installed under the bonnet. Rear suspension, on the right here, is a mish mash of bits (with rubber grommet airbags) and wheels and tyres are from the 1/35th spares boxes. The rear bumper and tail lights. BTW the pick up bed was built from 1/35th WW2 truck bits. And here we are on the Flight Line delivering the Anti Grav unit. Parking space is a bit tight! Three Falkes, An anti grav bike (All scratchbuilt) some figures and a 4WD. And now a Tilly too. I hope you've seen something you like. All comments and questions are welcome. The build is via the link below. Many thanks for looking. Pete

OK - This is now done and in the gallery. Thank you to Pat ( @JOCKNEY ) for the idea and hosting, and thanks for the company and comments from all Cheers Nigel

Morning folks,this is the last of a few cheap "bid and see what happens" punts on E-bay which yeilded the £5 Mystere,it's an original 1964 red stripe issue of the Beau which looked like the decals were shot but spares can be picked up for pennies on the same site so not really worrying.Box and contents photo's on arrival think I've enough now to see out the end of the GB if I have time the Lancaster could be attempted.I built the new tool Beaufighter earlier this year using the 80's release decals so pre- empting decal issues went back to the same seller to buy another set for a mere £2:50 to build MB-T again in full stripes with the original.

Here's the old venerable Airfix kit. Added lights and blackout guards, mirrors, opened windshields with wipers and an opened side door. Water can and ammo box added to top where spare tire should be. (for the simple reason I didn't have a spare tire having used it on another kit), however there where many variations in the actual field. Shovel and rope added to front of gun and that's about all as my eyesight is unfortunately not as good as it once was. Decided to make a small diorama base for it to show it off better. Not counting the hours spent in building, the kit itself cost 3 euros, paint, glue, display costs couldn't be more than .50 cents so the total cost was 3.50 euros. Where else can you have so much fun for so little money? My only gripe was that the vallejo flat coat I used on the figures wasn't flat at all.

Hi folk's,1979 release of the Mki Spitfire as Al Deere's Battle of Britain mount.

Here's my Model Collect 1/72 BGM-109G Gryphon Ground Launched Cruise Missile transporter/erector/launcher, as based at RAF Greenham Common and RAF Molesworth in the 1980s. An interesting kit, and my first taste of photo etch, though there isn't a huge amount. Finished in a MERDC camouflage scheme, it can represent a launcher from either base as they carried no markings whatsoever. Here's the link to the WIP;

It is quite surreal sitting outside painting model kits of WW II aircraft while a Spitfire flys overhead. I live on the south coast in Eastbourne and Spitfires often fly overhead. My partner hates the sound of them and I have even offered to buy her an 88mm anti aircraft gun for Christmas !

Hi. It's time to start building. I actually did a little head start yesterday evening. I'll start with the one that will be in stealth mode and early paint scheme. I reckon I'll need quite some time putting on all those RAM panels/decals. I've started with the cockpit. And since I'll be using Quinta 3D decals for the instruments all kit instruments had to be sanded off. 022 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr I've bought me Dspiae's grinding pen for just this work, and it did the trick. 023 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr The griding pen had some real work to do. 3 large ejection marks in the air intake had to go. 024 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 025 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr And I'm pleased to say that it came out okey. 026 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr And slowly I'm building up small sprue forrest with small parts. I did 4 Wheel covers yesterday. 027 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr 028 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr And my worktable starts to get that cluttered look it always does when I start a new project. 029 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr I'm not sure how much building I'll be able to do today. We're having a family crayfish party this evening. Crayfish parties are very common in Sweden in August, and it's one of my favourite feasts of the year. To be continued….. /Bosse

Touched up and the detail painting done, so now ready for some decals. George

I have my wings and tail wing fins on today - Mr husband showed me how to use paint pots to get the right tail fin angles. My wrong and correct jet engine's are also in my photos here. I have touched up the back of the tail decal with red and black paint where there was a slight gap but also now need to sort out the front top of the tail as it is missing some of the silver line I masked out and sprayed a few weeks back. The new jets have been air sprayed white ready for masking for the grey and silver this weekend. Now the wings are on, and can start to see what the jumbo is going to llok like, I am feeling very chuffed with my work. My sons cannot believe what their mom has done!

Good evening ladies and gentlemen My latest finish is this Bf110D-0 in 1/72 scale from Eduard. This is the Adlertag special edition which comes with PE detailing set. This will be the first of the Bf110 trio I had been working on as part of WWII twin-engined GB, a good excuse to get some models started (and finished?!). This is the first time I paint a model with Hataka acrylic paint (Orange line, lacquer-based acrylic). Overall I enjoy the experience very much that I'm going to gradually convert my paint stock to Hataka. I can recommend it if you are hesitate to try it. Nanond.

It's all looking superb, Johnny I'll refrain from making comment on your shiney red helmet, lest I upset the mods James