Black Knight

5 months later; more done on this The top of the lower wings, the tail planes and the fin have all got a coat of Humbrol 188 Chrome Yellow. The fuselage has been painted Xtracolor X-22 RFC Green, which I like for USAAC green. The paint colours match the plastic colours as well. Just needs some paint touch-ups Next, drill some more rigging holes and fit the top wing. The engine & prop and cowling are ready for fitting

Warning; a hi-jack Like this?

The ones I get engraved by an ebay seller are just 99p plus postage https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/302354628055?var=603048888975

afair, you can reply to sales and offers, you just cannot start selling yet Arrangements about posting is done with the seller

Messerschmitt 109 series

They did have some of the artwork done a while back. This is from a real box. not edited or 'photoshopped'

The 14 has the blown canopy and the 11, 12 & 13 have the panelled canopy

The fuselage all joined up. It needed a lot of fillers I blanked off the insides of the intakes. See firther down for the reason for the black semi-circle Wings on, more fillers and aluminium paint to even out the colours and prepare the wing tips for white paint Pilots are ready Tail planes on, wing tips got a first couple of coats of white paint Fuselage and tail planes have a first coat of Humbrol 25 enamel paint The black semi-circle in the intake along with some black on the fuselage tricks the eye into thinking there is a deep hole there, if anyone bother to get down and that close! When the fuselage paint is dry I can put the undercart on, its all ready painted and just waiting its turn to get glued on, and mask off the white wing tips and then paint the wings

I had no idea you wuz gonna make itsy-bitsy teeny weenie lily pads. I thought you wuz gonna make ginormous ones, like small versions of the ones a real person can walk and sit on

I started this build some months ago but with postal strikes, special markings getting lost in the post and other delays I only got this finished last week An imaginary RAF 'Queen's Jubilee Display Scheme'

btw, even though Humbrol 19 was too bright for our vans that didn't stop us using it on them, to cover up rust, scratches and dings

I call them transfers as well but a friend in my modelling club calls them deck-alls, sort of like 'speckle' I suppose. He is 76 and has been modelling a long time so when talking with him I have to say it his way, otherwise he gurns at me and tells me 'they're deck-alls!'

Number 6, and maybe the last of this series. Ugandan COIN Gnat You want a story? I'll tell you a story; The RAF Red Arrows had been on a visit to South Africa. They were staging their return home through various African counties. One was Uganda. When one of the Gnat landed at Kampala two of its tyres punctured. The support team had no spare tyres left so it was decided that that one Gnat, its pilot and some ground crew would remain there. The support team would get the tyres and return. But in the meantime Idi Amin seized control of the country in a coup. On the advice of a friendly army officer the RAF personnel left Uganda by road very quickly. The Gnat was left behind. It was later written up that this one had crashed, to cover up its loss. The new administration fixed up the Gnat, fitted it with rocket pods and used it to supress opposition in COIN operations

When I was a postie in early 1980s I was periodically given a big tin of Humbrol 19 and had to go round all the local letter boxes and touch in the paint on them. 19 was a perfect match for them but it was too bright for my vans. The red on them was closer to post-WW2 RAF roundel red

Its a model Not in my taste of models tbh Honi soit qui mal y pense

Pollyfilla, or the equivalent in your area. Home DIY repair ready-mixed plaster

Whilst on ebay looking for some other fittings I came across these 'Spacer washers' Available in different lengths and i.d. I bought 15 off of 20mm long x 6mm i.d. in black. Cost me £3.89 inc postage https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/201472754302

Just a wee up-date; Last Saturday my car club had it autumn rally I looked for club badges I had made and painted. I found only one The Humbrol enamels on it have dulled, i.e. they are no longer glossy, the colour has faded a bit but its still the same colour. That badge was made and painted about 2007 Of the repainted brass badges I could not discern which were mine or were the very original badges, all the colours looked good

It was usual for the musicians to wear reversed colour uniforms. Their 'facings' were the main uniform colour and their uniform was the regiment's facings colour In this case the 13th's facings are yellow, thus the trumpeter wears a yellow jacket Just as today in the British Army the musicians were the stretcher bearers and field medics. Having a reversed colour uniform made them stand out and be found easily

@Mark Cassidy I had another thought; you could make out of thick aluminium foil. Not the usual kitchen type but the thick stuff used on food trays. Cut the rough circle, bend up the edges, use a modelling tool to add veins et cetera and then paint with enamels

Get yourself some green FIMO or Sculpey polymer clay. If you don't know it, it is a by-heat hardening plastic clay. Its like plasticine, but after you make your shape you cook it in an ordinary oven for a about 15 to 30 minutes to harden it and then the shape is permanent Shape up your lily pads and cook them Cut a big circle type shape, use your fingers and modelling tools to form the rim, add veins et cetera. When you are happy with it, cook it If you don't like the way it is forming, just squeeze the polymer clay together again and start over, as often as you want. It will only harden when you cook it. The clay is available in a multitude of colours and these can be mixed together as well A 58 or 60g block costs around £3 and will make many dozens of lily pads When hard the polymer clay can be painted with acrylic paints as well

Its easy peasy to make one yourself. Especially as you are tackling an F-14! some rod, brass, acrylic (clear or coloured) a bit of nice wood for the base, Paint or colour stain the piece of wood. Dill a hole in it. Insert rod. On t'other end of rod put the F-14. A hole drilled in it would help too. Rod you can get in the metals section of B&Q. you might be able to an off-cut of MDF there as well. Last time I was in I got a big load of off-cuts for 50p

I started on the 'Blue Diamond; T.7 this evening The instruction call for 20g in the nose. This is what 20g looks like crammed into the two nose pieces; Two big steel ball bearings, white tac and lots of lead I've made up a stock of jet engine exhaust pipes. These Hunters will require one each. One fitted into the rear of this T.7 Tanks made up, the seams need scaping smooth yet The cockpit to fuselage join is usually a weak joint on these kits so I've drilled a couple of holes, glued in some thick sprue which will be an extra glued joint in the fuselage The cockpit section is now glued to the fuselage and the wide trainer's spine fitted. I'll leave it over night for the joins to set. I've glued the wing halves together. I want to put a triangular piece of plastic card in the engine intake area to blank it off better I'm not sure if I should do this one wheels-up in flight, or wheels-down

A Boeing B-52 ?

Alrighty, I'll support this one as well I'd prefer; 'Before 1820' but beggars* can't be choosers * you'll find me outside Belfast City Hall, wearing a rackety dirty anorak and mis-matched worn out trainers, annoying passer-byers, trying to sell them gas-less BIC lighters for their e-ciggies You know, homeless people can be very rude. Just the other day I was sharing a fish supper with one chap and he told me to 'f...... off', and go buy my own! How very rude!