[Airfix Spitfire Mk IX in 1/24th scale]

Superb!

A really impressive Spitfire.

Great finish and some fantastic photography 😀

[Tamiya 1/48 P-51B - 339th FG RAF Fowlmere]

I really do like this!

Great job on the natural metal finish

 

[Bell Huey UH-1D 1:32nd scale]

5 hours ago, TK501 said:

Hi Angelo,

Outstanding job on this model. I recently purchased so I can get it right this time as opposed to the nine year old who built in one day many moons ago.

 

Like you I plan to scratchbuild many details and your build has really inspired me. I do have one question for you if you can answer:

I am working on the pilot and copilot seats and all the interesting framework BEHIND the seats. I noticed they are painted a different color than the seats. What was the order of events to create these parts? Did you assemble the seats, the side seat supports (Parts 3 and 4) and then scratchbuild all the additional details on the back of the seats, painting by hand once completed or ...?  If you could describe the sequence used to create these two highly detailed seats. Thanks in advance!

Hello there! 

I only used the kid's seat frames.  Once they were cleaned up and further details were added, I built the armour on to them, fashioning new seat cushions from thick plastic card.

 

Hope that this is helpful?

Regards,

Angelo (TD-1854)

[Revell 1/35 M48A2CG Bundeswehr]

Great work mate!😀

I especially like the moteled effect on the engine deck. It looks like it has rained on a dusty surface and dried to leave that characteristic effect.

Looks really good 👍

[1/48 H.P. Hampden by ICM, in 2025]

Now if this comes true, there will be a number of very happy modellers about!

ICM, if you read frequent this forum, you really need to do this!

[B-58 Hustler. Italeri 1/72nd scale.]

Again, many thanks for your comments and compliments 😃

[Revell 1/144 KA-50 with working counterrotating rotors]

Very impressive.

So much detail on such a small model. 

[HP Victor B.Mk2 (BM)]

You've got to love a Victor!

Excellent work, great model 😀

[B-58 Hustler. Italeri 1/72nd scale.]

Thanks a lot everyone, I really appreciate your comments and compliments 😊

[B-58 Hustler. Italeri 1/72nd scale.]

I have been wanting to build one of these for a while.

Luckily I was in a local model shop, and they had one on their second hand shelf!.

For it's age, first released in 1984, it is an impressive kit.

Recessed panel line, a reasonable interior, with a good representation of the ejector seat pods.

There aren't many aftermarket sets, which is not a problem really.

I dressed up the cockpits with plastic card and some cockpit decal placards, the rest was out of the box.

The bare metal finish was achieved using paints from  Mr Color and Tamiya, and a lot of masking tape!

The B-58 is an incredibly futuristic looking machine for it's time, and it still looks highly advanced today.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for looking

Angelo.

[B-17G Airfix 1/72nd scale]

7 hours ago, posh boy said:

what were the decals like to use

They were really good. Nice and, but strong and good colour density 😃

 

thank you for the comments and compliments, they are very much appreciated 😃

[B-17G Airfix 1/72nd scale]

Thank you all very much.

Your comments & compliments are greatly appreciated

 

[1/72 Westland Wapiti, converted from the FROG(Novo) Wallace]

Good lord!

That is some very impressive, too level modelling!

absolutely marvellous work!

[1/24 D H Beaver]

Impressive!

Great result from a very basic kit 😀

[Tamiya 1/48 P-47D 'Razorback' - 354th FS, 355th FG RAF Steeple Morden]

That is a superb model!

Great work, really impressive modelling

 

[B-17G Airfix 1/72nd scale]

This is the Airfix model of the B-17G.

A lovely kit with loads of detail.

I built the kit out of the box, apart from adding a set of decals from Kits-World so I could make a B-17 from the 423rd bomb squadron of the 306th Bomb Group based a Thurleigh in Bedfordshire, a few miles from where I live.

The kit didn't include the pitot tube or "towel rail aerial" for some reason so I scratched them out of wire & plastic card.

I used Tamiya lacquers for the natural metal finish and I used raw umber oil paint to weather the model, creating streaks of dirt, oil leaks etc.

A great kit that went together with no problems.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for looking

Angelo.

 

 

[Handley Page 0/400 Airfix 1/72nd scale]

19 hours ago, Viking said:

What a shame the Wingnut Wings 1/32 kit never made it to the shops before they pulled the plug

Yes, but it would have been HUGE!

There is a 48th scale resin kit by Copper State that looks rather lovely, but the rigging! 😲

 

Thanks for all the comments & compliments, greatly appreciated

 

[Handley Page 0/400 Airfix 1/72nd scale]

Thank you very much for all the compliments, it means such a lot coming from such a group of talented modellers!

[Handley Page 0/400 Airfix 1/72nd scale]

Many thanks for all the wonderful comments and compliments 😃

They are greatly appreciated. 

[1/48 Ta 183 "Huckebein", Academy]

Superb!

[Handley Page 0/400 Airfix 1/72nd scale]

Thanks guys, your comments are very much appreciated 😊

[Battle of Britain Ju 88A-1 KG77 in the hanger]

Very nice!

Great work on the interior, especially as its 72nd scale!

That's a lovely looking 88😀

[Handley Page 0/400 Airfix 1/72nd scale]

As a rule I stay away from bi-planes, too many wings, and then there is the rigging!😲

 

However, I have always liked the look of the 0/400 and I was challenged to build the kit by my son!

The kit was a struggle, the fuselage being made up from four panels was a bit of a challenge, and the whole structure has an unwanted twist in it which I couldn't correct.

The other thing I did was to sand off the overdone rib detail on the wings & tail and simulate the rib tape with thin strips of masking tape secured in place with liquid  poly.

 

I also added an etched scarf ring for the front gun with the Mini World item, which includes a beautifully cast Lewis gun, and I used two more after market Lewis guns from Gaspatch.

 

The model was painted with Tamiya acrylics. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for looking

Angelo.

 

 

[Sparviero]

That's a very impressive bit of modelling!😀

great finish well done!

[C-130 C1 Hercules 1/144]

Best scheme the Hercules was ever seen in!

Great looking model😀