[DH Mosquito Coastal Command(143 Squadron)]

Hi folk's decal,s went on fine but had issue's with the walkway pair between fuselage and engine's. They were very thick and just would not settle on the rivet detail so I shaved of the rivet's with a scalpel sanded and repainted the area.

 

[Esci 1/48 Fury.XXXFinishedXXXX]

Evening folk's decal's on the other side finished so just a couple of jobs to do then finished.

 

[F8F-1 Bearcat - VF-3, USS Randolph *Finished*]

That really is a cracking build looks like your taking this modelling lark seriously!Definite competition in the house.

[Revell 1/32 Hawker Hurricane new tooling.]

Evening all,well I finally plucked up the courage to start the weathering she looked so good in the black finish but I wanted to slightly do some wear and tear.I restricted it to breaking

up the mono finish passing  over the airframe with NATO black then after nearly cocking the exhaust staining up finally got it to a point where I'm happy enough.once glossed and decalled

and when she;s re-matted I'll try some weathering pencils.

 

[Esci 1/48 Fury.XXXFinishedXXXX]

Evening folk's,started the decalling and have to say they are beautiful on but very thin and need to be treat with respect I had a few scary moments!

 

 

[DH Mosquito Coastal Command(143 Squadron)]

21 hours ago, TonyOD said:

I can't think of many aircraft with more elegant lines than a Mossie. looking great Steve.

 

8 hours ago, stevehnz said:

Nice going on this Steve, looking forward to the finish. 

Steve.

 

9 hours ago, heloman1 said:

Speedy work going on here!!!

 

Colin

 

16 hours ago, ArnoldAmbrose said:

Gidday Steve, she's looking graceful and beautiful, both the aircraft itself and your model of it.   Regards, Jeff.

Thank's folk's glad you're enjoying the build hopefully you are happy with the upper dark gray,just broke up the solid colour with a few passes on low power plan to repeat it on the undersides.

 

[Hobbyboss 1/72 FW190 A-6/8 pair.XXXXFinishedXXXX]

Hi folk's,painted the wheel wells and u/c etc,sprayed a fine "dust"  on the tyre's and door's and about to put a wash into the panel's.

 

[DH Mosquito Coastal Command(143 Squadron)]

Evening folk's,time to move the Mozzie on,undersides primed and painted

 

[Big In Japan - Classic Japanese Kits GB Chat]

Well I have the big 1/32 Me262 in the stash but looking over the sprue's and the twisted fuselage might hold off till another time,I'm leaning towards a couple of Hasegawa 1/72

offering's especially the Fuji trainer which I've wanted to build for a long time now also in the mix would be the  Grumman Panther and Tiger and another two seater Skyhawk.

[Esci 1/48 Fury.XXXFinishedXXXX]

Hi folk's,wheels and U/C parts fitted just a few bits to add when they dry overnight hope to get some markings on tomorrow.

 

[Frog Focke Wulf Ta 152H, it's in the bag **Finished**]

There's a You Tube video out there calling this the worst kit ever(Revell boxing) I think you've just proved the guy wrong Pat,looks great.

[Hasegawa 1/32 FW190D-9 Oskar Romm IV/JG3, Prenzlau, March 1945 **Finished**]

Shaping up nicely Stew and that pilot figure is superb and a great addition to gauging the size of this beast.Good luck with the rest of the build.

[Reconnaissance (or Scouting for the hard of spelling) Chat]

Hi Folk's I'll be joining in with something a bit different for me,nothing in the stash so trawling around E-bay I set a limit of £20 for something suitable pleasantly suprised to get a kit I'd quite

fancied for a while and coming in at just under budget which included delivery at £18:75 is this beauty.

 

Inside is the 1990's Academy kit which still stands up well.

 

[** FINIE / FINISHED ** Dassault M.D 450 Ouragan - Heller 1/72 (No. 103 ‘Hornet’ Squadron, IDF/AF)]

Great choice Dave nice to see the classic kit Flag flying,built one for the Heller GB, faultless fit and  finish for it's age.

[Marcel Bloch / Dassault Inspiration Gallery]

Hi folk's it was only when I realised Dave @Rabbit Leaderwas building the Heller kit I realised it was a Dassault aircraft here's my build for the Heller GB.

 

 

[Marcel Bloch / Dassault Inspiration Gallery]

hi folk's only one kit in the stash from this Manufacturer in the form of the old Hasegawa 1/72 F1.

 

 

[Esci 1/48 Fury.XXXFinishedXXXX]

On 31/01/2023 at 06:51, Grandboof said:

Great choice . The decals make it hard to stop at one . No 2 looks great too. 

Martin H

 

 

 

Thank's Martin,I sat and thought which scheme to do and in the spirit of why I bought the original kit decided on option 2 as firstly the colourful options are for the F3 as well

so I thought maybe in the future seek out the much more accurate Kittyhawk kit to lavish the colour scheme on so primed in black then brush painted Tamiya Sea Blue over two coat's

then three thinned brush coat's of Humbrol glosscoat and she's shining beautifully!

 

[Revell 1/32 Hawker Hurricane new tooling.]

Evening folk's,not gone overboard on the weathering just a dry brush with aluminium to pick out the highlight's so U/C fitted nicely.

 

[Esci Mirage F1 Tiger Meet with ground support.]

On 31/01/2023 at 19:32, Wez said:

Anyway, good luck with this one, are you going to make the GSE as well?

Thank's for the serial explanation Wez,yes I plan to build a diorama time permitting.

[Hobbyboss 1/72 Corsair Korean war.XXXXFinishedXXXX]

Hi folk's when I ordered the Ocean Hawk for just over a fiver I added this kit as well,It's an easy kit which is a great way of getting to the paint stage without

the faf! These kit's now come in an end opening box which now has the instruction's and colour scheme's on the back.

 

As you might expect not a great deal of parts but as always nicely moulded.

 

[1/72 Hobbyboss Ocean Hawk SH60F and SH60B Sea Hawk.]

Hi folk's I'm a big fan of HB's 1/72 Helicopter range having built a good few they are nicely detailed and don't cost a fortune either.this one is new to me

but very nice indeed with two really colourful markings on what would be a dull gray scheme.

 

As I said very nicely moulded and detailed.Got a couple of builds to bring home before getting round to this one yet.

 

[Esci 1/48 Fury.XXXFinishedXXXX]

Evening folk's just a quick update,all assembled ready for primer which will show better any imperfections.

 

[Esci Mirage F1 Tiger Meet with ground support.]

Hi folk's my first Esci F1 since the kit was first released many moons ago.I got it of e-bay for 15 quid last year so time she was built.

 

molded in tan plastic with fine recessed panel lines.

 

Ground support equipment with crew and pilot figure as well a big chunk of vac formed tarmac is supplied.

 

Looking forward to this one plenty of time to build it as for this GB only this one planned.

[Hobbyboss 1/72 FW190 A-6/8 pair.XXXXFinishedXXXX]

All in all a good day's work thankfully the decals worked a treat on this one,last job of the day was to seal the decal's in ready for a bit of touch up and weathering in.The Green heart is blue

for some reason but will get an overpaint to correct it.

 

 

[Hobbyboss 1/72 FW190 A-6/8 pair.XXXXFinishedXXXX]

29 minutes ago, Marklo said:

Is the mottling done by brush, sponge or airbrush? It looks well I might add.

Thank's Marklo,airbrush for the mottling sadly I'ts not the best in this scale being a dirt cheap Chinese one but Ideal for most of what I need to airbrush on other projects.