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Lovely job on a kit that's beaten me at least 3 times! Do you have a build thread anyway?

Well done on conquering the Airfix Bucc!

Nah, people won't appreciate how nuts you are if you do!

No problems. Nope, no pirating here - The guys who make these books for us need as much support as we can give them!

Excellent resource for the Mil Mi-24 in all its guises. Free PDF download of the book that was previously charged for. Page & Link here - http://www.4pluspublications.com/en/publications/3-mi-24-hind

Gosh, I'm finding it enough just building one EA-18G! I've got the Hase kit which I managed to pick up in a sale. That one seems to of come with all the additional bumps and lumps so I don't have to scratch them. If you want any photos for reference, drop me a message

Can't tell it's a model! Very nice build.

Flawless!

Lovely bird Tom - Where do you find the room for all these massive builds?!

Foxy, Now I know that someone has had one of the kits and recommends it, I'll get the kit ordered from WEM! Expect some progress, oh by the end of the year

Just wow Tom, I've only ever seen smaller airframes vac-formed, lovely to see this come from some deformed plastic sheets all the way up to the sheer beast that it is now! With the size of it, you should install it at the beginning of your driveway as a gate guardian

I've not got any extras for her yet, I was looking at a WEM PE set and a KA wooden deck but the price of those two together is the same as the pontos kit and that's got far more included. Cheers She's stalled for now, just awaiting what I want to do with the aftermarket stuff! I've been picking up quite a few kits in the MZ sale and I've been distracted by a 1/48 E/A-18

My first ship kit! I ordered the 1/600 King George as I really wanted to do a ship. However, I didn't check how big it would be and was disappointed so treated myself to a 1.350 kit. So far, all I've done is build the kit into it's sub assemblies, the whole thing is currently just mocked up whilst I ponder how to finish her. Sprue shot with a keyboard for reference - Dry fit shot - Boat Deck Very annoyed at myself for the poor fit on the launch catapult deck - Only looking at the above photo did I notice it! I may scribe cut it out and remount it using plastic sheet. I'm thinking about getting the WEM PE set and a wooden deck, however I then saw this kit on WEM - https://www.whiteensignmodels.com/p/PontosModel+1350+HMS+Prince+of+Wales+1941+Detail+Up+Set+Tamiya+Pon35015F1/17134/#.UZNforXvubA I've never heard of the company or seen any reviews but it seems to tick all the boxes that I'd want! Does anyone have any thoughts?

Next up was the rear fins - Oh dear. F-12? F-25? I was annoyed at this as I like to paint models with dual tail fins with the fins off! I'm probably going to pack the locating tabs out with some sheet plastic and then sand it down till they hold themselves in the right place. This will ease painting tremendously. Rear stabs where fitted and glued as the last job of the night.

Pit - I haven't painted or detailed Bay 5 as the model will have the canopy down and a cover over. Managed to completely polish out the seam line on the rear of the airframe - 5 grades of squadron sticks. Milliputted seam on the wing join I wasn't happy with this fit, so... A blueing coat was used to show any flaws and these where skimmed in green stuff and then flatted back. Doesn't look neat but under a coat of paint, there are no flaws. Like so...

Bang chair

A little background - THe first model I've ever been truly happy with was a Revel-Monogram F-15E. It's the only model I've managed to get the preshading, weather and washes to look 'right' on. This was over 4 years ago now and despite numerous attempts, I've not managed to finish a kit since, including a 2 year hiatus. Here she is - The tail numbers are painted on and incorrect, the reason being I the F-15 in Lockon/DCS and wanted it to reflect my tail number (LN, 003) In order to try and get myself back in gear, I'm doing another F-15, this time a C to try and get back up and running! It's the Academy set which I managed to pick up for £19.99 in the Modelzone sale. It comes with a small PE fret and a decent weapons loadout. The airframe goes together in a front cockpit and radar section, pancake fuselage and then the wings are mounted flush to the body. There have been a few issues as the build has gone along - The front wheel well didn't fit at all. The instructions call the nose to be joined, the cockpit to be mounted on top of the wheel bay and then slid into place. The cockpit however doesn't sit right! To get around this, I first trimmed the bottom to allow the wheel bay to fit. This was then glued into place and left. Once it was firm, the mounting pegs where sanded flush and I manually lined the cockpit up inside the chassis. The intakes are quite frankly rubbish. For some reason, they leave some 1cm square holes once completely built up if you don't card them over! As I'm posing the intakes in the powered down position, it's hardly hard to see into this section. Wing fitment has been poor however I accrue 50% of this down to poor building technique (yeah, I rushed putting the pan cake together). Quite a lot of Milliput and Green stuff later and I've just about recovered the seams along with the re-scribing. I'll get some pictures up soon of the current build. Currently can't decide on the paint scheme though, I'm torn 50/50 been accurate and making a desert aggressor colouring!

My least favourite task next to undercarriage!