DanSAR95

Love this build. Youve done a spectacular job on it and the weathering is spot on. The builds in the above post are lovely too, specially the checkered one. Regards

Lovely build. I'd love to build one of my 2 swordfish in my stash but that rigging.

Thanks all for the comments, very appreciated. Will certainly build more tigermeet builds. Regards

Skeg, the decals were lovely to do, they were firm and very little tearing occurred, although this did happen on a very long very thin decal but I suppose tearing on such thin decals is always likely. Thanks for the comments everyone, means a lot. Regards

The decals were very pleasing and they went on without any major issues. I would give the decals a 9:10 for quality, they were quite sturdy, didn't tear and look visually very good when compared to the real plane. Regards Thanks for the comments everyone.

Hi thanks for your comment. The Impala exists mainly in two seater form, inwhich most are, but there are some single seater frames out there. Regards

Lovely job. It would have been great had the real machine been schemed like this. Invasion stripes always make plane's that bit better. Regards

Great work, I think your build looks much better than the die cast. I must buy one of these, I bet there fairly cheap knowing Hobbyboss. Some of their kits are great and the majority are very attractively priced. Top marks. Well done

Absolutely stunning, both kings posted on this thread. That's certainly a name this helicopter deserves, king. Such a beautiful machine in any livery and such a workhorse. Can you guess I love seakings. Both builds here are superb and are both great tributes to the kings. Top marks both. A+++

I totally agree, I've seen images of this plane and other mirage 2000s without this scheme and mine certainly does seem to be too blue but I was aware of this whilst painting it and I didn't want to paint it a nothing other than this blue. I wanted the challenge of mixing this blue and wouldn't have been happy had I gone for more grey. If you think these decals are laborious, you should see the other f16 in my stash, perhaps in 5 years ill start it, now that is a challenge. Regards

Hi all, having picked this up at the northern model show, I was really excited to get it built as its certainly different. I really enjoyed it and learnt a lot from this build, mainly that because there are many decals, they needn't stop you from building a kit. Although you cant see it very well on this photo, a few layers of Klear have made her nice and shiny. Comments encouraged and many thanks for looking.

Hi all, I finally bult this after months of putting it off due to needing to mix paint and the decals. But, as ive been doing lately, ive been trying new things and paint mixing has gone very well and the decals weren't an issue. Im starting to build more challenging builds now and im really getting more confident with challenging builds. Im really happy with this and I welcome your comments. regards

Hi all, here is my recently built impala. I must say, in the last week or so ive started using Klear, the new formula, and wow, what a difference. The canopies are so shiny and clear with using this and the aircraft themselves, if they should be shiny, look superb as a result. All comments welcome.

Thanks for all the comments folks. Being one of the longest stash residents, I never thought I'd build it so I'm very happy I finally have. I've got another identical revell starter set in the stash, brand new with paints, glue etc, for £2 at a car boot sale. Couldn't believe when I asked the lady on the store and she said £2.

Hi all, here is my Tonka, the paint is a mix of revel beige, flesh and dark earth, and the decals are from a monogram gulf boxing from the northern model show for £3. Hope you like her, comments welcome.

Wow. Now that's eye catching. Great work. Regards

Very good work here. I've always avoided this kit in shops for fear of the rigging so well done on doing such a sterling job on it. Top marks. Regards

Very smart and very clinical. She looks like she's just came out of the factory and is sitting waiting for her first flight. Very good finish on this, really shows how the new airfix kits are very good and can be built into top class models. Regards

Wow, very impressive build. Certainly don't have any room for this one to be on display. Very well painted. Regards

Hi again, I've just glued the wings in the open position as they will be better displayed like this. Thanks for your input though.

Great little build. Always grabs my attention when there's a Russian aircraft around as they are very interesting and, looking at the mig 21, the bears etc, very industrial looking. Youve done a great job.

Wonderful build. You can never go wrong with this scheme on aircraft. One question, how have you gotten the finish to be so shiny. Regards

Should have stated its the 1:72 tonka gr1. I wonder if I should just glue them on in the open position as there is no inserts as you say on the bigger one. Damn, with wings swept open it will take up alot of room on my display shelves, best not start the other identical kit in the stash, I did get it for £2 though so I'm not complaining. Regards

Hi all, so after starting my lovely revell tonka gr1, I had just finished the cockpit and thought everything would be straightforward but for the life of me I can't workout how the pivoting pylons work. It seems the holes for them are too large. I suppose I could just glue them swept out but I'd like to know how you do it. Any help greatly appreciated. Regards

Thanks all for the comments. Jean, this did come with squadron codes but I completely ruined them so had to finish without them. The decals were horrid on this and took a long time to get them too work. I almost bought 3rd party decals to finish her but thought I'd just build without the codes. Regards