Richard Stephens

Nope go ahead as long as they know I'm the builder

The flaps,slats and airbrakes are fully scratchbuilt. With a few stiff spars inside the wings and some careful filling I was very happy with result

Thankyou very much...sadly I didn't have a good quality camera to hand so best I could take but I appreciate all comments

I'm very glad you like it....we may well get round to fi Islington the other but we are busy at the moment and flyung legends airshow and Riat we are attending so we plan to come back with a few new ones

hellothere A while ago i started a WIP of 2x b1 lancers being built however due to an illness shortly after and being busy i never got round to catching back up. I did however manage to complete at least one and have looking forward to getting the pics up here. So here is the 1/48th B!-B lancer with eduard photo etch interior and exhaust sets with full custom wing fittings, flaps and slat, fully open starboard engine and lots of extra cockpit and gear well detail. I have kept one side of the aircraft closed up with FOD covers on the port side and have highly detailed the starboard side to add interest. This with one very long spraying session and some heavy weathering I am proud to say she is finished Enjoy

hello Some great progress today. Bomb bays and main undercarriage wells is coming along very nicely on mine got rid of most of moulding pins and have begun detailing certain parts.My father finally got round to his and has made it his first job to hide seams on intakes and add appropriate detail. enjoy

POTKC sorry I should of been more clear....me and my father both are building one I'm not building both....as for the plans they were just off Internet and enlarged to correct scale....the reference book is a full look into the b1 and was a downloaded pdf file which we took colour pictures from and we have also placed are own found images from various sources

hello Well after a very quiet evening to myself I was able to get round to the start of my B1..Now given this model was new in the 1980's I was expecting some problems straight out of the box. To be fair to the model compared to the reference I have as you will see in the photos the attention to detail in the main undercarriage well is pretty close and won't require to much additional detail (well for me anyway). Having said that though they have hidden some really nasty injection marks right where parts close on the gap.. Luckily so far a lot of the etch has covered a few but there are still a few of them to get rid of.Today was spent mostly cleaning up interior and not really any assembly apart from test fit but im happy with the start. enjoy

hello all Since I was very young probably 6 or 7 I remember seeing this model in the flesh and being amazed by the size. Over the past few years I have always had this model in the back of my mind on the todo list.Well after watching some inspiring builds over different forums and finally viewings rom1's build on here me and my father have over the last few weeks got together 2 of these beasts and plan on fully stripping and detailing them where we see fit. Firstly I would like to thank VonkeyVong for the purchase of his B1 with eduard etch we wouldn't of been able to get two so quickly without you so thanks again. Overall the model is a great starting point.We have both opted for the eduard etch exhaust and cockpit and exterior etch metal sets. Please note the models are slightly differently boxed but in pretty much every way they are the same model for those who don't know. This build will include improved details, lighting,scratchbuilding, and as much possible detail as we can. we plan on dropping flaps and slats opening the pilots emergency escape hatches.....dropping panels to view some of the turbines amongst many other details..We have a huge 128 page reference book for everything to work from so will be keeping them to the upmost of accuracy usually our builds are pretty quick so i wont be posting as regualr with our builds but do stick with us as we will get there! Enjoy

hello there Well after a solid weeks work just over 50 hours week my f15 is finially finished and has been displayed...wow what a payload.carrying 16 bombs and 4 sidewinders with a giant bomb underneath forgive me not knowing the names this aircraft is not be be trifled with enjoy photos of f15 and also sat next to my last model the trumpeter 1/32nd su-27

ok posted for markjames68....yes that is a half scale flying rc spitfire..1/32nd zwilling both the 1/32nd revell kit with scratch build wing detail...more of the 1/18th hornet fuselage....and a 1/24th fully scratchbuilt f35 Enjoy

hello there ok well the su-25 is fully complete and is ready for inspection... man does that plane carry a lot of bombs.As for the f15 after a full days masking and a fews hours spraying she has had her full paint job and assembly on the final part had begun...Again the f15 is in high gloss and my camera is bleaching the shading of the panels so hopefully get some better shots when the build is complete but not long to go now. enjoy

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hello there ok very big update. The su-25 is now fully assembled decaled and weathered waiting on final ordanance to be cleaned up.. the F15 has now had the interio fitted and the intakes seams removes as well as the canopies clear seam line. The conformal tanks have now also been added as well as filled is lightly with very minor sanding.fuselage is assembled however will post pics up for that tomorow when i have had to chance to finalise the clean up. su-25 sill has a very heavy gloss on it from the decaling and is waiting its matte coat at the end canopies are just sat in place. The rare jet cans have been modified from the kit and given some added depth as the kit ones were very poor enjoy

hello there Well an excellent days progress...Started out with me realising that the front nose gear bay was not good enough with the injection sink marks and with an impossible task of removing them with any ease and the piece not really fitting well in the first place i decided to rebuild it from scratch (photos below). Excellent progress on the su-25 fuselage is coming together nicely and a lot of painting has been finalised. Hoping to get the front end of the f15 together tomorrow and perhaps we might see some camo of the su25....At this rate the su-25 will be finished long before my f15 photos below Enjoy!

hello there well progress for day two has been very good lots of painting and assembly anf final construction. F15 has had the nose radar electronics bays fully rebuilt and finally painted and major assembly on the su-25 has begun with final painting in some areas enjoy photos!

Hi there well after a good day solid building we have made excellent progress and are very happy with the results. Massive improvements to the revell F15 and the resin cockpit is ourstanding in the su-25. very minor fit issuies as you can see in photos and a fewq good bits of scratch building here and there but ill lets the photos do the talking Enjoy! photos are mixed of both models of me and my father (markjames68)

Hello there For those of you who have in the passed followed are works in progress you will know that me and my father regularly do a double build of specicfic models. Well now probably long overdue we are going again. Starting tomorrow we will be cracking on with two excellent builds. The Trumpeter 1/32nd Su-25 frogfoot with added resin interior parts and gear wells and the 1/32nd Revell F15 which will be heavily modeified including lots of open panels. These builds will be starting 9am sharp tomorrow and progressing as long as needed. hope you enjoy the WIP and please feel free to leave comments.

You are totally correct...as a few post ago we made the mistake of positioning the doors on the wrong side by accident...mine is ok as all grey underneath however it mean the invasion striped now do not match up...however we won't be correcting thisbto avoided any damage to models But yes it should be grey haha

Please excuse the decals the models prior to those photos had literally just been finished and the decals were still settling but they have gone down perfectly now I will post some photos later

The build is here to inspire you guys and show off the kit.... If it makes you want to get on with yours or purchase one for your stash then job done....but I do hope you like the builds as well haha

corrected the doors thanks for pointing that out haha

As the blue spinner one is mine I was not not so keen...however after commuting and painting it stands out a treat and I am very happy with the sharp colour I got