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Thanks! Cockpit was a mixture of subtle paint shades followed by a wash and a flat coat.

As you can see you can do an awful lot with the stock kit and a little bit of effort. My advice would be to aim for what looks nice for you and stick to that. I got 'slightly' carried away with my own and... well... long story As much as I like the 1/48 kits I really wish R2 would issue a 1/72 version of their molds .

But where are the 1/48 Y-Wing, B-Wing, A-Wing, Tie Fighters and AT-AT?

Still waiting for the Bently chap to confirm his have arrived and are ready to ship

It is a pretty rough kit for sure. But the nearest in scale to what I want would be the Alfred Wong resin kit which while great by comparison is about 6 times the price. I'm thinking of completely sanding down the Revell kit to the basic shape and rebuilding and detailing from there.

Not much to show for 2016 sadly but here's my slowly maturing Italeri Tornado ADV built as an F.2 prototype. Not aiming for accuracy per se, just something I can be happy with. The kit is mostly OOB save for some Eduard PE and some rudimentary lighting for the strobes/NAV lights. Stock seats with a little PE. Cockpit so far... Primed... Pre-shaded... Main paint job done and work on the accessories on the way... More soon... hopefully

Great stuff! Are you going to add the new Revell AT-AT to the diorama?

Nothing short of superb! I'm planning a 'Bi-Centennial' build of one of these and this has given me some great ideas, especially the panel shading. Great stuff!

Duncan, I think you've done a great job for 2016! They're beautiful builds and yet more inspiration for me. I've only managed two Spits and half a Tonka so far this year . You've done great! Keep em coming!

Artwox did a set which I picked up last year from BNA Model World (Australia) via eBay.

Great news! Really hoping they release 1/72 versions of the same so I have somewhere to put them.

I did the same as you but I checked earlier and the 'pre-order' status has now been removed from the page so I emailed to ask if they were in stock and ready to ship.

1/48. It has to be 1/48.

Crackin build Ced! Nice one!

That's an absolute beauty! I managed to get one of these on sale back in '87 but it proved a little too much for me. Well done!

Can I please ask what printer you are using for this?

Absolute corker!

Ah, I forgot the Buccaneer. Imagine if they gave it the Victor or the FG.1 treatment? An absolute winner for sure!

It's not a question of 'wrong scale' per se, but what my dwindling eyes and clumsy hands can work with. A well engineered 1/72 kit can come out better than a fiddly 1/48. It's the subject that generally rules with the only real constraint being space to display or store. My stash is a mix of many scales

The 31 was not a 'top of my list' subject but the quality of the kits coming out these days along with the stunning builds I've seen have made it too tempting to pass up. The more the merrier I say!

I agree about the Phantom. In fact for me, the only danger is they make it so good that I consider switching my scale to 1/72 I think it also shows how spoilt we have been over recent years, which is both a surprise and a delight for a hobby that doomsayers had suggested would die out at the end of the 80's. The reason my stash is a 'stash' is as much to do with the choice and quality today as it is with my bank balance compared to when I was a kid. Aircraft, Sci-Fi, Ships and to the standards being pumped out by Airfix, AMK and many others.

I've yet to see the announcement of any 'knock-out' subject, either as a new kit or a re-tool. Perhaps as has already been suggested, they are trying to play it safe with a few releases that will be popular enough to keep the cash flowing. If so this is a bit of a shame especially when other players are taking a punt and releasing 1/32 B-17's, 1/48 U-Boat's and the like. A 1/350 Audacious Class carrier would be a clintcher for me or even just a modern tool of the 1/72 Vulcan. I'm not that fussed about a retool of kits made by other manufacturers where the quality was already well done (e.g. 1/48 Sea King) unless they really up the ante with features and schemes not seen before. Otherwise I'm happy for them to roll out a few aircraft if they at least come up with one new subject in their ships range. At the moment Airfix only has 1 kit listed in its warships catalogue - the 1/350 Illustrious - and they were the only company to develop this subject in that scale. If they did the same with an Audacious or even QE class or even a Type-42, all in 350, I'm pretty sure they would be a draw, a nice complement to other kits out there. I'd even go for a Centaur Class to have a Hermes alongside an Invincible. I'm not holding out much hope but keeping my fingers crossed.

Excellent collection Sergei! And a timely reminder that I too need to stop watching and get on with some building

Thanks Andre 48 is my scale for fighters but I looked at something similar to what you described and umed and arred over it before settling on Unkranian splinter. At least until I saw the digital version. Then I started uming and arring again

Mine also arrived early in the week. While I haven't 'burst the bags' from what I can see through them it looks like a really good and well engineered kit.