TallBlondJohn

Turn the tail into a true V-tail, it will look great. Might be a bit small though - extend the roots, or how about slap on another pair of Conways a la TU-22?

Great idea - Surprised nobody has done a commercial one. I guess the high-tec way would be to figure out how to convert the projections and apply them. But Valinor should be separate somehow...

Why do terrible airplanes make the best models? Beautiful work.

But the F-15 couldn't have flown from the RN's two supercarriers (cough).

Shot in Croatia - there's a very nicely done set of You Tube videos showing the locations than and now. Here's the first:

Superb - are you Moa? Or another of his brotherhood at least. I can think of no greater praise.

Very nice, looking forward to a silver one (yours and mine). Imperial operated these for a decade without a single fatality, the crabs got them and wrecked the lot in six months.

Hopefully it's not too late but the kit turrets are too shallow, they need to be made higher. Gluing a sheet of plastic card to the roof does the trick nicely. AOTS Belfast shows their proportions correctly. TBH there's lots of other minor issues and the WEM PE isn't 100% right either, watch out for the rear superstructure ladders and check AOTS. But its a great fun build.

Want one!

Great work. It might be a bit late now, but a trick with those well-known bookshelves (other brands are available) is to paint, or even better wallpaper the back wall - there's a Sanderson (other brands are available) watercolour sky style paper that looks great with ships and aircraft.

Superb. All us lucky souls who have built Roden know what an achievement this is!

Airfix decals - I use Microsol and then lots of Microset to get the decal down, then hit it with Dago Products strong decal solution where it needs extra work. The secret is not to panic if the Future starts to melt.

I flew two of these and didn't crash either of them! Unlike my cars. More things to hit, that's my excuse.

This. And Airfix, do same with the Javelin while you are at it. Yes there are other 1/72 kits out there, see above, but I'm sick of that excuse!

Sorry I meant the rest of Navy News. Airfix have their failings but that would be a new one!

...and the colossal sexism on show is to be expected I suppose, but the use of underline text - unforgivable.

Beautiful build. I have two Stranraers in the stash, and will shamelessly copy your work. 😉

Gröner's German Warships 1815-1945 shows Lutzow / Seydlitz with slighter larger 6" triples than the Nurnbergs, basically a bit wider. They would have had the room so why not use it - and extra armour too. Enjoy the build!

Superb. Just wondering, why the red? Is it a base colour for wood?

I painted mine the right colour 🙂 (hint of metallic blue) Then I applied varnish and it turned slightly green 😞 Same thing happened with an Airfix Vostok... must be space thing.

That shot is also over-exposed - I doubt it would look that way to the Mk1 eyeball

Proper job. I've done the 1/100 Me262/Me163 combo kit, its not bad at all. Only issue was it just too small for airbrushing the fine camo, though an expert could probably do it.

Tribals - best looking destroyers ever? And something very Russian about those bows, perhaps they inspired someone. Beautiful build.

I've got the Black Mike boxing and some warping is visible but its not as bad as yours - the big fuselage parts look OK so fingers crossed. Thanks for the warning!

Glances nervously at the Airfix FGR2 kit on the shelf which was going to be Christmas relaxation.... Sure it will be fine...