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Hubert last won the day on July 11 2017

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  1. Not that difficult, David. The probe, and the Pitot tubes, needed just using a small diameter drill after marking the center with a hypodermic needle. Thanks for your comments and likes !
  2. I'm continuing my small series of small-scale British jets. This time it was Buccaneer. The Airfix model did not cause any major problems during construction. The fit was good (except for the air intakes to the engines and the connection between the rear part of the fuselage and the middle part). I added the tip of the refueling probe and pitot tubes from Master (this machine had two). Photo-etched additions from Eduard in the cockpit and undercarriage bays. Wheels from Eduard. Nord AS-30 missiles from PJ Production. I also made imitations of rivets. Painted mainly with MRP paints. I hope you like it!
  3. The Tupolev SB-2 M-100A in the ICM 1:72 scale is a challenge that has been waiting for its implementation in my workshop for many years. The model was first purchased at the beginning of the second decade of the 21st century, sold after deciding to abandon the small scale, and bought again this year, out of sympathy for the silhouette of the plane, slender, with wings of a vast span compared to fuselage length. Beautiful, in its twisted way. An undervalued plane in scale modeling. SB is persecuted by bad luck regarding the availability of decent models. The new kit in 1:48 scale is probably lost with the collapse of the modeling company (supposedly, one can hunt vacuum-formed MPM for a lot of money, but you know...), Frog's or MPM injection products - either primitive or almost impossible to build, and finally ICM - which in the box it looks nice, especially when it comes to surface details, but it is so fragmented, even shredded, that it can be discouraging. But somehow, I made it to the end. No, it's not my top achievement; I just glued it together and painted it. Rob Taurus canopies are, in my opinion, a must-have accessory for this model. I also added the harness in the cabins (Eduard) and applied Print Scale decals - that's it. My Katiuska is painted with MRP, and AK Interactive 3G paints. Weathered with Modelers World washes, some subtle highlights are done with Oilbrushers from Ammo Mig (dry brushed). The model is supposed to represent a Republican aviation machine - 24th Group, Barahas, Spain, April 1939. I hope you like it!
  4. Starting in 1940, the Request for Data R-40C program resulted in the projects of fighters distinguished by their original design, such as the Vultee XP-54 Swoose Goose or the Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender, which I present to you below. The flight of the prototype took place on July 19, 1943, but the machine was lost in a crash in November of the same year. Pilot J. Harvey Gray lost control of the machine in a stall, but he managed to save himself by jumping with a parachute. The model shows a second prototype that has survived to our times and found its way to the National Air and Space Museum in Washington and then to the Air Zoo in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Curtiss built prototype number three, but the program was finally closed in 1945. Video from the tests is available; anyone curious will find it on YT. The fit of the elements is generally good or acceptable. Putty and CA were needed here and there. Except for the Eduard harness in the cockpit, all straight out of the box. Painted with MRP paints, as usual - a delight even perverse. Antenna cable - Uschi. Moderately weathered. I tried to flatten the wheels, but the main landing gear is relatively weak and does not hold the geometry, so I gave it up. I'm glad I made it and thought it would be more challenging. I hope you like it. Hubert
  5. The stripes are all painted, the decals wouldn't work, I think. It was the Indian/German Navy boxing anyway, so no stripes were included in the decal sheet. Thanks for comments!
  6. Hawker Sea Hawk of 810 Sqdn Royal Navy, embarked on HMS Albion, 1956, Suez Crisis. Painted with MRP paints. Model Art Decals. I didn't correct anything, I didn't add much from myself. The model is hard to recommend to accuracy fans. Nice fitting, but the technological breakdown itself, shortshots, those miserable inlets and outlets, the canopy ... well, it leaves a lot to be desired. I like the early British jets. They are ... human made, a bit strange, capricious, but they have something about them. I hope you like it! Hubert
  7. Many thanks for comments! More photos at my blog, as usual. Hubert
  8. Messerschmitt Bf-109 E-4 / B, S9 + GT from 9 / SKG 210, Uffz Werner Ringel (?), Russia, March 1942. The Airfix kit, very poor in detail, so I added some resin accessories from Pavla (it is just necessary, especially the control surfaces and flaps) U-48-35 and U 48-36, Eduard's photo-etched bits in the cockpit, Aber and Pavla's barrels. Of the things that don't match the actual aircraft, it's definitely worth mentioning the compressor air intake filter cover, which should be typical for Fieseler production, the headrest, and probably the bomb ejector - but it was a replaceable item, so let's not worry. Overall, it's not state-of-the-art, and I didn't have a heart for it, so it took far too long to build this simple kit since the holidays of 2019 or even longer. But generally, I show everything I've finished, so another boring and mediocre Bf-109 lands in the gallery. Painted with MRP and Gunze paints. Wash and weathering with specifics from Modellers World, AK pigments. Decals from TOPDRAWINGS No. 4 by Kagero - excellent. Overall, I tried to be as close as possible to what is in the drawing in the book. The photos of the S9 + GT show a dark spinner - but I painted it yellow according to the book. Strangely enough - this is one of the heaviest World War II fighter models in the 1:48 scale I have. The parts are thick; there is a huge lump of plastic pretending to be an engine in the front - it has its weight. Hubert
  9. That's just splendid job. However, these large cannons spoil the beautiful line of this plane.
  10. It's Ukraine. I was lucky and didn't pay any customs or VAT. And the delivery was swift.
  11. It seems to be available in both scales, I have purchased my kit there: http://marsmodels.eu/catalog/?q=la-15&how=r
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