72nders

This Tamiya 109 is my latest build, and I have to say one of the nicest kits I have ever built; the fit is perfect and no modifications or putty were needed. This was also my first time doing mottling, I had to redo it at least 3 times but, I am pleased with the result. I used Ak real colors acrylics. The only aftermarket items used were Eduard Photo-etched in the cockpit, a master pitot tube and cannons, and Decals from Aeromaster, Eduard and Italeri. The sand filter, which wasn't included in the kit was taken from an Eduard 109. I used Abteilung 502 oils to wash the model and Tamiya weathering powders for the exhausts. Happy modelling! Anna

Great work! The attention to detail is fantastic and the weathering and paint job are just right.

Fantastic work, very nicely painted and weathered. Love the display too!

Thank you all for your kind words. Thank you Andrés, I try to weather my models according to what I see on the pictures of the particular aircraft I'm building, and as a personal preference, I try to build models of aircraft that aren't very weathered. Thanks Pat, I used mig ammo acrylic, 0033 Ruber & Tires.

This is my latest build, Eduard's 1/72 Bf 110. This was overall an enjoyable build and resulted in my first proper Luftwaffe build in over 5 years, it was also my first attempt at battle of britain luftwaffe camo. The model was painted with Ak Real Colors acrylics and was weathered with Abteilung 502 oils and Tamiya enamel washes and weathering powders. This was a weekend edition kit, but Eduard PE was used along with decals from another boxing of Eduard's 110. Quickboost exhausts were also used. The FuBl antenna on the underside of the fuselage was scratch-built using brass rod and uschi standard wire. This was also my first proper attempt at doing exhaust stains with an airbrush, I used Ak Real Colors Nato Black. Happy modelling to all! Anna

Great work!

Fantastic work!!

Thank you very much Watto, we enjoyed building the trucks very much. I'm not sure what we're going to build for our next GB, I'm still doing research, but IBG's Diamond T 968 truck is a contender!

Nice work!

Thank you Rich, the Flak is actually included in the kit, I believe the boxing I had was a special version because they usually sell the truck and Flak seperatley. Thank you Darryl! We try our best, but there is always more we can do to improve. Thank you Andy, I have always loved painting figures, one of my first attempts at modelling was a set of 1/72 British soldiers in MTO uniforms, I have tried to improve my skills ever since and try to do a figure for as many Aircraft/AFVs that I build. Thanks Sardaukar, this was my first attempt at freehand camo like that, I'm glad it came out okay. Thank you Keith, I try my best to add as many details as I can and am glad I didn't ruin any kit parts in the process! Thank you John! Thanks! Thank you Echen, it's good too see another 1/72 modeller, we have to keep the gentleman's scale alive!! Thank you! Hi Agrippa, the tracks were a bit tricky, the picture below is of the IBG instructions' sprue images, the long tracks were easy to place but I had a hard time with the individual ones some of them broke and the instructions aren't very clear about the spacing between them, so if you are going to build the kit I would just say to be wary of the instructions and maybe try to make a plan before gluing the pieces. But this is a great kit, and was a very enjoyable build for me. Hope this helps!

Amazing work, the NMF looks superb and your attention to detail is fantastic!

Hello all, These trucks from IBG were built by my mum and I. 1) The Ford Maultier with Flak 38 was built by me and is my latest completion of the year, I managed to finish it Sunday evening just in time to be counted as a 2023 build. It was painted with Ak Real Colors acrylics and weathered with Tamiya enamel washes and weathering powders. Some modifications were made to the model: -The headlights were drilled out, painted chrome (on the inside), then light bulbs made from transparent sprue were added and finally the lenses were made with Ak crystal magic glue. -A Photo-Etched window wiper from Brengun was used. -The windows on the door do not come with the kit, so I cut them out from a piece of transparent plastic card. - Although you might not be able to see it, decals which were not included in the kit and which were stolen from some spare aircraft decal sheets were added to the car's instrument panel. The figures are from Zvezda. 2) The Truck was built by my mum a few months ago, it was built straight out of the box and painted with Tamiya acrylics, the weathering was done with Abteilung 502 oils. I was inspired to build this model after seeing my mum build hers, I am very pleased that our collection of 1/72 vehichles is growing. Happy New Year to all and may your scale modelling wishes come true! Anna

Hello all, This Tamiya 1/72 P-47D-27 was built in the markings of Lt. James R. Hopkins' aircraft. The model was painted with AK real colors acrylics, and weathered with Tamiya enamel washes and weathering powders. Some Aftermarket items were used: -Eduard PE in the cockpit -Master pitot tube -Brassin wheels -Montex decals Some details were added to the model including the fuel supply plumbing and tail-wheel landing gear door actuators. I used Hypodermic needles for the gun barrels. I built this model in a GB with my dad, who built 4 P-47s, which you can see in this post: Happy New Year to everyone, Anna

Thank you very much, soon it will be more accurate when I “steal” another Curtiss symmetrical propeller from a Tamiya P-47 as I did for the 2 Revell kits. Thank you for your kind words. I still have a lot to improve. A batch build is usually useful when you have many kits of the same subject or to compare different makers but I must confess, after so many corrections, so many repeated scratch-built small items and adapted vac-formed canopies I started to lose my “mojo” towards the end and just wanted to finish them. It seems to me that 2 are the magic number for building kits of the same subject. I just started a IBG Fw 190D-9 and a Tamiya Fw190 D-9. These allow me sometimes to use extra parts from the newer kit to improve the older one (especially when using aftermarkets “goodies” on the newer kit) Lately, I have been doing this model maker’s mix-batches a lot, trying in the process to bring old kits close to the standard of the new kits (other way I am sure that I would not touch this old kits anymore) Thank you very much. Thanks a lot Thanks a lot, but your Jug is a beauty as well, I loved the very well executed camouflage of such an important subject as David Schilling's P-47, a commander that made all the difference to the 56th FG. Thank you very much Thank you for your kind words, I am still trying to improve my builds and some details could be better but 4 airplanes of the same subject at the same time are a bit too much of a repetition and just on the limit of my mojo’s maximum range. Thanks a lot, I still have another gaggle of razorbacks to be done....

Hello to all, This gaggle of P-47s were my latest completed project, with kits coming from 3 different manufacturers, including some heavy profile corrections and cross-kit adaptations. 1) P-47D-27-RE "Elsie", "Y8-E" represents an aircraft flown by Major Clay Tice of 507th FS, it is built from Tamiya's P-47, and the decals used are from Eagle Cal. 2) P-47D-28-RE "Jeanie" was built using the veteran Academy's P-47 kit. Mine became a bit of a “Frankenstein” kit receiving many parts from other kits, including a spare Tamiya P-47 cowling, a spare Revell landing gear, resin wheels, Tamiya propeller, Tamiya bomb racks, etc. The engine was replaced with a Quickboost one. The nose art decals come from a Kagero's book :SMI library: P-47 Thunderbolt with the USAAF - European Theatre of Operations. 3) P-47M-1-RE "HV-M" represents an aircraft flown by Capt. Boleslaw Gladych of the 56th FG, the model used was Revell's P-47, that required a lot of work to correct the ventral profile ("fat belly"). Other area that needed some great attention was the engine cowling (with horrible open cooling flaps) that were completely replaced on the close position. The Decals for Gladych's aircraft are from 3 different decal sheets including a cartograf sheet from a Hobby 2000 boxing of Revell's P-47 and some Techmod as well. Besides the troubled ventral area, the Revell kit captures the P-47 lines very well and its surface detail is as good as the Tamiya kit. 4) P-47D-25-RE "A1", in Brazilian markings is a Revell kit as well, heavily modified and upgraded. The kit comes from one of the first Revell issues of the kit and had a much better moulding quality. The Hobby 2000 boxing seems to show the moulds wearied and damaged, with a lot of flash and ill formed parts. decals for "A1" are from 3 different sources too, including FCM decals and DK Decals. Note: The Hamilton standard propeller on "A1" is a temporary one, the aircraft's propeller should be a Curtiss symmetrical, the reason for this inaccuracy is because we currently don't have a Curtiss propeller at hand that we can use for the kit. Common details to all kits: -For the NMF Mr Color Super Metallic II paints and Vallejo Metal Colors acrylics were used. The rest of the camo on the NMF P-47s and Gladych's aircraft was painted with Ak Real Colors and Tamiya acrylics. Note: The controversial Night Blue colour for Gladych's aircraft was home-mixed (looks much lighter on the photos below that on natural light) -Eduard Photo-Etched was used for the interior in all the kits, -Brassin wheels were used on the Tamiya and Revell kits. -Scratched-built sway arms and fuel lines were added to all the models. -All radial engines had ignition harnesses, details and even manufacturer plates added. -All kits' canopy bubble sections are vacform parts. P-47 "Elsie" was awarded David Hannant Memorial award, first place, at Scale Model World 2023. Happy Modelling and Happy New Year to all!