[1/72nd Avro York of 241 OCU Mach 2 kit]

dad was a tool maker at Yeadon for Avro in the war. He started out on Ansons and then moved to Lancasters and latterly Yorks  before  leaving. I grew up near LBA or Yeadon as I still call it and  spend a lot of my youth watching lanes from the hill behind the light aircraft hanger.

 

Nt useful information I know but I will be following this one as I have  slightly personal interest in it and anyone tackling a Mach 2 kit needs support!

[1812 Berg Napoleonics]

My latest project is to build an army of 1812 to fight my mates Russians. I didn't fancy  doing French again and whilst my 1815 army, especially the heavy cavalry, is fine I wanted something more colourful and unusual so I settled on the 26th Division of the 9th Corps. It has lots of German allies and not even the odd Frenchman 

 

here are the first draft.

 

basically a box of the new Perry french 1807 -1812 figures with a few metal command ansome metal artillery. By adding a few metal command figures I get two line battalions and a skirmishing unit from a single box. 

!st Battalion, !st Berg Line.

Berg Artillery

 

 

[Smooth winged Hunter! Airfix 1/48 Hunter F.4]

I just got mine from my LMS and if mine is a s good as yours I'd realy happy. I like the  shading effects on the main camouflage colours

[Eduard 1/48 Messerschmitt Bf 110C]

Great progress and it looks top quality.

 

I found these saved what little sanity I have left.

 

https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/QB48163?result-token=exwe4

 

I have a stalled build of the Dragon  110 on the Shelf of Doom at the moment,  you are making me look at it again.

[1/48 - Sword Meteor NF14]

Another 'must have'..

[Fine Molds 1/35 Type 89 Ko]

Very impressive, it looks like a muddy dusty machine that has seen plenty of action.

[Fine Molds 1/35 Type 89 Ko]

Lovely work so far- looks like a Renault FT-17 on steroids. 

[Short Jokes III - Worst in the Series]

5 minutes ago, John_W said:

Darth Vader goes in to a French Bakers.

"I want three loaves and two apple tarts".

The Baker puts them on the counter.

Pain, pain, pain, tarte tatin, tarte tatin.

 

[Eduard 1/48 Messerschmitt Bf 110C]

Ah yes those  hundreds of tiny parts you will never see once the fuselage is together, I remember them well. I bought some Quickboost exhausts which were easier to add than the kit parts and really looked good, other than that the kit supplied everything.

 

I've got a Dragon 110D staring at me from the shelf of doom, now that's a kit that doesn't want to fit together!

[RF-84 Thunderflash 1/48]

Looking very smart, I'd go with the brown wash as well.

[DH4a 1/48 Roden]

That's really great work with excellent rigging

[Air Force Museum of New Zealand in Christchurch. photo collection on line]

Quite right, I too have contacted Mathew on a number of occasions and found him very helpful and quick.

[Life after Fly: 28 Sqn Venom FB4 (Classic Airframes)]

She looks the business. The paintwork looks spot on.

 

I built two (nowhere near your standard, the second was so I could throw the first in the bin) and neither sat on all three. I got my CA Vampire to sit properly  with lots of weight and over filed flats in the main wheel tyres. 

[Aifix 1:32 Volkswagen Bettle]

That brings back lots of memories, thanks for posting

[Air Force Museum of New Zealand in Christchurch. photo collection on line]

1 hour ago, dcrfan said:

I was wrong, there is a Vespa flight trainer  https://fotoweb.airforcemuseum.co.nz/fotoweb/archives/5003-Search-the-Collection/Collection/OhG7946-66.jpg.info#?c=%2Ffotoweb%2Farchives%2F5003-Search-the-Collection%2F

Brilliant I'll sleep  well tonight.

 

Seriously this is a great resource.

[Hurricane MK Ia]

Just masked it with Tamiya tape  and sprayed it. The Hasegawa Mk I seems to have vanished from the shops, and the Airfix Battle of Britain boxing is du for re release later this year.. All the bits to do any Mk I are in the Sea Hurricane or Desert boxing of the Airfix kit though.

[Hurricane MK Ia]

This is the last of my Hasegawa  Hurricanes from my stash It is finished as P3585, one of the third production batch and issued to 213 Squadron. On August 11th 1940 whilst being flown by Sgt E.G. Snowden, she was involved in combat with the Luftwaffe and after  claiming a  Bf 110, P3585 was hit and landed on Lulworth Tank Ranges. She was later repaired and issued to 303 Squadron. Snowden survived the war only to crash a civilian Anson after  hitting the Chain Home towers at Ventnor 1947.

The kit is straight from the box with the exception of the Propellor which came from my spares and some seat belt. I kept weathering to a minimum as the machine was only recently delivered so just some wear and tear by the ammunition panels and the wing root and some exhaust stains. 

 

The decals were a mix of kit and Xtradecals, I think the M is too wide but I can live with it.

Thank you for looking.

[Air Force Museum of New Zealand in Christchurch. photo collection on line]

I've been scrolling through these images and they are a great slice of life in the RNZAF from inception to fairly recently. Lots of people and planes and if you really want it shots of the Toyotas and Allegro used by the RNZAF. 

[Question regarding the late Edgar Brooks]

Marlow was correct when I served on the IPMS(UK) Committee with him.

[Singapore Airshow 2020 - RSAF Tow Back]

Thank you for sharing these photos. I was in Singapore  in April last year and was frustrated  by the sound of fast jets above the constant low cloud. I did see some Blackhawks and a Sea King/Commando though.

[1/48 - DH.82a Tiger Moth by Airfix - released - new boxing in 2023]

The rumour is that John Adams had a hand in the re-design of this kit once the initial renders were available, hence the delay. If so then I don't think there will be shape issues. Lets see the plastic before diving in 

[Coastal Craft 1/48 Chipmunk]

I believe the Coastal Craft website is down??? If so try coastalcraftmodels@gmail.com.

[F3H-2 Demon "Tomcatters" - Hobby Boss 1/48th scale FAIL!]

I've never seen one built, so I'll watch this with interest as it is on my to buy radar.

[Albion 3-Point Fueller]

Lovely work, when I built mine a few years ago The halves of the fuel tank didn't fit that well. Did you have the same issue or was it just me.

 

If you fancy another vehicle the Airfix Bedford MWD is a marvellous kit, nice detail, great fit and lots of options.

[F-84G 79th FBS]

6 hours ago, Gary Brantley said:

Quite nice!   I'm working on the Revell "E" right now.   I'm hoping that I can still use the original kit decals but they are really old so we'll have to find out I guess.  I hope my version looks this good!  

Hope you enjoy the E, it is a great kit. As far as I can tell we never had an issue  of that one on this side of the the Atlantic. I got both mine on trips to the States when I  had to go with work. There are some aftermarket decals for the E but most are  long out of print. The other machine on the Eagle Strike sheet I used for this model  was for an E but I used it on the second of the kits I bought.