Tim R-T-C

Hello fellow 144 modeller! Just wondering where you sourced the decal strips from for the canopy? They look very useful.

Looking forward to seeing this. Watching with interest.

I love adding support vehicles and figures to my 1/144 scale scenes as they can be rather diminutive without, although a lot of improvisation is often required. My 1/144 Mustang pilots at RAF Boxted hitched a lift on a whitemetal Dodge WC from Arrowhead Miniatures - all figures are suitably butchered N Gauge figures, encouraged into stances by a scalpel saw. Meanwhile my 1/144 Bird Dog has an N Gauge Nissen hut, playing the role of a Quonset hut in Alaska, Summer '67. And for some even more unusual scales: My 1/100 diorama representing the first flight of the Komet with pilot Wolfgang Spate talking with Hanna Reitsch and Herman Goring uses a Zvezda Opel Blitz truck and 1/100 generic figures with some head swapping and detailed painting. The 1/288 scale An-32P is serviced by a whitemetal GHQ 1/285 Kaz66 fuel tanker in civil colours and a basic plastic landrover in the same scale from eBay, plus some generic 1/300 figures.

What a fun little plane and determined build! Where did the pilot sit? I would love to see this plane with the pilot sitting in a central dome above the engine.

So how many figures will people be getting to cover the decks?

As a 1/144 modeller, most of my kits cost less than £10... Could sometimes get three or more planes for that price! My last build was a £3 King Cobra, with decals stolen from a £2.50 kit with a figure from a £4 pack of figures. I would certainly take part in this one.

Forgot to post the final shot. Here the display is, on the table at Halifax show today.

As a veteran railway modeller, I can't make a kit without a base or scene of some sort, so I prefer my planes and vehicles if possible to be 1/144 scale for simple practicality! I like more unusual topics - early jets are a favourite, but I am open to themes of any era and setting.

Love it.

I belive the Rubicon Stug iii is quite simple - 1/56 scale with a moulded track and wheels. If you want one to eat though, stay away from the Arrowhead whitemetal kits though - they've got lead in

There were two all-white UN marked Mi8s flying most days when I was in Mazar-e Sharif last year, not sure what their role was. Apart from that, the airfield was all NATO forces.

Delightfully esoteric. Lovely build too.

Phew, thought I might be out of place I love unusual naval projects, so following this with interest.

Stunning build. Is the deck decal from flightdeckdecals2400? Thanks.

Interesting to see this built up. Cardboard kits are so challenging. I saw that one of the Peco firms are producing an injection model of this same prototype this year.