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Jeff Wilson

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    Primarily aircraft; any era and in any scale. But I do enjoy modelling for the sake of it sometimes, so almost any subject can find its way onto the bench.

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  1. Agreed, it's lovely boxart, and I'll definitely be picking one up to do the alternative RAAF Meteorites option. And it would be remiss of me not to point out that it's not RAAF Williamstown as Airfix have noted in the painting guide, it's RAAF Williamtown, without the 's'. Best, Jeff
  2. Nice build @Xirurg, and I'm glad that my build inspired yours. It's a decent kit, albeit a little basic in comparison to some more recent releases, but it builds well and looks the part. Yours looks great. Regards, Jeff
  3. The lower one is definitely 'JACKING POINT', and my feeling is that the upper one is 'HOOD RELEASE'. Increasing the contrast of the image posted above shows the 2nd and 3rd letters in the first word look just like the 'O' in 'TO OPEN'. There's another image available online at https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DuM4g7HWkAMk5mD?format=jpg&name=medium. I won't post the image myself in case it's copyrighted but it's easily found with a Google search. Regards, Jeff
  4. Hi Ed, for what it's worth, Airfix does listen to constructive criticism and informed advice. If you've got the information to back up the colour scheme, let them know - [email protected]. I've contacted them in the past and pointed them to discussion on Britmodeller on two occasions, with the Whitley (shape of the bomb aimer's window - they corrected it) and the Free French edition of the Blenheim (colour of the French cockades - they subsequently included both red and blue). If they include some explanatory info about the colour scheme and both grey and red codes, and ask the modeller to choose, that's a win-win. Best, Jeff
  5. Can anyone point me to a supplier of pre-cut, round or oval, raw/unfinished, veneered MDF bases, with a profiled edge? The two in the photos below are examples that I picked up at a show a number of years ago for around £5 each, but I can't recall who was selling them. These are approximately 16 x 200 x 300mm and were raw MDF when bought. I'm looking for something similar but I can only seem to find suppliers/cutters of unprofiled, round/oval bases, or profiled and varnished timber bases with an appropriate price tag. Cheers, Jeff
  6. Lovely looking model @Andwil - really good work. Great scheme too. I also like the grass mat you've got it displayed on - the leaf scatter looks really good. Do you know the manufacturer? The Fokker would look excellent on a simple, small, round, matt black MDF base, with a circle of that mat on top. Cheers, Jeff
  7. Many thanks to all who have commented and reacted so positively about this Tojo. @72modeler @HOUSTON @MDriskill @Roberto @Epeeman @swralph @stevehnz @opus999 @Wulfman @Farmerboy, I've got to admit that it takes pride of place in my (small but growing) 1/72 Japanese collection. The Nick Millman book is a great resource for a wide variety of interesting schemes too - plenty more Tojos to consider building down the track. Cheers, Jeff
  8. That's really lovely, Toryu. I've got one in the stash, along with a Little Fokkers resin cockpit, an old Eduard etched set and an Aeromaster decal sheet. If it comes out half as well as yours, I'd be well chuffed. Regards, Jeff
  9. I always thought it was ex-Mania, Wulfman, but it appears that Scalemates disagrees with me - they say new tool Hasegawa in 1972. Either way, it's still a nice kit. Cheers, Jeff
  10. Funny you should mention that, Todders. It was sitting in my stash for the best part of 30 years until UK lockdown convinced me to build it. It's a decent kit, well worth building. Cheers, Jeff
  11. This model is built from the 1/72 Airfix kit and represents an A6M2b Model 21 Zero-Sen, of the 201st Kokutai, flown from Tobera airfield, New Britain, in 1944. The Airfix colour scheme calls for a grey underside, but an air-to-air photograph on Nick Millman's Aviation of Japan blog indicates quite strongly that this particular aircraft was an over-painted trainer retaining its original orange-yellow underside, with white outlined Hinomarus and numbers under the wings, so that's how I chose to finish it. The decals are from the kit and paints are Tamiya, Gunze and Revell acrylics, and Humbrol enamels for details. I built this a number of years ago, shortly after the kit was released, and I did a WIP here but I never photographed the finished article. Cheers, Jeff
  12. This model is built from the 1/72 Hasegawa kit and represents the N1K2-J Model 21 Shiden, flown by CPO Hideo Nakao, 343rd Kokutai, 407th Hikotai, from Matsuyama airbase, Japan, in March 1945. I also used a few bits and pieces from an old Eduard etched brass cockpit set, but little can be seen of it except in very good light. I used Master Type 99 20mm gun barrels and Print Scale decals to finish it. Paints are Tamiya, Gunze and Vallejo acrylics, and Humbrol enamels for details. Cheers, Jeff
  13. This model is built from the venerable 1/72 Hasegawa/Mania kit and represents a Ki-44-II Hei Shoki, flown by Captain Yukiyoshi Wakamatsu, 2nd Chutai Leader, 85th Sentai, Canton, China, during the summer of 1944. I also used a very nice True Details resin cockpit that I bought years ago, but the cockpit opening is tiny and the canopy quite thick, so little can be seen of it - at least I know it's in there. There's a colour profile of this aircraft in Nick Millman's Osprey Aircraft of the Aces #100, Ki-44 'Tojo' Aces of World War 2, and I based the underside colour and the heavy mottle on that profile and used Print Scale decals to finish it. Paints are Tamiya, Gunze and Vallejo acrylics, and Humbrol enamels for details. The gun barrels are Master .50 calibre Brownings masquerading as Japanese 12.7mm. Macro photography certainly leaves nothing to the imagination - it looks significantly less dusty in real life. Cheers, Jeff
  14. I thought both the Trumpeter and Tamiya single-seater kits had a fuselage broken in the middle, to allow you to show the engine. The sprue image above shows a conventional right/left fuselage mould without a break. Could be a partial retool? Regards, Jeff
  15. Three crew lost, Admiral Puff, not four. No less tragic for that, however. The aircraft involved was EC130Q, N134CG, Coulson 4, temporarily working with the NSW Rural Fire Service. I watched it land at RAAF Fairbairn while I was waiting in the departure lounge at Canberra Airport on 9th January this year: Regards, Jeff
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