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it's really one of my favourites from studio Ghibli since the flying theme is so important along with Porco rosso and the Wind rises. And it was all hand painted and animated frame by frame! ( that's my guess since it's a 1985 film)

hello Yg ! I think I bought this kit in a store called Toy Zone HK in Shau Kei Wan. A friend from HK introduced me to this place. Is really big and full of treasures 😬.

Yes Bandai, Fine Molds and aoshima make most of the model kits from Studio Ghibli movies. Hard to find in Europe as you said. I bought this kit during a trip to Hong Kong years ago.

Yes! From Nausicaa

Nice little model from fine molds. quality is very good and easy to assemble. mostly snap kit. I did a few modifications : for example the propeller blades were all aligned ( didn't look realistic). I also added some reinforcement to the stabilizers. Camo was hand painted . last time I hand painted camo on airplane I was 10 years old back in the eighties 😆 ( a harrier ) I want to make a little diorama next , but first I need to watch the film again for inspiration. I had this Nausicaa scene laying around in my room , so I tried a cross over ( sorry for this 😬)

One of my favourites mecha! The weathering especially the chipping look great!

first I messed up with the canopy, then I messed up trying to paint the RAF roundels . I got so frustrated that I left this model hidden in a box for a year. but I didn't give up! with new canopy and new decals I managed to finish it finally. And I'm quite pleased with the result. now I need to think if I want to make a base for it or leave it as it is...

Definitely a star wars model I want ( since nineteen eighteen something) in my collection. Your model looks very well done and weathered. Is the revell kit good?

Hello and welcome CJ, your ship looks great! looking at the photos first I guessed they were from an experienced modeller , quite surprising to know it's just your second ship.

Yesterday I finished this little model by adding some weathering with water color pencils and the rigging. here's the link to the "work in progress". now is time to clean the mess in my room and start a new one. too many models patiently waiting around here!

small details added: lifeboats and decals I used a lighter grey to highlight some detail on the deck

a quick update, I followed the camo scheme in the instructions. It needs some touch up , but the result is not too bad I think.

Thank you!

thanks for the tip, I will keep in mind next time! I'm afraid is too late for this one. trying to fix it would probably mean making it worse...

little update here. it's just a coat of vallejo white primer. I put a mr. hobby bottle to give an idea of scale.

Hello Stuart, this kit is from flyhawk and part of a " battle of the Atlantic: anti submarine warfare set 1" . The box has a code : FH 1120. The PE are included, as well as a nice plexiglass display base .

fresh photos from my work in progress. I made some little distraction mistakes in the build and spared a few photoetched parts that were just ridiculously tiny. now ready for phase two ( painting )

Your model looks great 👍. Considering the large scale even more difficult to achieve such fine detail. How did you create the light scratches on the weathered surfaces? Did you use a blunt point tool ?

Great job ! The colours and weathering really bring it to life

a quick shot to show the correction, both the fuel tank and decal. ( I had a spare decal set , lucky me ). so now I know what was the guy with the green vest was looking at 😁

Thanks and for that effect on the canopy you can use the Tamiya clear colours. In this case is tamiya clear yellow

Thanks, that's an easy fix.... I was wondering about that little bit. It looked suspicious

Hello modellers, let me show you my first completed project this year , it's the Italeri 1/72 A-10. it took me about two months to finish it. the model was built almost completely "out of the box"( the only added detail are the " remove before flight tags") .the figures and maintenace tools are from the Italeri's " nato pilots and ground crew" set, the Hasegawa U.S. ground equipment set and the Hasegawa weapon loading set. there was some minor accidents in the built but it was a very enjoyable experience overall . I'm sure one day I will try the 1/48 one.

In Italian you just need to put the verb at the end of the sentence to do the Yoda language. Same as in English. Curious facts about star wars in Italian: Darth Vader becomes Dart Fener. R2D2 is C1P8. Han Solo is Ian Solo.

Now that I know I will try to get the queadluun rau 😉