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Pete in a shed

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  1. Excellent. The finish is just superb for such a small subject, the riviting, the weathering, everthing is just right in my opinion and the clarity of the canopy is amazing. Pete
  2. Yes😄. I seem to have suffered some sort of regression episode while typing🤪. Thanks for telling me, I'll change it forthwith. Thanks, I found a picture on the internet showing them fitted to an Italian Chinook and thought it made it look a bit out of the ordinary. I had seen them on several modeling shop sites and managed to get some. I think the idea of them is like those snow shoes you can strap to your feet to stop you sinking in rather than to act as a ski.
  3. Hello all from the shed. First finished model of 2024. So, there I was making Chinook HC1 BN for a friend when crack went the canopy while I was giving it a little polish 😧. Nothing for it but to buy another Chinook model for the canopy. As the HC1 was the Airfix kit I thought I would get the Italeri kit for a change. However, it was remarkably similar (in fact identical) to the Airfix one apart from the decals. Just as well I suppose as I was swapping bits between kits. The HC1 built in parrallel has lots of Black Dog resin on it, as I enjoyed using those parts I bought Black Dogs snow shoes for this Italian cab build. I also added a little bit of scratch work in the form of aerials and the decals are a mix of Airfix, Italeri and Model Allience. Its finished using Xtra Color paints and varnishes and is panel lined and weathered using Flory wash and Tamiya powders. Not the best fitting kit but I do like doing a helicopter (two in fact) for a change. I'm looking forward to seing how the new Airfix moulding of the Chinook is in comparison to the old moulds. The model depicts a Chinook CH-47C of the Italian Army. 1 RGPT. “Antares” based at Viterbo in 1992. Here are a few pics. Hope you like it. Thanks for looking. Bravo November soon. Pete
  4. Great work. Thats a fine looking MiG-21 PFS and the Egyptian swirly scheme is very nicely done. Pete
  5. I like it very much. Despite the kits drawbacks your model really looks the part. A great looking Shenyang. Pete
  6. Brilliant work. Outstanding amounts of detail that transforms the old kit into something really special. I hope you have a modelling club where it can be shown. Pete
  7. Superb job, this is a cracking model. I love the look of this aircraft and it looks particularly good in the SAAF scheme. Pete
  8. Looks very good considering the decal problems. Yes, I've had problems with authentic decals as well. Pete
  9. This has to be one of your best models, an absolute beauty. Pete
  10. A superb finish, not a blemish visible. Great skills. Pete
  11. Hello all. A build from when I was going through a Mach 2 stage. Like the Caravelle posted a week or so ago the canopy needed hours of polishing to get it clear-ish. All the struts were replaced using plastic rod. The winch was scratch built and the camera ball was from the spares box. other bits were from brass rod or plastic card. Decals from my decal stash apart from the red crosses which I printed. (An aftermarket sheet came out only weeks after I had finished it.😖) Of all the Mach 2 kits I've made this one was the most enjoyable. (if that's the right word.) It depicts a Harbin Z-8 which was/is? used by the Chinese Navy in the SAR, Anti-submarine and Heavy Lift roles. We could really do with an up to date mould of this aircraft as there were quite a few users, with interesting colour schemes to choose from. Here's hoping. Anyway, onto the pics. Hope you like it. Thanks for looking. Pete
  12. I like this a lot. I'm looking forward to seeing the rest of the Azerbaijan Air Force appear on these pages. Pete
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