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I guess the benefit of operating over water. Ive just spent a couple of hours looking through your Flickr pages Phil. Im very jealous!! Fabulous photos Bruce

Some lovely builds there, my favourite being the B-17 RIP Richard Bruce

Down to the wire, but just got No. 8 finished for the year. A bit of a shaky start but found my "mojo" again around AprilMay They are listed in order of completion. Thanks to the BM team for allowing us to post these yearbooks. I love seeing what other modellers have completed. Airfix 1/48 Spitfire FRXIVe Airfix 1/48 Spitfire FXVIII Airfix 1/48 Spitfire XIVe. Built by combining the spine from a Airfix Spitfire Vb with a Airfix Spitfire FRXIV Hasegawa 1/48 Phantom FG2 Eduard 1/48 FW190A8/R2 HK Models 1/48 B-25J Mitchell ICM 1/48 Dornier Do217N-1 Airfix 1/48 Hurricane Mk1 Thanks for looking and a big Thanks to everyone who has taken the time to comment on my builds throughout the year A safe and happy New Year to all who who celebrate it at this time of year Bruce

Photos from a recent Airshow held by the Royal Australian Air Force off Nobbys Beach Newcastle. Perfect day for flying, with many prime spots along the shoreline and the sun at out backs. The flying displays were held on the Saturday, whilst Sunday saw an open day at RAAF Williamtown airbase.

Excellent photos Andy . The tour sounds very interesting Bruce

They’re OK, I guess😉 I do love that viggen, and can I say the Marder looks awesome. Some would say you’re starting to steer dangerously out of your lane though😀 Cant wait to see what you do in 24 Bruce

Absolutely brilliant. All of them! Bruce

Great work all round Bruce

What an excellent year you’ve had Ali. I just love that Wellington Bruce

These are all great builds Heather Bruce

Nice work all round Bruce

Thats a lovely build Bruce

Thankyou for the compliment and the interesting information Falke, most interesting Bruce

Thanks George. Yeah,......the aerials!! The hardest part was cutting them away from the supports. Nerve wracking stuff!! Bruce

I must admit, it has a certain allure about it. Thank You for commenting Bruce Thanks Russ

Yep. That looks the business alright and I love the little diorama . Bruce

far more so than the kit ones, which are a little chunky. Keith, the fiddliest part was cutting them away from all the tiny supports 😬

Hot off the bench!! I found the kit quite an enjoyable build with good fit. The plastic is a little soft and has a bit of a texture, the panel lines are quite petite. Extras added were Gaspatch FuG 202 radar antennae, AIMS flash hiders on the nose guns, Master Details cannon barrels and Aires wheels. All markings, aside from the walkways were painted on using a Montex mask set. She's not the prettiest aeroplane and was not much loved by her crews apparently, being quite slow. Thats OK, with my slightly wonky radar array, she would have trouble finding them in the first place, anyway 😀 All comments and critiques welcome. Thanks for looking Bruce

Lovely build. C'mon Airfix, you know it makes sense!!! Bruce

ThankYou everybody for the very kind comments Bruce

Do it Alistair !!

Thanks Woody. Surprisingly, it’s a kit I’ve not seen featured much online, at shows or on the social either. Regards Bruce

As nice as they are though,I still prefer the Master Details ones Bernd . Thanks for taking the time to comment. Regards Bruce

G'day All This was a thoroughly enjoyable build, the fit for the most part being excellent, although the fuselage centreline seam was quite stubborn to get rid of, followed by all the replacement of the lost detail, which would have needed doing regardless, the rivets tending too fade out towards the centreline. The only weaknesses of the model were the silly engineering that has you install the landing gear early on, and the exaggerated fabric effect on the ailerons, which I corrected by spraying several coats of primer, before sanding. Markings aside from the nose art were sprayed on through masks . The nose art came from ASK RAAF Mitchell's Part 2. For my money, the HKM Mitchell renders the old Monogram kit obsolete. I cant wait for them to released the solid nose versions in 48 scale. Eduard wheels and karaya metal gun barrels were used on the build. It represents a machine of 2 SQN Royal Australian Air Force 1944 Regards Bruce