Fifer54

Paint sucks!!!! ....final nail in the coffin of EVERY model I build!!

I've got that kit as well, good value, works well. Would recommend as a "starter Kit" to advance without spending a complete fortune!

Yeah, really enjoyed it! Franziskaner Wheat beer- looks cloudy and 'orrible if you're used to ordinary lager, but I'm convinced it is the Nectar of the Gods! What a choice. I have to say "wow, great job" to everyone who posted in the galleries, but my favourites (no logic, no criticism of anyone else's work, just what I liked best!) were Mal's Yak-1b, Mitchem's Yak-28R, and Smuts's T-34/76. Such a shame I had to choose only 1.

Wow, what a difficult choice! But I finally made my mind up! Think I'll have a now.

Superb job,Steve! I think that's the first one of those I've seen finished, so kudos for perseverance, and even more kudos for finishing to that standard! (Think I'll switch hobbies to Kit Collecting!)

Thanks for the offer, but I did intend building it as a standalone, I'm not ready to try figure painting yet! Touche! Thanks for the offer of decals, I hope not to have to take it up, I'll have to let you know if I have any problems!

I have to say that the prices put forward by LightningBoy2000 are about what I think are right. I've always tried to run my hobby on the cheap, buying old kits off Ebay, keeping away from the more expensive end of the market- and by that I mean Hasegawa, Tamiya etc.- but I've recently come to think that I'm fed up with spending more time cleaning up parts from elderly moulds, dealing with sparse or non-existent interior detail or cockpits,or poor quality decals than I do getting pleasure from building kits. Last year I moved up to 1/48, but found that I didn't get the enjoyment from bigger kits that I expected- I think I felt that more and more detail was required, where I can live with a basic 'pit in 1/72, that still impresses my (nonmodeller) friends. I see models pictured in this forum that make me feel like giving up modelling entirely, but then I think of the pleasure I get from my builds (even if no-one else gets any pleasure from them!) and common sense prevails (If I gave up modelling, I'd have to go to the pub!). I moved back to 1/72 and started to enjoy it again. What I have begun to feel recently is that I'm going to have to embrace Hasegawa, Tamiya, Trumpeter etc. so that if I start with a better kit, I should finish with a better model! And if that means I have to pay more, and build fewer (or even buy fewer), then so be it!

What everyone else said- I couldn't say it better!

I'd have no problem with Erwin joining in with his Fokker Dr.1!

What ancient mariner said!

That's a nice kit to build, that one is. Did one years ago. Enjoy your build!

That's a sweet little thang! for finishing first!

This is going to be watched with interest!

I'm really looking forward to seeing this done......The way that figure modellers manage to create texture, animation and depth fascinates me, as it is a skill I know I will never possess. Finished figure models nearly always get a "Wow" or a "Gosh" from me. :worthy: (and that's just for attempting it!!!)

Looks superb, Mal!

What walrus said!!

I've got "IL-2 Sturmovik", a video game for the PC, that I'll donate. The packaging has been opened but it's unused. For anyone who doesn't know, "IL-2 Sturmovik" is a combat flight simulator game set on the Russian Front in WW2. There are 31 playable aircraft from USSR, USA and Germany, 2 different multiplayer modes, and fighter or bomber campaigns ranging from 1941 to 1945. Good fun, apparently!

Well, it is set 11 years ago!

PM on its way.

Into this one we go with a TOKO Hansa-Brandenburg W-29 to start with. This one, in fact! It's sprueshots etc: It has actually been started. One float has been glued up, as has the engine, and lots of parts removed from the sprues. Hoping for a straightforward build with this one, I've never used lozenge camo decals before, so that's a new technique to learn! Also.... having a go with this: Both of them will be built OOB- I'll probably find that quite taxing enough!!

She's purdy! Have to say to everybody participating, "Lovin' ALL this Soviet military technology!"

I'm building a Hansa-Brandenburg W29 seaplane from the Toko/Roden kit. It has the lozenge camouflage, and decals are provided for that. I just wanted to ask if anyone has any tips for dealing with such big decals, the whole wing uppersurface has to be covered. I've never dealt with the lozenge camo, or with such extensive decals before. Is it straightforward to do, or should I be aware of any special techniques? I presume it's necessary to prime the surface, rather than just applying the decals to bare plastic?

looking good. I am lovin' those Cold War Yakovlev jets!

It's all been said already: beautiful, stunning, gorgeous, etc. I can add no more! Well done, sir!

The result of my labours in this group build is here. I am loathe to show it in the same gallery as those that have already posted,such is the standard, but that's part of the game. I enjoyed building her, so there! I hope to improve (couldn't get worse, really!) in future builds. So, here she is! Build thread is here: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=39682