[Made in Ukraine GB 🇺🇦 Sat, 7 Sep 24 to Sun, 29 Dec]

1 hour ago, JOCKNEY said:

 

Absolutely Ukrainian and floaty what's not to like 

Thanks, Pat
Ordered the kit last night, so this build better make it through the vote!

[Made in Ukraine GB 🇺🇦 Sat, 7 Sep 24 to Sun, 29 Dec]

Been staring at this for a while, think it'd be acceptable?
http://shipsofpavelnikitin.com/details?id=46

[Twin Pin: SA Twin Pioneer]

Small progress to report, the fuselage sides have been sprayed with their dark earth patches:



Next, I have to drum up the courage to attach the engine control levers in the 'pit.

["What if " GB ? AT 21 NOW !!]

Maybe a Griffon powered Defiant?
Yes, it has been done before, but I would take my own spin on the subject.

[Honey, I Shrank The Tank. M3/M5 Stuart - Single Type GB - 14 Sep to 15 Dec 2024]

Yes! It is about time the Stuart had a build of its own.
(No bias here, 'onest)

[The Britmodeller Zoo Group Build. (Animal based artwork on vehicles)]

Seeing this, yes, that sounds fun.

Did a Swiss F-5 Tiger in last year's STGB

Depending on the definition of a 'significant piece of artwork involving an animal' (does it include unit badges?), I could be tempted to build a Tiger tank

I believe some Tiger units used animal symbols; s.Pz.Abt. 501 used a tiger for their unit device, s.Pz.Abt. 502 used a mammoth, s.Pz.Abt. 503 used a tiger's head and s.Pz.Abt. 505 used mounted knights in various colours.
There is a possibility that 510 used a bear, but photo confirmation is lacking.


Pity this is limited to aircraft/tanks/cars.
A lot of British royalty included a lion or three (six?) in their coats of arms: Robert the Bruce (one lion); Richard I (two, later three lions), and Llywelyn ap Lorwerth, Prince of Gwynedd (four lions) to name a few.

[Twin Pin: SA Twin Pioneer]

Thanks Craig.  Thinking about it, the wings will (probably) be assembled and painted off the model to allow access to the inner sides of the engine nacelles.

James, a bottle of AK's own 3 gen thinner arrived in today's post; that might make better sense.  Up 'til now, I've been using Vallejo flow improver with very mixed results.
 

[Now for the nostalgia,Airfix 1/76 Tiger & Panther]

An old Airfix Tiger?  Think I built mine when they were sold in plastic bags.
Be good to see another built.

[Twin Pin: SA Twin Pioneer]

Interior painting has started on the Twin Pin.



I'm dithering about the colour of the passenger compartment.  Last time I looked at this photo, https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/7510801, I thought aged zinc chromate.  Now I'm thinking dark earth, with grey bulkheads.

The office will be black, with green seats.

 

I've seen black seats used too, but that's a very dark option.

A bit of exterior colour has been added too.
I'm starting this now, because the Twin Pioneer has struts, stub wings and windows in the most awkward positions for painting - think sesquiplane, with an extra thick outer strut masking the passenger windows.



FWIW, I'm using AK 3rd Gen acrylics here.  Out of the bottle they are very thick, and I haven't worked out suitable thinning and application techniques.

[Twin Pin: SA Twin Pioneer]

Thanks MM.

It has been a while since I built a vac-form kit Dansk (RAREPlanes were still active), but the tabs make sense if you know about them.

[Twin Pin: SA Twin Pioneer]

Such as it is, work has started on my Pioneer

There are no location pins to guide the fuselage halves together, so I added plastic location guides to each fuselage half.
The belly under the passenger compartment wasn't given that treatment; the compartment floor will be too low to accept that.

 

This is a trick learned from my vac-form building days.

In addition, the cockpit floor under the instrument panel was raised, to bring the IP to a more sensible level.

Those same parts, dry fitted:

 

 

[1946-1964 ('Baby Boomers') GB Chat]

p.s. @CliffB, did you grab your list of names from the right build?
Don't think I signed up to the 1950's aircraft, but did to the Golden Age (1918-39) GB that is in the bun-fight.

[1946-1964 ('Baby Boomers') GB Chat]

That change makes sense, yes, I'm in.

[MISC Freelancer Max: a limited edition, 3d printed kit]

Started painting the exterior of my Freelancer.

 

I had additional colours planned, but will think about that while this hardens off over the weekend.

[Venomous! Spiders, Snakes and Scorpions - withdrawn.]

17 hours ago, Enzo the Magnificent said:

 

   How about a seperate gallery in the Creatures GB for venomous stuff? 

Thought I'd ducked giving a definition for "venomous"?
My starting point will be Which animals are venomous? Part 1 from the University of Melbourne School of Biomedical Sciences.
That does not give a definitive answer, but offers options.

Personally, I'd favour something like "it is not necessary {snip} that venom actually be used to subdue a prey animal, only that it be used to help the venomous organism secure a meal."
By this definition, a mosquito would be venomous.

[Venomous! Spiders, Snakes and Scorpions - withdrawn.]

1 hour ago, Enzo the Magnificent said:

I would recommend considering doing that now.  If this one does make the cut, it will simply dilute the vote.

I've updated the title and OP to deter new sign-ups here, and to try to redirect people to the All Creatures GB.

[All Creatures Great and Small GB for 2024? Bunfight bound!]

1 hour ago, Wez said:

As you were a GB proposer, don't suppose you'd fancy being co-host would you?

I'd be happy to help.

[Venomous! Spiders, Snakes and Scorpions - withdrawn.]

@reini @Corsairfoxfouruncle @Andwil @Toryu @TEMPESTMK5 @Rob G @zebra @Chrisj2003 @theplasticsurgeon @CliffB @ModelingEdmontonian @DaveJL @Wings unlevel @Marklo @Redstaff @stevehnz @81-er @Karearea

I'm going to take up @Wez's offer, and merge this build into the All Creatures Great and Small GB

 

Some of us have signed up for that already.
The rest of us?  Well, I've just added My name there.

[All Creatures Great and Small GB for 2024? Bunfight bound!]

OK, I'm in, possibly with something venomous ...

[Made in Ukraine GB 🇺🇦 Sat, 7 Sep 24 to Sun, 29 Dec]

Don't know how this passed me by, yes, a great idea.

 

[MISC Freelancer Max: a limited edition, 3d printed kit]

35 minutes ago, bianfuxia said:

That's a cool cockpit - did the little figure come with the kit?

Thanks.

Was the figure in the kit?
Unfortunately, not.  I bought a selection of 1:200 scale architectural figures on eBay (think they're made by PJPrintedModels).

[MISC Freelancer Max: a limited edition, 3d printed kit]

Work has started, painting the pilot's office, including a driver.

 

That instrument panel does not show the blue overpainting IRL, though I may look at it later.


Some paint for the model's main scheme is on its way from Spain.


See you in the 'verse

[Twin Pin: SA Twin Pioneer]

Thanks MM, though there is an attractive Australian scheme out there, VH-AIS; Valom offer that bird with a choice of plumage.

[A Three-colour Wellington with a Complicated Tale...]

A fascinating project, James, especially in the light of the linked discussion.

[MISC Freelancer Max: a limited edition, 3d printed kit]

1 hour ago, 81-er said:

Oh, I meant the colour coding the poles idea.

Oh, that!  JRDF suggest it in their instructions, page one
https://www.jrdf.sc/pages/max-resources