[F 100 Super Sabre STGB Merged with The Century Fighter GB 2022]

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['First Nightfighter Kill' - VPAF MiG-17PF 'Fresco-D']

Great result. What was the AZ kit like to build?

 

[MiG-21bis Fishbed N - Mozambique AF]

Great result and a very colourful Mig. Is the Eduard  1:144 a scaled down version of the 1:48 or 1:72 kit?  

 

I suspect that this plane was flown by Frelimo instead of against it. 

 Renamo were the insurgent force fighting against the communist regime. These African bush wars get very confusing with all Monty Pythonesque names.....Peoples Front of Judea versus the Judean People's Front. 😄

Regards 

Brian 

[1:48 SAAF Mirage F1 AZ ESCI/Italeri+ Scaleworx Resin conversion]

15 hours ago, mitchem said:

Very nice Brian. 

 

I’ve got the F1-AZ conversion and enough Italeri F1 Mirages in the loft to shake a stick at. Your build may just be the inspiration I need. 🙂

 

Go for it Mitchem ! This AZ is one colour scheme but I really like the later one as well and with the Gabonesse colours. 

 

@Jonners  I would love to see these up close and personal. 

 

@stevehnz MAV decals ; great subject matter, cheap, min. packaging and instructions and the decals themselves are Alp-like decals and the resolution is ok  but not on a par wiith silk screen  decals. But al least the stencilling on the AZ was in Afrikaans !  

 

Thank you to everyone  for your  kind words. 

[1:48 SAAF Mirage F1 AZ ESCI/Italeri+ Scaleworx Resin conversion]

Hi all, 

Here is my 1:48 SAAF Mirage F1 AZ Border war made using the old ESCI kit and Scale Worx conversie for the AZ nose and diffierent bumps and lumps. This was a enjoyable build it just got lost somewhere on the way for the last 5 years.  

Decals are MAV and paints Humbrol. except for the ferry tanks.  The latter were scratch-built as was the  center line bomb racks.  

 

 

Enjoy 

Kind regards 

Brian 

[Revell 1/48 Sikorsky CH-53G]

On 10/30/2020 at 4:09 PM, Filler said:

Hi Brian. If leaving the various openings open with this kit, it certainly does leave the modeller with a lot to do! Fortunately, despite its cavernous cargo hold, it still won’t be especially easy to see inside easily, so there’s no need to add a lot of detail unless you want to.

 

I imagine doing a Pave Low will require a bit more effort than what I’m doing. It’s a pity there isn’t a readily available detail set for it though, especially as the kit is easy to get and has just been released yet again for a mere £22! Good news though is that Caracal have a Pave Low decal set amongst their coming soon items. Are you planing a Woodbridge based one?

 

Regards

 

Phil

Hi Phil

Sorry I haven't answered sooner ....busy busy busy

As to your questions re; Woodbridge I haven't decided which one to do yet but will probably go with the  Euro 1  colour scheme (which is probably a Woodbridge one?)   

 

 

[Revell 1/48 Sikorsky CH-53G]

Hi Filler (?)

That looks good,I will be watching with interest how you progress ith this. The model is rather large and empty isn't it ? 

 

I got a present of one of these from a friend last year and want to do a Pave Low; However I will have to do it the old fashioned way as I  have no resin sets but do have some drawing form an very old copy Military Scale Modeller. 

  

regards 

Brian 

[FV-603B Saracen]

Nice model of the Saracen. 

These were used in N. Ireland weren't they ? 

 

greetz 

Brian 

[Renault R35 Tamiya 1:35 Merde!]

Hi all

Here is a French R35 1:35 from Tamiya I finished up recently.

The diorama is based on a photo of an R35 in a drainage ditch somewhere in Normandy during trials in 1937. Jean Pierre has a wee pain in his head.  The kit is Tamiya so it fell together in 5 hours tops and the work was in painting and making the base. I used one of my sons expensive fine tipped markers for the black line and it worked really well and didn't leave an indigo shine as some tend to. 

 

The base is a cheap jewellery box , lid taken off and chopped down and back filled with florist foam.

 

 

Jean Pierre is a mix of ICM and MiniArt figures.

I have to say the combination of price, fit, colours and alot of cool historical photos featuring the R35 means I will becoming back to this little tank. 

 

Regards 

Brian 

[1/72 Airfix Defiant Mk I]

Hi

Very tatsty result.

I am working up to a project involving a number of 264 Sq Defiants . May I ask where you got the Squardon badge - it looks very nice.

Thanks

Brian   

[EC S.A.565 Panther]

I am only coming to this GB because of Dermots Dauphin. Interesting build.  I have this kit in my stash and this is only the second time I have seen it been built up.

You are doing well on what looks like an complex and  overengineerd kit (?) , are you enjoying it ? There is plenty of detail in there.  

 

I also have the Trumpeter  kit+ Cobra detail sets and have a feeling that it would be the easier route to a good Dauphin than Kittyhawk but will reseve judgement till I see this built up.

Thanks for sharing and stick with it , 

[1/72 Dream Model SA 365 Fi Dauphin 2]

Nice result on the Dauphin Dermot. I missed the building thread but u did a good job in it. I like ur winch and your colours match very well.  This is your second Dauphin ? 

 

I have one of these Dream Model on the go and its light years ahead of the Matchbox. I used Roy Kinsella's resin nose(and other bits and pieces) and its bigger than the DM nose.

 

[Panhard AML-90]

If I am not mistaken they are white on the inside. 

[Bombed SU-15 1/72]

Weathering on the a/c is terrific. How did you do that ? 

 

I would however expect there to be more debris around the ground. 

 

[Escape Plan...1/48 Messerschmitt Bf109G-6(Mtt. Regensburg) Romanian Airforce]

This is very pretty and the ol '109 looks good in the stars and bars. 

This deserves alot more likes too !!!

[Kora Fairey IIIF]

Very pretty result and an unusual interbellum(?) subject. 

 I didn't think Kora did their own injection moulded kits, just repops however I am  wrong. This is really good looking kit. 

Regards 

Brian 

[St Chamond 1:35]

14 hours ago, Buzby061 said:

Very nice indeed. I've often toyed with the idea of getting one.

 

Pete

Pete 

Its a very nice if fiddly kit but if you take your time it will be fine.

 

This was my first Takom kit and I am impressed. I have since built some of their Panhard AmL 90 and 60 kits  and they were great. 

I would be curious to know what the relationship if any is to the Hobbyboss kit of the later St Chamond. 

Regards 

Brian 

[St Chamond 1:35]

Thank you. 

I am aware this is a result which speaks more to the aesthetics of modern armour modelling than an authentic historical representation of the subject matter. I am also very glad nobody  nitpicked about the fact that the colour scheme bears no resemblance to ‘Fantomas’ as I followed the Takom paint scheme instructions reasonably closely. The person who made the instructions obviously never looked at a photo of the tank.

 

When I did look at the photos, I was struck by the very diffuse nature of the scheme which was painted by hand as you correctly pointed out. Maybe it’s the grey tone of these old photos exaggerating the effect, but early St. Chamond tanks give me the impression of having complex and diffuse paint patterns and that is what attracted me to the subject and that is what I wanted to recreate.  That and the wonderfully awkward shape of the tank.

 

And I am glad to hear you like it so much.    

[St Chamond 1:35]

Here is one I finished up last weekend and had running  as a WIP over in the diorama section . Its Takom's 1:35 St Chamond (early) . See the thread here

 

Nice kit only it was haniging around the shelf of doom for 3 years till a picture of Sitting Bull fell onto it ..... long story 

 

 

 

 

 

 

hope you enjoy it

Regards 

Brian 

[Fishermans blues -JU388 Mistel Drone WHATIF]

Finally got the link to the photos to work. 

[Fw190A8/R2 1:72 Eduard JG300]

Here is a 1;72 scale Eduard Fw190A8/R2 Yellow 12  Werknummer 682958 Unteroffizier Paul Lixfeld,  from 6.(Sturm)/ JG 300 at  Löbnitz airfield , in December 1944.

Beautiful kit let down by a weak undercarriage so I decided to stick it on a pole because why not?

The heay weathering is authentic for this particular a/c . It features prominetly in 'Jagdgeschwader 300 Wilde Sau - A Chronicle of a Fighter Geschwader in the Battle for Germany. Volume Two September 1944-May 1945.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

reagrds 

Brian 

[St Chamond 1:35]

Here is update; I repainted the entire thing and added some more figures 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Airfix 1/72 He111H-6 'Motorhead']

13 hours ago, Mikemx said:

Just a quick question - do all the boxes of Airfix's Motorhead He111 come with the original kit decals and painting/marking guide? I'd like to build the Tropical and Torpedo Bomber versions but obviously the regular boxing is very difficult to find.

 

thanks

Mike

Lemmy has reached over from the dark side to remind you that you must make black bombers with Motorhead written on them. 

 

Lemmy killed by death. Gone but not forgotten. 

[264 Squadron Defiants 13 May 1940]

Excellent Tim thanks for that reply. 

[Classic Airframes DH Vampire T.22]

I am in the middel of this one as well. It had languished on the shelf of doom for 10 years but Corona gave me the boost I needed. Very similar issues encountered as you but your boomd to wing fit is better than mine. 

Looking forward to seeing this one being finished.