BKirwan

Excellent Tim thanks for that reply.

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.

Hi all I am looking into the fates of 264 Squadron Defiants which were shoot down en masse on the 13th May 1940 above Holland. I am hoping someone on here might be able to fill in the blanks with regard to the fuselage letter per aircraft. I am using a Dutch book "Tweede Pinksterdag 1940 -Luchtgevechten boven West-Brabant en de Biesbosch" by Jan Jolie 2000 Lorelax Productions / Muiderberg as a reference. Jan Jolie has noted the aircraft involved as follows · L6969 Skelton/ Hatfield (Blue1) PS-B(?)** · L6960 Chandler/ McLeish (Blue3)PS-M · L6958 Thomas/ Bromley (Blue2 ) PS-? · L6977 Greenhous/ Greenhalgh(Green 1 ) PS-U (?)* · L6965 McLeod/ Cox (Green 2) PS-? · Sole survivor L6974 Kay/ Jones (Green 3) PS-? **In regard to PS-B this a/c (L7005) is featured in the Airfix Dogfight doubles boxing of the 1:72 kit and is noted as being in action in August 1940. Is Jolie wrong or were letters reused in the squadron ? *In regard to PS-U in the Airfix 1:72 boxing of the kit they have an a/c( L7013) pegged with this fuselage code as still flying in July. There is a photo in Jolie's book of a/c L6977 crashed in Holland with the fuselage letter partially obscured by bystanders . It could be U or a J. The a/c number is partially obscured but I can make out L697 ? I Again is Jolie wrong or were letters reused in the squadron ? . The primary source material he quotes give the a/c number and the flight code but not the fuselage codes. Any help would be most welcome Kind regards Brian Kirwan

Christer It not.you it is the kit. I am also building one of these at the moment and have exactly the same issue.

I like that. Good finish and not overdone.

Great finish on that Do17 Kauz. Love the tonal variation of the black. Photos of these a/c showed plenty of wear and tear and that means tonal difference. Appreciate the work in the photo scene. Must get me one of those in 1:48.

What to do with a terrible garage resin vJu388 kit (RS Models anno 0 AD) and the leftovers form a 1:72 Mistel AMT-ERTL? This is a question which had much perplexed me over the years. Having bought the offending kit of a "Ju388" many many moons ago for far too much dosh and realizing that the remaining Mistel warhead would fit this happened......bit of lockdown fun . BTW the boat is scratch built and no fishermen were actual hurt in the making of this diorama. Regards Brian

Re : 2 kits or 1 Depends on which release you were looking at. A very good alternatieve is the AMK kit which is far more detailled and its on sale at the Aviation Megastore. Look here

Finishing a Broplan kit is an achievment all in itself. That is a very pretty model of an ATR 72. Congratulations I have been working on Casa 235 on and off for about a year now so I empathise with you. Welcome to the guild.

Hubert Nice work on the model looks very good. And thank you for the photo's that clears up the matter. Cheers Brian

Hi Graham I too pondered the very same question with regard to the Bulgarian colour scheme. The two colour scheme for the wings seems to be a more recent interpretation of the colour scheme as its not featured on the MPM scheme or many of the older art work pieces I have seen of the 135. Maybe some of the Bulgarians in here will know?

Gents Just finished this one off the shelf of doom; the ancient MPM 1:48 Avia Av.135 vacform kit. It is actually a nice kit and I really enjoyed the build ; so much so it took me about 5 years to finish it. It was my first ever vacform and I learned a lot. Cockpit is scratch built as the kit parts are shoot ….Anyhows I also managed to lose all the extra rivet detail I put on the wings and made a royal cock-up with the vacumform cockpit forgetting to paint the coaming and putting the seat too far back BUT I did finish it in the colours its supposed to be in Czechoslovakia. Regards Brian

Great model I have this one in the stash. How was the Micro Mir like to build?

Elger Great intro and backround.Am looking forward to see how this shapes up. Veel succes! Brian

Nice result . Israeli colour scheme is always attractive. What kit is this ? Eduard or Hobby Boss ?

Great subject and an impressive result particularly given the scale. What did u use as the donor kit?

I have one if these in the stash so I am interested in your experience with the Kenitic kit. The fit looks a little iffy but as the previous posted stated a bit of filler and u are good to go. Regards Brian

Great old school modelling skills on display here. I have a soft spot for 1:48 Monogram stuff, well researched, solid engineering (pre-CAD era) good detail which lend itself to super detailling. Keep this up!

That thing is a monster. The Invader is big in 1:72 but in 1:48 thats gonna take up a lot of shelf space. Looking forward to seeing how this develops. Its looking pretty good.

Excellent finish on this kit. The under wing-intake joint is very difficult on this kit but u did very well. Complex joint. Ur NMF looks great on this bird. I am working on the SAAF version of this kit but got an extra Overtree kit in during the week (€8) and asked my 10 year old daughter to pick the colour scheme for the Overtree kit; and she picked the NMF option 😞

Hi Dazz Its a Bandai kit (0224023) so it pretty much clicks together effortlessly though the seams then need to be work away. I picked it up new at the comic shop at Christmas as a present for my son. It is an ideal model to do with kids as its quick to assemble but sturdy. Kit is somewhat basic in terms of details which is why we pimped it up.

Gents I have been working on this fella on and off for the past two weeks with my 11 year old son. Got to keep the kids busy !!! We pimped the kit with stuff from the spares box and my punch+ die set. And then built a little vignette to set it all off Hope you enjoy Regards Brian

Am just finishing one of these up in 1:48 scale in Border war livery. Its a sleek looking aircraft and you have done a nice job of it. Don't put it too far back in the display case.

I fail to see the need to choose........🤔 Do all of them starting with Tamiya as that will take the whole of 5 mins to build and 20 to paint. And then into the Eduard VIII. .....

Really nice job on the old Dragon kit. U should have a lot more likes!!!