[Bristol Beaufort Mk.I, Airfix, 1/72]

Any progress is good progress John and this looks to be excellent progress  

[B5N1 Kate - IJN, 14th Naval Air Group, Sanzao Island, China 1938 - F-Toys 1/144]

You've a busy workbench there Tim.

[LCM 3 1/72 DRAGON on the beach, The sea is quite salty this morning.]

That's nice work across all the various components of this project Eric.

[Royal Marines Centaur 1/35 Tamiya]

Tidy work.

[KP 1/72 Spitfire PR Mk.XI from a newbie]

It rather depends on which school of thought and style you wish to emulate but light fading and modulation of the main colour is usual. Some people prefer to put on a mottled base coat using different colours or black and white as underpainting then build up thin layers of the final colour until getting just enough of the pervious layers to show a subtle affect.

 

As for the Merlin oil leak pattern; find plenty reference photos of where they emanate from and streak back to on pretty much any Spitfire and have fun replicating that. I'd recommend using a very dark brown colour rather than pure glossy black.

[Tim's Grumman E-1 Tracer]

Nice work Tim and a clever solution to the tailplane problem.

[1/72nd Morane Type P, Joystick kit]

Nice progress in the interior  

[Airfix Shackleton AEW2 1/72]

Nice progress Peter.

[Reconnaissance (or Scouting for the hard of spelling) Chat]

20 hours ago, Orso said:

 

Does this one qualify for this GB?

Yes indeed it does  

 

1 hour ago, VolkerR. said:

Do you still accept entries?

 

I would like to do a Ju88D-4 in 1/32. I had done the same aircraft in 1/48 some time ago (which has found a new home in the meantime):

We most certainly are  

[KP 1/72 Spitfire PR Mk.XI from a newbie]

Going with a care-worn paint finish will add a lot of visual interest to this one.

 

5 minutes ago, Beardybloke said:

I've also accidentally bought an FR.Mk.XIc, so my first ever GB may turn into a double...

Oh dear, what a shame, never mind  

[RF-101G, Kentucky ANG]

It's good to see a photo Voodoo in our GB

[RB-47 (1/144 Academy)]

That layer of silver paint has made a big difference to the look of this one

[1/144 RB-36E]

Nice subject choice Stefan

[A very late start - Spitfire PRXIX.....]

While you're on a later start you're off to a great start.

[Grumman F3F Flying Barrel]

Good fine work there Rob.

[Marine Fokker E.V]

Impressive paintwork and the decals look to be decent quality 

[Hobbyboss Mitsubishi Zero XXXXFinishedXXXXXX]

That's looking good Steve.

[Land Rover WMIK]

Nice progress and some lovely detail in there. Going with a dark brown primer will work well as any areas where the top coat misses will look like it hasn't been hosed down properly between ops.

[Avro Bison II +++ Finished +++]

Small perhaps Cliff but perfectly formed as the saying goes.

[Persistent Presence, Armed Overwatch]

Nice progress again Chris.

[Fujimi 1/72 Vought F7U-3P Cutlass]

While they may not be your thing Rob it's coming together nicely Rob.

[Bell's eye in the Sky.1/35 Kiowa.XXXGroundedXXXX]

It certainly looks to be coming together well Steve.

[RB-47 (1/144 Academy)]

Taking on its nice lines well now. How well is the fit of all those parts?

[Cromwell Mk.IV]

On 3/18/2023 at 10:33 AM, Robert Stuart said:

Next stage will be back to the crew.  Don't know why, but I'm putting them off.

Don't know about you Robert but in the past I used to find moving from representing a solid object to something that had to represent a human being a daunting step in any project due to using different techniques and had to finish the figure(s) before starting on the machine or they simply wouldn't get done. In fact I was about to say that envisaging the project as a unified whole rather than two separate elements helped but then remembered I've two completed Seafire models that have been 'finished' for a few years but still require figures added to them so perhaps my advice isn't that good after all

[A salty sea... wolf ! Marina Militare AV-8B+ (1/72 Hasegawa)]

Nice progress Giorgio. You're finding all the same issues with this one as I did and using similar solutions to tame it.