Roman Schilhart

Dear fellow Britmodellers, here's the new 1/72 Zvezda Pe-2 in markings of 34th Guards Bomber Regiment, Leningrad, December 1944. I built from the box with addition of Mini Art defense guns. Painted with Gunze/Mr.Hobby acrylics. Photographs by Wolfgang Rabel. The new Zvezda kit is excellent in detail and fit, comparable to Tamiya offerings. Alternative parts enable you to build aircraft of different production batches. 5 attractive color options are included, 4 Russian, 1 Polish post-war. The kit decals perform exceptionally well. I really enjoyed building this model kit and can recommend it to all modelers with an interest in Russian WW2 aircraft. Thank you for your interest in this topic. Best greetings from Vienna!

Good news on the La-5FN. Looking forward to this kit. Now, I've you would add a Yak-9 series to your release schedule, me and Mr.Thompson would be very happy bunnies indeed.

I have been trying to obtain two Cromwell models (Archer and Comet) over the last year with no success … a pity these kits are so hard to get. Brilliant work on the Challenger!

That's a sweet little diorama.

Libor, interesting to see you went outside your comfort zone, I believe this is the first double decker I've seen from you so far. Working with such large decal areas must be a challenge. But, with your skill and talent you turn every kit into a masterpiece!

Good idea, Peter. I will look out for these items at Plastic Winter Bratislava next week!

One of the tiniest kits I've ever seen! What a shame that the tracks don't come as link & lengths …. would be an absolute joy to get them lined up….

Dear fellow Britmodellers, here's my 1/72 Zvezda ISU-152 assault gun, built from the box. Painted with Gunze acrylics, weathered with pastel chalks and artist's oils. The kit has nice details, but unfortunately, the tracks are too short to represent the characteristic 'sagging' on the upper rollers. In fact the tracks are so tight you'll hardly get them to fix if you painted the wheels/tracks seperately. On my first attempt I applied too much pressure and broke both the idler wheel and the tracks themselves. These had to be replaced with parts from another Zvezda kit (the ISU-122, which has the same chassis). All photos by Wolfgang Rabel. Thanks for your interest, with best greetings from Vienna Roman

Excellent work, Bernhard!

Not this particular boxing, but AZ Model have several other versions with the regular canopy (which are just as good): https://www.scalemates.com/de/kits/kp-kovozavody-prost-jov-kpm0033-p-51c--940692

Thanks for your feedback, Wulfman. No problems encountered, apart from the decals, which were unusually brittle. Great little kit.

Nice to see "one of ours". Saab Draken, coded 14, was in service from June 1987 to November 2005, operating with 2.Sta/ÜbwGeschw. It is currently on display at LOXZ - Zeltweg airbase. https://gotech.at/saab_j35_draken.htm

Dear fellow Britmodellers, this is my 1/72 Airfix GMC 353 w/ Blackdog stowage and Armory M45 AA Trailer. Photographs by Wolfgang Rabel. Greetings from Vienna! Roman

Are you sure, Reini? R3-G was one of the marking options in the 1970s Matchbox kit!

Dear fellow Britmodellers, here's my 1/72 Tamiya P-47D Razorback, built from the box, with decals from Xtradecal. The model represents "R3-G" of 410th Fighter Squadron, 373rd Fighter Group, based at St. James, France, in August 1944. The model was painted with various shades of Alclad II lacquers and Gunze acrylics. All photographs by Wolfgang Rabel. Thank you for your interest, best greetings from Vienna!