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Interesting.I haven't seen any such photos.

First build of this year. This Interesting project was in the hopper for a very long time. Subject is a USA B-25J (Mitchell) medium bomber provided to the Soviet Airforce as part of the "Lend Lease Act" during WWII. This was to be used on the Soviet Eastern Front-Circa 1943.Most of the 800 some B-25s recived by the Soviets were painted in all green with some nose art. But there were some with three color camo and I chose to build that scheme.There was one picture availabe for reference . I also used the California based "Russian Ta Get Ya"restored air worthy bird's pics as reference. Caution. Model is a tail sitter even with ample ballast added. Instruction calls to use the ladder as s support. Kit: 1/48 Revell B-25J Paints used are Mr.color and Tamiya. Decals are from the left over sheets from other kits. I realize that the serial numbers are supposed to be yellow. But since I did not have any yellow numbers in hand , i used the white one. Will paint it yellow with steady hands hopefully. Let me know how you guys like it. Regards Vivek

Thank you Ray.

Hello All, I have been meaning to build this favorite aircraft in this particular Indian Airlines marking for a very long time. This scheme brings a lot of childhood memories from the 80s in India . Chose the registration of the aircraft which had to do an emergency landing in a dried lake bed back in 1993 with out any fatalities. Aircraft was written off I think. See story here. https://medium.com/@Storiesfromindianaviation/when-an-a300-landed-on-a-dry-lake-9371df8b56f9 Kit is a Skyline Model. Ok kit with raised panel lines with lots of flash. Scale:1/144 Indian Airlines decals from Joydecals Paints: Mr.color , Alclad, AK xtreme metal The only modification I did was scratch building the wing fence with styrene. No weathering was done I think it turned out ok.What do you guys think? Regards Vivek Now to the pictures.

I should have weathered the wheel house and funnel too. I will go back and do it. Thanks for the observation

Wow. Yours lined up perfectly. Either it is a bad batch of decals or I messes it up.

Harbor Tugboat Kit:Revell Scale:1/108 (Odd scale) Modelair, Mr.color and Tamiya acrylics Oil paint weathering. Rigging done with normal stitching thread. Figures are from the kit. Hope you all like it. Regards Vivek

Kit: Eduard Limited Edition. MiG-21 BIS in the Indian Service. Paint used: Mr.color and Model Master metalizer Kit offers 4 bis and 1 MF marking decals. I chose this attractive scheme. Kit is a delight to build but still there are couple of areas that gave me trouble. Fitment, PE parts and decals had some hiccups. Lot of masking needed if one chooses to build this scheme. Used Bluetac and tamiya tape for masking. Light weathering done with oil wash. Let me know how you like it. Cheers. Vivek

Another OOB. Minicraft United Airlines 727-200. Kit is very simple to build. But the only big issue is the decal. The windows cheat lines don't line up with the cockpit. Also the decals are very fragile. Hope you like it. https://i.postimg.cc/wvNQ2Bmt/314411395-10229263444753782-8550673646574217015-n.jpg

A quick OOB build of 1/144 Eastern Express IL-18 in Polish Airlines livery. Had fit issues near wingbox like all Eastern Express kits. Lots of putty and sanding needed. Another area is the propeller shaft. Horrible fit. Other than that a ok kit. I parked my Eastern Express Indian Navy's IL-38 near her to show the similarities. Let me know how you like it.

Thank you

Coming back here after a long time with a diorama depicting Red Cossacks charging with the support of captured Mark V Hermaphrodite from the White army. Circa 1919 during Russian Civil war. Tank Kit is Emhar and the Cossack/Horses are from Italeri. Paints used were Vallejio, Tamiya and Model Master. Base made out of pink foam and air dry clay. The only mistake I did was on the real tank , the tricolor would have been painted over by the Reds. Also the color of the tank at that time is anybody's guess as there are no color photos available. Correct me if I am wrong. Let me know how you all like it. Regards Vivek

Coming back here after a long time with a diorama depicting Red Cossacks charging with the support of captured Mark V Hermaphrodite from the White army. Circa 1919 during Russian Civil war. Tank Kit is Emhar and the Cossack/Horses are from Italeri. Paints used were Vallejio, Tamiya and Model Master. Base made out of pink foam and air dry clay. The only mistake I did was on the real tank , the tricolor would have been painted over by the Reds. Also the color of the tank at that time is anybody's guess as there are no color photos available. Correct me if I am wrong. Let me know how you all like it. Regards Vivek Regards Vivek

WOW. Prehistory is another interest of mine. This is really beautiful and dynamic /Realistic.

Thanks for the feedback guys. Appreciate it. I agree with you guys on the interior green color. I went by the reference photos I saw below. But realized that the green was way off only when I took pictures. Too late for that. https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/paris-france-february-2009-interior-panhard-767434369