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HpH is to release a 1/32nd resin kit from the MiG-15 "Fagot". Release expected in June 2014. Source: http://www.hphmodels.cz/index.php/en/news/item/231-mikojan-gurevic-mig-15-1-32 V.P.

A completely out of the box build of Trumpeters excellent Dauntless after a year off. Really liked this kit it's a cracker. Here's the build> linky Thanks for looking Nick

Hi there Anyone know if it's possible to get hold of a Red Arrows Dye Truck in 1/72 or 1/32? Watching the documentary now and fancy trying a little scene with one. Thanks Steve

Hi all, Found some half-decent pics of this build from a few years back. *UPDATE* - found a couple more - see below ! I quite enjoy seeing what can be done with an 'old' kit, annd in cash-straitened times, it's a cheap way to go. This is the Revell box of the 1970's Hasegawa 190. It goes together well, has a few shape isues, especially the cowling gun cover and rudder which I decided to reprofile, but nothing terrible. Oh, and it needs re-scribing if it bothers you (i did it, but left some rivets proud). It's got an aftermarket wheelbay and wheels (aires??) and various scratch-built stuff in the cockpit and I had a got a making new undercarriage and the ETC bombrack. The pilot is a 21st Century Toys spare and is a fantastic moulding. Think I painted him looking a bit cross... The decals for the Hungarian AF in early 1945 are rather special as they are home-printed by my brother! Hope you like it and look forward to your comments, sorry only a few pics, but it's had a slight accident since then , repairable, but on the to-do-list. Matt UPDATE - These aren't best quality photos, but show the weapons rack quite well Matt

Hi folks, Here's the Moebius Viper I've been building for our club's Build-the-Same-Kit competition. It was a bit of a rush at the last minute since I spent half the last month painting my treeman when I should really have been working on the Viper Not a bad kit to build - some fit issues and quite a few sink marks, but it cleans up quite well and there's some nice detail. I added the Paragrafix etched set for the cockpit and engines, plus my own lighting rig using an ATTiny85 microcontroller and some RGB and plain LEDs. The battery power is on-board - 4 AAA cells should give enough runtime for a whole show, but they were a fiddle to squeeze into the space. Paint is Alclad and Tamiya with some Citadel paints for details. I used hairspray and masking fluid chipping for the first time and definitely want to do that again! I also masked and painted the stripes, which meant that since I didn't have to apply any decals I was able to avoid the varnish step and preserve all the metallics. I used MIG and AK enamels to weather which didn't cause any problems over the hairspray. It was predictably a lot of fun writing the code for the lights - here's an edit of the complete sequence, which takes about a minute and a half. There are also more/bigger images on Flickr: https://flic.kr/s/aHsjYSotM5 Thanks for the suggestions and encouragement on the WIP thread - it always helps to get other opinions - and thanks for looking, I hope you like it! Cheers, Will

First off, I was coerced into this build. It was not my fault and I didn't want to start it just yet. I realize I have too many projects going at once and it would be nice to complete one or two. But this is all Nigel's fault. The creator of AA and past purveyor of Antics is entirely to blame. I was innocently perusing some threads and came across his build of the 1/48 Dragon Me 163 Komet. In his thread, he stated he had purchased after market goodies that included a resin rocket engine. Since it was so pretty, it needed to be displayed and he innocently asked if anyone had any ideas about an engine stand for this plane. What a ploy!!! I had the 1/32 Meng kit of the Me-163B Komet in the stash and had been avoiding it because it was so tempting to build. I also knew the kit had display stands for the rocket engine and tail assembly. So, being the good-natured soul I am, I offered to look in the kit to see how the stands were portrayed to help him out. He further sucked me into his web by wondering about the detail of the rocket engine. So now, I am looking through the kit instructions for details about the stands and the engine build. I find both. My plan was to send him copies of the appropriate instruction pages and then photos of the kit parts regarding the stands and engine so he can use them to detail his kit. What a trap. Here I am removing parts from the sprue for him and drooling over the detail in this kit. The stands were very simple parts wise and I thought why not build them up and take pictures of the completed assembly. As I was doing that, I noticed some comments in his thread about the detail of the rocket engine and how some of the PE parts were not just cutting it. I then started removing engine parts and . . . yeah, I'm hooked on this kit. So this build will begin with the stands and the rocket engine. Please bear with me, as this build will start strangely with the support stands. They consists of 5 parts creating 2 stands. One stand is to support the rocket engine as it is exposed from the end of the aircraft. The other stand is to support the tail structure that is removed to expose the engine. The stand supporting the tail assembly is complete, no assembly. (Yea, no work except for painting.) The stand for the tail assembly consists of 4 parts and is very simple to piece together. The way Meng represents the stand makes me think they were made out of wood. So, the toughest part of the stands will be to represent the wood grain. Or, I can just decide they were painted and move on! Next up, assembly of the rocket engine. Upon examining the parts on the sprue, you have to wonder if you can remove some of them because they are so delicate. The detail is just superb. I started doing sub-assemblies for the rocket engine tailpipe, the rocket engine turbine and the T-stoff tank. The only real problem I ran into was the T-stoff tank. The join of the two halves of the tank is not good; either my fault or design of the kit. Normally, I just fix the join as filler and putty are my constant companion, but in this case, that will be difficult because of all the matching straps and tank machinings. I can’t really think of a way to fix it. Hopefully, most of it will be hidden and not seen. All the engine parts were then given their base colors. While everything dries, I will hang my head in shame I was so tricked into starting this build. It is Nigel’s fault!! As always, all comments are welcome.

Next Wingnut Wings 1/32nd kit will be a DFW C.V. (mid-production). Release expected in late July 2014 - ref.32040. Source: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10202836124883273&set=o.115991888428471&type=3&theater V.P.

This is the old kit from Revell. I think all they did was put some new pieces in their PFM kit to make an MF. Detail is lacking, the cockpit is a mess and inaccurate with the molds and fit are not up to what you'd expect today. Rather than chuck it out I thought I'd just build it as is, for the detail sets would cost more than simply buying the rather nice Trumpeter kit. Mark was nice enough to send me a pilot from the Trumpeter kit and Tony some VPAF markings (thanks guys) and I scrounged some sidewinders from an old Revell F-4E kit to stand in for R3-S missiles as they were pretty much Russian made sidewinder copies anyway. I was meaning to represent red 5040, the MiG 21 nightfighter that allegedly shot down a B-52 during the 1972 Christmas bombings, but I mucked up the masks for the numbers several times and rage quit them, so I'm calling it done. Unfortunantly its a grey old day in Melbourne for taking pictures, as you can see.

Anyone who missed the HK's B-25 Mitchell "Glass Nose" ? Will be pleased to know that they are reissuing this kit in October according to their website hk-models.de Google can do a translation into English on this site also. Great News especially for me because I got a real itch to build this and the glass nose is the one I wanted before Phil

Revell is to release a brand new tool 1/32nd Supermarine Spitfire Mk.II kit - ref. 03986 Release expected in April 2014 Source: http://www.revell.de/index.php?id=210&KGKANR=0&KGKOGP=10&KGSCHL=2&L=1&page=1&sort=0&nc=&searchactive=&q=&SWO=&ARMAS4=&PHPSESSID=8a090e671c5d75ba637c3b1fa6b2c13f&KZSLPG=&offset=3&cmd=show&ARARTN=03986&sp=1 V.P.

Here are some photos of a build of a BF109E I bought a little while ago. I've followed some astounding builds on this "work in progress site" which I can't compete with (especially the Skyraider!!) but I hoped that some of you might be interested in a less expert build. I've included some fabric seatbelts and have done some pipework and cables with lead wire I got on line but it is essentially out of the box. Thanks for watching and I'll post the finished article soon.

Source: http://www.silverwings.pl/132-curtiss-p-6e-hawk.html Silver Wings is to release a 1/32nd Curtiss P-6E Hawk resin kit. Release: fall 2013 Herebelow the artwork for the three planned colour schemes: - Curtiss P-6E Hawk 32-274, 17th Pursuit Squadron, 1st Pursuit Group, Selfridge Field, Michigan, 1932 - Curtiss P-6E Hawk 32-277, 94th Pursuit Squadron, Selfridge Field, Michigan, 1930 - Curtiss P-6E Hawk '22', 33rd Pursuit Squadron, 8th Pursuit Group, Virginia Beach Summer Camp, July 1934 V.P.

The kit is the 1/32 F-104 Starfighter from Revell in a special decal edition box. This kit caught my eye in the poor, pathetic, castoff section of one of my local hobby shops. It is from a purchase of a kit collection and I bought it solely because of the decal option. I normally focus on WWII aircraft and prefer propellers on my kits. However, of late, I have gotten on a Tiger Meet theme. Now, strictly speaking this is not from a Tiger Meet. But, it is of a similar vein. I have no real information as to the actual aircraft other than a few pictures I found on the web. I also do not know how accurate this kit is, but it looks like/resembles a Starfighter to me. On opening the box, the first thing I noticed was the decals. They are old. How old? The instructions and wonderful trademark on the port wing indicate the kit was made in 1980. I made a few modifications to the kit to more closely resemble an F-104 G at the suggestion of a fellow Britmodeller who knows far more than I about F-104s and this particular plane. The WIP thread is here http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234959637-f-104-hunting-cat/. Another reason I chose this model is I am learning how to use an airbrush. Since this scheme is so colorful and combines a flat camo scheme on one side with a glossy bright color scheme on the other side, I thought it would be ideal. I thought this kit would kill me as to painting it. Most of the errors were from my own inexperience. What I did learn was to more appreciate you people that have seemed to have so effortlessly mastered the black, evil and sadistic art that goes by the name airbrushing. For your perusal: Not a whole lot left visible inside of the cockpit, but here goes: As always, all comments welcome.

This caught my eye in the poor pathetic section of one of my local hobby shops. It is from a purchase of a kit collection and I bought it solely because of the decal option. I normally focus on WWII aircraft and prefer propellers on my kits. However, of late, I have gotten on a Tiger Meet theme. Now, strictly speaking this is not from a Tiger Meet. But, it is of a similar vein. I have no real information as to the actual aircraft other than a few pictures I found on the web. I also do not know how accurate this kit is, but it looks like/resembles a Starfighter to me. On opening the box, the first thing I noticed was the decals. They are old. How old? The instructions and wonderful trademark on the port wing indicate the kit was made in 1980. So, I am hoping this will not be a waste and the decals fall apart when I begin to apply them. I am going to be optimistic and put the kit together and paint it; then hope for the best. It has an interesting paint scheme as the port side is white and orange with the cat chasing mice scheme running its length. Starboard is a regular camo scheme and the undersides in aluminum or silver. I don’t know the date this kit was originally manufactured, but it must have been prior to 1980 as there is a lot of flash on the parts. Now it is easy to remove, but there is a lot. The parts count is relatively low, but I did not buy the kit for a massive amount of detail, I bought it for the paint/decal scheme. So, there will be no detailing or “correcting for errors” as I have no idea what to correct for. I’m just hoping the fit of parts is good. First off, the cockpit. Not a lot of detail and not a lot of parts. I am hoping the color callouts in the kit are correct, so my apologies to Starfighter experts if I finish the cockpit incorrectly. I started with a very basic instrument panel, base painted in Nato Black and then weathered and highlighted with a dry brush of silver and some red knobs. Then the front cowling received the same treatment with some clear blue applied to a clear window that sits in front of the gun reflector sight. (Which I glued in place, but has now vanished into the great beyond. I’m thinking the chances of finding a very small clear part are slim to none. I will have to improvise later.) I then painted the seat, the control stick and the cockpit tub. I weathered them and had fun with the side dials. The cockpit tube and cowling were glued to one half of the fuselage and then the two halves were glued together with the following results. After the fuselage was together, I found this little lapse in construction that will have to be rectified with some plastic sheet before the canopy is put on. This is going to be a long kit Some more parts were put in place on the fuselage, these on the bottom . . . The cannon cover. The kit gives the option of having the cannon and its bay exposed, but for this kit, given its scheme, I think the cover should be closed. I am just glad it fits so well. When I glued the cannon cover I noticed this. . . Just seems that a kit of this size would have the gun port “opening” opened. So, with a drill and some filing, I opened up the gun port to this . . . Looks a little better. I then added the intakes port and starboard Now on my last two nose wheel aircraft, I forgot to add weight to make them sit correctly. I was not about to make that same mistake again. Luckily, the kit provides a very large and long nose cone which I filled with fishing weights and superglue. (More on that at the end of the post; clumsy is my name.) So as the nose cone dries, I move to the other end of the fuselage to add the tail section. The kit comes with two different styles of tails, but the instructions only call out one for use in this model. I am not sure what the other tail is for. All I am hoping is that the tail insert will fit the body and go together seamlessly. Now it would have been nice if the designers of the kit thought of how this kit would be constructed and painted. If they would have considered it, they would not have designed the exhaust nozzle to be inserted into the tail section prior to its attachment to the fuselage body. They would have been kind and designed the nozzle to be inserted after the tail section was attached so it could be left off to ease painting the fuselage. Yeah, no such luck. So I put together the exhaust nozzle . . . Gave it a base coat of gunmetal (Humbrol 53) . . . Then doused it with some Tamiya Smoke . . . Put on a coat of Tamiya Clear Blue and then removed most of it with paint thinner for this result. Next I dry fit the exhaust nozzle section with the tail section so I can check its fit to the rest of the fuselage. I had some suspicions that this assembly was not going to mesh well with the rest of the fuselage. Here are the pictures that show how “seamlessly” it will fit. The diameter where the exhaust nozzle fits is too small and there is a nice little step that will have to be contended with. Then there is a rather large gap where the tailplane is going to fit. Somehow, I don’t think the tailplane is going to be that thick so some sort of spacer will be needed. And finally, when the exhaust section of the tail is fit flush, there is a large gap where the rest of the tail section is to meet with the fuselage tail section. Not real sure if I can manhandle that, or more spacer material will be needed. To fix the diameter issue, I messed around with some sprue to create a spacer which increased the diameter of the tail section exhaust opening to match the diameter of the fuselage exhaust opening area. I think the next step will be to attach the bottom part of the tail section to the fuselage, let that dry to a nice hard bond, and then manhandle the top part of the tail section to fit flush to the rest of the fuselage. At that point, I can then dry fit the tailplane to see how I can fix that huge gap. At least that is my plane for now. For right now, I am waiting for the glue to dry on the spacer, so it can be cut down to allow the exhaust nozzle to fit. Now originally, when I was devising my plan of attack to do the paint scheme and decals, I thought it might be best to construct the fuselage section first, paint it and then decal it. After that, I would build, decal, paint and attach the wings. As I began to look at the paint scheme of this kit and how involved it was, I decided that I should just bite the bullet and assemble the entire kit; then paint and decal. Granted it might be easier to put fuselage decals on without the wings, but it would be a nightmare to try to match up the paint schemes of the wings and fuselage if painted separately. So it’s on to the port wing which consists of the stubby little wing and the end gas tank. And this is then glued to the fuselage. The fit being quite good and just minor seam cleanup on the gas tank. I also glued the nose cone to the fuselage This aircraft is as long as my keyboard. And this is where I am going to stop. But, not before this picture Now, I know what your first impressions are and this is not what you think it is. This is actually the result of a learning process of many years regarding my limitations. I am a clumsy oaf. I now admit it. I tried to ignore it and pretended I wasn’t, but I am. Most people are careful with their tins of paint, glue, filler, etc. I am not. If it can be spilled, I will find a way to do it. What you see above is the cleanup from my dumping most of the superglue I used to fill up the nose cone to hold the weights in place. Now I should know better, superglue only bonds instantly to your fingers and when you do not have the part placed properly. When you want it to bond instantly, it can take hours to set. Like a dunce, I filled the nose cone with weights, and then poured in a fairly substantial quantity of superglue to hold everything in place. Now why I then placed the nose cone down on my work desk is beyond me. Ten minutes later I notice a very large patch of superglue all over the top of my desk, slowly attempting to permanently attach everything in its path including some finished kit parts. So, what you see above is my realizing my limitations and I now only build on a desk with a glass top!! Paint spills, glue drips, filler blobs, all can be scraped off with a razor blade. If you are a klutz like me, I heartily recommend a glass desktop. All comments always encouraged and welcomed.

Hey all! new to the forum here! the reason i have joined is i wanted to share with you all my Lancaster build i am currently doing. the complete kit was given to me by one of my mums friends as a birthday present on the 21st. i have dabbled in a couple of air fix kits in the past (including a Lancaster), a Chinook and a Boeing 747. i will have to say though, they were built to a poor standard back when i was 13. 2 years ago i built a model railway that was fully built and detailed so i have learnt many skills in painting/model building from this. i sold that on a year ago and haven't done anything until this. i look forward to building the kit from start to finish and hope to learn a few new techniques along the way currently as i have been waiting for access to the forum from the admins i am on part 4 but i have been taking photos so i will upload them in a separate post then following on from that i will post updates of one or two parts out of the 125 part build thank you for reading -lordhinton

Hi All This is my go at Tamiya's big Corsair. The main body colour is UA038 LifeColour, the rest of the paint work is Tamiya. These 1/32 series kits go together perfectly, leaving more time to play with the paint job! Hope you like it!

First off, need to make some qualifications to the above. 1. I am not a Meteor expert and cannot really tell whether or not this kit is accurate, fairly accurate, missed the mark or the dreaded "unbuildable". 2. It appears the kit will be quite buildable and after dry fitting parts seems well engineered. 3. My initial opinion is this is a nice kit. So, what is up with my post? Within the span of 2 weeks I have received 3 kits from HK Models. (Yes, I know I have an addiction and a problem, but they were all so pretty and they called out to me.) The first kit I received was the 1/32 B-17. Then about 4 days later I received the 1/32 Meteor. Today I just received the 1/32 B-25H gunship. Being the unabashed kit fancier I am, I had to open each to go over the instructions, gaze at the decals and fondle the actual plastic. It seems as if the Meteor is the red headed step child that no one wants and loves out of these 3. The parts count for the Meteor is substantially lower than the other two kits, the decals are really not up to snuff and the detail is not even in the same ball park. I just feel a bit let down with the Meteor and I do not know if it is because the other two kits are just substantially better and the three shouldn't be compared; HK just didn't put forth the same effort on this kit as the other two; or, if the other two kits did not exist, would i think this is a great kit? What should be the verdict on this kit? Should I not compare it to the other two? Just am wondering if anyone else feels the same way; that it is a nice kit, but shouldn't there be more to it?

OK everyone, after about 8 months work, I give you Zoukei-Mura's wonderful (and complex!) Heinkel Uhu, featuring none of the pain of the Revell version (Hi Iain), but on the other hand featuring a host of other 'features'. But really, I'm not complaining - it is hard to fault when you take the whole thing in the round... 8 month's entertainment? Seems like excellent value to me. WIP is here: http://www.britmodeller.om/forums/index.php?/topic/234945361-oh-lordy-its-only-a-zoukei-mura-uhu (This editor, in IE 11, is *really* doing my head in... cut and paste is all screwy, the link dialog appears to be a work of Satan and doesn't go away when you click any of 'OK', 'Cancel' or the 'Close [x]' box. Getting the URLs in from PhotoBucket is a NIGHTMARE!!! But I digress, on with the show... 1. A few general overviews: 2. Close ups on the nose: 3. The pit: 4. Some engine close-ups: 5. The fuel tanks and DF equipment: 6. An extremely murky view of Schrage Music system (not easy taking internal pictures!): 7. Wiring gubbins: 8. A wheel well: Hope you like! Mike

After its original 1/32nd A1H Skyraider "Korean War" boxing (http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234919671-132nd-douglas-a-1h-skyraider-by-trumpeter-sneak-preview-released/?hl=skyraider ), Trumpeter is to re-release this kit as Douglas A1H/AD-6 Skyraider "Vietnam War" - ref.02253. Release expected in December 2013. Source: http://www.trumpeter-china.com/a/en/product/fly/1_35_Series/2013/0930/2506.html V.P.

Been a while since I did a build thread and I havnt seen one done for this kit on Britmodeller, so here goes. This is the Wingnut Wings LVG C.VI, one of the original 3 kits they released. Not much to show yet, ive only got a couple of hours work on it so far, just getting the interior sub assemblies ready for some paint and the wood grain effect. Im also towards the end of Wingnuts SE.5a, waiting on some rigging material and have a few little paint jobs to do to finish that. So far the LVG looks to be a really nice kit, but it is a bit daunting in its complexity. Ive built their Hansa-Brandenburg W.29 and Tamiyas 1/48 Swordfish, and this seems to be another step up in complexity. Should be a fun challenge though.

Hi Everyone, Here is my biggest completed project of 2014 so far. This is completed build number 8 for 2014. This is a Revell Red Arrows Hawk T.1A painted using Humbrol Acrylic Signal Red paint. I enjoyed this build as it was one of the most challenging for a long time. Anyway onto the pictures. I have just realised whilst looking at these photos that I have left the fuselage serial numbers off, so will have to correct that. Anyway comments welcome. Thanks as always for looking. Rick

Kit manufacture: Revell Scale: 1/32 Type: Bf109F Extras used: None Paints and colours used: Tamiya Black Green XF-27, Tamiya RLM Grey XF-22, Tamiya Flat Yellow, Flory Dark Dirt Wash + Xtracrylics Matt Varnish Bf109F_9 by jackaldesigned, on Flickr Bf109F_8 by jackaldesigned, on Flickr Bf109F_7 by jackaldesigned, on Flickr Bf109F_6 by jackaldesigned, on Flickr Bf109F_5 by jackaldesigned, on Flickr Bf109F_4 by jackaldesigned, on Flickr Bf109F_3 by jackaldesigned, on Flickr Bf109F_2 by jackaldesigned, on Flickr Bf109F_1 by jackaldesigned, on Flickr

Next Trumpeter 1/32nd Awfulschmitt will be a Messerschmitt Bf.109G-10 - ref 02298. For those who don't like the Revell kit (http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234949033-revell-bf-109g-10-erla-release-next-year-132/?hl=messerschmitt#entry1459801) ... Box art. Release expected late April 2014. Source: http://www.trumpeter-china.com/a/en/news/20140219/2582.html V.P.

Hello, I started new project - it´s my first 1/32 scale kit. I plan to one of these camouflages:

Just recently finished the Tamiya Tomcat: More To Follow: