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I need something fairly straightforward, hopefully this will be... if I don't get too carried away! Airfix's Mk.XVI A few extras; (the decals are kit) I've a long term interest in 617 Sqn and Dave Shannon and Len Sumpter's 1944 Mosquito will be just right. Only a few days to go

I’d like to present my finished vignette of a crashed Focke Wulf 190. I made a WIP thread here, and I have a YouTube build video with the link in my signature.

Just a heads up if you buy this kit. The parts, although numbered, are all on different sprues which, I found, difficult to locate. Also, on my kit anyway, there was a lot of spare plastic to get rid of., and some of the parts did not fit flush together very easily. Section 2, there is a part that isn't numbered. According to an older version of the kit (2010 instructions from Scalemates), it is part 20, and has the guns numbered 21 and 22 attached to it. However, I could not find this part on any of the sprues that came with the kit. So, rather than contact Airfix for the part (and probably wait ages for it), I managed to cobble together a part that fits (there was an unnumbered piece on one of the sprues which fitted between the two fuselage halves (after some filing), so I just cut an old piece of stretched sprue, glued that to the part and then glued the guns to that. It seems to have worked. Also, despite parts being labelled with which paint to use, this was not the case for the 3 figures. I just painted them with Flat black for boots helmet and gloves (Humbrol 33), Tamiya XF-18 for the uniform and for the main pilot, trainer yellow Humbrol #24 for the breathing apparatus and flat white (Revell 05)for what I think is the life jacket. This pilot has got legs, despite the one in the instructions, not having legs and does not sit easily on the provided seat. The gunner on the lower gun turret also does not sit easily either). I haven't had much trouble recently with Airfix kits, so wondering if this is an old batch (2010?) that Airfix found at the back of a warehouse and decided to re issue them (at 2024/5 prices). Many thanks.

Excited to be joining this GB with an addition to my Hawker Hurricanes around the World project! In this project I am modeling Hawker Hurricanes in markings from all over the world. This is what the project looked like back in 2023 (there has only been one other addition since then). For this entry I will be making Norway. I began Hawker Hurricanes around the World four years ago but only realized a year ago that this single Hurricane flew with Norwegian markings when I was roaming the internet somewhat mindlessly. So, I have to add Norway to my collection! I actually have never owned a box that said Heller on it, but I have built the Heller Hurricane Mk IIc a couple of times, once out of a Smer box (India)... ... and once out of a Mistercraft box (Turkey) ... It is the Smer boxing I have ordered for this GB.

Underway at last: Sprue shot: A modest start, but a start nonetheless.. The Subject of my build: Mosquito HX912 took off from RAF Sculthorpe at 1116 hours on the 9 October 1943 to attack the aero engine works at Woippy near Metz, France. Twelve aircraft from the Squadron took part in the raid and two of these including HX912 failed to return. The ORB recorded: "The weather was hopeless over the sea, coast and target, with very poor visibility and ten- tenths cloud at 500 feet. One aircraft (FO Crofts) bombed the target through clouds while others attacked minor targets. An ME110 was claimed damaged. There was considerable flak in the coastal area and several of our aircraft were hit. HX912 was last seen in a shallow dive towards the target having taken over as lead aircraft from the CO. It was characteristic of this crew to be certain of their position when asked to take over by Wg Cdr Meakin. In them we lose one of out best crews. Flt Lt Kerr had been with the Squadron since August 1942. Everybody feels the loss very keenly." Crew: Fl/Lt. Philip Charles Copeland Kerr (Pilot) Schoonselhof Cemetery. Grave IVa.B.13. Born on the 26th August 1918 at Nanango, the son of Joseph Copeland Kerr and Emily Francis Kerr, of Harrisville, Queensland. Australia. F/O. Bernard John Ewart Hannah(Navigator) Schoonselhof Cemetery. Grave IVa.B.14. Born on the 19th April 1912 at Napier, the son of John Gordon Hannah and of Agnes Hannah (née Malone), of Wellington City, New Zealand. A total of 536 flying hours logged and on his 23rd operational sortie. Both the crew were killed and they are buried in the Antwerp (Schoonselhof) Cemetery, Belgium. Antwerp is 57kms north of Brussels and 59kms north east of Gent on the E17 motorway. The Cemetery is located in Wilijk a suburb of Antwerp, Belgium. sources: Storr, Alan: RAAF FATALITIES WW2,464 Squadron www.aircrewremembered.com www.aviationsafetynnetwork.org www.Rafcommands.com www.cwgc.org

The title quote comes from Wikipedia, so I'm not certain of its accuracy, but I guess it's plausible, although it certainly would not have been my first guess! Pretty impressive record to hold for an aircraft as maligned as the P-39! Almost three years ago I picked up a 1/72 Hobby Boss P-39 kit . . . . . . which eventually I built into this, a Curacao-based USAAF P-39: But just a week or two after buying the Hobby Boss I found out Arma was releasing their obviously superior version. I was disappointed I had not waited! I actually ordered an Arma kit because at one point I thought I would replace part of the Hobby Boss nose with an Arma piece, but in the end figured out an alternative option. The Arma kit looked really nice, though, and eventually I picked up two more and now I intend to build all three. Although the above is the same basic kit as the first one, I bought the "Red Roo" edition which includes a lovely set of decals and instructions for Australian versions. At the moment my intention is to build French, Soviet, and Australian versions, and I plan to build the Australian in the ANZAC GB beginning this weekend.

Here we go again, my friends. First some history. On the night of 2nd May 1945 Bomber Command performed their last raid of the Second World War, against Kiel and the surrounding area. Included in the operation were twelve Mosquito B.XVI aircraft of 608 Squadron and it is generally accepted that the last aircraft to bomb was PF505, 6T-D, flown by the CO of 608, W/Cdr Gray, with Capt Mehre as navigator and bomb-aimer. But the aircraft that interests me more is Mosquito RV347, 6T-A, flown by F/Lt Hobbs with P/O Dennis. Facing no lesser dangers than any other crew that night they carried their 4000lb bomb all the way to Kiel, only to have the release mechanism hang up. Apparently unknowingly, they then flew all the way home and landed safely with the fully armed weapon still on board. No mean feat and, in my mind at least, that means they had The Last Cookie Left in the Jar. So, in honour of all unsung heroes everywhere, let us begin.

This will be my second 1/72 Sword Fury kit, after the FJ-2 I did many moons ago. That one had open speed brakes, lowered hook and ammunition door/step as well as folded wings but this one will be a bit more OOB, but not entirely. The build will be based on the 'FJ-3M' kit issue but mildly converted into an FJ-3D2 drone controller. These are the main kit parts (photos courtesy Hobby Search): I'm sure I also got a photoetch sheet in the FJ-2 kit but this FJ-3M issue doesn't have one I'd have liked the prominent wing fence in PE and the seat belts would have been nice too. But I shall overcome those omissions. I'll be using Caracal's decal sheet CD72076 "FJ-3 Fury Part 1": And my subject will be BuAer number 135867, an aircraft which served with VU-3 from July 1959 at Brown Field, San Diego and North Island until May 1962. It therefore just missed the late '62 redesignation of FJ-3D2s to become DF-1Ds. There is a note in the instructions regarding colour interpretation too: And here I shall be deviating from the Caracal scheme. It's possible that this aircraft did wear the scheme shown by Caracal, but the variant of the aircraft I want to model is of it with dayglo fin and wing bands (more on drone controller colours later). So it will look more like this: The dayglo areas are not particularly evident on this photo, but the unmistakeable degradation of this type of paint can be seen particularly on the vertical tail. Also less visible is that the inner halves of the drop tanks were usually painted the fuselage colour on their forward halves (an alternate scheme saw the front top surface painted in this way to reduce glare). Paint will be Mr Color 339 for the fuselage and wing walkways (Engine Gray FS 16081); Mr Color 329 for the wings and aft fuselage (Yellow FS 13538) and Tamiya dayglo for the fin and wing bands. Cockpit colour is a moot point. FJ-3s left the factory with Interior Bronze-Green interiors and it's possible that 'my' aircraft was repainted mid-grey during Overhaul & Repair for drone control conversion (prior to conversion it had served with VF-33 (March 1955 to September 1956) and VMF-333 (February 1957 to December 1958)). I'm undecided as yet; I have some MRP Interior Bronze-Green (MRP-132) on hand and will do some thinking on it. More in a bit!

I usually make WW2 aircaft but have recently been buying things without propellers and find myself in possession of several Phantom kits (an Airfix FG1, 3 Fine Molds (a C, E and J), a Fujimi FGR2, and 3 Hasegawa (a EJ, J and S). In an effort to reduce the Phantom stash a little, my next victim will be this: Bought second hand, I think it's all there: I've also got a few aftermarket bits and bobs to add: Because I know next to nothing about Phantoms (in fact, I know next to nothing about most things), I asked for some advice. As usual on Britmodeller, several people offered advice and support. I also promised @Gene that I would do a WiP (something I haven't done a WiP for quite a while). I can't promise that this will be quick - I've got a couple of other kits in progress in the F-16 & F-104 group builds - or that'll get finished, for that matter. Anyway, work will start as soon as I've tidied-up my workspace (which also doubles as my home office):

So many 109s in the forum made me want one of my own and seeing as I have many in the stash no excuses. However as all the other builds are late war i thought I’d go for some early machine. So I’m going to build an Avis models C3. Now I generally try to avoid (ahem) tail markings when building German WW2 subjects. 14 of the 17 in my collection don’t have them. As you can see below I try to pick foreign schemes or as with the JG 54 machine and the Kate war one the actual schemes had the tail painted over. However as the C was never exported and I like my models historically accurate it will have them.

Hi, I thought to join this GB with something that I think well reflects on the 50th anniversary of dramatic Vietnam reunification in the spring of 1975. My model shall be a Cessna O-1 piloted by major Buang in a desperate but successful escape from the South Vietnam in the last days of it existence. No need to repeat the whole story here. Here is the model I'm going to use. Not so much parts all fitting to just one sprue. Cockpit is highly detailed with photoetch bits. Instructions Painting guide on box back side Decal sheet Transparencies are thin and crisp A bit concerned how those neat transparencies will support the wings. I think I'll be assembling and painting wings and fuselage separately and join everything together at the last stage. Fingers crossed it shall work somehow.

For the GB and my first build of 2025, I’ll be making this 1/72 Hurricane IIC (kit 269 boxed by KP). Markings are undecided at this stage.

Hello Britmodellers, Here's my F-16N, more or less oob. Didn't come out entirely as I wanted, but it is what it is. Thanks for watching! Cheers, Luka

For comparison purposes I wanted a Panzer 1. So I invested in this. It's a bit light on parts. But when finished, will, hopefully, serve to provide a comparison with later Wehrmacht and Allied military equipment.

Hi there, this is going to be my very first 'Work in Progress' article. And it's something a bit ununsual: converting Academy's C-97 Stratofreighter into an AEW bird. Sometimes you stumble across a subject, a thing or so and you say: "amazing!" That's what happened to me when I first came across Freightdog's conversion kit for a C-97 AWI / AEW aircraft, of which I never had seen anything before. Honestly, I think none will ever dare to question the beauty, elegance and grace of e.g. a Griffon-powered Spitfire. Well, the early-warning version of the Stratofreighter would not have been among those aircraft if it really would have made it to become reality. But from almost the first moment on, I knew, I wanted to build this, well..., 'thing'. Unfortunately Freightdog's conversion kit is only available in 1/144 but not in 1/72 scale. Anyway... I bought it ... and then Academy's 1/72 C-97 Stratofreighter kit ... and then Minicraft's C-97 kit because the Freightdog conversion refers to panel lines of the 1/144 kit as points to measure from, e.g. for cutting the forward fuselage or glueing on the the radomes. Maybe you kown this feeling: "looks good, but I am not really sure...". Indeed there are differences and it is necessary to compare (and recalculate) the data given for the 1/144 kit with what they would be and where certain points would be on the 1/72 kit (simply doubling dimensions does not work!). I had already started some time ago to make friends with the 3D software 'Blender' so that I could finally use my 3D printer for my hobby. It soon became clear: this would be my first major 3D construction. So, here ist the result of many, many hours. Photos will follow (if linking them to flickr will finally work... sooner or later) To be continued! Cheers, The Red Baron

Recently @Corsairfoxfouruncle sent me a message to key an eye on my mailbox and few days later these arrived: Custom transfers for Fred Hillis' P-47D "Cookie VI", a princely gift indeed - thank you Dennis, and if that's not incentive enough to start a WIP thread, I don't know what is. In 2019, @rob85 gifted me with an Airfix P-51 with "Cookie" decals added from the old Revell kit and I really enjoyed building it. I'm truly grateful for the friends we've all become because of this site. I'm not sure if Cookie VI had the dorsal fin extension, so I'll wait to hear back from @Corsairfoxfouruncle and the great Britmodeller hive mind on what to do on that, but it seems that Hillis' 358th FG had orange tails, and the 366th FS of that group had yellow noses with a red ring on the front and blue and white cowl flap checks - quite the colorful Thunderbolts! I figured that the cowl alone may be a project in itself and got started, first with a blue layer on the cowl flaps: Then began masking the checks: Then the white layer: Clean up required, as always: A little clean up done, and the Tamiya cockpit started: Yellow layer added: A couple of other cockpits managed to jump onto the bench alongside Cookie VI's P-47: I've moved house five times (across two states) since building Cookie the Mustang and it didn't make it through them all, so I figured I'd re-build it alongside using the new Eduard P-51D kit (seen at the top of the pic above). The cockpit in the middle is an Arma F-6C that's been sitting on my bench for a year or so now and so I figured 'the more the merrier' 😁 Thanks again Dennis, and I hope to do you proud.

Bit busy at the moment with two other GB's on the go, but will hopefully get round to this one in the next few weeks. I've gone for the good old Tamiya classic, so should be a nice easy build! I've also got the Xtradecal 72209 1:72 Vought F4U-1 Corsairs decal set. Some great options, but i have gone for the below. A NZ Corsair made from two damaged aircraft, hence the "cut and shut". George

Finish no3 for the year is Academy's Challenger 1 in 1/72 which I finally found in my local Hobbycraft. A bit of a quick build less than 10 days start to finish while finishing off the Finemolds Phantom, I went for the BATUS (British Army Training Unit Suffield) camo rather than the desert tan or plain green that were depicted. This one is straight out of the winter repair program so freshly painted, without call sign or zap numbers painted on ready for the first crew of Med Man 1 to take it out of the hanger. I didn't make any stowage bin covers as these were normally removed along with the CES (Complete Equipment Schedule) and hand back to the stores at the end of each year before the vehicles went through the winter repair program. The kit is basic but looks pretty close to a CR1 but all my experience is with CR2's, the track piece's were a bit fiddly to get lined up but its dead track so some misalignment doesn't look wrong. Painted with a grand total of 4 Tamiya colours, Nato green, Desert tan, rubber black and white with a small amount of exhaust with MIG Ammo powder.

I shall be joining with the good old Mach 2 kit of the Mystere Falcon 20. The decals, I found 2 sheets in the stash so if I stuff them up I have a fallback. Here is the old girl in the late 1980s when I worked on her (A sneaky late shift hangar shot) And when she had her markings removed for retirement from RAAF service, she eneded up with a buyer in the USA and was registered N6555L

some 1/72 AFVs are escaped from its box, and running on my desk.😆 May-2022 from left to right: GMC CCKW (Academy), Stug III Ausf.B (Trumpeter), STURMTIGER Early Prod. (Trumpeter), KV-85 (Trumpeter), FV4030-4 Challenger I (Trumpeter) A34 Comet Mk.1B (Vespid), T-55AM -w KMT-6 (Revell), T-10 Object 730 (Trumpeter), Merkava Mk.IIID (HobbyBoss), Flakpanzer VIII MAUS (Vespid) M4 Hi-speed Tractor(HobbyBoss), SA-6 Gainful (Trumpeter), Churchill Mk.III (Italeri), Sd.Kfz.184 Ferdinand (Trumpeter), Land-Wasser-Schlepper Early Prod. (HobbyBoss) Sd.Kfz.251_10 AAusf.D -w 37mm PaK (Red Dragon), M992A1 AFFSV (Riich), Pz.Kpfw.V Panther Ausf.G -w FG1250 (Vespid), Sd.Kfz.181 Pz.KpfwVI Ausf.E TIGER I -w zimmerit (Red Draogn), Panzerfahre (Red Dragon) Jun-2022 Sd.Kf.223 Leichte Panzerspahwagen x2 (Red Dragon), Neubau-Fagrzeug Nr.2 (Red Dragan), PLA ZTL-11 (Red Dragon) Soviet SS-23 Spider (HobbyBoss), Chieftain Mk. 5 (Takom), M1A1 -w Mine Blade (Trumpeter), PLA ZTZ-99A (Trumpeter), FV432 Mk.2_1 (Takom) Aug-2022 Scimitar Mk.2 (Ford), JGSDF 106SP x2 (Aoshima), PLA ZTQ15 (Meng), M103A2 (Red Dragon), MK-I Female (Master Box) Renault FT-17 x2 (Flyhawk), PLA ZTZ96B (Transform Colors), JGSDF Type 10 (Aoshima), Type 4 Ka-Tsu (Riich) D9R ARMORED BULLDOZER (Sabre model) Middle East 2DR -w ZPU-2 x2 (transform colors) M1114 HMMWV -w GPK (T-model) M1240A1 MRAP (Galaxy Hobby) Sd.Kfz.231 8-Rad -w 20mm KwK & MG34 (Red Dragon), JGSDF Type74 x2 (Fujimi), Pz.Kpfw II Ausf J VK.16.01 (Flyhawk), Sd.Kfz.7_2 37mm AA-Gun Flak36 (Orange Hobby) Sep-2022 20mm Flakvierling auf Fahrgestell (Vespid), T-54B (Takom), Pz.Kpfw.IV Aust.F Munitionsschlepper (HobbyBoss), LEOPARD 2A7 (Takom), T-14 Armata (Trumpeter), T-Stoff Tanker, Schwimmwagen & Bomb Cart (Academy) Oct-2022 Cute Tiger-I (YuFan Model) 1/16 Type 94 Tankette (Takom) Nov-2022 T-35 x2 (S-Model), Jadgpazner IV (Trumpeter), SU-152 x2 (S-Model) Pz.Kpfw.I Ausf.B x2 (S-Model), Vanatorul de Care R35 (S-Model), BMP-2 x2 (S-Model) Pz.Kpfw.II Ausf.C x2 (S-Model), Somua S35 x2 (S-Model), Crusader Mk.I, III x2 (S-Model) M551 Sheridan (Early Prod) x2 (S-Model), BMD-1 x2 (S-Model), BRDM-2, BMP-1 (S-Model) SU-85 x2 (S-Model), Matilda II x2 (S-Model), BPR-60PB x2 (S-Model) Dec-2022 T-90MC (Zvezda), BMPT Terminator (Zvezda), 2S35 Koalitsiya-SV (Zvezda), Bumerang (Zvezda), TBMP T-15 Armata (Zvezda) Jan-2023 T-28(Zvezda), RAAC Centurion Mk.5/1 (Vespid), BM-21 Grad Multiple Rocket Launcher (HobbyEasy), 2S19 MCTA-C (Zvezda), IDF Merkava Mk.IV (HobbyEasy) A-222 Bereg (HobbyBoss), 9P117 SS-1C Scud-B (R17 Elbrus) (HobbyBoss), 4K51 Rubezh Coastal ASM with P-15 (HobbyBoss), S-400 Triumf SA-21 Groeler (Zvezda) 1/16 Wiesel A1 Tow (Takom) (death) Rheintochter 1 w/ E-100 Body (ModelCollect), 128mm Flak 40 Gun w/ E-75 Body (ModelCollect), E-50 SPG with 105/L62 (ModelCollect), 1/43 UAZ-3909 (Zvezda), Wiesel x2 (S-model) Mar-2023 Type94 Tankette (IBG), Bedford-QL Refueller (IBG), 3Ro 90/53 -w 90mm AA (IBG), Diamond-T 969 Wrecker -w M2 (IBG), Scammell Pioneer (IBG, actually count as trailer in below) Topol SS-25 Sickle (Zvezda) May-2023 152mm ShkH DANA vz.77 (Hobbyboss) M109A7 Paladin (Fore) Sd.Kfz.173 SchweiBhund X-66 (Blackdog) M11XR7 Stryker Snow Beaver (Blackdog) Aug-2023 M1117 Guardian (Trumpeter), JS-7 (Trumpeter), E-75 Flakpanzer (Trumpeter), E-100 Salamander (Trumpeter), M1070 Gun Truck (Takom) 9k58 Smerch MRLS (Hobbyboss), 9K52 Luna-M, Frog-7 (Trumpeter), 2K11A TEL, SA-4 Ganef (Trumpeter), M1132 -w LWMR (Trumpeter), AS-90 (Trumpeter) Sep-2023 M1A2 SEP TUSK II (Meng), M60A1 -w ERA & M60A3 (Takom), French Char B1 (Trumpeter), Sd.Kfz 138_2 Hetzer Late Prod (Vespid) Oct-2023 Waffentrager Auf E100 -w V1 (ModelCollect), Sd.kfz.186, Jagdtiger (Henschel Prod) (Trumpeter), Pz.Kpfw.VI Ausf.E, Sd.Kfz.181, Tiger I (HobbyBoss), SU-122 (Zvezda), BTR-80 (Trumpeter) Feb-2024 P.500 Gunguir (Modelcollect) Mar-2024 1/35 Sandland Tank 104 (Bandai) May-2024 1/35 Sd.Kfz.181 PzKpfw Tiger Ausf.E Mid Prod Full Interior (RFM) + Tank crews & Stowage (Tamiya), Jul-2024 GAZ233114 Tigr-M, ARBALET (RPG Models), Pz.Kpfw 38(t) Ausf.E/F (HobbyBoss), M24 Chaffee (Foreart), Sd.Kfz 234/2 PUMA (MagicFactory), M142 HIMARS (Foreart), SS-2 Sibling (Dong Feng 1) (Bronco Model) Aug-2024 Sd.Kfz.7 (Oragne Hobby), V3000S/S SM Maultier (IBG), Chevrolet C30A (IBG), Humber Armoured Car Mk.IV (ForeArt), Autoblinda AB 43 (Italeri) Sep-2024 M12 155mm GMC (Italeri), M19 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage (ForeArt), Flakpanzer IV Wirbelwind (Revell), Leopard 2A6M (Trumpeter), Buffalo 6X6 MPCV A1 (T-Model) Oct-2024 Typhoon-K (Zvezda), K-5350 Mustang (Zvezda), T-72B3 (Zvezda), Maus (Zvezda), 9K720 Iskander(Zvezda) Nov-2024 LaFrance Eagle Fire Pumper (Trumpeter), KF-51 Panther (Vespid), Pz.kpfw.IV Ausf.F2/G (Flyhawk), T34/76 -w Mine Roller (HeavyHobby), BT-7 (Flyhawk) Mar-2025 Sd.Kfz.253 -w Rahmenantenne (S-Model), AN_TWQ-1 Avenger (T-model), M1113A1 -w M40 (S-Model), M2A3 -w BUSK III Bradley (Meng), Merkava Mk.4M -w Trophy (Meng), M151A1C -w M40 (S-Model), L3/33 flame Tank (S-Model), Sd.Kfz 2 -w IF.8 Early Prod (S-Model), UE -w Rocket Ranger Late Prod (S-Model), Daimler Dingo Mk.1a (S-Model), M22 Locust Airborne Tank (S-Model), T-40 (S-Model) Jun-2025 T-70 (Zvezda), Komintern AT (Trumpeter), KV-1 (Zvezda), BMP-3 (Zvezda), T-72B3M (Meng) Tul-2025 T-62 ERA (Trumpeter), Does your favorite AFV in here? you built similar AFV before? have cool camo / classic color scheme could suggest? you plan to build / buy same AFV too? Since I'm not a diehard fans of AFV / military stuffs, I just enjoy the mechanical aesthetic & camouflage of it, accuracy of the model kit is less important for me. 😅 So, if you have interesting story, history, hint / tip for any of them, please share your experience / builds with me, maybe, just maybe, I would shift the schedule and paint that one first. Also, i have a question. Which brand of 1/72 do you like? For those I have assembled, I prefer (Dec-2022 ver.) Group 1, which are good QC, some may expensive: Zvezda > FlyHawk > Takom = Vespid ; Group 2, which are standard QC, low price, wide range of choices: Trumpeter = HobbyBoss > Meng > Transform Color > S-Model ; Group 3, which are good QC but little choices: Orange Hobby > Airfix > Academy ; Group 4, which are low QC: Revell > Riich > Aoshima = Fujimi > Red Dragon > IBG > Master Box > Hasegawa > Italeri > T-model . The rest of "monsters, i.e. trailer series" are locked firmly under my bed, can't get out. 🤭 Sep-2022 began to let those "long" AFV out 😋 Dampflokomotive BR86 (HobbyBoss) Rail Transporter fur Karl-Gerat (HobbyBoss) Morser Karl-Gerat 040 (HobbyBoss) K5(E) Leopold (HobbyBoss) 1/150 SOYUZ (GoodSmile) JASDF 7t tractor & MIN-104F Patriot PAC-3 (Aoshima), MAZ-537G -w CHMZAP-5247G (Takom), FAUN SLT56 (Takom) M1070 + M1000 cum D9R (Takom) Scammell Pioneer -w TRMU30 (IBG) M25+M15 Dragon Wagon (Academy) Armoured Locomotive Panzerlok BR57 (HobbyBoss), Kommandowagen BP42 (HobbyBoss), Kanonen und Flakwagen BP42 (HobbyBoss), Geschutzwagen BP42 (HobbyBoss), Panzerjager Triebwagen 51 (HobbyBoss) Schwere Plattformwagen Type SSyms 80 (HobbyBoss) Panzerjagerwagen BP-44 Gun Carriage (HobbyBoss) Panzerjagerwagen BP-42 (HobbyBoss) Panzerjagerwagen Type2 BP-44 (HobbyBoss) Krasnaja Zvezda (HobbyBoss) Rheinbote V4 Launcher (Sp.Hobby), SS-100 Gigant + V2 Transporter (Revell)

I already have two projects (Hawker Hurricanes around the World and Last Legs Ponies) underway, both of which are providing plenty of modelling fun, but here I am initiating another one! This project involves modelling BF 109Gs (or their derivative versions, such as Spain's HA-1112 and Czechoslovakia's S-199) in service with the "smaller" air forces (i.e., not Germany or Italy). Some of these will be minor Axis (e.g., Hungary) and others are post-war or neutral operators (e.g., Switzerland). Partly why I am introducing this now even as I have other models as WIPs is that BF 109Gs are more complicated than I would have expected! I'm going to need some help in understanding all the nuances of canopies, tail heights, wheels, antennas, etc. I don't always mind being inaccurate, but I like to at least understand what would be accurate--then I can decide how to proceed. Here are the ones I think I have more-or-less nailed down (although even with these I'm not always sure which tail wheel or antenna to use) and the kits I intend to build from. in no particular order: Finland Slovakia Spain Czechoslovakia Croatia (with decals from Lift Here) Hungary (with decals from Lift Here as well) Israel (this kit is so old [1977!] I'm not sure it's buildable, but we'll try! (with decals from Tally Ho!) That leaves Switzerland, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, and Romania. I have kits and decals to do these, but I need some Britmodeller help on questions around these...more to come!

My second entry to the GB will be the Airfix Sea Harrier FRS.1 I was 16 and doing my Army Basic Training when the Falklands started. We all used to crowd around a 16 inch CRT TV in the corner of our Barrack room every evening to see what was happening. Being young lads it was exciting, but also very scary. More to follow including a bit of after market. George

Gently throwing my entry into the GB. Yes, yes, I have KUTA thread that I almost gave up on but at least ADGZ one is done. Not really a fan of Heller, but there are some subjects that I like. Some of them fly, others crawl or ride, perhaps float in some cases. This one happens to fly. Some of you have seen it, others sat in a passenger seat or perhaps quite a bit forward - a pilot seat. Some of you know much more than me about it and someone else might have stumbled on it just now, but we can all agree that the plane looked good and was equally good at doing its job. It was from time when design was beautiful and tech had style, time when sleek curves of a car were matched only by... khm I am not writing that... but rather the daring boldness of its creator who may have had slight disregard for safety. Anyhow, this was a product of its time and one of the last of its kind in a country over the pond. One of last civil aviation ventures of still existing corporation... guessed it? Of course it is our Lockheed C121-A Constellation! In MATS livery to boot. Heller kit №80382, original mould 1982, re-released in 2020-something. Supplied in atrociously thin cardboard box with only protection for sprues being a box and some paper. I first need to unpack it all and count pieces that have not fallen off a sprue or came in multiple parts instead of one. How do I know they did? Because I repacked it after receiving in mail. Likely no aftermarket parts unless you count some paints and (unless I forget, which I shouldn't) some finishing touches borrowed from my other hobby/trade/whatever-you-call-it that are still to be delivered. @2996 Victor this one would like to be included in participant list please. @Mjwomack @Snafu35 new entry to the club, a small constellation of Constellations.

Hi all. I thought long and hard about the possible load I would put on the Thud under the wings and finally settled on fuel tanks on the internal supports, AGM-12B Bullpup A missiles on the exteriors, and an under-fuselage bomb load of six M-117. This, along with wheels, a pitot tube, and a pilot figure, will arrive in a few days from MN Modelar. Today I started building this model, and as always, I'm startedon a part other than the cockpit. It's the underwing fuel tanks. The fit was very good, requiring only a little sanding on the joining seams, without the need for filler. The top color is Dark Green FS-34079. To simulate it, I used AK-RC027 in its old name, the current name being AK-RC900. For the bottom color, Light Gray FS-36622, I used Gunze H-311. I didn't use a mask to airbrush the two parts over each other. At the tip of the tank, I simulated the typical chipping in that area of these elements due to the impact with the air with Vallejo MC aluminum. The visible dirt on these elements, caused by the handling of mechanics moving around them, is characteristic. To simulate this effect, I used Vallejo Very Dark Gray, very diluted. For the fuel leaks on the bottom, I used various Vallejo orange-browns, very diluted. I marked the panel lines with Abteilung's Spaceship Dirt oil paint. However, any shade of dark gray or very dark brown would have worked. Finally, several thin airbrushed coats of Vallejo MC Satin Varnish provide the final finish and protection for the paint. Andrés.

סַכִּין is "knife" in Hebrew and it is the name the Israelis used for the Czech S-199s they imported in the 1940s. I bought this old Avia kit three years ago intending to model it as a סַכִּין. The kit is older than I am! This build will be part of my Minor Gustavs project which involves modelling Gustavs (BF 109Gs) (or their derivative versions, such as Spain's HA-1112) in service with the "smaller" air forces (i.e., not Germany or Italy). Some of these are minor Axis (e.g., Hungary) and others are post-war or neutral operators (e.g., Switzerland). An Israeli סַכִּין falls into the post-war derivate category. Here are the ones I've built so far--Yugoslavia Bf 109G-10 (Revell), Finland Bf 109G-6 (Airfix), Czechoslovakia Avia S-199 (KP), Romania Bf 109Ga-6 (Hobby Boss), Spain HA-1112 (Special Hobby), Croatia Bf 109G-14 (Academy), Slovakia Bf 109G-6 (Airfix) . . . . . . Bulgaria Bf 109G-2 (Italeri) and a bonus one from Bulgaria -- Bf 109G-6 (AZ). For this סַכִּין I'll be relying on Eduard's profile: And decals from Tally Ho!