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After moving home it’s time to refurbish the casualties of the move, there is nothing major just little bits and pieces that have gone astray, luckily I have a ton of spare parts to fix things. this early BMPT only has a few bits missing, nothing too drastic. the T 80s from trumpeter haven’t fared too badly, but they are quite robust models. The T 14 and T 15 apart from a couple of antennas are ok, they were never completely assembled anyway, the protective green is from Mig Ammo, doesn’t look too bad in the photos but is quite dark in real life, not sure whether it needs lightening or not. these have been painted in the new AK protective green, again it the photos it looks not too bad, a slightly different shade but still looks darker in real life and probably need a thin lighter coat? This T 14 probably fared the worst, antenna’s broken or missing, mg broken, slat armour dropped off, it was done as a bit of fun based on a photoshopped picture, the only Syrian flag I could find was in the SModels decal set in their Russian vehicles, however they are really thick and look more like stickers than decals no matter how much decal solution you put on them! i will just update this thread as I get round to finishing something!

AZ Model is to release several limited editions from its 1/72nd de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth kit. Source: http://modelweb.modelforum.cz/2014/03/13/novinky-az-model-brezen-podruhe/?lang=CS - ref. AZ7472 - de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth Mk.II "International" - ref. AZ7473 - de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth Mk.II "Other users" - ref. AZ7474 - de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth Mk.II "Royal Navy" - ref. AZ7470 - de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth Mk.II "RAF" V.P.

Happy New Year; could be a bit of a mistake, but while waiting for weathering to dry on Phantom I started decals on the F-104S which was the reason the FG.1 ended up on the SOD. These Wolkpak Decals go on very well, even the 2 part roundel, and nice density, never used them before. There are a lot of stencils for the tanks and upper side roundels and the only instruction is one side view. Chris

Here is one that has been languishing on the SOD for about 4 years and started back in 2019. Here is the original build thread I managed some paining of fuel tanks and the leading edge slats that have now been installed. In one of my recent moves the nose gear leg broke so and I could not find the missing section so I dove into the spares and found an Italeri nose gear leg that has been installed

Hi All. Here is my representation of the Wedell - Williams Model 44 from 1931 using the 1/72 Dekno kit. A problem from the start was some major distortion with one of the resin fuselage halves that wasn't going to get sorted by hot water and a replacement fuselage was obtain from Dekno. As it was an open cockpit, some extra detail was added. The rest of the resin parts were assembled with no problems. Painted with Mr Hobby red and AK 3G gold. Kit decals. I lost the windscreen but again Dekno came to the rescue. Build Log here: Thanks for looking. Stuart

As one that doesn't normally build wingy things, after Santa had been to the Grandsons house, I had no choice but to venture into the aviation world and was ably helped and 'supervised' by him to build this. Straight out the box, painted with the supplied paints, although thinned with water and no weathering ...... Personally, I found this enjoyable, albeit fiddly as I'm not used too working at such a small scale and the Grandson seems happy with it ...... phew! Keith 😁

Hi all, as my Curtiss Seahawk nears decaling, I thought I'd take a look at a racer. So here is my next build, a Wedell-Williams Model 44 Racer by Dekno in 1/72, I have never built anything by Dekno, a producer resin kits of racers, Golden Age aircraft and subjects from the Spanish Civil War> I have a couple of resin kits under my belt and thought I'd give this little guy a go. The box. The resin. The decals and instructions. The instructions are one sheet, smaller than A4, one side for the build process and the other for decal placement. I don't think the build will give me any grief (that's done it) but I foresee problems with the painting and decals. The problem is the gold in that, I have to paint some parts gold and they've got to match the decal gold . Hopefully start this soon. Stuart

I really should not be doing this as it is totally insane, but as my Stirling build has gone quite quickly I may have a go at this. It is certainly big for its day and not small even by modern standards! Whether or not I complete it probably depends on the other kits I have to build and whether or not we get granted an extension to this GB but I will give it a go, The kit was first released in 1967 and I must have bought it straight away as I can remember getting it from the old Frizinghall model shop, later Frizinghall Model Railways, which was just round the corner from my school, which I left that year to go to Uni! The shop closed quite a while ago after the business moved to a warehouse. The model survived 2 house moves but was then knocked off a shelf and broken beyond repair though I still have quite a few of the bits, and this is a 2012 replacement boxing. The nice thing about this kit is that the various main wing sections are split into upper and lower halves and unusually for the time Airfix have provided holes and instructions for some rigging, however basic. As you can see from the box art there were either 2 or 3 wires in most cases but I will stick to just a single one for simplicity and speed - not accurate I know but at least it gives an impression of the real thing. There were originally 2 paint schemes - an PC-10 over natural linen one and a Post War Nivo ("Night Invisible Varnish-Orfordness" which was the result of testing at that establishment to find the best colour for night bombers) overall version though the reboxing has two in overall Hu155 pretending to be PC-10. Two types of roundel and fin flashes are provided but just the one set of aircraft ID markings for both which seems a bit strange, and there is also an optional big single 1650lb bomb to be carried externally if preferred, though I will probably go with the normal internal load. I have very little info on this machine so it will be OOB with rigging and maybe some replacement Aeroclub white metal Lewis Guns. Liked I said, it may not happen and I doubt it will be finished by the current deadline but what the heck! I like a challenge sometimes, particularly after the odd glass of "Scottish Wine".😄 I had hoped to build at least one of my "V Bombers" in this GB but I just don't have time. Pete

Having completed my builds for the P-47 STGB, I am now down to two ongoing projects! I have not had so few ongoing projects since I returned to the hobby twenty years ago!!! To keep me amused for the next couple of weeks before the 2024 GB madness kicks off, I really fancy building this: the brand new Trumpeter 1/72 Grumman A-6A Intruder. It's really quite exciting. I have never built an A-6 before but have always wanted to. As you will see, the kit provides the options of building it with wings folded or wings extended with everything dropped: flaps, slats, spoilers - you name it. If it sticks out of the wing, this kit lets you build it deployed! I think I will build it as ready for a mission: lots of ordnance, flaps, slats, airbrakes and boarding ladders deployed but spoilers retracted. I have commented on this kit in the relevant Rumourmonger thread, so I will repeat what I said here. There is a lot of plastic in the box, which was smaller than I expected. This means that the sprues are packed very tightly. Some of them are wrapped with extra protection. Sometimes that doesn't help because everythng is so tightly packed. An example is the Trumpeter Mig-29, where the canopy was broken despite being carefully packed. . The A-6 canopy seems intact however. There are some odd choices with the ordnance. There are two MERs (despite four being shown on the box art). There are enough bombs to fill one with MK 82s and the other with MK 81s. Very odd. There are eight MK 20 CBUs and two M177s. There are also two GBU-8s but the less said about them, the better. They are vastly underscale. In 1/72 they should be 50mm long. They are actually 33mm long making them about 1/90 scale. The disappointing ordnance seems to be a recurring motif with Trumpyboss kits but it's not the end of the world. Extra MERs and MK 82s aren't exactly difficult to find. The ordnance issues notwithstanding, the actual aicraft parts look very good indeed with the notable exception of the fin cap. This is the same incorrect shape as that of the 1/32 kit. However.... a couple of minutes with a file or a sanding stick should rectify the situation.

UC-64 Noorduyn Norseman 44-70290, of the 20th Fighter Group, RAF Kingscliffe. From July 1944 this was the Group’s general communications hack. It was based at King’s Cliffe until 11th October 1945.

Greetings, dear modelling community! Some time ago, we finished the first test assembly of the Mig-23ML from the Ukrainian manufacturer Clear Prop Models. You can see the results here. The first assembly was aimed at checking the convergence of all elements, identifying flaws, and seeing what and where can be improved. The first test model was not painted. Now we are starting the second test assembly of this model, this time a full-fledged one. It is planned to assemble a modification of the MiG-23MLA, Czechoslovakia, serial number 0390324850. On the banner this board is shown as of May 1983, but I will assemble this board as of February 1983 - when it still had a completely standard factory color. The first test assembly confirmed all the expectations built into the model at the design stage. However, as a result, it was decided to make a number of improvements. One such improvement was the development of more detailed out-of-the-box photo-etching: The number of photo-etched parts has been increased by more than one and a half times compared to the original version, the detailing of each element has been revised and, if possible, finalized. This build of the model will also feature an additional Clear Prop Models resin accessories. Details are under development. At the moment, we can demonstrate the resin nozzle: A distinctive feature of this accessories (in addition to surface detailing) is the implementation of the peculiarity of the nozzle sag in the parking position. In out-of-the-box plastic, the nozzle is strictly symmetrical along the axis. This is entirely true for the flight configuration, but not for the parking one. During the assembly process, I plan on my own all kinds of improvements by hand. The model does not need any recutting, but I plan to improve and supplement the detailing of individual elements. Assembly begins with the cockpit. The first thing I can show is the cabin floor with all the elements: I made a new throttle so that this part of the cabin looked more voluminous. Native throttle has already been removed. In fact, this is the start. As updates become available, I will post them.

Dear Friends This one of the new wonder kits from IBG, that really throws down the gauntlet for other Companies to follow. It has glorious but restrained rivet and panel detail. You can see the rear of the engine on looking into the undercarriage bay. My only struggle was with the brass with the kit in the undercarriage bay. The barrels are from Master. The markings are from the kit for JG 54 in December 1944, I think the first unit to operate the aircraft This is a Noy's Miniatures hanger and figures are Gunthwaite RN gun crew in overalls. They were the nearest I could get for 'schwarzmanner' To try things out I used some oil brusher colours from AMMO to dry brush the exhaust and wear on the wings, what do you think? Andrew

Place holder for my build, which will start in March after my holiday. A quick look at the parts and the instructions show a worrying similarity to Special Hobby, which I don’t have a very good record with, but it looks simple enough. AW

Hi all! This BMD-1 from S-Model is perfect! I love this kit so much, it have really sharp details, nice fit, and i just love BMD's. Painted by guze and tamiya, weathered with oil paints, and ICM. It inspired by two bmd's that i seen in anti-terrorist operation zone in period of 2014-2018. This BMD's Hope you like it

Special Hobby working on SAAB VIGGEN scaled down to 1/72 metal mould made with 3D CAD-CAM CNC technology like Vampire, Gnat, Mirage etc.

I have been eying on an A-4 for long time, not sure which brand and scale to start. And when I came across the Airfix 1/72 A-4B, I think it is the ONE ! If you are interested on the build process, please refer to here : and here is the final outcome after quite some months of work, total about 21 hours spent. The only upgrade part is the resin ejection seat. Hope you like it and as usual, welcome for comments and suggestions. Thanks for reading A little video :

SAAB Sk35C Draken F10, Angelholm, Sweden, 1980s Heller 1/72 conversion The Heller Draken kit contains a Danish two seater option so I initially thought I could produce the Swedish version without too much work - I was wrong! The Swedish version is based on the early Sk35A airframe which has the shorter rear fuselage compared with the later versions. I tried just cutting off the rear fuselage, but finished up rebuilding the whole area aft of the rudder hinge with Milliput. There are all kinds of other differences, such as a single centreline drop tank compared with two and a totally different fin tip.. The kit I used had a lot of plastic shrinkage on wings and fin so I started with a Milliput session and rubdown, followed by a lot of panel line scribing. At the same time I removed the control surfaces from the wings and repositioned them drooped as seems to be the case as the hydraulic pressure bleeds away. Also completely refurbished the cockpit interior and seats. Decals became a bit of an issue but I found numbers and Swedish crowns from the decal bank and made up the stencils from a combination of hand painting and donations from various Superscale sheets. The final result is small but colourful!

Having just completed the first of a pair of British Army "Light Tanks" in the form of my Light Tank Mk VI, here is the second AFV now also finished. A Scimitar Reconnaissance vehicle representing the type as used by the British Army in the first Gulf War. The eventual idea is to possibly mount them on a plain desert base together, showing a "two generations of British Army Desert Light Tanks", or something like that! As I'm sure most will be aware the Scimitar was one of a group of vehicles known as the CVR(T) family, being known as FV107. The model is produced by ACE, and is a very nicely moulded AFV in 1/72. The version I used was this boxing, bought for £5 at one of the Tank Museums Model shows a couple of years back: I added some details such as etched grill shroud over the exhaust and some wire to form the wing mirror supports. Paints used were Mission Models "MMP-039 British Sand Yellow Modern AFV" Acrylic for the overall sand, on an undercoat of AK black one shot primer. I find the Mission Models paint airbrushes really well with a little W&N Acrylic flow improver. A couple of lights coats of good old Klear formed a good base for weathering using artists oils thinned with white spirit. One of the surprises in the box was a complete etch fret with a set of vehicle tracks. These have to be folded to produce an extremely lifelike representation of the tracks in this scale: Outer surfaces when track teeth are folded inwards: And inner surfaces showing teeth: I heated the completed track lengths on the hob turning them black brown. This made them much more pliable. I did find them a little tricky to fit, but with perseverance, the result is very satisfying. I managed to use just the two top sections (shorter) and the two lower sections (longer), without resorting to the spare track links provided. I added the very familiar mud guards at the front and rear made from scrap brass sheet, which conveniently hide the tricky track joins! Being brass (or possibly copper?) it is very easy to produce the typical sag on the upper run, although not too much according to photos of the real thing. The close up are quite cruel, but please remember this is very small! And finally, one showing it's real size better. Keen eyed viewers will notice this shot actually has the aerials fitted, which I'd forgotten to put on before all the above pictures were taken! Comments welcome. Thanks for looking. Terry

A-8 was attack aircraft, which was Curtiss' first all-metal monoplane. In addition, innovations such as rear wings and the ability to automatically change the angle of the leading edge of the wing came into use. The presentation of this aircraft created quite a sensation against the background of the biplane that had been in use until then. The role of the A-8 was largely that of a pioneer and test aircraft, although only 13 were produced. Rapid development meant that changes and new models came quickly, and the A-8 remained a so-called peaceful military aircraft. However, this is yet another milestone in the history of aviation. So another vacu and the manufacturer is Rare Plane and 1/72 again. The later released CMR resin kit would perhaps be a better choice, but once again I had this vac before, so go I said. Rare Plane stands out for its good surface detail and also in other respects it is a manufacturer among the best in the world of vacuums. However, the beginning can seem scary: But since this is still the finished works department, here is the result:) Hope you like it

Fujimi FG.1 finished OOB. Kitsworld 3D decals for seats Humbrol and some Xtracolor enamels brush painted Flory washes W&N matt varnish 51 week build; finished in KUTA 2023 GB as link. Group photo of my 4 most recent Rhinos: USAF 1969 F-4E(early) - FineMolds JASDF 2007 F-4EJ - FineMolds USAF 1991 F-4E(late) - Hasegawa RAF 1983 F-4K - Fujimi Thanks for looking, Chris

Hello everyone and Happy New Year (if I'm not too late to say that). I could hardly wait to get started on this GB because I haven't had a modelling table since just before Telford and the withdrawal symptoms were setting in! I had to wait a day or 2 extra until I could establish my new place to mangle plastic. It's not the kitchen table anymore but still not actually permanent (it'll have to be tidied a bit if Daughter no. 3 suddenly decides to visit) but better than before. So I'm excited ...... So to begin. I aim to contribute 2 builds for this GB, both of which are older Airfix I have chosen to do the Hs 129 first as i think it will be quicker because I don't intend to get bogged down in internal details (I'll believe that when I see it ) as little is likely to be seen through the limited cockpit glazing. AND I'm awaiting some AM for the Mosquito that I'll be doing as the MkXVIII. Doing both with big guns sort of balances out I think. Should be fun anyway as I don't really know too much about the subjects and will hopefully learn new things. For this build I'll be taking a lot of direction from this build https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235041344-172-henschel-hs-129-done/ that I found when digging around for info. Thanks @Dermo245 hope it's ok. The box I have for this kit appears to be the first issue (according to Scalemates) from when the kit came out in 1968. I actually bought it about 10 years after that from a place near Halifax or Keighley (can't quite remember) called MHW Models. I haven't been over that way for many years but I don't think they are trading any more. It has been kept dry in the loft and seems to be in reasonable nick, although there's a worrying bend on the "Big Gun" which I'll have to look at (maybe it was for shooting around corners ? ). The decals must be a bit of a worry but they could potentially be ok. I used some last year of a similar vintage without too much trouble. I have some spares somewhere if not. The painting bit refers to Airfix enamel colours. I actually still have some tins from my former modelling life but not opened them yet. Maybe I'll have a look, but I thought them more appropriate for the Classic Aifix GB later in the year. Anyway, thanks for looking. Just off to give the sprues a bath. More later hopefully. cheers Rob

Hello all from the shed. I'm still making Chinook BN for a friend and as a result haven't posted for a while, so I'm going to post a few of my earlier builds that have not been on here previously until the helicopter is finished. This is the Modelsvit Be-12 and what a great kit it was to make. It needed some minor cleaning up in a few places, but then went together really precisely. The U/C looks complicated but went together perfectly and is really sturdy, rubber wheels and all. I added some extra detail in the cockpit and nose ( the tan parts visible through the transparencies), some little lenses landing lights plus some static wicks. The rest is from the kit. Fine details were supplied as photo etch and there were masks for the transparencies. The decals were for yellow 02 so just to make it a bit different I made it as yellow 20, an aircraft I found on the internet. Its finished with Xtracolor paints and varnishes, weathered with Tamiya powders and panel lined with Flory Washes. Just a super kit to build. Hope you like it. Thanks for looking Pete

This started in February in Big In Japan GB. Went on the shelf when Southern Europe GB came out. I have recently returned to it. Just done the heat shield and various formation lights. Paint needs a bit of tidying up, then it'll be varnish. Mid-Feb is credible and ties in nicely with 'Boomers GB start. Previous thread: Chris

Here is one of my latest builds from the Academy F-86F Sabre, the QF-86E drone aircraft. As one of the founding members of the IPMS Target facilities SIG, I thought I should set cracking and build some aircraft that were appropriate to this SIG. After all, we will have a table to fill at Telford going forward! Other BM members include @Martian, @corsaircorp, @Corsairfoxfouruncle and @general melchett. Others always welcome! Apart from the internet, one of the most useful reference sources for the build was the excellent book by Duncan Curtis , Naval Fighters No 58 on the QF-86E/F/H/Sabre. These aircraft were full scale aerial targets converted from numerous different marks and origins of Sabre. Thanks to @Sabrejet for an excellent reference publication. The Academy kit is an F with the later ‘6-3’ root chord extension wing which was also fitted to the RCAF Canadair Sabre 5, from which this conversion originally came, becoming the QF-86E. So this was a reasonable choice for this model. All QF-86E drones seem to have been acquired for US Army use, and the serial I chose 23215 was eventually to meet a gruesome end from a US Army Patriot missile, during 1979! The main driver for choosing this aircraft was that amongst my stash of Microscale decals, I had sheet 72-288 with markings for two F-86’s and a QF-86 23215. The Academy kit went together well and seems to be reasonably good on surface detail. I usually use Alclad for NMF finishes like this but I tried out the AK Extreme metallics for the first time, and they seem to be very good. After airbrushing their gloss black primer, a combination of various colour metallic shades were airbrushed onto various different panels to try and achieve a realistic pure metallic look. The orange tail and wing marking were applied using MRP’s excellent International Orange Lacquer, over a white undercoat. MRP’s gloss varnish was applied prior to decals, and after decals, followed by some very light oil washes. A final coat of MRP’s semi-gloss varnish sealed everything in. These MRP varnishes have become one of my favourite solutions for finishing coats. Some initial pictures during construction And onto the completed model I daresay there will be future builds of a US Naval QF-86F and a USAF QF-86H. Comments/questions welcome Thanks for looking. T

I'm looking for some opinions as to which 1/72 kit has the more accurate propeller blades, Heller or Italeri? Going a step further, what about the Airfix kit? It's the props themselves that I am interested in. I do not think that there are any other 1/72 kits out there (or real life aircraft) that used the same prop as the Ju.52. TIA.