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Hello and thanks for your interest in this topic. This is my 1/72 Revell Hawker Hurricane IIc, a kit that I bought at a swap-meet of IMPS Austria a couple of years ago. Apart from the plastic sprues, it also contained a small etch fret by Eduard for the interior details, paint masks and a vacu canopy from Squadron. After many years of languishing in my stash (with the box already bleached and crumpled) I came across a Xtradecal Sheet "D-Day Anniversary Pt.1 (X72194)" that contains markings for a Hurricane with D-Day stripes - that's what I had been waiting for. Of course, this build is horribly late for that mentioned anniversary. By summer 1944, the Hurricane was already outdated and withdrawn from frontline service. However, a number of aircraft, still retaining their armament, served with 1697 Air Letter Despatch Service. They carried mail in the underwing pods from forward airfields in France to England. Some info about 1697 flight can be found here: thttp://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peop...a2943001.shtml This Revell kit dates back to the 1990s and is among the best-fitting model kits I've ever laid my hands on. You won't need any filler! The Eduard masks had not aged well, they had lost all their adhesive force and would literally 'fly away' when you spray them with the airbrush. The Squadron vacu was obviously not designed for this particular kit, being too wide. I did use Eduard's photo etch pieces for the cockpit interior, though. A new vacu from Rob Taurus was purchased. The model was sprayed with acrylic colors from Gunze/Mr.Hobby. D-Day stripes are all airbrushed, too. Photographed by Mr. Wolfgang Rabel of IGM Cars & Bikes. Thank you.- 22 replies
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Howdy, Another WIP... The last few days have been spent cleaning and re-organising my modelling room. Things were quite bad that most recent fettling has taken place on the kitchen table. After the sort out (which is still in progress but majority done) I thought I'd start this kit, something I've been keen to get on the bench. Dangerous territory here, but my thoughts are that rather than building one kit over a long period of time I'll build a few at the same time in the hope I'll have more finished kits... Whether this happens or not is yet to be seen. Anyway... The build After many times perusing the rotary nostalgia & Bristow threads on PPrune for reference and inspiration I came across a few photos documenting a Bristows AB204B used in the Oman. VR-BDX was based in Muscat and Khasab around 1980, assisting with the installation of electrical pylons. Having a personal affinity to Oman (being born and spending my early years living there) the idea of modelling this aircraft really appealed to me. I'll be using the italeri 1/72 UH-1B kit (more notes about this below) and CMK detail sets for the interior and for external details. My initial choice of kit was the italeri 1/72 AB204 (makes sense of course as VR-BDX is/was an AB204B). However, VR-BDX was not fitted with a Gnome engine, as per the italeri 204 kit, which is fine as I was going to use the CMK kit which as far as I know represents a Lycoming T-53 engine. Also, and this is where I'm a little confused, but I am a layman so maybe some more knowledgable out there could correct me, but the tail boom of VR-BDX looks to be the same length as a UH-1B. I was under the impression that civilian AB204B's were all built with the extended tail boom and larger diameter main rotor? From the information I have gathered on the forum threads and other online databases VR-BDX was an AB204B. Using a very rudimentary comparison involving a picture on my ipad and the two fuselage pieces, one from a 1/72 UH-1B & the other from the AB204B kit, it would appear that the UH-1B kit is the correct length for VR-BDX. Not much in regards of progress. The doors have been cut from the fuselage halves. The interior is almost ready for some primer and the seats have had some work but need some more details added (no photos of the latter). For those interested, here is a link to the forum thread with some photos and info on VR-BDX (I hope this is allowed? If not then please delete the link Mods ) Post #487 http://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/287207-bristow-photos-25.html And some other photos appear on the following page as well. Heres a profile pic of VR-BDX taken in 1972. One of the pics I used to compare the UH-1B & AB204 fuselage pieces. http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1097593/ Cheers Aaron
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My next build has been waiting in my stash for me to hone my skills and I hope I'm now able to do it justice: Paul A H did a kit review in April 2013 which has some nice sprue shots and detail so I won’t repeat it here. MetroRacing also did a WiP thread which I shall be reviewing, frequently. As you may know, Airfix reserved 'The' Dambuster, G George, for the starter kit so I was initially a little disappointed when I looked at the schemes. Then I was lucky enough to attend a talk in April by George 'Johnny' Johnson, the last living British Dambuster. I posted about the talk here, but suffice it to say I'm now more than happy to build Johnny's aircraft, 'T Tommy'. The Dambuster's website tells me: The American Joe McCarthy who should have been the first aircraft away had a last minute problem when he discovered a coolant leak in the starboard (right) outer engine of AJ-Q "Queenie" during the warm up. There was no way "Queenie" would be able to fly, but luckily one spare aircraft had been flown in that afternoon and bombed up in anticipation of a problem somewhere. McCarthy and his crew switched to the spare AJ-T "Tommy" which had not been fitted with the spotlights or VHF radio because there had been no time. McCarthy reasoned that he did not need the spotlights because his target, the Sorpe, did not require the height precision that the other gravity dams did. I've bought some bits to help and, hopefully, improve the build: Even though I build wheels up and put my finished models on the ceiling, I enjoy doing the internals and this is my first time using Eduard zoom. We'll see how I get on. Canopy masks are a must for this one IMHO as there's lots of clear plastic. I also bought the QuickBoost gun kit but I've not decided whether to use it yet - the Airfix parts are quite detailed as shown in this comparison: It makes me shudder looking at the Airfix sprue mounting and I've not cut resin before so the likelihood is I'll break something and end up using a mix of both. The one thing I really can't bear to do is leave out the crew, or at least Johnny in his 'office'. The kit only comes with the pilot and that means finding figures for the other crew members. Beard (Simon) is kindly exchanging some spare Airfix crew which should arrive in the post soon. Despite a lot of time (and I mean a lot of time) searching the 'net I've been unable to find anything easy to find / use so I've also ordered the Airfix A01747 RAF Personnel set. The only pictures I could find of this are here. I'm hoping I can perform some plastic surgery (see what I did there?). We will have to see how I get on (gulp). One bonus is that, as the Dambuster missions were (very) low level, I don't think I need to worry about oxygen masks. I'll find some more reference shots (hopefully) for the crew clothing like this one: Well I've seen the film, read (Johnny's) book, heard the story, so time to build the model. Hold on to your hats boys!
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No sooner had the new 1/72 fabric-winged Hurricane I hit the streets, then our very own Tony O'Toole was marrying it up with the wing from the old Hurricane I kit to provide a metal-wing Mk I. Unfortunately the associated B-M thread seems to have fallen down a crack in the time-space continuum: neither a site nor a Google search has found it. Can anyone provide a link please? I should like to tread the same path - or at least be reminded why I may not wish to. Thanks in advance.
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1/72 Grumman F-14D Tomcat by Fine Molds / Model Graphix: source: http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index.php?showtopic=283330 http://www.modelkasten.com/magazine/mg/187470366.html http://www.modelkasten.com/magazine/mg/f14tomcat.html a new tool Tomcat by Fine Molds? over 200 parts divided into the 3 magazine issues about 2000 jpy per issue? (standard Model Graphic price is about 800 JPY) -
I was lucky enough to attend a talk in April by George 'Johnny' Johnson, the last living British Dambuster. I posted about the talk here and I'm now more than happy to present my attempt at Johnny's aircraft, 'T Tommy'. The Dambuster's website tells me: The American Joe McCarthy who should have been the first aircraft away had a last minute problem when he discovered a coolant leak in the starboard (right) outer engine of AJ-Q "Queenie" during the warm up. There was no way "Queenie" would be able to fly, but luckily one spare aircraft had been flown in that afternoon and bombed up in anticipation of a problem somewhere. McCarthy and his crew switched to the spare AJ-T "Tommy" which had not been fitted with the spotlights or VHF radio because there had been no time. McCarthy reasoned that he did not need the spotlights because his target, the Sorpe, did not require the height precision that the other gravity dams did. Airfix's new(ish) tool A09007 built OOB except the addition of the crew (with thanks to Beard who provided most of them) and Eduard internal PE, painted with Humbrol 33 rattle can and Vallejo Model Air for the camo and matt varnish. Bit big for my background - sorry! More photos, lots of them, in the usual long WiP thread. Thanks for looking
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Here is the subject of my entry in the group build - a Royal Australian Navy trainer from 1954 - one of only three DH.82's operated by the Fleet Airm Arm at HMAS Albatross, Nowra. It had only a short naval career, being retired in 1958 and transferred to a private aeroclub. The silver and trainer yellow scheme looks quite fancy! This will be built essentially out-of-the-box with no etch or resin but possibly a little scratch-building where needed. Decals are from southern sky models. I've never built a biplane so have started practising my rigging before i get too far into the build. In the test below I used some fine monofilament, superglue, a 0.3mm drill and some baking soda to accelerate the glue setting. I tightened the rigging with a hot match head. I have experience rigging scale wooden ships but find the monofilament and superglue actually more fiddly. My progress on the kit itself has been to cut out the side doors from the cockpit, assemble the seats and give the whole lot a coat of interior green. I also separated the rudder from the tail piece in order to simplify the painting. Both the cowl and rudder have been given a coat of yellow over a white Tamiya fine primer. I used Model Master Acryl paints for the first time for both colours and must say I'm very impressed. I thinned both colours with a drop of Liquitex flow aid and a few drops of fluid retarder and it sprayed beautifully - in fact the best experience I've ever had with acrylics of any sort. Next steps are to touch up and close the fuselage and contemplate drilling holes for the rigging. Cheers, Andrew
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Hi all, Well this only took me four months due to uni and holiday etc, but it's finished at last! A bit about the build, I wanted to build a hack aircraft that was a bit different; being a Spitfire enthusiast, any aircraft related to a Spitfire squadron was of particular interest, moreover late war (1944-1945) is mostly where my interest lies. I had previously come across this Bf-108 that was impressed into RAF/RCAF service sometime in 1945, the airframe is presumed to be ex-civilian (white tyre walls), maybe used by the Luftwaffe, very little is known about the aircraft's true history over than it ended up as an RAF/RCAF hack. With such a nice colour scheme and fitting the time period in which I'm most interested, I couldn't resist. The kit is Heller's old and basic Bf-108, I attempted to remedy some issues such as the raised panel lines by doing a full rescribe and squaring off the horizontal stabilisers, I also decided to scratch build an Argus AS-10 engine to sit upfront - this required a bit of body work, including plunge moulding an engine cowl. A new fixed pitch prop was sought and extra attention was paid to the navigation lights (made out of clear sprue). WIP Overall I am pleased with the result IMG_1343_zps2dtnd149 by Ben Standen, on Flickr IMG_1344_zpsxksszj4r by Ben Standen, on Flickr IMG_1346_zpshsv5xwcm by Ben Standen, on Flickr IMG_1347_zpslau3zvvp by Ben Standen, on Flickr IMG_1348_zpsw3lasvbt by Ben Standen, on Flickr IMG_1349_zps0ek5eh9s by Ben Standen, on Flickr IMG_1351_zpssymlgdo6 by Ben Standen, on Flickr IMG_1353_zps7acxetd7 by Ben Standen, on Flickr IMG_1354_zpsnd7hpdro by Ben Standen, on Flickr IMG_1355_zps3cm2shsg by Ben Standen, on Flickr IMG_1356_zpsilfbbppq by Ben Standen, on Flickr Thanks for looking, here's my next project Ben
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I think it's time to jump in here with this ... the Airfix Hurricane 1, current tool, from the 'Gift Set' It's going to be out of the box, with no after market products. OK, at the moment, I plan to use the kit transfers decals, but I have a set of decals in the post, and will see if any of these are appropriate for this kit/GB. The plastic ... The fuselage seems pretty normal with the ventral strake (tail-wheel fairing?) The wing is, however, fabric (rag-wing?) .. That suprised me, but there are images of original (I belive) aircraft hanging in the Science Museum. Wish me luck with this one
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Ambitious? Maybe too much for me, but ... two Airfix Spitfires in 1/72 The plastic ... The schemes will be from diffferent XtraDecal sets, LO-H, and LO-P ... LO-P is a personal choice from my Il2 days, and LO-H apeals because a) it's the same squadron and it was active (just) in the time frame of this GB. If anybody knows the aircraft, I would love to know where XtraDecal found their reference for LO-P Not an immediate problem, but one that will crop up - where do I find Sky Blue paint? The only colour I've seen listed so far is from the Tamiya range, which probably isn't matched to "BS381 No1" XtraDecal suggest Humbrol 122 Pale Blue, which (AFIK) is discontinued, but may be a match for FS15622 (Israeli Pale Blue). Any thoughts?
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RS Models is to release a 1/72nd Kawasaki Ki-61 I Hei - short nose variant - kit - ref.92180 Source: http://rsmodels.cz/cs/modely-letadel/plastikove-modely/1-72/92180/ki-61-i-hei V.P.
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So I've had the urge to build this kit, as I think its a very cool kit of a very interesting subject. So this is a limited edition CMR resin kit, signed by James Stocky Edwards. It was only available from West Coast Hobbys, as they are located near where Edwards lives on Vancouver Island. I'm sorry for the plug, but Rob at West Coast has always given me great service, and pretty competitive prices... I can't recommend them enough. Anyway, In my mind, Edwards is Canada's finest fighter pilots, but he'd probably never say that. He was a quiet professional who led his men to battle, while exhibited great skill. Edwards underreported his kills, and there is quite a bit of evidence that his actual number of kills was significantly higher than his official total. He fought against some of the best Luftwaffe had, and came out on top. I plan to build a Kittyhawk soon which he obtain the bulk of his kills in the Desert Campaigns. Inside the kit includes a very nice write up about Edwards, which includes a number of photos of his time in 1945 flying the Spit IX. Pretty awesome stuff. Next, the kit. It comes in two sections. Fuselage, and all of its guts. It comes with two vacuform canopies, eduard PE and mask. And this is the best part of the kit: Three wings. I plan to actually use them. I really hate the Airfix IX wing, so I plan to reuse them on their fuselages, which aren't that bad. So the build. Starting with the cockpit, you get a lot of small parts, like this seat suspension unit. ITs three parts, which is not replicated in any other kit. I put a lot of work into it, only to lose it to the carpet monster. For the cockpit interior I didn't have the correct paint, but after reading this timely thread, I made my own: So this is it mostly put together... I'll need to add some seatbelts and another O2 tank. Anyway, that's it for now. Hopefully I'll be able to do it justice! Thanks for looking.- 10 replies
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Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-8/R-11 ‘White 9’ of 1. /Nachtjagdgeschwader 10, Oberfeldwebel Migge, Werneuchen, 1944. Nachtjagdgruppe 10 (NJGr 10) was a German Luftwaffe night fighter gruppe (group) during World War II. It was formed on 1 January 1944 at Werneuchen with 3 Staffel (squadrons). It was subordinated to the 1. Jagd-Division (1st fighter division), stationed at Döberitz. On 6 March 1945, NJGr 10 transferred to Liebenwalde and disbanded in April 1945. The remnants of NJGr 10 were absorbed by Nachtjagdgeschwader 5 (5th Night Fighter Wing). Its main task was to explore new and revised tactical deployment of night fighters, test the latest search and detection equipment in conjunction with the test site for radar equipment under combat condi-tions (Erprobung von Radarsysteme für die Nachtjagd), and place the anti-Mosquito effort under a more centralised command.
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Hi Folks, here's a quick build that I threw together this week, it's the tiny 1/72 scale Brengun kit of the Bachem Ba-349A Natter. A great little kit with some tiny little parts, the only problem I had was with the fit of the canopy. I wish I'd spent a little longer getting that right as the built up model looks great. My apologies for the photos, they were taken on my phone. Duncan B
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The fair and the brave and the good must die. -- Lord Huron, "The World Ender" And they worshiped the dragon, for he had given his authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast, and who can fight against it?” -- Revelations 13:4 (ESV) "Captain [Helmut] Wick gave the impression that fighting the British Air Force was an extremely simple matter...the flier declared that the present quality of British pilots was 'laughable'." -- "NAZI FLYER LAUGHS AT BRITISH AIRMEN", New York Times, October 13, 1940 'Summon up your reserves of courage, be a spearman now and a warrior brave. There is no escape from me, and soon Athene will bring you down with my spear. Now pay the price for all my grief, for all my friends you’ve slaughtered with your blade.' -- The Iliad, Book XXII For the Axis side of my builds, I'm going to start out with two Bf109Es -- an ICM 109E-4 to be built as Wn. 1082/Yellow 4 of Oberleutnant Helmut Rau, Staffelkapitan of III/JG3's machine, and an Airfix 109E-4 to be built as Yellow 2 of III/JG2, the machine of Staffelkapitan Helmut Wick in August of 1940. Our own Enz Matrix has written an excellent capsule bio of Rau, published here on FalkeEins' blog; suffice it to say that in Yellow 4, Rau ran afoul of Ronald "Ras" Berry, who wrote: "As I had no oxygen, I had to leave the squadron at 22,000 feet and waited below in the sun for straggling enemy aircraft. After patrolling for 30 minutes, I saw a Me109 proceeding very fast. To overhaul him I had to press the emergency boost - indicated speed - 345. I caught the enemy aircraft off Shoeburyness. I opened fire at close range and fired all my ammunition until the enemy aircraft streamed with smoke and pancaked on the mud at Shoeburyness." Adorned with an eye-catching serpent, Rau's aircraft was salvaged for public display, somewhat the worse for wear: Helmut Wick is rather more famous than Rau, being at the end of the Battle, the Luftwaffe's top-scoring ace, with fifty-six claims. He died shortly after its conclusion, drowning in the Channel after being shot down by Flight Lieutenant John Dundas (himself killed moments later), the brother of Hugh "Cocky" Dundas, who would go on to later distinction. I will not be building the aircraft Wick met his fate in, as it falls outside of the scope of this GB, but rather the aircraft he was flying in August: As you can see, both Wick and Rau's aircraft show heavy use of the field-expedient camouflage adopted by the Luftwaffe as the Battle intensified. I had wished to also do an aircraft with the earlier 70/71 scheme and high demarcation, but I only have two 109Es and converting a 109E-1 seemed like a bit of a bother.- 104 replies
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Got my entry sorted out, the Nakajima A4N1, a resin kit from Choroszy in 1/72 scale. The usual cleanup is involved with these types of kits, but particularly the fuselage bottoms on this one - resin is fairly thick here. Note too, no location holes for the struts and braces, should be interesting ... Markings choice are for either the Ryujo or Kaga carrier fighter. regards, Jack
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Built as part of the Non-injected Moulded Group Build but I thought it would reach a wider audience posted here as well. Just one photo here as the rest are in the Group Build Gallery The work in progress can be found here but please have a look at the other builds as well as there is a lot of good work going on and plenty of new skills being learnt/shared. Steve
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Hello All, In an exercise in sheer perversity, here's the old tool Airfix Gladiator from 1957, upgraded a bit and using the spare canopy from the new tool Airfix Gladiator. I only bought this kit to get the 72 Squadron decals, but then got waylaid into building this as "Hope": It was quite fun, but ultimately you know that there is a much better kit out there (next to this one on my bench!) and so it's ultimately an exercise in frustration. Now to finish the new one! Thanks for looking, Adrian
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My second entry for this group build is a good-looking Belgian biplane with some British lineage, developed just before the Second World War: the Fairey Fox VII 'Monofox' or 'Kangourou'. Oops, sorry wrong box art. Here is the actual one: Omega Models have released kits of all the Kestrel- and Hispano-engined Fairey Foxes from the II to the VIII, and this is one of the Fairey Fox VII. The Fox VII 'Monofox' was a single-seat fighter conversion of the two-place VIR variant, with an armament of four or six machine guns in the fuselage and wings. Only two were built, one of which was reconverted to a two-seater configuration and lost during the war. The other Fox VII , with the serial number O-136, was the personal mount of World War I ace Willy Coppens and its ultimate fate is unknown. The kit shares a lot of common parts with the other Omega Fairey Fox kits, though the fusealge and top decking are different for the VII. I bought this kit directly from Omega Models and saved a little this way, but for some reason they sent me an extra 'sprue' of parts for the two-seater variants and two sets of decals. The instructions consist of an exploded view of the assembly along with list of colours to use for this kit (though not linked to the profiles in the instructions). Decals have serials for either of the converted Fox VI airframes, but a serial for only one- O-136, Coppens' mount. However, O-136 may have had a three-bladed propeller based on a photo on the Belgian-Wings website, though it may have had the two-bladed propeller earlier in its history as a conversion. The decals provided also include a coat of arms which I haven't seen on any photos or even (dubious) profiles. I will tackle this kit in earnest after the Choroszy kit to avoid losing focus, but I thought it would be a good idea to post the kit's contents and my intent at the start of the group build. -
Revell hunter F Mk.6/Freightdog practice rounds. 1/72 Kit built before I discovered milliput, I was used to squadron type putty which attacks the plastic, I didn't want to risk damaging the detail on this kit, which I think is excellent, shame because I can't find another one to build, so I have the wing root join which is not so good. Decals were good except the white portion of the roundel/flash is slightly transparent. Freightdog bits. I'm a first time user of this firm, I thought these were so good (excited by ordnance) I bought 2 sets on the first day I saw them. One set may end up on a harrier as both early and later bomb types come with the set. Good enough firm, I'll probably get some more things in the future. The details are good enough for me. Kit took ages to paint as I used humbrol for each colour. First I painted white and yellow then masked this off, second the top colours were painted, I can't remember which went on first, finally the silver was painted. After removing masks the black was applied along with the nav lights etc. Maybe the bombs should be blue? Not sure when they started painted dummies blue. I figure that at some time this may have been a viable load out. Maybe the gun flash reducers are bright orange? Standard practice for decals, gloss first and a satin finish, humbrol paints were used. Decal soft from revell. Airframe XG204, (From uk serials) First flight 25/09/1956, awaiting collection 22/10/1956, delivery date 25/10/1956, write off 15/08/1969 after flying into the ground at Rhosneigr after take off from Valley, Anglesey. The Lebanese pilot was killed. (From 8Sqn history 1963 @ www.radfanhunters.co.uk) On the second relocation to Sharjah, a simulated Kuwaiti-style operation was executed immediately on arrival. The opportunity was also taken for live-firing practice on the range, 50 miles north up the coast at Jeb-a-Jib. Throughout this second attachment to Sharjah, the squadron was accompanied by a team from the Day Fighter Combat School (DFCS) at West Raynham, together with two of the units F.6s (XG204 and XG209) and a pair of T.7s (XL591 and XL595). The team flew as members on most sorties and a programme was run that included low level, cross-country interceptions, operational R/P and cannon air-to-ground firing, and high-level battle formations and tactics were practiced and assessed. (Edited, three sets bought, two sets fitted to kit, one set spare, one set is two carriers and four of each bomb type)- 30 replies
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Hello All, I was looking for another straightforward OOB build to follow the Airfix Heinkel 111. So off to Ebay to order a brand-spanking-new Airfix Gladiator: However, I wanted to do the 72 Squadron colours, so I ordered, again off Ebay, a cheap old Airfix Gladiator (thanks guys!) with a really good decal sheet that includes the scheme: So, a really cheap alternative decal sheet and I have al the things I need for a straightforward build, right? Throw the old one away and off we go?? Well, then I got to thinking,,, I could do a three-blade propeller Sea Gladiator scheme. The spare armoured windscreen canopy from the new kit could be used to replace the dire canopy in the old kit: ... but it's a lot thinner: 77 So whereas the old canopy fits the old fuselage (yes, I've started sanding).... The new canopy can be made to fit the old fuselage if it's sanded down to reduce its width: The fin shows how much has been sanded off to make the canopy fit. I've lost my "pilot on a shelf" in all the sanding and I've sanded down the cowling in preparation for some more fettling. And then I remembered this: I was in LA at the end of last year and made a trip to Everett's model shop in Santa Monica. I spoke to a very nice man behind the counter who used to be in a band that toured the UK (but I never asked him what the band was - doh!) and I picked up a Life-Like re-pop of the Inpact Gladiator. So I thought I might as well drag this one out as well. It's beautifully moulded (as are all the Inpact kits) but it is missing a windscreen (no problem, I will make some new canopies) and it has short-shot interplane struts (slightly bigger problem but hey that's the hobby). Ah, this isn't going to be OOB any more, is it? Maybe next time! Thanks for looking, Adrian -
Well, here are some of the guilty parties that have stalled my Zero build, posted elsewhere in this forum. I decided to get cracking with two P-51D and I have actually done quite a lot of "good" on these two models. In addition, there is a P-47D Razorback, but that one will be posted another time! The P-51D Tamiya was a bit "disappointing", as I was looking forward (for once) to a shake and bake model. It nonetheless gave me quite a bit of fit problems, but it must be me!!! Had to scratch a seat too, but then, everybody ends up changing that contraption designed for some creature from another planet. I am going for the box art decoration: not original, but I like it! The Academy kit has a beautiful interior, but needs in my eyes a lot of work on the outside, as everything that is supposed to be recessed is raised... Quite silly really. But I like building this model, no matter its shortcomings. I decided to open the radiator flap, as the original one looks unrealistic and cluncky! I am not sure what the final result will look like, but it cannot be worse! The last jobs on the wings will be making some wingtips lights and rescribe all the aileron tabs I destroyed through over-enthusiastic sanding... All in all, two fun models to build, especially as I have never built a P-51 in my life... Shame on me! Any comment, tips, criticism are welcome!!! Cheers JR
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So, although I am unable to start this until next week at the earliest, I can give a hint as to what is planned for the above Whif. The back story will follow later this evening, but for now...
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Hi Folks, this time I introduce you my F/A-18C Hasegawa 1/72. I read several reviews of this kit and were all positive, at least the in-box reviews. When I started it was a very promising kit, althought I saw the assembly problems on the fuselage joints and the vertical fins. There was a gap of about 1 mm all along the lower join in one of the wings, the intakes had terrible fit and the quality of the main undercarraige is very poor. I actually don´t mind this too much as long as I can build it with some pleasure, but there was none... When I wet the eagle decals, these cracked in microscopic pieces.... I´ve should choose the Marines version... Anyway, this is the finished model. I used Eduard PE for the canopy and made the intake covers. The HARM missile comes from the Academy F-16C. The pre and post-shading almost went gone when matt varnished. I hope you like it and every critics/comments are welcomed. Best regards. Ignacio from Uruguay
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Hi Folks here is my latest completion, the Eduard 1/72 Bf110G4 Profipack edition. Completed as an aircraft found by the Allies at Neubiberg in the Spring of 1945. I found several photographs of the wreck which showed that the rudders had roughly been painted in white although the Eduard instructions did not show this feature. Built OOB with only the addition of an EZLine aerial and painted using mostly Mr Color acrylics. A great kit to build however the main supports for the radar proved to be problematic as they were supposed to be a butt joint. I had to drill and pin them after they parted company several times so they could be better. Thanks for looking, I hope you like it. Duncan B
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