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Here's my entry, the new Airfix B-25D out of the box with kit markings: It looks like a really great kit, and I'm definitely looking forward to getting started on it... -
Hi everyone! Here's my first finished build of 2018. Yeah, I'd normally have 3 or 4 finished by now, but life got in a way a bit You can find the full article and photogallery at my modelling blog.
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What to pick for this group build ? OA-10 Warthog ? Chinese WZ-10 helicoptor ? Something with a £10 price sticker on the box ? No, I'll go for an entry so obscure it doesn't even have a '10' anywhere on the box.... The Chengdu J-10 Here's the 'look I ain't no cheating weasel' pic to show it's < 25 % done..... still in the cellophane....
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Having been mainly interested in the A-4 variant so far I was very happy with the Revell 1:72 kit. Lately I raised an interest in earlier A-5 and D-2 variants. I thought Zvezda would cater me with their A-5/A-17 kit - that I have yet to see and handle the plastic - good enough. Taking a closer look at many interesting subjects from the Mediterranean and North Africa I noticed the earlier Linsenlafette instead of the later Bodenlafette 39 variants. I haven´t been able to find out in the Zvezda kit reviews if the Linsenlafette in included or not? If not, is it available from cottage industry? Thanks in advance, V-P
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Hello all, I'm finding myself bogged down in many complex projects. I have several biplanes, large scale planes, short run kits, and AFVs on the go. While I'm enjoying myself greatly, I'm in search of something simpler to slap together between strut alignments, fine detail scratchbuilding, paint shading, and super-detailing sessions. I'm thinking a 1/72 jet, with a simple paint scheme would meet these criteria, so I went up to look at what is in the stash, and found the following. Based on your own experiences, which would be the most hassle free? Most reasonable OOB detail, good fit, no really complex fiddly assemblies (I'm up to my eyeballs in fiddly assemblies already) 1/72 Hasegawa F-104S Italian Starfighter (NMF finish) German Navy 1/72 Academy/Italeri F-84G (I have some nice checkerboard adorned bomber squadron decals) 1/72 Hasegawa X-29 1/72 Fujimi Phantom FGR.2 (Barley Grey schemes) 1/72 Revell Eurofighter Typhoon (single seat, first moulding) 1/72 Italeri F-5E [USN 2-tone (i think) aggressor scheme] Please relate your personal experiences, and not hearsay, in your responses.
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Ready for inspection I offer my Airfix 1:72 Hawker Typhoon IB. This is an out of the box build, decorated in the colour scheme flown by Squadron Leader Basil Gerald Stapleton DFC. The kit went together well with no problems except for the invasion stripe decals, not wanting to play ball. I was lucky enough to get a new airbrush and compressor for Christmas, and got to test them out painting.g the camouflage top coat. Great little kit, and fun build.
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I had a choice of 2 kits for my next build, Revell's 1:72 Hurricane or Airfix 1:72 Typhoon. After some deliberation my son chose the Hawker Typhoon. I have just finished 2 bombers, so fancied building something smaller. In my stash I have Eduard's Royal class Spitfire's (I love building Spits), but fancied making something similar but very different. So here it is, Airfix 1:72 Hawker Typhoon IB. I got the kit for only £5.99 and am very impressed with the detailing. The box includes clear instructions, with a choice of 2 paint jobs, and a nice sheet of decals. There are 4 grey sprues, with little flash and loads of detailing. As well as one small clear sprue. I have decided to go with the markings of the aircraft flown by Flight Officer A H Fraser, No.439 (Westbound) Squadron, No.143 Wing (Royal Canadian Air Force), 2nd Tactical Air Force, Eindhoven, Netherlands, February 1945. I have given the sprues aquire wash, and can't wait to get started.
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Hi! This is my latest effort. I have always thought that the Italeri kit was lacking in quality, so when I got this Heller kit I was thrilled as it has more finely executed ribbing and engines, alas some things are plainly wrong. The undercarriage legs are suitable only for late/post war machines and fit badly. Also the windows are 2mm too low, so I had to cheat things a bit. Mind you, if anyone wants to do a film aircraft from the movie Where eagles dare, this is the kit to go for. Sadly I've changed my mind during the build and finished it like an anonymous air ambulance. Vallejo and Revell acrylics were used throughout the build and the markings were hand painted. The only decals are a pair of very bad quality swastikas. My goal was to depict a machine that had surwived the winter with a badly washed away temporary white camouflage. You be the judges. Cheers! Josip
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Hi, bought this Fujimi 1:72 Phantom FG1 a while back off ebay and thought id give it a bash! Finished as XT865/U of 111 Squadron, RAF Leuchars, mid-80s, in "triple Air Defence grey". Really good kit, and i love the rubber tyres A bit of license used with the decals as i thought i had a larger 111 tail emblem lurking around somewhere but i cant find it so had to use the smaller one from the kit. Built OOB, hand painted, and then weathered to make it look like a standard filthy machine nearing the en of its RAF life! Prior to weathering: Fujimi 1.72 Phantom FG1 XT865-14 by Jonathan Francis, on Flickr and after colouring in: Fujimi 1.72 Phantom FG1 XT865-7 by Jonathan Francis, on Flickr Fujimi 1.72 Phantom FG1 XT865-6 by Jonathan Francis, on Flickr The canopies do actually fit perfectly, but i still haven't decided on up or down! Fujimi 1.72 Phantom FG1 XT865-2 by Jonathan Francis, on Flickr Fujimi 1.72 Phantom FG1 XT865-12 by Jonathan Francis, on Flickr Fujimi 1.72 Phantom FG1 XT865-9 by Jonathan Francis, on Flickr Fujimi 1.72 Phantom FG1 XT865-13 by Jonathan Francis, on Flickr Thanks for looking Jon
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Tried to find this out earlier but nothing on the web that I could see. But it's a distinctly unhelpful name to search (less so than S&M Models, but that's another story). Generally something shows up on one of those Russki forums around this time of year (greenmats?) but can't see anything there (or here for that matter). Anyone have any gen?
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Off I go switching on the maximum madness. A biplane, from a relatively short run company. It has resin, especially for the engine, etch and film. The instructions have a rigging diagram so may be tempted although I've never done it before. Oh and it needs some scratch built wire parts too. It does look rather nice and the post war paint scheme does rather strangely suit the airframe. Sprues The resin, not many components of the kit. But the whole engine and its cowling. Nice transfers and the film typical Azur instructions, brilliant at times and 'where does this go' at others. Gives three options,all the same livery. Two land based aircraft and one from HMS Triumph during the Korean War.
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Good evening fellow modellers, January is a good month to start by cleaning up shelf of doom This time, I've decided to build a Revell offering to test some of new techniques (and some patience). Despite the age, kit can be assembled with relative ease and leaves a lot of room for scratchbuilding. Both halves come together quite nicely, with very little sanding: Using excellent WNW reference, I've decided to build Rudolph Berthold's aircraft, though kits representation is not early type Rudolph reportedly flew. I've decided not to modify it, since I'd lose canvas representation on both sides of fuselage. As per reference, blue color was applied with slight opacity: Decaling phase, decals are actually quite nice and react well to solvents: Upper wing was then fitted and fixed in place: And a view from side, showing working area in all of its messy glory: That's all for now, enjoy
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I'm going to go for it. A speed dance equivalent of two Kingfishers. This is the first, a Lindberg boxing procured somwhere I know where not. Found amongst the loft insulation a count of days ago. It did cost £10 though. It's basic, but OK, the plastic is like post multiple colour Matchbox, a kind of silvery shade. There are a small number of sink marks and there are holes for both the undercarriage and floats. Also the cockpits are minimalistic with weird seats. No gun ring or control column the wings are moulded inone piece upper and lower parts that threads through the fuselage as does the tailplane. The instructions are seriously but rather fetchingly old fashioned and the transfers don't look great but I'll not be using them.. The Airfix kit will be another thread Here we are all in the comforting sturdy box. I will refrain from asking Mr Revell to see how good these old fashioned boxes are. Sprue Instructions, transfers and the transparencies. You can see the transfers look suspect, even at this early stage.
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I did mention I was going to do two Kingfishers in tandem. I did start the Airfix one at the same time but have been tardy in posting photographs, although I have been taking them as I go along. It's late, and I was chided earlier by Pat in the other thread for staying up too late so we'll start with a little taster. I think i got this one in Modelzone when it was closing down. I've made it twice before. The first time back in the 60s (I think) when first released in dark blue plastic and a few years back when I built it as a wheeeld version SEAC colours, although I think I never completed the canopies. This one will be in TSS colours from the transfer set on the right below.. Here's what Airfix put in the box Simple model, clear instructions and nice transfers. Cockpit detail minimal, but Airfix do provide an IP transfer but no actual IP. Sprues for your delectation. I must have opened the box before and shoved on some paint, but certainly nowhere near the 25% that would disbar the build. More tomorrow. -
Before Christmas I decided on a quick "out of the box" twin build of the Airfix 1:72 scale Mk I Hurricane. It all went well until I hit the canopies - which I made a complete hash of and had to strip and start again. They are still not terribly good - not sure what went wrong. Just out of practice I guess. Brush painted with Tamiya acrylics, with the white and aluminium undersides coming from Tamiya rattle cans.I tried a wash with oil paints rather than my usual water colour wash, and I finished with a matt coat from a rattle can (Tamiya Clear Matt). Pretty happy with how that worked out - although note for future reference the matt coat didn't react well with the aluminium undersurfaces of the 111 Squadron machine (even though I thought I had covered it enough with gloss coat). Both completed straight out of the box, the first as a 111 Squadron machine from 1938, the other as a 85 Squadron aircraft in France, May 1940. Thanks for looking. And some photos outside in the late afternoon sun.
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i have had a liking for the Bell X-1 since watching The Right Stuff many years ago. It ss the early part of the film with Sam Shepard's extraordinary performance as Chuck Yeager that I most enjoy. A colleague, who knows of my model making habits, was kind enough to send me a portion of the "stash" of a a friend of his who passed away a year of so ago. Within that batch he sent me was Tamiya's 1:72 scale kit of the X-1 and I thought that it would make a good kit to start 2018 with. It was a very quick simple build (i decided against using the transparent fuselage halves). I used Italeri Acryl Acrylic Flat Orange as the main colour, applied by brush. A couple of firsts for me - I used an artists oil wash to highlight the moving surfaces and finished with Tamiya Semi Gloss Clear from a rattle can. Maybe a little grubbier than I intended, but the semi gloss finish is exactly what I wanted. I will be trying the Flat Clear on my next build. Build thread here. Thanks for looking. And some photos taken in the late afternoon sun.
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i have had a liking for the Bell X-1 since watching The Right Stuff many years ago. It ss the early part of the film with Sam Shepard's extraordinary performance as Chuck Yeager that I most enjoy. A colleague, who knows of my model making habits, was kind enough to send me a portion of the "stash" of a a friend of his who passed away a year of so ago. Within that batch he sent me was Tamiya's 1:72 scale kit of the X-1 and I thought that it would make a good kit to start 2018 with for my first WIP. So what do you get in the box? Some very nice plastic, with just a little flash. Included are transparent fuselage halves if you want to reveal the inner workings of the aircraft - not for me this time. The previous owner had got as far as painting a few parts, but other than that the kit was untouched. A small decal sheet. I of course will be finishing the kit in the markings for the record breaking flight. One reason for choosing this as my first kit of the year, I happen to have some orange paint in stock that looks just fine when brushed onto a spare bit of plastic. So to work. First thing was to glue in the cockpit panel - I am going to finish this "all buttoned up". In a good sign, it fitted really well. Next the main cockpit components (what little there is - I think this is going to be a fairly quick build). Tamiya provide a steel ball bearing as a weight, that needs to be encased in part of the internals of the aircraft. Next time - onto cockpit painting!
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In my stash I have a Revell boxing of the MB Gladiator which was on of the first kits they did. The Revell box art looks suspiciously similar to that of the Hawker Fury. Sprues reveal a relatively nicely moulded aircraft, with minimal flash for a kit of its age. Typical Matchbox/Revell instructions with one set of transfers for a pre war RAF machine from Kenley. I'll dig out some Sea Gladiator transfers for a prewar FAA machine. And here here is the provenance moulded on the fuselage interior. 1973 introduced, so not bad for a 44 year old. Already got some paint on.
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My last (14th) completed model for 2017. This kit began life as an entry into the 2017 BF-109 group build on this site. I was underwhelmed with the kit when I began working on it, and set it aside. I picked it back up, shortly before the holidays, and by the end of the project I was really happy with how solidly engineered the kit is, and with its fine surface details. The build is very simple and more or less idiot-proof. I chose the white winter finish, as I wanted something I could do quickly. There was some user error with the theater bands (maybe its not so idiot proof?), which made things go a bit slower, but in the end it turned out fine. I had a lot of fun weathering this one. Painting was done largely with Tamiya. I began with Nato Black base coat, then a light coat of Light blue/white mix underneath. I then repeatedly applied fine, uneven misty coats of flat white to the topside. The gelb is a mix of flat yellow and orange. Weathering was done with artists oils, and a bit of dark brown pigment powders on the wheels.
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The Gladiator is nearly done and the Phamtom is flying along almost ready for painting so I thought I'd go for this. classic instructions Sprues with diorama bases
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Well folks, here she is! The first half of my Sopwith double build is now in the cabinet. The interior, all struts, beaching trolley, tail surfaces, and tail stand are scratchbuilt. The Lewis is MiniWorld, prop and engine are Aeroclub. Mods to the kit included removing the headrest and moulded front "visor", reskinning the entire top surface of the fuselage with .005" sheet to correct the cockpit shape and improve the definition of the rear turtledecking, reskinning the fuselage underside to reduce the depth, and drastically reducing the height of the main floats. The opening in the upper wing was also filled as photos show this aircraft without it. Rigging is .06mm (0.002") monofilament, with similar sized stainless wire used on the tail float. The sling on the upper wing is simply a couple of pieces of cotton tied together and CA'd in place. The model represents a Sopwith Baby with Nore Flight, Isle of Grain, in May 1916. This particular aircraft was there by 24th April 1916, and was capsised and wrecked in mid May. It was struck off charge in June of that year. She's just become one of my personal favourites, I hope you like her! Ian
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I couldn't believe my luck back in the summer, when on a trip to Abingdon airshow I purchased this 1977 Matchbox kit, and so I'm ready to join the group build. This is a vintage kit, the box has a certain patina and the decals have aged some what but it's a nice looking kit, and I'm hoping some modern materials will help bring it to life. The kit comes with a tri fold set of instructions, which for an older kit are nice and detailed, although I fear Humbrol may have discontinued some of the paints needed. On opening, the tatty box revealed 3 sprues (one black, grey and brown), and a clear sprue. There is little to no flash, however, several parts have come loose. I have looked and believe (hope) all the parts are there. The kit offers 2 colour plans, and I have decided to go with 675th Bombardment Group 'Green Hornet'. This squadron were known as the 'Dauntless Demons' and we're involved in bomb attacks on Japanese airstrips in 1944. I think this kit may be a bit of a challenge, but I'm already enjoying the history attached to it. Let tue build commence.
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Here's my first contribution only only one option to go for. 892 Squadron from HMS Ark Royal from 1969. Sprues Classic three colour Matchbox Instructions Transfers Off we go, tether to waist catapult and wind up the Speys.
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Looking through the stash for my Revell reboot of the Matchbox Gladiator for the Matchbox GB I came across this. Its packed a little different with each sprue in a separate plastic bag and foam wrapped around the fragil integrally moulded parts. It is exquisitely moulded with restrained but crisp detail. Simple instructions to follow. Two versions and i and I will build the Malta defender but I think the paint job is a bit more detailed with a shadow scheme on the lower wing and black and white underneath the lower wings
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Finished the Corsairs, so let's move on to a couple of Martlets, using these Hobbyboss quickbuilds. Hopefully, shouldn't be too big a challenge as these kits go together really well. A little unrefined but something I can live with. They are fun to build so it should be good, and not too taxing which will be ok as I am a bit busy the next few weeks. Mor later.
