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My second build is the Amodel 1/72 Embraer Xingu, in Aeronavale colours. The Aeronavale Xingus are based at Hyeres which is in the Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region so qualifies for the GB. Here's the kit: It's a relatively recent Amodel build so should go together ok, but with a bit of fettling and some filler required. I've started by cleaning up the fuselage parts and doing some adjustments to improve fit, will start assembling parts tomorrow. more soon Julian

Here's my Amodel 1/72 Embraer Xingu in Aeronavale colours. Pretty much a standard relatively recent Amodel kit - quite a nice kit but plenty of flash and quite a lot of fettling needed to get everything to fit well. There are a couple of flaws - one fixable, one not so easy: I think the main undercarriage legs are too long as the kit (unmodified) sits very tail-high, so I took a couple of millimetres off the legs and it sits better now. The more challenging issue - which I haven't attempted to fix - is that the engines sit perpendicular to the wings, but should be perpendicular to the ground. Fixing this would have been quite a big job so I left it. Build thread is here thanks for looking Julian

It seems fitting that I should continue my new-found love of helicopters with this AModel kit of a Mil Mi-1M 'Hare', in the livery of the Republic of San Theodoros, while under the rule of General Tapiopca, General Alcazar's perennial rival. That's right. More Herge...more Tintin...😉 If you google 'San Theodoros', you'll find it somewhere in the northern part of South America, maybe south of the Guyanas or...who knows? It doesn't exist. It was a puppet state of Borduria, which also doesn't exist. I am sure I have lost most of you already. In any case, here's a wiki link...why this exists...I also don't know. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Theodoros And here are some of Herge's panels showing the colours and decal placement. Pretty simple stuff. I like the khaki buff. And here are the Blue Rider decals...just the flag, the red stripe and the call-sign, 'C04' And what's inside the box...an old-fashioned AModel kit with lots of flash, clunky moulding, etc...Lots to clean up here! Take a gander at those gates...pretty thick! --John

Hello everyone, Time to make a start with my entry for the group build. A place holder for now; I sincerely hope it will become more, quickly. Either way, I'll finish it either now or later, as is my intention with all my BM WIP's. I have some other group build models on the go. I'm a little hesitant to push on with them all, as in the last 18 months or so, I've developed a liking for the airbrush method of painting my models. I've been unable to use the airbrush since late April/Early May of this year. This is simply due to a frustrating medical issue grounding me, almost all of the time, in the bedroom since then. Nevertheless, I've done work on them to the stage whereby I have to stop; that usually being main primer coat time. I'm going to go as far as I can with this one. I will use, most probably, LifeColor paints on the interior and details. Hopefully if and when I get to externals, I'll be 'vertical happy' for long enough to go into the office and use the old airbrush . Here's the box art of the kit I've chosen: I won't go into a history of the Dornier Wal here straight away, I'll bring information into the build little by little. That will also be the case regarding the use, place built and other details of the Do J 'Wal' (Whale) in Spanish and more specifically, Spanish Republican service. It's strange that many of the kits I buy/have in the stash are by Amodel. In the past (sometimes even now), they've been quite a challenge to build. When I returned to the hobby for the first time in around 2003, I bought quite a few Eastern European kits. I thought that was just how kits had become; short run, lots of clean up, strategy and filler needed. I had never had Tamigawa as a kid, so had no idea how easy it can all really be ! I do know better now. Yet those companies don't cater for my inter-war/early jets/Golden Age/lesser known Air Force and Spanish Civil War interests very well. Amodel and also Azur and all flavours of Special Hobby/MPM/FrroM etc have been my saviours in this area. AZ/KP and Heller amongst others are also helpful. I don't know how well this one will go together. It's the largest model, in terms of size and number of parts, that I've tackled since a KP Aero MB200 in 2004. I thoroughly enjoyed building that; spread it between other kits over around a 3 month period. Lets hope this goes the same way . There aren't that many sprue/runner shots of this one around, so why not put some on Britmodeller? That will be my next post. Give people an idea what's here. There are various boxings of the kit, I'm not sure if all have the same inside. I just took the photos and have set them to upload to Flickr. While that's happening; it's always nice to present photographs of the type being modelled. I have two of the exact OOB aircraft I will be making 'D-8'. I try very hard to stick to BM rules regarding copyrighted works; unfortunately both of those pictures are copyrighted. In line with a little background on the Wal in general; the type was somewhat groundbreaking and enabled a number of record attempts, pioneering flights. One was by Amundsen to attempt to fly to the North Pole. Yes, they landed on ice in flying boats! There's much more to the story. This Wal has different engines (a common theme), but is of similar basic outline: Meanwhile, here is one in Netherlands East Indies service: Both courtesy of Wikipedia. Just trying to build models is good for the bonce, I'm sure you'll agree. That's what I'm going to do . Thanks for popping in to have a look, hope to see you soon Best regards TonyT PS: I received a postcard from Percy today: He's enjoying the Literature Festival . T

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0YTyzb37wqFb2ZjRHY2VEFYdXhybHZMajdsV2lRQmNRT3NZ Here is my attempt at AModel's 1/72 Jetstream 31. I had a few fit issues with the kit, but, I am happy with the end result. Click on link at you can see my build. Photo taken with my new iphone (Still learning about it)

Hello everyone, I'm new to here and I'd like to start off by showing my Amodel 1/72 Il-38 May. A challenging kit but not without reward, I am a huge fan of this company as they make subjects not found anywhere else.