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Back in 2016 I visited SMW in Telford. I was lucky on two counts then. I met Roy Sutherland from Barracuda Resins who had just released his magnificant 1/72 B-1B resin correction sets and I bought a Revell B-1B for only 40 GBP. Since then Roy released a canopy masking set that was used on this build. The Barracuda shopping list for this build included: New nose Radome and pitot tubes, 6 off New countermeasures tail end New undercarriage wheels Engine nacelle inlet set Engine exhaust set without Turkey feathers Wing glove set Canopy masks Towards the end of the build, a kid on the block,(2wdcoz), over on evilbay uk released a 3D printed crew ladder that was much more refined than the parts in the kit and that was used here. He also makes inserts for the inner section of the wing at the wing fold. I bought them but didn’t fit them as they were nearly invisible. The raised panel lines were lightly scribed in as they are nearly invisible on the full scale plane. The model was painted using a tin of Xtracolor Gunship Grey, the burner cans were painted using Alclad. The Two Bobs decals went on well but dissolved slightly when decal solvent was applied. The walkway decals came from the kit. No silvering occurred. I was really happy with all of the Barracuda add-ons. My favourites were the burner cans and the canopy masks which I was fortunate to have got correctly aligned before the top coat went on. Here is ‘The Bone’ parked next to a 1/72 Draken for size difference. Before getting to far into the build I realised that this model was going to be big when the wings were on and most of the resin correction parts needed the fuselage top and bottom haves glued together. The way the kit was designed, the wings have to be inserted between the fuselage top and bottom before they are glued together. The way round this was to find a way to modify the kit parts so the wings could be added at the end of the build. A plan view drawing of the Bone was scaled up in the photocoper at work to get the angles setup. Lego bricks came in handy. After that some large diameter plastic rods were cut into the wing roots to match a home made guide set inside the fuselage. The wings were inserted and glued in after the model was painted with no problems. Here is the set up. The kit was originally released as a B-1A. I found out the B-1B has a differnt drag strut arrangemnt for the front undercarriage leg so the new parts were scrath built as shown below. Regards Toby

My proposed build is Hobbyboss Grumman F8F-1 Bearcat in the markings of Carrier Air Group 19 off USS Boxer (CV21) in June 1947 flown by CDR H.E Cook according to the Cutting Edge Decals I have. I also have some Barracudacast resin wheels and Eduard mask and fabric seatbelts to add to the project. My record on completing kit projects is atrocious so we will see how this one goes. Always been a fan of carrier aviation so this is a good group build for me. Some pics prior to the start date Thanks for looking. Grahame

This is Typhoon 1b MN595 HF-D of 183 Sqdn RAF in which FO Robert David Ackers was killed in action on 18 August 1944. FO Ackers’ squadron was undertaking an armed recce operation with cannons and rockets in the fiercely contested actions in the Falaise area when his aircraft was hit by flak. It was seen to stall and crash some 6km north of Argentan. The body of the 21 year old pilot was recovered and laid to rest in the churchyard of the village of Occagnes. My attempt was to broadly model the aircraft before it undertook its final mission, parked up at the edge of a Normandy field. I used some "modeller's licence" to show a number of panels removed, but this is unlikely to have been done in reality when the aircraft was armed up. Also, the small repeat of the squadron code and serial number at the top of the fin (noticed on another of the squadron's aircraft a few days after the loss of this one) may - or may not - have been on this particular aircraft. Sorry, I should have dusted the model before these photos!... Aftermarket stuff included BarracudaCast seat, wheels and carburettor intake, Airscale instrument panel decals, Maketar insignia paint masks, Master rocket set (fabulous!) & Brassin cannons. The wheel chocks were my first attempt at 3d design & printing (let me know if you would like the .stl file). The build thread is here. Once again, I would like to give my thanks to those who followed along and offered advice, information (thanks Bryan Ribbans, @Chris Thomas ) and even donated (thanks Iain @(ex)Sgtrafman) some no longer available after-market parts - I am moved by your generosity. In fact the kit itself was a gift from my old modelling club when I moved away from the area. I took the model to show them that I had actually built it, rather than leaving it in the stash. It survived that trip (to the south of France and back!) without any breakages just before the Telford show (where it received an award in the competition).... Thanks for viewing Pat Camp

I've had this one maturing in the stash for the past 6-years. It was given as an incredibly generous leaving present by my old club mates at AMV83 in Provence, My hope is to get it built and take with me to their annual show later in the year. One can but hope! I've bought the occasional item of after-market over the intervening years and its baby brother to build at the same time as a "paint mule'. Time to make a start..... Here is a photo of the huge box. Very nice box art and presentation.... A couple of the sprues are huge. Compare them to the A4 sized instruction manual.... I bought a Barracuda seat, wheels and carburettor intake ring for the kit.... I've started with sticking bits together and will post progress shortly. I haven't decided on which aircraft to finish it as yet - but have plenty of reading material to hand so will see what ideas come from that. Thanks for looking and I hope you pop by from time to time to see how its going, Cheers, Pat

I've had this one maturing in the stash for the past 6-years. It was given as an incredibly generous leaving present by my old club mates at AMV83 in Provence, My hope is to get it built and take with me to their annual show later in the year. One can but hope! I've bought the occasional item of after-market over the intervening years and its baby brother to build at the same time as a "paint mule'. Time to make a start..... Here is a photo of the huge box. Very nice box art and presentation.... A couple of the sprues are huge. Compare them to the A4 sized instruction manual.... I bought a Barracuda seat, wheels and oil cooler duct. for the kit.... I've started with sticking bits together and will post progress shortly. I haven't decided on which aircraft to finish it as yet - but have plenty of reading material to hand so will see what ideas come from that. Thanks for looking and I hope you pop by from time to time to see how its going, Cheers, Pat

Hello everyone, I've been banging away at this one for a few months now and finally managed to get it finished yesterday, I admire those who can maintain interest in a project for months on end. I asked a few questions over on the WWII forum when I started this project which is how I ended up doing this particular aircraft, the masks I'd purchased had a few accuracy issues but I had all the relevant bits for this aircraft which the very helpful Chris Thomas pointed me towards so a very large thanks to you Chris. I used the following after market bits and bobs, Barracudacast cockpit, wheels, intake and exhausts. Ultracast Tempest tailplanes and tail wheel well. I used some montex masks for the SF codes but had to cut the N myself, the masks were a bit stretched so I opted to use decals for the roundels and fin flashes. A couple with a little photo editing as per Mr Arkady! Thanks for taking the time to look and all comments are very welcome. Cheers...