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Hi When I get the Eighties Lancia and the LKM Classic Kittyhawk done, I plan to enter this GB with an Arma Hobby 1:72 Sea Hurricane Mk. Ib - if I didn't already make myself clear in the header and the tags . I will probably build one of the four Operation Pedestal decal options supplied with the kit. V-P The kit: https://www.scalemates.com/kits/arma-hobby-70061-sea-hurricane-mk-ib--1444596 And The Review at our favorite modelling forum: https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235120148-sea-hurricane-mkib-70061-172/
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I chose this kit as something simple and easy to build while I'm waiting on parts for my F7F. The only aftermarket I might use will be decals from Lifelike. I'm still undecided which markings I want to do. Id like to utilize the Lifelike decals because they're excellent quality but I have but lately I've been liking the Tony in straight NMF. Tamiya supplies markings I like but Tamiya decals scare me a little. The decals in their older kits were very hard to work with and often poor quality. This is a 2016 release so maybe they're better?? Wow that's nine years ago. Seems like yesterday this kit was being announced as new. I'm not going nuts on the cockpit details because I close my canopies. Today I assembled so cockpit pieces and painted them tan. I can only hope this color is close. Japanese aircraft are not normally my thing. I'll pick out and paint the details you might be able to see. There's a couple of tanks under the gun shelf and behind the rudder pedals that I didn't bother to paint. Why? Because you'll never see them. I'm trying to prioritize my time on this build. This kit has the same kind of pebbly surface my Eduard P-51D had. Most of the models i build are from the 90s and 80s and those kits have shinier and smoother plastic than this Tony of the Eduard Mustang. I'm wondering if the pebbly surface finish has a purpose or it's just a by-product of modern kit manufacturing now. I like that this plane kit hasn't be mauled by the mad riveter. The other thing I thought was odd is the sprue attachments wrap around the part edge onto the mating surface. It's not the end of the world but it'll require more clean up work. I'm hoping this goes smooth. I'm due for something easy.
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Bought for the princely sum of €15 in the Dublin Model Shop. Scalemates says 1991. Sprues a weird mix of flash and very fine moldings, very nice panel line detail. Gotta love that cockpit detailing 😃 Not sure which scheme the kit has a blue navy scheme and red civilian scheme that requires some modifications to an F8F-1 which is detailed in the instructions but I’m leaning towards the -1 atm.
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First a short explanation. The British MK I to MKV heavy tanks came two main varieties depending on the armament in the sponsons. Male tanks had a single cannon in each sponson, female had two machine guns in both. For a number of reasons tanks were manufactured with a combination of sponsons which as having make and female characteristics, hermaphrodites. Just had to be this colour scheme. I will be going for more of a lived in look not the pristine museum look here. The Kit Sprues, not too bad a decal sheet. Initial assembly. Molded detail is nice, engineering is not. A bit of cutting require D.C. and a lot of fitting. I also made life harder for myself by using Tamiya extra thin areas of my usual Revell Contacta. Fiddly, lots of tape needed and a bit of filling will be required. One of each sponson. Again same as the hull. Looks well but fiddly overall. . -
The kit. Sprues. It’s quite a big kit for the scale. Nice to see a Ukrainian option.
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So I’m going to just post one build thread for the 1/144 aircraft as I reckon updating nine individual threads would be too much plus most of the builds will be very short. First off some sprue shots The Harrier MIG Typhoon Tempest Wildcat Second wildcat Me262 C47 Need to decide on schemes. Probably kit schemes but I’ll probably do the second wildcat in RAF colours and I may do the C47 as a tow plane to go with my Horsa.
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Another classic this one cost €24.99 apparently as Tamiya amortise the cost of the molds they don’t increase the prices of kits after release so each generation of kit stays at the a as me price more or less. As I’m an inverterate cheapskate I only buy the older kits as I can’t bring myself to pay €50 for a kit😀 Bits in the box, actually one of the most complex Tamiya kits I’ve built. Unfortunately it’s missing the mesh for the rear section not a biggie but I’ll have to improvise… It comes with four figures I normally take the BMW approach but I’m toying with building them as they do add a bit to the overall look of the model.
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The kit not sure if it’s lineage I think it’s a reboxed frog or novo with white metal parts and a second vac formed canopy. The sores s and bits, including some nice white metal ejection seats but missing the decal sheets.
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My kit of choice. Sprues and bits and pieces. I’ll be building it pretty much oob unless I can find a more interesting camo scheme.
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The kit. The bits. Operated by quite a few obscure airforces, camouflage boils down to four choices, gull grey/white, SEAC, navy blue or silver/NMF at this stage I’m leaning towards the gull grey or the silver. Or I could go yellow if I wanted to make it a two seater.
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Nearly forgot this one!! The kit fairly, crude with an old style two pins and two l shaped pieces of plastic but I shall be building it ask Nice decal sheet. Sprues. Main sub assemblies, quite a bit of filing and fettling required. Assembly complete except for the wheels. Needs a little filler and I managed to crack the canopy which is a terrible fit anyway. I’ll may well revisit the build with a new one vac formed canopy.
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I’m now actively engaged in stash reduction and for some reason wanted an NMF build so this ticks the boxes. As it only cost €7.99 I did struggle with the idea of keeping it for ‘less than a tenner part three’ but tbh I have lots of kits I bought cheaply. Some ( but not much) assembly this is only four parts and it’s almost done. There quite a bit of plastic in the nose and I reckon it’ll sit right but I still added a little extra weight just in case. So all things being equal should be ready for primer tomorrow. So I can paint it, the 109, the heller hog and the Mohawk together. Probably Saturday morning. Once they’re primed and Preshaded they can tag along with the arctic hog for camo.
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Bought for just under a tenner in my (not so) local hobby shop owing to water damage, so not sure if the decals are useable. But still a bargain. Partially desprued. I’m going for the upper scheme.
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So many 109s in the forum made me want one of my own and seeing as I have many in the stash no excuses. However as all the other builds are late war i thought I’d go for some early machine. So I’m going to build an Avis models C3. Now I generally try to avoid (ahem) tail markings when building German WW2 subjects. 14 of the 17 in my collection don’t have them. As you can see below I try to pick foreign schemes or as with the JG 54 machine and the Kate war one the actual schemes had the tail painted over. However as the C was never exported and I like my models historically accurate it will have them.
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Couldn’t find the heller B but I did come across this so it’s on the bench. Have to go either way the snake 😀.
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I wasn’t intending to build another Hog but I nipped in to the toy store near work on Wednesday to get some RLM grey and they had this and the price at €34.99 wasn’t terrible Sprue shot Nice decal sheet too Now the kit schemes are a number of lizards and I’m tempted to go with the sharkmouth but I’m leaning towards the experimental camo above as it’s so different and also feasible in this scale. And now for the bad news it has raised panel lines ( I know it’s a cost saving when manufacturing molds but what were you thinking Tamiya?) which will have to go….
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My Kit box scheme is actually pretty nice, but you probably know me by now I like the eclectic. Looks like quite a nice kit. It’s an A so I need to check if my intended victim noise any changes. From 1982 10 A10s were painted in arctic camo for an exercise. Looks black and white but that’s probably the lighting. However a little research shows it’s white over a Euro-1 scheme. Should make for an interesting looking final result.
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My kit My proposed scheme operational during the eighties. Some assembly and a bit of paint.
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First released in 1970 and judging by the state of the box this is probably from then. Cost €15 in the Dublin Model Shop. I’ll be finishing it in the kit RAAF scheme, unless I find something more interesting. First impressions; it’s quite a good kit for its era with reasonable engineering good molding and a good attempt at an interior, it does have raised panel lines which although well molded will just have to go…
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Got this for €7 in the Dublin model shop and as I’m engaged in stash reduction I decided to start it today. I hadn’t realised it’s a 1990s reboxing of the 1979 Heller release so it fits nicely into the GB and the deadline will keep me on track 😀 I think the previous owner roughly desprued the kit, not sure if that’s a good or a bad think… Going for an Aeronavale scheme, (not this unit although I do like the shark) although the kit only shows one scheme there’s a full set of decals on the sheet and I like the medium grey. The decals which were a Smer addition with the reboxing.
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While paint is drying on the CB 90 I will make a start on this an old one from the stash just a bit of fun and colour straight out the box. I was not to happy with the bow thruster moulding so have drilled it out and will replace with some plastic tube it was supposed to be OOB sort of. Stay Safe beefy
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Two Star Fighters - make that four - now finished!!!
Marklo posted a topic in F-104 Starfighter STGB
I have two kits (so far😀) both 1/72 and Italeiri and an boxless unknown… I’m going to use this the December 1981 edition of Scale aircraft Modelling which cost the princely sum of 80p as my reference. So next step root the two kits out of the stash and choose my marques and schemes…. -
I received my new 1/72 Airfix Vulcan yesterday and despite having an overflowing workbench, I just couldn’t resist having a look! As is traditional, I’ll start with a shot of the box. It’s big - note the 12” ruler along the side: To be honest, the box could probably have been smaller as the largest sections are the wings, which are half the size of the box… I guess Airfix were aiming for as large a presence as possible when stacked on a shelf! The scheme options are all white, or white undersides with camouflage on top. I will go with the latter: I already have the old kit in a similar scheme: I would have liked to do the new model in wraparound camouflage, but it was not an option and I’m planning to make this one OOB, to see what can be achieved with the basic Airfix offering. Time to look inside! Every sprue is wrapped in plastic, presumably to protect the plastic from scratching. The first sprue has the tail fin, control surfaces and engine plates: Once the bags are opened, some very crisp plastic is inside. Here’s the nose, cockpit and bomb load: And a close up of some of the pieces: The construction is completely different from the old kit. You build the nose and tail sections and then attach them to the central wing section. There are no large pieces in the kit, hence my comments about the size of the box. Here are the wing top sides: Note the housing for the air brakes. The wing top side in more detail: I’ve never noticed those protrusions on the wing before. The panel lines look a little large, so I will probably end up filling these. Here’s the underside: You can see the nose gear bay is moulded asymmetrically. The detail is again very crisp: This is the largest sprue: And again some more detail: All very nicely detailed, which bodes well for OOB! The last major sprue shows the spars - this should be strong: Some lovely detail for the bomb bay and undercarriage bays too. 👍 The intakes look far better than the old kit, which is a relief! 😁 Finally the transparencies: This looks to be a great kit and I am looking forward to seeing this one come together. -
Finally getting around to making a start on this game be. It’s not the best kit in the world but it’s more or less F16 shaped and it was only €8 so it’ll do nicely. Boxart Sprues And it came with a surprisingly nice decal sheet. Now I was considering this scheme but having seen the decals I’m starting to lean towards the Thunderbirds one. Why? Well I’ve been building F16 kits since the seventies and as I’ve only converted to airbrushing in the last few years and have only just done justice to camo builds in the last STGB. I’ve built the roll out scheme more than once and never attempted the Thunderbirds because I discovered that it’s surprisingly difficult to brush paint an overall gloss white finish, so here’s a chance at closure 😃 Some assembly started. Might wait till I get a coat of primer and the white before making a final decision.
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A classic Sprues somewhat chunky but not bad. Can you say rudimentary, mind it’s probably going to stay that way 😀 Some assembly
