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No new tools but a bunch of new boxings/variants from RS Models kits (http://rsmodels.cz/). - ref.92082 - Avia Ba.122 Source: https://www.rsmodels.cz/en/p/340/92082-avia-ba-122 - ref.92183 - Flettner 282 B-0 Source: https://www.rsmodels.cz/en/p/240/92183-flettner-282-b-0 - ref.92184 - Flettner Fl.282 B-2 Source: https://www.rsmodels.cz/en/p/241/92184-flettner-282-b-2 - ref.92185 - Avia B.534 I. version Source: https://www.rsmodels.cz/en/p/239/92185-avia-b-534-i-version - ref.92186 - Avia Bk.534 Source: https://www.rsmodels.cz/en/p/238/92186-avia-bk-534 V.P.

RS Models is to re-release its 1/72nd Avia B.35.2 kit - ref.92175 First boxing - ref.92032 http://rsmodels.cz/en/modely-letadel/plastikove-modely/1-72/92032/avia-b-35-2 Source: https://www.rsmodels.cz/p/250/92175-avia-b-35-2 V.P.

RS Model is to release a Heinkel 280 with Argus (new variant) kit - ref.92177 Source: http://rsmodels.cz/en/modely-letadel/plastikove-modely/1-72/92177/heinkel-280-with-argus V.P.

Thanks to Bonehammer who handed over Estonia, here is my next entry. RS Models kit and a Miles Magister from the 3rd Division of the Estonian Air Regiment Sprues and decals and some photo etch and film //SAU

RS Models ( http://rsmodels.cz/en/Homepage/default) is to release (02/2015) a new tool 1/72nd Ambrosini SAI.403 Dardo kit - ref.92159. Source: http://www.ipmsdeutschland.de/Ausstellungen/Nuernberg2015/Bilder_AT/Bilder_AT_1.htm V.P.

Seen at the Spielwarenmesse Nürnberg 2014. RS Models is to release its first 1/48th kit a Fokker D.XXIII - ref.48001 Source IPMS Germany: http://www.ipmsdeutschland.de/Ausstellungen/Nuernberg2014/Bilder_VH/163.html RSmodel_32 (164/222) V.P.

RS Models 1/72 Avia Ba.122. For a short-run kit it's very good, although it has a few shortcomings and I found the instructions quite ambiguous in places (I'm still not convinced I've got the exhaust arrangement correct). The sunburst pattern was masked/painted, the rest are kit decals. Rigged with stretched vinyl sproo.

I wanted to see if I could do a model in a weekend. (I cheated as it was the Thanksgiving Holiday and a little longer weekend. I thought about using one of the Eduard Weekend kits, but oddly enough, even though I have too many Eduard kits in the stash, I have no weekend edition. So, perusing for what looks like a simple kit to build, I ran across this kit. It is the RS Models version of a Me-109 X “Experimental Fighter”. Basically, take a Me-109 F airframe and mate the engine from a FW 190 and you get this kit. Seems a bit redundant, and given the performance of the FW 190, there was only one airframe made as the FW 190 performed so well. The kit is a short run injection molded kit with a resin engine. There are not many parts to this kit. There are two alternative schemes to the kit, one a fictitious Russian front plane and the other a British captured airframe. I went with the Russian front scheme for 2 reasons: (1) I wanted to see if I could do mottle with the airbrush (demon thing that it is; evil black art) and (2) I hate to paint yellow and to get it right would take longer than the weekend with coats and drying times. Being short run, there are no locating pins and the sprue attachments are quite large in relation to the parts. I am apologizing for this thread as it will be a shortened WIP with the RFI attached. If I put this in the wrong place, please Mr. Mod, don’t be angry. You can switch it to wherever it needs to go. The interior is very basic. The seat belt detail on the seat, however seems to be really good given the rest of the interior. And after a quick paint job as I doubt much will be seen through the canopy I have this poor picture. The fuselage is then buttoned up. And what is this, an instrument panel? Shouldn’t that be inside of the fuselage? Yeah, it should, but I forgot to attach it prior to joining the fuselage halves and inserting the cockpit flooring. Muttering under my breath and doing a few interesting ministrations with my tweezers, the IP panel was inserted. As an aside (my ADD is kicking in again!) I have a wonderful collection of tweezers. Why then, do I only use one about 99.99% of the time? And why do I buy so many and never use them? Does anyone else do this or am I the only strange bird? Back to the build. I get out the parts for the propeller and engine assembly. I didn’t really spend much time on the engine as I don’t think it will be seen with the fan blades in front of it. It begs the question, why did RS go to the effort of producing a resin engine for this that will not be seen? Also, the short run nature of this kit reared its ugly little head in regards to the propeller spinner. Seems what should be a hollow spinner is full of plastic and will not fit. Out come the filing tools to hollow out the spinner. The canopy is the next step and I don’t give it much hope looking at the airframe and the canopy. Filler will be necessary. The wings are then joined together. They fit remarkably well with each other. A little sanding is necessary. Then the wings are mated to the fuselage with not so good a fit. More filler is the call of the day. There are some rather large steps along the wing root and the top and bottom seams need work. After some wonderful filling, sanding, etc. the airframe is complete and ready for painting. The painting process begins with the bottom being sprayed in RLM 76 and the top in RLM 74 and 75. The kit gets the bottom painted first and then masked. The top gets a coat of RLM 75 and then masked off for the splinter/mottle pattern with RLM 76. The tape is then removed and the decals put on. I did no weathering at all as this was a prototype and thought I would show it as it came from the factory, i. e. lazy me! Then all the necessary little doo dads, thingamabobbies and hangy down items were put on the airframe. The only modification I did to this little kit was make some wing cannon out of metal tubing. The guns are very prominent in the box art but no provisions are made for them with the kit. I was attracted to this kit because I have a weakness for shark mouths. A word about the decals; you drop them in the water and they are almost immediately ready to be put on. If left in the water for more than 30 seconds, they will come off the backing sheet and have to be fished out of the water container. Also, you would think the shark mouth would be a nice little decal all its own. Nay, nay; you get two strips of teeth and you have to make your own mouth and paint the red portion. After much fun I got the shark mouth down and thought it looked really good. Then somehow, I dropped the cowl assembly into the water container and watched about 30 minutes of work come completely off of the cowling and I had to start all over again. I love being a clumsy oaf. So now this little kit is in its new home With is shelf mate Overall, this is not a bad little kit. The fit, except for the canopy was fairly decent for a short run kit. The interior detail is almost non-existent, but hardly anything shows once the rather thick canopy is on. I would recommend this kit to anybody wanting something a bit different in the 109 family tree. And, what did I learn from this kit? I learned I need lots more work on getting mottling down (there are only so many times you can respray and do over!) and not to place finished decaled items next to the water container! As always, all comments are welcome.

Here is a little oddity I picked up at my local hobby shop and couldn’t resist. It is a Payen Pa.22/2. According to the kit instructions, it is a 1935 design by Nicolas Roland Payen that was to be powered by a ramjet being developed by H. F. Malot. The ramjet didn’t work so the plane was completed with a 180 h.p. Regnier 6B-01 inverted, inline, 6 cylinder, air-cooled engine. It was to compete in the 1939 Coupe Deutsch de la Meurthe race in 1939. It was being wind tested when France fell to Germany. The Germans, probably liking the odd design, continued testing it and it was flown in 1942 after being repainted in German livery. It then was placed in a factory which, in 1944, was visited by some high flying Allied bombers and was destroyed along with the factory it was in. This is the RS Models 1/72 injection molding of this plane. It went together fairly easily and fairly quickly due to the limited parts count. Being a limited run kit, fitting twice prior to committing to glue was the standard of the day. It had a single vacuform canopy that was not a good fit at all. I do not know if it was the kit’s fault or mine as I detest vacuform canopies due to my inability to ever cut them out properly. So, it was probably my fault for the poor fit. It is an odd little bird and it broke up the time between my struggles with the F-104 and the Rafale and kept my sanity. Here is a picture of the actual aircraft. And here is my version If you have some experience with limited run kits and like odd planes, I would recommend this. It was a very enjoyable build. Comments always welcome.

I have just finihed this one, it has taken some time and it has been on and of the shelf a few times because it was no easy build. First the wing extention had a bad fit, some plastic card had to inserted. Then the etch, i hate etch , you had to use this thin poo-poo to attach the aileron, that is not possibel unless you are a super modeller . So glued on to some platic card and that did the trick now glue could plasticweld it on and stay there. the cockpit glass also had a awful fit But finaly here it is. Overall RLM 02 finish. Unit: 2.Aufkl.Gr.(F)/123, Kastelli, Crete. Cheers Jes

First time posting anything I've built on BM... Built OOB with the kit supplied decals. I didn't bother to weather the aircraft - I just loved the scheme too much to do so *LOL* The kit went together quite nicely but I know I still need practice when it comes to filling/sanding/smoothing and the pressure I'm using to airbrush along with thinning the Xtracrylix used probably could use some help as well *LOL* I'm just happy when I'm able to finish one!! Cheers, Dave

New 1/72nd Bell TP-39 Q-5 Airacobra Trainer kit by RS Models - ref.92151 Source: http://rsmodels.cz/cs/modely-letadel/plastikove-modely/1-72/92151/tp-39-q-5-airacobra-trainer V.P.

Good afternoon colleagues. again early Luftwaffe