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Well seeing as how I'm co-hosting I think its about time that I got my build thread up and running. For a while I have had an interest in the aircraft used at Edwards AFB at the AFFTC and have a few previous builds in the markings of aircraft based there. This one will be one of the F-100F's used as a chase plane in the X-15 program sporting a polished metal finish with very generous helpings of dayglo orange, lovely! The kit I am using is Trumpeter's 1/48 F-100F; The box is quite full; Or rather it was quite full, as I have made a start. With this build, my Dornier Do 17 and the upcoming F-5 STGB (also co-hosting) there was/is a very good chance of not finishing anything at all without taking advantage of the 25% rule so that is exactly what I have done. Unusually enough I made a start with the cockpit and got the two instrument panels taken care of; And the actual cockpit tub itself; I added the two IP's and the joysticks and then fitted the cockpit to the assembled intake trunking; The kit seats were not the best (certainly not the worst I have seen either though) so I have replaced them with a pair by Quickboost which have been painted but not fitted yet; And that is how she stands at the minute, hopefully over the weekend I shall be able to get the fuselage joined together and also find a picture of the bird I am going to build. Thanks for looking in and as usual all comments and criticisms are gratefully received. Craig. 🇺🇦

Hi all and I'm going to take the plunge with this one. Trumpeter_172_F107_Box_top by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr I love how they put a sticker 'a' on the box to fix the spelling of 'Ultre' 😬 (I peeled it off) Quick look inside. Trumpeter_172_F107_contents by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr I've read a couple of other build threads on this one so know what to expect - build will be OOB so! You can read more about this fascinating aircraft here. Thanks for looking and good luck with your builds! Happy modelling, Dermot

Hi gents Here's my latest completion, the Trumpeter MiG-15bis in 1/32 - my birthday present from my Dad: Thanks Dad, if you manage to work the link when I send it to you It's not accurately painted for reasons I'll try to explain after the pictures: The kit itself has some innaccuracies, I read that they existed but did not seek any further information about what they are beyond that the cockpit canopy is not right (the reviewer mentioned this as being amongst or in addition to seven other faults with the kit so I couldn't help but see that one) but if you want a 1/32 MiG-15 bis you aren't exactly spoiled for choice anyway and if you are comparatively ignorant of the finer points of the design, as I am, it will be more than adequate for your needs. It did require a fair bit of filling and sanding - even then the seam of the fuselage join came back to haunt me when I could have sworn I obliterated it. That said it was a fun build, and took me about a month doing at most a couple of hours work most days. I built pretty much OOB but I did drill out the cannon barrels and the muzzle brake for the big gun, added a disc of Aluminium tape for the nose-mounted landling light (on the intake splitter, you can't see it and the landing light may have been moved to under the right wing by this time) and I used the Eduard mask set on the transparencies. The paint scheme is innaccurate - I can state that with certainty, as from what little research I did it seems that standard colours were not used on the Russian MiGs that flew with the North Korean forces, they were sent basic colours like black, white, red, yellow, blue and grey and advised to mix colours that suited the local terrain. I did not do this I used Colourcoats paints, an unlabelled tin of pale blue grey for the undersides (similar to RLM76 but a little darker and slightly less blue) AR101 Israeli Sand Grey, ARUS10 VVS Earth Red and ACF01 French Vert for the top surfaces. Given that a healthy human eye can allegedly distinguish one million different colours the chances I picked the right one for any of mine are literally one million to one, and for all four colours to be correct I think the odds should be about sixteen million to one (I'm not great at maths,it must be said). So with odds like that it's probably more likely that I would win the Lottery and in view of that I really hope I did not waste my luck on getting a camouflage scheme - that no-one else can verify - correct. The IFF and RT aerials were painted a light blue, and the Radio Altimeters under the wings a darker blue, I have seen these on preserved aircraft and I have no idea if they are appropriate for the aircraft I was representing but at that point... well you know, what the heck. I rubbed the paintwork down with 6000-grit Micromesh to give a worn, slightly patchy look, like a poor, frozen, bored ground crewman had been told to get the whole squadron painted by morning. The markings came from the HAD Models set 32064 and I used the markings for '263' apparently flown by Capt. N M Zameskin of the 878 IAP based at Tatung-Kao in February 1953. The aircraft carries five victory stars just aft of the cockpit on the left-hand side - I have to say that the HAD transfers were superb, really lovely to use and very thin, but I did crumple the victory stars when applying them so one of them is a bit wonky - don't judge I left the upperwing stars off as I read that the Russian aircraft, in line with Soviet camouflage doctrine of the time, did not carry them. HAD also provides star/roundel national markings without the white background, I used the ones with the white just because I liked the look of them better. I used some Citadel spray varnish and it worked well. I may be the only person still reading at this point, but if not, apologies for the rambling and thanks for your patient attention Cheers, Stew

Hello friends! 🤝 Just looked at the @Alan P‘s resurrected thread and decided to post some pictures of my Vigilante. I bought this kit some time ago for my friend and feel no rush to build it - just putting some bits together from time to time... The box is large and sturdy: And all the details are well-packed there: The Runner A contains the two fuselage halves (very big, I must say): The wings and protected intakes are on a Runner B: The Runner C with control surfaces: And D with a pylons: The Runner E contains wheel wells and the cockpit details: And the two Runners G is for the engines and some other parts: The clear Runner H, the tail and ventral canoe are packed in a separate plastic bags within a separate cardboard box: An instruction and the painting sheets with a protected decals is also here: The top box cover is already employed by my Wool Companion: And some parts are off the trees: I want to make as much little subassemblies as possible to speed up the build... As you can see, the seats are already glued and wheels already dry-fitted: The plastic is very good and the fit is well, too. Thanks for looking! 🙂

同志们好！Sticking with the Chinese theme here's my next 1/48 kit, the Chengdu J-10S Vigorous Dragon (NATO reporting name: Firebird). This aircraft is the two-seater variant of the J-10A- the easiest way to tell a J-10A from later models is the old-style intake reminiscent of a Eurofighter intake, as opposed to the divertless supersonic inlet used on later variants. The kit looks good, a nice level of detail and nice recessed panel lines. It has a simple grey scheme, dark on top, light on the bottom. I'm also having a go at using a PE detailing set, this will hopefully help the cockpit look better as cockpits are my weakness. The set is by Dream Model and features lovely crisp instrument panels, added detail for the ejection seats and even some external sensors. Looking forward to starting this, though maybe once it cools down a little more. Thanks for looking in!

These GBs keep coming thick and fast. Still to start my entries in the Revell-Monogram and Canadian GBs. Hopefully my two Century Series builds will be finished this week. My entry for this GB will be Trumpeter’s 1/48 T-38C Talon wearing the colours of NASA. Looks like it should be a nice quick & simple build.

My entry for this GB is Trumpeter’s 1/700 Liberty Ship, the SS John W. Brown. Launched in 1942, the SS John W. Brown made 13 voyages to the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean. Was present at Anzio and part of the invasion force of southern France. After the war carried cargoes to help rebuild Europe and returned American troops to the US. After serving as a training ship, the John W.Brown is now a museum ship in Baltimore. More information can be found here. https://www.ssjohnwbrown.org I will be building this OOB as a waterline model using the Great Escape Option, due to having a number of activities planned across the weekend.

And good day again, gentlemen! I'd like to share with you my next build of HMS Cairo 1942, during Operation Pedestal. Though there is little information about how did she look like in terms of armament, boats, radars etc., hopefully that will still be enough to make a fine and a historically accurate model. The kit itself is Trumpeter's 1/350 HMS Calcutta 1940, which is relatively close to what is going to look like HMS Cairo. Some BlackCat details are also with me, including 4-barreled pom-pom, boats and whalers, as well as NorthStarModels HACS Mk.IV, oerlikons by Infiny, lots of doors, portholes, ladders etc... And I've also ordered Shipyardworks 102mm guns and Hunter's wooden deck for HMS Calcutta. This is my first process of highlighting a build of a model, so I'm a bit curious to know, what it is like 🙃

Hello! No WIP thread for this build unfortunately. I started this build earlier in the year and then abandoned it. Yesterday I had a burst of inspiration and I decided to finish it. By that I mean fully paint it and all the other stuff, In one day! Anyway, here she is, XA322: And here she is with my Bucc S.2C XV336 I had a lot of fun building this kit and I'm very happy with the result, hope you all enjoy it too!

We;;, here I go again. I usually don't have much luck on these Group Builds, as something always seems to come up to get in the way. However, this time, it's one of those that I've been wanting in the collection, so we'll see. I seem to recall that Linbergh or someone had done one of these in a larger scale, back in the late 50's, but I'm not certain. I was originally intending to build a YF-100, but then I ran into JohnR's beautiful build HERE and I was a little bit intimidated. So, I decided instead to build another seldom-seen model, the short-tailed version of the first few F-100A's. The YF-100 had a taller tail, but when the F-100A went into production, they thought that shortening the height of the tail would enable it to go faster. Don't know how that worked out, but they created deadly handling problems! Eventually, the tall tail was brought back, and one foot of extra length was added to each wing tip. This solved the handling problem, and became standard on the later "A" models, as well as the rest of the later F-100's. As usual, I decided to use the Trumpeter kit, in this case the "C" model. Accompanying the kit will be a Rob Taurus F-100D canopy, intended for the Italieri kit, plus an Aires F-100D cockpit set: As with my other F-100 builds, there will be a lot of kit carving and grinding, so here goes! First up, the proverbial incorrect nose. Laying the model atop the drawing in the "F-100 Super Sabre In Detail and Scale Part 1", by Bert Kinzey, I determined where to cut the kit so that adding my resin copy of the Esci F-100 nose would end up leaving the model at the correct length. I then made the cut(s): First the nose, then the tail: *** EDIT *** Further down this build article, I discovered that I cut off the top of the tail on my model, way too much. The correct dimension should be measured along rear edge of the rudder/vertical stabilizer, and should be 28mm overall. You can see where I added the length back with plastic card: Remember, it should be 28mm ALONG the read edge, NOT vertically as shown here. (Couldn't figure out how to get Photoshop to dimension along the angled line!) Therefore, the next several pictures that show the tail end will feature the incorrect, way-to-short vertical stab. They will be corrected later in the article. *** END EDIT *** Don't get relaxed yet folks -- the carnage is far from over! Next up, a few more things on the fuselage: The "L" depicts a piece of lead added to the nose, perhaps a quarter ounce. Next, the arrow on the left shows the area on the cockpit side that has to be thinned, to get the Aires cockpit to tuck in under the sill. The next arrow, simply reminds one to select the air brake innards with the narrower gap. The one in the kit with the wider opening was used on later variants, when they added a center-line bomb rack. The arrow at the back end shows where I removed the rearmost molded ring, designed to hold the jet exhaust assembly into place, but removing this ring now allows the entire assembly to be added later, a great boon to painting! Now, I'll separate the Rob Taurus canopy from it's backing, using a scriber first, then a few thin cuts with a number #11 X-Acto blade. I find the PE parts scissors very useful on canopies sometimes, because the blades are thicker and don't deflect as much. The very thin razor saw also make life easier: The sides are best scored and the flexed back and forth to remove, while the waste between the front windscreen and the rear canopy is best sawn apart. This canopy was designed to be built opened, so you don't have much choice! Next, the sanding block is carefully removed from the Aires cockpit tub, after which the tub is assembled, up through adding the instrument panel back piece, and the cockpit sides. The "X"'s show where the cockpit tub has to be sanded to fit the fuselage, as well as slide under the canopy sills: Care must be taken not to over-sand here however, as the ultimate goal is to precisely make the taped-together fuselage halves the exact same width as the Rob Taurus windscreen (windscreen show here slightly askew for the purpose of illustration). The arrow (above right), shows where the cockpit tub fits under the cockpit sill. The width at the rear of the cockpit will be address later. Also note, above left, the the instrument panel back piece sits BEHIND the vertical wall edges on the tub, and atop the center console. The instructions are not real clear here. Well, that's enough for a start. More mayhem to follow, anon... Ed

Here is my 1:72 Su-27UBM-1 "Blue 67" Ukrainian Air Force. Trumpeter kit (not very good) with Eduard PE set, Pavla resin ejection seats, Aires resin aux air intakes, Master metal Pitot tube and some parts from old Heller kit. Foxbot decals and paint masks. Painted with Hataka Orange. It took me hundreds of hours to finish it and I`m still not very happy with a result. But looks nice in this camo. 😎 Thanks for watching!

This is a big box, with 330+ parts to work with and at 1/32 scale this is going to be a fun build for sure. On the left is the reference book I use to fine-tune the details of the model and check my assemblies for accuracy. This book actually reviews the kit I have on the bench now. 🤯 A lotta plastic here! The exterior parts come with fully molded panel lines and rivets, along with a small fret of photo-etch and rubber tires. The details are all crisp and sharp, but not too deep, so props to Trumpeter on those! Instruction booklet and painting guide, which is provided as a separate poster, for anyone who likes to frame these things. Overall the instructions are nicely arranged and explain the assembly process well. But of course... there are some inaccuracies. Here's a side-by-side of the painting guide next to the drawing in the reference book. You can see here that the shape of the nose and the wheel fairings are incorrect. The nose slopes too sharply on the model making the front look too streamlined, and the wheel fairings don't slope up sharply enough behind the wheels. Also the bomb trapeze is wrong, the kit supplied the style used on the later D and G variants (I'm putting this one down to they didn't want to mold a whole new sprue for just this one part, so they used the catch-all sprue intended for the more popular variants). The canopy parts have good clarity and very nice framing. For planes like these with complex frames, getting a masking set is a must for me, it is a huge time-saver and makes your canopies look super-clean. I use color-coded highlights in the instructions to set out my build order for each bit of the model. A given page, which is also where this build is going to start. And with that, our pre-build inspection is complete. Going by the instructions, we are starting with the fully-modeled Jumo 211 engine. Given this engine is fully modelled I think I have a solution for the engine cowling shape being off: just get rid of them and show off that engine in all its glory!

Hello dear modellers, First of all the building process: I actually listed the pros and cons of this kit from my point of view at the earlier topic, so overall I can say that this kit is 8/10. The worst part is rubber tracks. And I also looked for a little bit more interior details. One more thing, armor plate (?) details are missing around the hatches. So I gave an 8 to this kit. So first I added some interior details like driver seat, commander seat etc. from scratch. And I also added some tarps from epoxy putty, a wooden box and spare road wheel were casted with blue stuff. Lastly a rolled wire fence was obtained from an old broken french press Here is the end results. Please have fun and happy modelling.

It's been a while! I had a week off work so I've decided to spend the time the best possible way, that means doing some modelling! This is a very nice little kit by Trumpeter on my preferred scale (1:72) perhaps the only low was the decals but nothing too bad really. I hope you guys like it and all comments are welcomed! Ukrainian Air Force, Gostomoel airport, MIG-29C (Izdeliye 9.13) "White 44" Thanks for looking! Jorge

Hi all, I don't normally build AFVs but gave this one a go for the Ground Attack GB here on the forum. The build thread is here but to recap: Kit: Trumpeter 07221 AS-90 SPG Scale: 1/72 Build: Out of box Paints: Halfords plastic primer, Tamiya & Revell acrylics, Klear, Flory Models Wash, Oils, W&N Matt Varnish Extras: Value Gear Details stowage bits donated by good friend Pat. It's a super little kit packed with detail and I think the stowage really helps bring it to life. The only downside are the individual link tracks made out of some kind of soft plastic - there's not enough of them to make up two full tracks so there are gaps hidden by the side skirts. But had lots of fun and great to try out new genres that aren't planes or rotors. 1_72_Trumpeter_AS-90_Done_ (9) by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr 1_72_Trumpeter_AS-90_Done_ (14) by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr 1_72_Trumpeter_AS-90_Done_ (13) by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr 1_72_Trumpeter_AS-90_Done_ (8) by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr 1_72_Trumpeter_AS-90_Done_ (12) by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr 1_72_Trumpeter_AS-90_Done_ (10) by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr Thanks for looking and happy modelling. All the best, Dermot

Alongside the future 1/72nd MiG-29UB (9.51) "Fulcrum-B" (http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234969496-172-mig-29ub-951-fulcrum-b-by-trumpeter-test-build), MiG-29SMT (9.19) "Fulcrum-F" http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234969502-172-mig-29smt-919-fulcrum-f-by-trumpeter-test-shot and classic MiG-29 (9.12) "Fulcrum-A" ( http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234971313-172-mig-29-912-fulcrum-a-by-trumpeter-release-in-2015/?hl=fulcrum), Trumpeter is also to release a MiG-29 (9.13) "Fulcrum-C" kit - ref. 01675 Source: https://www.facebook.com/TrumpeterModel/photos/a.220979711393963.1073741904.103526326472636/455446497947282/?type=1&theater Box art V.P.

After the J-10/A/B/S and AY, Trumpeter is reported working on a 1/48th Chengdu J-10C Vigorous Dragon kit - ref. 05826 Source: https://www.modellbau-koenig.de/Flugzeuge/Flugzeuge-1-48/Moderne-Flugzeuge-ab-1945-1-48/sonstige-Flugzeuge-ab-1945-1-48/PLAAF-J-10C-Vigorous-Dragon V.P

Hello dear modellers, I started a new 1/72 project for a group build. The kit is this one: https://www.scalemates.com/kits/trumpeter-07238-m113a1--104706 As far as saw, I want to address some pros and cons of the kit. Pros: - Has nice engine detail even if it won't be seen after assembly. Also, has some interior details. - Nice details on the surface for the scale. - Good fitting. No need for fillers. Cons: - Interior details are not enough for me. - Lots of pin marks on the interior surfaces. - Rubber tracks. 😡 So, I started with the interior. This is what it is looks like w/o additions. So I felt like, I need some interior details, maybe I'll represent it with open back ramp. Then I finished the assembly painted the base color, and also some highlights for modulation. I need to tell you something here. This was my first AB experience. Until that, I was a brush painter. I think I'll stick with the brush because cleaning the AB is a pain in ... and I don't like the noise of the compressor. Maybe I'll use AB for quick projects like this. And I made some stowage from epoxy putty. That's all for now. Happy modelling.

While waiting to see if my Rolls Royce Armoured Car is big enough I have decided to start with this one. The AS 90 is big, with a big gun (155 mm) and was made in Britain, by Vickers in Barrow in Furnace, for the British Army. They are still in service. I picked up this kit some years ago on a visit to the Tank Museum in Bovington and it's sat in the stash since. Nice sprues, six of them in a grey plastic, with crisp detail and minimal flash. There are three large parts for the hull and turret separate. The instructions are nice and clear but no colour call outs but as there isn't much in the way of none base colour parts that should be fine. Transfers and colour scheme for a couple of tanks but there are loads of number plates for variety. Colours given as Gunze so will have to look up and see if I've got a decent match in the stash.

Not in the new Trumpeter's catalogue but in the IPMS Philippines homepage. Trumpeter is to release in 2016 2020 a 1/48th Chengdu J-20 kit - ref 05811 To put alongside the Hobby Boss 1/48th YF-23 kit, I suppose? http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234934034-148-northrop-yf-23-black-widow-by-hobby-boss-released Source: http://ipmsphilippines.com/test-shots/testshot-trumpeter-148th-chinese-stealth-jet-j-20/ V.P.

My second build in this GB will be the Trumpeter F-106B two seat Delta Dart. It's currently the only injection moulded 1/72nd twin stick F-106, Trumpeter also make one in 1/48th. It looks a nice kit, when it arrived I clipped the main parts off the sprues to check against a set of plans that I had, you never know with a Trumpy kit if you are getting a race horse or a donkey. While it is not as detailed as the Meng single seat Dart, the basics are there and it appears to fit together well. Here is the kit with the main parts loose, the rest are still in their plastic bags, I also have a Master brass pitot tube, this and a set of resin wheels from Reskit are the only AM available, not even a canopy masking set is listed to help make this kit. Decals will come from the same Caracal decal sheet that I'm using on my single seat Dart build, with extra codes, national markings and stencils from the Fundekals sheet. The 49th FIS markings are the stylised eagle seen on the tail of the lower image on the Caracal cover sheet. I started off by painting the cockpit parts and the exhaust components so that I can get the fuselage assembled, all straight forward, no problems so far, I just had to make some seat straps from Tamiya masking tape, I've just got to add the kit decals to the instrument panels and the office will be ready. I thought that building 1/72nd Darts instead of my normal scale of 1/48th would be quicker, I didn't anticipate keep having to get down and find the little parts that keep falling to the floor, it's the time to get up again that's taking the time! The wings are a simple assembly without any separate control surfaces and a one piece insert for the main undercarriage bay, so after painting the u/c bay interior green with a bit of dry brushing to highlight the details, the wing parts were assembled, again, everything fitted very well. The cockpit tub just clicks into the fuselage and with the exhaust pipe parts ready for assembly it will not be long before I can get the fuselage glued together and the wings fitted. Thanks for looking, any comments or questions are welcome.

Trumpeter is to release in 2022-2023 a 1/48th Harbin Z-19 Black Whirlwind (Hei Xuan Feng, 黑旋风) kit - ref. 05819 Sources: https://tieba.baidu.com/p/7598881472 https://www.hobbyeasy.com/en/data/2jjdgiglus1svypcqgo8.html V.P.

Hi all, so this is my first post here and first go at a 1/48 scale model. It's the Trumpeter JF-17 Thunder/FC-1 Xiaolong kit in the Pakistan Air Force scheme (no way I was trying the green/red scheme 😅). It's carrying 3 fuel tanks, 2 x PL-12s and 2 x PL-5s. Pretty good kit, no major issues- though I'm never a fan of creating my own holes for hardpoints and I'm still not completely used to using the photoetched parts. But nevertheless happy with the result and my 7th model complete. Thanks!

Morning all, My third completion of the year, Trumpeter's MiG-31. I finished this model back in March shortly after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and thought it prudent to hold it back given the timing and sensitivities around the war. Hopefully I've not jumped the gun even now in that respect... The kit itself is pretty nice, although it became a bit of a slog, with lots of mistakes along the way, including snapping one of the fins off during decalling.... The decals themselves were largely useless, so I ended up purchasing a Begemot sheet to use in their place, otherwise what you see is how it comes from the box. Finished using MRP for the main grey with the details picked out in Hataka Orange Line and Alclad as usual. Trumpeter 1/72 MiG-31 Foxhound by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Trumpeter 1/72 MiG-31 Foxhound by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Trumpeter 1/72 MiG-31 Foxhound by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Trumpeter 1/72 MiG-31 Foxhound by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Trumpeter 1/72 MiG-31 Foxhound by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Thanks for looking, comments welcomed Shaun

My entry for this GB. Box art: Sprues still sealed. Lots of rivets on the surface though, but I'm probably going to leave them and save myself some annoyance. Not a whole heap of AM stuff, at 1/72 I generally don't go all in. Probably going for an aluminum lacquer finish I *think* is correct for the time frame. Will do the SEA camo when/if I ever end up with the "G" Thud in my paws.