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  1. I used the Revell A319 kit as well as Reskit wheels and decals from 26 decals on this build. If you are interested in a build video, I made one on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJUOEC-hzAM
  2. Revell 1/720 Graf Zeppelin. I guess this is somewhat of a whiff as the ship was never finished. Built for TLC GB WIP:
  3. Hi all I finished this one last week, this is the Revell 72nd kit built OOB apart from the Pitot tube which was replaced wing Albion Alloys slide fit tubing and ghe Seatbelts which were made from Tamiya masking tape folded over to make it double thickness. Brush painted with Colourcoats and Humbrol enamels and weathered with a dot filter and panel line wash using oik paint before some chipping and exhaust stains applied. I won't add a link to the WIP as it is a multi build thread and is 80 odd pages long, so is quite daunting. Enough of the waffle, here's the pics Pretty pleased with this one, just have a 32nd kit to doo in TSS one day soon. Thanks for looking in and thanks to those who followed along offering support and encouragement, it is always very much appreciated. Chris
  4. Hello people! This is my first post of the year, I will be building the infamous 1/32 Revell UH-1D Gunship with the Dominican republic air force paint scheme and configuration, I'll be building the UH-1H FAD 3032, I want to try to do the best I can to get this kit up to today's standards.
  5. Hi to all. I started several years ago this Revell kit, (n° 04517). I finished it a few days ago. It is a nice kit of a beatiful modern aircraft. I decided to add some extra detail from aftermarket accesories and scratch build. When I noticed, I realized I added too much extra detail on it... This is the (extense) list of aftermarket added: Resins: Wolfpack 48175 (Dassault Rafale C/M Cockpit set) Wolfpack 48190 (Rafale SNECMA M88-2) Wolfpack 48034 (Dassault Rafale B/M Standard F2 set (for Revell 1/48) L’Arsenal AC-48-29 (Multi task designation pod Damoclès for Rafale jet fighter) L’Arsenal AC 48-58 (Bombe GBU 12 avec corps CBEMS 250 pour Rafale 1/48) PE sets: Eduard 48284 and Eduard FE958 Decals: Syhart 48-079 Rafale M n°27 Tigermeet 2014 Flotille 11F When I added the resin sets, I realized the plastic oarts replaced was as good as the resin aftermarket. It was too late to regret. I hope you like it. Regards, Pablo
  6. Another one from my production line. Revell's 2013 re-release of their vintage 1993 A330 kit. It sat in my stash for the past 10 years before I finally got around building it. Qualitywise,its the same as the A340. Everything fits quite well and detail is nicely done. The highlight of this boxing is clearly the decal sheet,courtesy of NAZCA. There are countless detail markings that cover probably every detail of the original. The most tricky part to do was the masking/painting of the purple parts. The tail has to be painted as for the stripe,the violet part is on the decal. But matching the colors is very difficult,so I decided to paint on all purple parts. Revell gives a helping hand on the instruction sheet,although there are some serious errors in their measurements for the windowstripe. In the end I made a copy of the decal stripe and used it as a template. The purple paint is from Gunze Aqueous H39. It was the closest match I could find. Depending on the pictures on the net,the purple looks different from pic to pic.Some show a very faded out purple,others even a bit metallic. The rest is Gunze white primer for the white parts,Testors aircraft grey mixed with white for the wings and Revell 374 mixed with Revell aluminium 99. On a forum I once read that Revell has the wrong engines for the Thai version. Thai uses RollsRoyce engines on their A330s. I got a set of BRAZ RR engines,that were included on another A330 kit,that I got 2nd hand. Research on the net later showed unfortunately the opposite... Thais earlier batch of A330s from 1994 to 97 had PW engines as depicted in the Revell boxing. As Thai Airways has named all of tjeir aircrafts,I had to "cheat"a bit... The superb Authentic Airliners detail set came to the rescue. There are "open" door decals included. So I used them on both sides.As the doors swing open outside/forward,they hide the name on both sides,which saved me a lot of trouble.😊 Cheers
  7. It has been quite a while sice I posted something. I had a busy time,and also the weather here was not the best to make pictures on the balcony. Modelling was very busy though and a lot of airliners got finished since last summer.Some had been pre-started and finally finished,others were built from scratch. So,here are the first of a larger batch of kits that I will post in the comming days. I had the rather crazy idea of building my 8 A330/A340 kits ,I had in my stash for some years,more or less simultaneously. Had I known what a task that would be beforehand,I would not have gotten me into this mega-project.🤪 For my A340s I decided to correct the inner engines as good as possible. Revell's A340 was first released in early 1991 and has a few accuracy issues as it seems based on earlier drawings. The most obvious are the engines.They miss the little fences and the inner engines hang low due to the too high engine mounts. The outer engines look fine though and compared with the real thing,the inner engines should be at the same hight as the outer ones. To correct this as good as possible,I cut off the mounts from the nacelles and shortened them about 1mm.Then I reattached them on the nacelles using liquid plasic and a bit of superglue. The inlet rings on all engines were recreated with pieces of plasticard ,to avoid a seam. The rest of the build was by the book. The kit is very nicely detailed,esp. the landing gear,which makes it a bit fiddly to install though. Paints used are Gunze white primer for the white parts,Revell red 31 ,Testors aircraft grey mixed with white for all the grey areas and Revell grey 374 mixed with a few drops Revell aluminium 99 for the inspar panels. The decals for the Edelweiss livery come from DRAW decal and are of great quality with a very thin carrierfilm.Application requires some attention. I chose HB-JMD because that was the Airbus I flew on in 2018 from Zurich to Ho Chi Minh City on my way to Manila. It was a very comfortable flight with a great service. Edelweiss is the charter subsidiary of Swiss and has 5 A340s in service,all former Swiss aircrafts. The A340 was delivered factory new in December 2003 and changed to Edelweiss in September 2018. I actually wanted to photograph the A340 on my regular "apron" but I must have misplaced it😳 now a piece of runway has to do for the moment... Cheers
  8. This one started as a bag of bits from the Bay. Shell, Hood, interior and some chrome. So the bits boxes were raided... It was never going to be prototype accurate and it's certainly turned out that way. I hope you like what you see. And here's a link to the build Yes, it's very green. And it has purple wheels! Hence the Joker name at the top. I can't remember where or when I got the wheels. I stripped off the poor chrome and found purple plastic! And, Yes, the stance is somewhat nose high, as if it's about to launch. I think it was a brief fad in the U.S? It stems, however, from me having to use an early sixties floorpan from another car. Lots of cutting and shutting followed and it seemed okay before final assembly. Still, this is wot we got now so I'll stick with it. The bumper is attached to the chassis so this leaves a gap betwixt it and the grille. The lack of decent locating methods for the chrome on these kits always disappoints me. The decals are of course from the old Joker Goon car kit. I've had them for decades so it's fun to use them at last. Oh, and Mustang tail lights. Whyever not? The light here shows off the purple better. The engine is a bitsbox product too. I (obviously) didn't wire it up. No one else will ever look in there anyway. The floorpan had be altered in all sorts of directions. At least all four wheels touch the ground. And so it joins the others on the shelf,catching dust in the mancave. It's far from perfect but it was fun. And that's the main thing. Thanks for looking and all the comments along the way. Next time I'll be lurking in Sci Fi again. Cheers, Pete
  9. another one finished! The Revell 1/144 A380 finished in Qantas colors with excellent decals from Hawkeye. A tough one to finish, white, grey and red paint done with rattle cans, due to the large surface not so easy to get it smooth. Used the Revell decals for some details. However the silver window outlines did for some reason not fit the kit so I left them off. Modified the main gear doors and had to shorten the outboard landing gear to have all wheels to touch the ground. I only noticed that the left wing was slightly wrapped after completing the kit... Still have to add the decals for the landing lights. Now I have to find a place to put it, it is huge!! - Peter
  10. A random impulse buy while I was in Hobbycraft, I couldn’t really resist it at only £4.50! This one ISN’T going to be finished as the standard Hoth speeder we’re all accustomed to. I’ve got an MPC Snowspeeder kit (yes, the one with the deformed pilots) I’m planning to build in the “Above the Karman Line” GB next summer, so this is going to be a guinea pig for one of the possible finishes I’m thinking of for that. I might even go back and get a couple more so I can try some of the other ideas as well. So what do you get for your £4.50? A spiffy foil envelope instead of a box: Four grey sprues of parts (including a stand), a reasonably clear canopy, and a very thick set of stickers (not decals), which I won’t be using: For a sense of scale (claimed to be 1:52), here’s a comparison with a Tamiya paint pot and the 1/22 MPC kit: The pilot’s aren’t amazing but are dramatically better than the pilots in the MPC kit: The main cockpit tub was painted Mr Hobby H416 RLM 66, with seat cushions picked out in AK Real Color RC235 Intermediate Blue FS 35164, as these seemed to match some of the colours seen in the films (though I did note that not all of the film craft had the same cushion colours). Grey areas received a dry brush using Mr Hobby H306 Semi Gloss Grey FS-36270, with the seat cushions and cockpit floor getting a dry brush of Tamiya XF-52 Flat Earth. The whole lot then got a wash of Citadel Agrax Earthshade: Instrument panel details were picked out using Tamiya XF-2, XF-3, XF-7, XF-71, X-14, X-15, Mr Hobby H24, and Revell 25 & 312. That produced a sufficiently bright & busy sci-fi IP, which was then muted by the dry brush of H306 again. Next time I’ll dry brush first and then pick out some details after: Pilot figures were painted in a more camouflaged flight suit than the standard orange seen in the films, with Tamiya XF-62 olive drab chosen for the main suit colour, XF-72 brown for the gloves, XF-1 black for the boots, XF-57 buff for the balaclavas under the helmets, XF-54 dark sea grey helmets, and XF-11 Japanese navy green for the chest panels. Since it’s an alien universe, one pilot had Tamiya XF-23 light blue chosen for their skin tone, with the other getting a more standard (to us) XF-15. A final wash of Agrax Earthshade was used to add some shading. And no, figures REALLY aren’t my strong point! The figures & IP’s were glued into the cockpit, which is when I realised that I’d put the most detail into what I’d assumed was the pilot’s IP, but was actually the gunner’s. Another lesson for the next one: Being a snap-fix kit, there’s a lot of location features as standard, most of which needed to be removed in order to allow the fuselage to close up without gaps: The upper fuselage got the same paint treatment as the cockpit: The lower fuselage had a run-in with the sprue cutters, knives, and sanding sticks: I think I’ve knocked everything down far enough to get a tightly closed joint, and left two of the locators to help align everything when I glue it together: The cockpit was installed, and looks pretty good. I’ll not bother detailing anything past the IP locations next time as they just can’t be seen: The canopy was removed from the sprue and the retainers cut off the locating tabs, so I could dry-fit. It’s nice and clear: Finally, the stand was glued together and got it’s first application of filler. I suspect it might need a couple of applications as the filler shrinks when drying: James
  11. F-16D Tigermeet 2014 (03844) 1/72 Revell I would pretty much assume that almost all modellers reading this review are familiar with the F-16 Fighting Falcon. It is probably the most used combat aircraft in the world at this time. The F-16 was developed by General Dynamics for the USAF. This was as a result of proposals for an Advanced Day Fighter Concept. Following on from an Air Force study group the idea of a Lightweight Fighter was developed. Certain elements of the Air Force remained hostile to this as it was perceived as a threat to the then F-15 programme. In 1972 General Dynamics was awarded a contract to produce the YF-16. The aircraft introduced numerous innovations in fighter design, including a frameless bubble canopy affording the pilot greater visibility. Air-to-air missiles were mounted on wing tip pylons to free up underwing stations and the central control column was replaced by a side stick controller. The pilots seat was reclined by 30° to reduce G forces. In technological terms the aircraft was one of the first to use fly-by-wire and relaxed stability were by the computers actually flew the aircraft instead of conventional inputs. Like many aircraft the F-16 has developed over the years, probably to point where the original designers would marvel at the difference between the YF-16 and the latest 2 Seat aircraft with external Avionics spines & conformal fuel tanks. It has certainly gone from a Lightweight fighter to a more overweight example, no doubt like a lot of us over the years! It is estimated over 4500 F-16 aircraft have now been produced. The Kit Here Revell have re-released their own tool kit which traces it's history back to 2000. Here all the parts except the canopy are in the box for the single seater aircraft with an additional sprue providing the two seater parts. Construction starts with the cockpits. Due to the parts layout there are two which are nearly identical. Each has a 3 part seat, side controllers and an instrument panel with the details provided as decals. Two pilot figures are supplied if the modeller wants to use them. The two completed cockpits are then installed into the D variant's upper front fuselage part. Moving to the lower fuselage the main wheel bay is built up and added. We then can assemble the main fuselage with the main and front top sections being joined to the lower one. At the front of the fuselage the main engine intake is assembled and joined on, and at the rear the exhaust nozzle is also added. The tailplanes and ventral fins can also go on at this stage. as well as the arrestor hook. Flipping back the nose the nose cone and front bird slicer IFF antennas go on. Following this we flip straight back to the tail and attach the tail assembly. Work now moves to the undercarriage. The main gear legs and their retraction struts go in, these are followed by the main gear doors and the wheels. At the front the nose gear leg and its retraction strut are added along with the nose well bay door. To finish off the model a variety of small airframe fittings such as pitot tubes, nav lights blade antennas are added. If the canopy is to be posed open then the strut to open it needs to be fixed in to the frame in the middle of the canopy. Pylons can be added. A wide array of stores are provided with this kit, however most of them wont be used. Having seen pictures of this aircraft from the Tigermeet it carries only an AIM-9L on the left wingtip and an AIM-9X on the left outer, with only a captive AMRAAM on the right outer pylon; this being in addition to the two tanks. Revel dont provide an AIM-9X in this kit The instructions show the mid wing pylon being attached but these were not loaded on the Tigermeet aircraft. Decals A new sheet of decals from Cartograf (so no issues there!) provides a single colourful option of a Turkish Air Force aircraft from the NATO Tigermeet of 2014. This aircraft being from the 192nd Sqn. Conclusion This is a good tool from Revell and despite its age and many re-releases over the years the moulds seem to be holding up very well, the addition of a Tigermeet scheme is very welcome, though a little bit more research from Revell as to the configuration of the actual aircraft would have been nice. Again modellers will need to look at picture of the real thing to get it 100% accurate. Overall recommended. Revell model kits are available from all good toy and model retailers. For further information visit or
  12. Hello, I'd like to join this groupbuild with a 1/72 build of this subject: I have both the original Hasegawa boxing and the later Revell rebox with Cartograf decals, will decide which to start after inspection. Need to clear a bit the bench so don't expect a quick update. Thank you!
  13. Well I’m not going to hold my breath waiting for someone to release a new challenger so I set about correcting the available kits. Fun fact #1 If you want a challenger that has been sat for a while, you need the Revell kit, if you want one that has been moving for a while, you need the Trumpeter kit. Anything in between the Revell kit will let you play with the wheel position. The Trumpeter turret is slightly better than the Revell in shape and some details (especially the TOGS housing) it is also slightly taller than the Revell one. To make a Mk2/3 the front upper glacis of both kits need to be altered, (although the kit is correct for an early model, and could be found on later upgraded models, they are rare rather than the norm) the step in the glacis needs to be removed. This is easier to do on the Revell kit as the Trumpeter has some internal bracing, the glacis should be straight all the way across, ( the RHS one is just one that I have been playing with as regards to paints and weathering. I have started the strengthening braces on the front joints, Trumpeter has them depicted on the turret sides but not anywhere else, Revell are totally lacking in any. I also started modifying and rebuilding the rear turret stowage bin. Fun fact #2 The cutouts marked in red on the kits, should only be there for tanks designated to carry a dozer blade otherwise they should be the full width and the moulded on tools were either located to the rear top of the turret or some bin somewhere but not mounted where shown.
  14. I was not planning to join this GB originally, but at my local model store today I picked up two FW 190 kits and figured why not? I've never built an FW 190 before, after all... I ordered myself a set of Techmod's decals for the Hungarian F8s which are now en route from Poland. I don't believe either of these are especially well-loved kits, but they were what was there. I gather the Revell is the better of the two, and it's the F-8, so it's probably what I'll end up building. I did buy the Airfix A-8 kit, too, but if it's as bad as it sounds, might just return it, unless someone around here feels bashing these kits together could be worthwhile (?). Revised plan: attempt to build both as F-8s and see what happens!
  15. Guten Tag, now vis a seme more fitting to my neshonellity: ze Audi 108! (god I hate Audis and a lot of their drivers; what a relief it is still a Horch) I have done most of the work on this nice little car, and this once I wanted to crew the vehicle. Having picked up and built most of the kit on vacation in the Netherlands, I thought of an old tip I read about years ago when, after moving to Gent, Belgium for another two days, we all hab a coté d'or chocotoff toffee on our pillows. (to keep my identity safe, I deleted my employer's name, otherwise they might fnd me out and be very cross with me for reusing their old materials ) I dressed the seat cushions in toffee paper and am very happy with the outcome, especially on my first try. The only unhappiness was sparked by those g(&t=Z§3rUf0i! front seats which just WOULDN'T stay together, not even for the kid. We won, me and my superglue. Almost a shame I want to cover the leather with jerry bums. Showcasing the interior... more showcase. the Driver was an offspring of sleepy hollow's hessian... There, he is with his head. Tamiya's Citroen driver. And his Masterbox guests after a direct hit from kayusha fire. As a matter of fact, I feel really just like showing off my seats. But some time or another, I will get back to work on that thing, and will show progress (I must before the hot summer, gor desert plans for that). BTW, anyone else had a problem with that front window pane? It folds nicely, but it isn't square...it bends in all three planes. Goodbyeee, Johnny
  16. When this GB started I was intending to build either the Ju-290 or the Fw 200 but not both. However, with the 290 finished and still over 2 months to go, and also a bit more storage space created, then what the heck! Revell first issued a kit of the Condor back in 1965 and I bought and built the Revell UK boxing which appeared in 1971. It was a nice enough kit but typical of its time with lots of "moving parts" such as the control surfaces, but otherwise a bit short on detail. Also, for whatever reason they skimped a bit on the defensive armament which in the C-3/U1 version it was claimed to be should have been a couple of cannon and at least 2, maybe 4 MG. They provided the cannon though they were well over size, but nothing else. Anyway, when I saw that they had released a new moulding back in 2006 I bought one - As you can see it was labelled C-5/C-8 which is a bit of a problem as I will explain later - perhaps I should have waited until they reboxed it as a C-4 in 2010! I need to finish off a few other builds before I make a start, and I will explain the various versions of the Condor at that time. At least it is a more manageable size than the 290! Pete
  17. Joining you with this project. Falcon Conversion for a Grumman E-1 Tracer AEW. VacForm conversion parts. This is the only part of the conversion set that I've got, and it's waited many years for this moment. Providing fuselage, radome, tail. Donor kit, this Revell Tracker kit, bought as a bagged kit at FAAM 2004 model show for £5. Provides cockpit, wings, engines, and undercarriage And the decals that I've got. This might be an "as close as I can get" build - possibly with inaccurate numbers. And so that I can find them again, TailHook Topics conversion notes. and TailHook notes on AEW.
  18. Well the weather has perked up a bit, so the manshed was habitable again after lunch. This one was an ebay spares buy. Less than a tenner I think, but there weren't too many parts. No floorpan or running gear. But hey, I have the spares boxes and it's to be a restomod, so almost anything goes. I had a scrap '60's Buick, so that donated a floorpan. I chopped 6mm out of it just aft of the front clip and got the desired wheelbase. A bit of sanding reduced the width too. The inside piece has been glued to it and has added strength over the cut. Most of what you see now was done in the odd hours over the past couple of months when I braved the cold out there. The rear axle and springs I'm using are from the Buick, This afternoon I've widened the axle with lengths of sprue. I also found a new front set up from, I think, a 'Heavy Chevy' kit I built decades ago that later got reduced to parts. It's now sitting on it's wheels but the camera batteries gave up. So tune in next time for more. Thanks for looking, your comments are always welcome. Cheers, Pete
  19. Hi all, Like @Chewbacca I also spent the first part of this year in the Salty Sea Dog Groupbuild mostly working on the Revell USS New Jersey in 1/350. It's a very old kit with knobbly, misshapen approximations of the various details, but the hull shape is pretty good. The main thing that lifts it into the 21st century is the Platinum Edition upgrade with brass barrels, tons of PE upgrades, and a splendid wood deck. I also used a bunch of Veteran Models accessories to upgrade the bits which weren't helped by the Platinum set. Here's the gallery entry for the SSDGB: And here's the build thread for anyone interested in how the Platinum Edition lifts the whole kit: Thanks for looking, happy to answer any questions etc! Alan
  20. I'm toying with the idea of converting the Revell/Matchbox Tiger Moth to a Fox Moth. Apart from the new fuselage. centre wing section and tweaked u/c legs, my research indicates that not much else needs changing. Does anyone have any other views to the contrary? Anyone have any scale plans?
  21. This is the 1/144-scale Revell Ariane 4 kit from 1985. The kit includes the rocket and launch tower, complete with badly yellowed decals. There are some inaccuracies owing I believe to the fact that the kit predated the rocket's maiden launch in 1988; for one, the Viking rocket motors are totally the wrong shape. The launch tower, though inaccurate, adds some nice framing to the finished model. Even though I was able to mostly bleach out the yellowing on the decals (by taping the decals to my window and giving them a few months of sun), they still weren't quite clear enough against the white finish of the rocket. Luckily I had on hand the decals from the 1/125 Heller kit, which, surprisingly and happily, were about the same size. Finished she stands just under 17" tall. Painted with Tamiya, Mr. Color, and Alclad paints. Some wash and pigment on the tower, some light wash on the rocket body to add some contrast. Thanks for looking!
  22. Interesting discussion over on Hyperscale https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/hyperscale/1-48-rafale-correct-nose-cone-for-revell-t537766.html Love the logic where BAM makes a nose that is meant for the Hobbyboss kit, fixes an unnamed problem, so might fix it for the Revell kit too! But to the point, does the Revell kit have a problem? Haven't been able to find a drawing with any sort of provenance. Found a mention of the nose panelline being in the wrong place on a Greek site. But that's it. 🤷🏾‍♂️
  23. Hello dear friends, I want to share my latest project with you. This is my second airbrushed model and first camo trial with AB. I eagerly await your comments and criticism. Happy modelling.
  24. I wanted to recreate this picture from the collection of Reg Spittals, a tank commander with 2 Northants Yeomanry. This was done around 2010, using Revell Cromwell and Panzer IV IIRC.
  25. This kit, as suggested in the chat thread. No concerns about detail like wrong engine please - just sit back and enjoy. Telly Savalas is EPIC! Lots of quotes and plot spoilers, so if you haven't seen this 1978 film yet - you know what you have to do. Kit, Classic Revell Parts Instructions Fortunately Albain is wearing a flying helmet, so I don't have to replicate Telly Savalas' polished bald bonce. Caulfield is bare head with curly black hair, which should be doable. I'm scouring my stash and spares for a figure to represent Brubaker on the wing. First my favourite quote from the film - right at the start. In a Texas Drawl: "It's that big tall white thing over there - you can't miss it!"
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