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At the end of WWII the British captured the Luftwaffe airfield at Leck, where they found planes from several different German units including I/JG1 and II/JG1 which had been training up on the He 162, variously known as the Volksjaeger (People's Fighter), Salamander, and Spatz (Sparrow) but were not officially combat ready

 

This little plane was designed as a short range interceptor which could be mass produced quickly and cheaply, and Goering hoped it could be flown by masses of partially trained Hitler Youth. Unfortunately, it had some nasty habits, and even experienced pilots found it a bit of a handful – movements of the throttle and controls had to be smooth and gentle or it would flame out or stall, often with fatal results. Although a couple of hundred were manufactured, and many more were found incomplete in underground factories, only around 100 were actually delivered to operational units.

 

I have modelled one of the A2 versions found at Leck, this particular one being allocated to Karl Demuth, who was Staffel Kapitan of 3/JG1, but who had temporarily been given the role of Kommandant (flying) for the whole of I/JG1. Whether or not he actually flew it is uncertain, and the victory marks on the tail are from his previous service.

 

The kit is not one of Frog's best, requiring a lot of work inside the fuselage, but otherwise builds up quite well. I have replaced Frog's attempt at his unit badge, and changed the number 11 to yellow not white as they provided. I have also painted it in what seems to be the correct colour scheme as they were, like most other kit manufacturers of the day, still thinking in terms of RLM71 over RLM65.

 

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It has at times been an irritating build, but I am quite pleased with the result.

 

Thank you for your interest. 2 down, 4 to go.

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Hello everyone... Well I'm happy to say this one is done. As I mentioned in my build log this is a tribute to Lieutenant D.H.J.Owen (R.N.). While i was looking for some answers during the build process i found my aircraft XV348 was a part of 237 OCU. It was lost in a crash on 31/10/1977. The plane had left Bødø Norway for the U.K. and struck power-lines shortly after takeoff. The back seater survived the pilot did not. 

     This was a pretty bare bones kit. I was able to scratch wheel bays and a cockpit. I have an Airfix Data-link pod for the Martel's. I am using an A/M pitot for the kit. And finally i modified one of the Martel's to a T.V.guided variant. I hope the Buccaneer meets your expectations. 

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I've Dedicated my build to Lieutenant D.H.J. Owen (RN). R.I.P. :poppy: ... Any questions, comments, or thoughts please post them in the build log. Link to the RFI. https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235058575-just-one-word-respect/

 

 

Dennis

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de Havilland Sea Vixen FAW.2

Royal Navy, 890 Squadron, XJ607:701-VL

 

(F409) Modelcraft 1/72

 

Extras used.

Pavla: Resin cockpit and seats (FAW.1) for Cyber Hobby kit.

Master: Pitots and refuelling probe tip

Aires: Resin wheels

Reskit: Royal Navy 2" rocket launchers

 

Decals and stencilling are a combination of Revell and kit items.

 

 

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Frog F-153P Miles M.14 Magister MkI

 

The original 1960s period box of the 153P Miles Magister was kindly donated to me by @Ventora3300, and was an obvious candidate for this group build. As a kit, it stands up well to modern standards. A little lacking in interior detail, and with subtle raised panel lines, this little model was ripe for a bit of upgrading. In the end, I concentrated my efforts on the exterior detailing, as there's not a lot that can be seen in the cockpits. 

 

Frog based their model on an actual aircraft. G-AFBS was a civilian registration, which I assume may have been used by one of the RAF auxiliary squadrons as a trainer until it was impressed into military life at the outbreak of war. The original 1960s transfers were yellowed, but a few days exposed to sunlight dealt with that. The registration and unit identifications were used without any problems at all. Sadly, the national markings were printed out of register, so I substituted from my stock file. I scribed the panel lines, added some creases to the rear cockpit hood, some stretched sprue for engine hood hinges, and some fine wire for the undercarriage brake lines. Masking tape seat belts finished the ensemble. With hindsight I ought to have fitted bulkheads to act as light blockers in the cockpits. The model was brush painted using Humbrol and Revell acrylics, with Humbrol enamels for some detailing work.

 

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The WIP thread is here:

 

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Frog F-340P Miles M.27 Master MkIII converted to Miles M.19 Master MkII

 

I had the Eastern Express boxing of the Master MkIII in the stash, and realising it met the Frogspawn criteria for this GB I decided to see if it could be knocked into some kind of shape. With the kind assistance of @AdrianMF, who sent me copies of some scale drawings of the MkIII, I set about modifying and updating what came in the box.

 

My aim was to add some cockpit interior details, then I was encouraged to lower the rear fuselage to correct it, and it sort of snowballed from there. I also decided it would be possible to salvage a Mercury engine and cowling from an old Frog Blenheim and graft it on the Master body to make a MkII. Some old Reheat PE provided more accurate seats, and I fabricated some basic cockpit details. A Pavla MkI kit gave a false hope that the vac-form canopy could be used, leading to some proper faffing about with making and reshaping canopies that almost led to the Shelf of Doom. Happily, Adrian again came to the rescue with a spare transparency moulding, and I've opted for the instructor's canopy to be in the open position to make it easier to put together! Other modifications were limited to scribing the panel lines and substituting some Hasegawa Spitfire main wheels for the misshapen lumps from Russia. The model was brush painted with Humbrol and Revell acrylics, with Humbrol enamels for detailing. The markings come from my transfer stock, and the serial was chosen from a list of MkIIs I found on the internet - whether I've got the camouflage and markings right is academic.

 

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Junkers Ju 87G Syuka Tankbuster.

 

Great little kit which i attempted to improve by scratching an interior; opening exhausts, gun barrels, adding a twin MG in the turret, and crew access steps. Decals are a mixture of Frog originals plus stuff from the spares box as the balkencruz in the Frog transfers were not the correct type used for late war Stukas. The model is brush painted with Revell acrylics.

 

TFL Cheers Greg

 

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Here is my third (and possibly final) entry into the Frog GB Gallery.

 

Miles Magister Mk.1

Central Flying School Aerobatic Team

Upavon, Wiltshire, 1937

 

Novo bagging of the Frog (F153) Magister, with LF Models sheet C72189 markings, which also included resin rudder, tailwheel, masks and two transparencies on acetate film (not used). It was sprayed with Tamiya white primer, yellow was brush painted Humbrol enamels, (69 Gloss Yellow over 24 Trainer Yellow), red was Humbrol acrylic H60 Scarlet, and cowling was Revell acrylic 90 Silver.

 

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The build log is here:

 

 

Thanks for looking and the support,

 

Ray

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In the Gallery at last (and to boost the Frog kit completion stats), here is the Fokker F.VIIB-3M 'Southern Cross' - one of the 'Trailblazer' series of kits from Frog and a fascinating subject in that it was the first aircraft to cross the Pacific Ocean from the USA to Australia - I learned a lot about this aircraft and the pilot Charles Kingsford-Smith (later Sir Charles). All inspiring enough to spend the time adding a lot of detail not included with the original kit.

 

Many thanks again to all the Britmodeller community who came along for the ride for their input and support and to the hosts @Rabbit Leader and @JOCKNEY for their hard work and dedication in administering and supporting this great GB.

 

I would also like to thank.....(all right, all right, I know, on with the next kit!)

 

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F273 – Hawker Siddeley Harrier G.R.Mk.1

 

FROG used the Hasegawa mould to bring us this Harrier jump jet in 1974. I made a start on it about that time, but for some reason it was consigned to the box of doom in the loft. Resurrected and completed for this GB!

 

A 50th anniversary tribute to XV744 which took part in the Daily Mail 1969 Daily Mail Transatlantic Air Race celebrating the 50th anniversary of Alcock and Brown's flight. The Harrier is depicted as it would have been after the race when it returned to service at RAF Wittering.

 

A few parts were missing, but all the main ones were still in the box. Had to rub down the copious amounts of filler I'd used and rescribe the panel lines. It was painted (with an old Aerograph “Super 63” airbrush) in Xtracolor gloss enamels. The FROG decals were still good, a bit yellow but OK. Final coat of Xtracrylix satin varnish.

 

It's been great fun. Many thanks to Dave @Rabbit Leaderand Pat @JOCKNEY, and all the others who gave me much needed support.

 

Thanks for looking.

 

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The build thread is here.

 

 

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Quickly following on from my Moth pair we move onto the Vimy.

 

Those of you who have followed the build thread

 

will be aware of the issue I had with the top wing becoming offset.

 

So thanks to @AdrianMF for providing the figures to allow me o present this totally fictitious scenario

 

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F174 (1966) - Gloster E.28/39 'Whittle' W4046/G

 

The second and last Whittle built prior to Glosters' moving on to what was to become the Meteor airframe. A relatively short lived aircraft, W4046/G's first flight was recorded on 1 Match 1943 and was later lost due to 'aileron failure' whilst testing at Farnborough on 30th July 1943. 

 

The Frog kit is an assortment of sizes, the fuselage measuring up to 1/63 whilst the out of proportion wings are closer to 1/72. I've extended the wings as best I could to scale this up to the larger fuselage size. This crazy home-made conversion can we viewed and laughed at in the accompanying build thread. 

Cheers and thanks for all the encouragement and banter along the journey.. Dave (GB Co-Host). 

 

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Frogs Vintage Fw 190 A-3 dating from 1959 this was the bagged version,no interior detail or wheel wells,no gun details on the upper cowling so replaced with a spare from the Hasegawa 190,all brush painted as i went full vintage,apart from this and the He219 I havnt built in 1/72 scale for yonks,I may have found a new obsession :)

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Been an absolute hoot,Thanks to the group hosts.

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Frog provide 2 versions of the Bf110G in their kit – a G4 Nightfighter and a G2 heavy fighter (Zerstorer). I decided to build a plane from 4/ZG76 shown in the Osprey Book “Luftwaffe Viermot Aces 1942-45.

 

This aircraft is a G2/R3 which means that the normal quartette of machine guns in the top of the nose were replaced by 2 x 30mm cannon given a forward firing armament of 2 x 20mm and 2 x 30 mm. Osprey say this aircraft was based at Königsberg-Neumark in Germany early in 1944 to attack the USAF bomber formations and to supplement its normal armament it carried 4x Wfr. Gr. 21cm rocket tubes under its wings. After some early successes, they began to suffer increasingly heavy losses in the face of strong US fighter escorts. Unlike earlier versions the “G” apparently carried a third crew member to operate the radio and radar when fitted, allowing the gunner to concentrate on using his MG81Z twin machine guns to try and defend the plane.

 

The kit is basic build builds up quite well. I have improved the cockpit and undercarriage and added the rocket tubes and new exhaust stubs. Otherwise it is pretty much OOB.

 

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When I was younger I was quite good at spinners but not now!

3 down, 3 to go in this GB. I may even manage to finish them by the end of September.

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