Johnson Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 My last entry in this excellent GB Gallery. A Novo Corsair which dates from the late 1970s. Having many years ago completed a FROG Corsair in Gloss Sea Blue, I built the Novo kit as Corsair II - JT634 / 13-7 / P on HMS Victorious. Finished in the FAA Temperate Sea Scheme using Xtracolor Dark Slate Grey, Extra Dark Sea Grey and Sky. Techmod decals (which were tricky to say the least) and overcoated with W&N Matt acrylic varnish. Mostly OOB, but I did add some interior detail and replaced the very cloudy and bumpy Novo canopy with a Rob Taurus vacform canopy, the windscreen presumably a being a better fit on the Tamiya Corsair which it was intended for than this kit. The build thread is here if you'd like more details; This has been my first GB and I've enjoyed (almost) every minute of it. Great builds and threads which have been educating, funny, sad (luckily very few) and invariably entertaining. Thanks to everyone who took part, those who encouraged my builds and especially to our magnificent hosts Pat and Dave @Rabbit Leader & @JOCKNEY. Hwyl fawr o Gymru! 31 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul821 Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 My final entry for this GB…. Build thread is here The observant among you will notice that the port and starboard sides of this build differ. The reason for this is that @ rabitt asked that I finished the Mossie in an Australian scheme. However inspired by Wingleader Magazine and an article on the Amiens prison raid I wanted to finish the aircraft as on the was lost in that raid. I had a personal link in that the horizon when view form my modelling room for a number of yeasts was roughly where RAF Hunsdon was located and I often drive by the site. The Amiens raid, was in the main undertaken by 464 Squadron RAAF so I settled on Mosquito VI MM404 SB-T as this was pictured in the magazine article. However the pilot McRitchie was from New Zealand. Having applied the decals to on side the letter B for the second side disintegrated, despite the decal sheet beige purchases “as new”. As the heet only had two of each letter I them marked the other side as Pickard’s aircraft. As this was an OOB build the external bomb racks are not present. I do intend adding these at a later date. 26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dermo245 Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 And here's mine, F262 F-4K Royal Navy Phantom. The build thread is here but to recap: Kit: Frog F262 F-4K/M Phantom released in 1968 Extras: Small panel line re-scribe. Cockpit, canopy and nose gear donated from Italeri F-4S. Paints: Revell Acrylics, airbrushed. Klear, Flory Models Wash, W&N Satin Varnish Decals: Originals from the kit for XT595, Fleet Air Arm Lots of inaccuracies and goofs that I won't go into....but she looks like a Phantom and really enjoyed another classic kits GB. Frog F-4K M Phantom_Done_14 by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr Frog F-4K M Phantom_Done_15 by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr Frog F-4K M Phantom_Done_21 by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr Frog F-4K M Phantom_Done_17 by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr Frog F-4K M Phantom_Done_18 by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr Thanks for looking and happy modelling. Cheers, Dermot 32 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 (edited) My wee Frogspawn Vampire FB.5 Build thread here In the spirit of it being an older kit & 'cause it wasn't going to get done if I'd tried to correct it, I built it as near as damn OOB with all the inaccuracies it entailed, having said that, I'm pleased enough with how it came up in the end, just don't look too closely at it, standing back & squinting some helps. Edited October 20, 2019 by stevehnz 30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandboof Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 Evening All Here is my Wessex . not the best result but it is done Thanks to our hosts for all their prodding and all who looked or commented Westland Wessex Mk31 WA218 817 Sq HMAS Melbourne Kit : Novo (Frogspawn) Paint : Tamiya and Mr Hobby Regards Martin H 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ventora3300 Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 Bleriot XI - very small complicated kit and I'm afraid not strong enough to rig all at one time so presented here OOB. Build thread is here: 28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Worms Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 Well, finally, it's as done as it's going to be. My first effort at a BM GB, a FROG DH Hornet 103 back converted from MK3 to MK1 Apologies for the FW190A canopy 😮 and to everyone that actually knows about Hornets! I really learnt a lot from this build...mainly, don't bite off more than you can chew and...don't use Humbrol acrylics! Build thread is here, and many, many thanks for all of the help and encouragement along the way. 28 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyW Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 My Comet is finally done. A joy from start to finish. The build came out of the blue, with a quite amazing offer from Cliff who donated the kit to anyone who fancied having a crack at it. I caught my jaw before it hit the ground and replied before my next breath! The build was as smooth as silk. Not too many parts in the first place, the usual early FROG excellent fit and a straightforward out the box assembly made for a completely hassle free build. The BOAC scheme is so nice it is almost impossible to get it wrong. A beautiful cheatline, very smart blue and white paintwork and all that lovely polished metal just want to make you go the extra mile on the thing. The metalwork would have stalled a bit as my weapon of choice for this sort of finish is the long gone S 'n J polishing powder. I was just about out of my ever diminishing stocks when rescue came from a very kind offer from Charlie, who sent me a near full bottle of the magic powder. Thanks Charlie, you and Cliff were stars here. I made a simple base out of card, sprayed with auto primer and a basic grid ruled off to give me a hardstanding. Yet another helping hand, Mike Dean in this case, turned up the Commer van for me. A strip down and refinish got me a bit of ground support equipment to sit alongside the plane. An internet purchase of a bag of 1.100 scale figures got me a pair of pilots to add a bit of life to the scene. I think pictures taken in a coal cellar would have come out fine with this build, the thing just loves the camera! Those polished wings catch the eye regardless of light source or exposure. Enough of the rambling, here's the finished model... ... Here's an unbuilt kit I bought while the build was in progress. The boxart is just stunning. As a collector as well as a builder, having the completed model to sit alongside a near mint original is my idea of heaven! And last, but not least, here's the build thread... Once again, thanks are due to Cliff, Charlie and Mike. The model would not exist without your inputs. Tony. 34 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted October 20, 2019 Author Share Posted October 20, 2019 F245F Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat F.Mk.1 E-B/JV108, 800 NAS, HMS Emperor Fighter escort for Op TUNGSTEN, July/August 1944 Kit: FROG F245F Build thread: https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235055826-f245f-grumman-f6f-3-hellcat-fmk1/&tab=comments#comment-3355386 32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted October 20, 2019 Author Share Posted October 20, 2019 F238 Buccaneer Mk.2A/50 Low-level Striker XV348, 12 Sqn RAF RAF Honingfton, 1970 Kit: FROG F238 Build thread: https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235055825-f238-buccaneer-mk2a50-low-level-striker/ 34 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muddyf Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 My submission: Frog Beaufighter mk21 OOB build. 29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vppelt68 Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 Ok, here are the results from Finland. I have to say, a better skilled modeller with a lot more patience than I have, could probably have made that silk purse out of this pig's ear. To me, that pile of... plastic, on the other hand, looked from the very beginning as an obstacle, climbing over which would be almost as impossible as it will be forever to our national football team to reach the World or Euro Cup. 32 qualifications so far, 0 final tournaments. But now at least one of those two is here! The Martin's maligned madame, as the late great Roger A. Freeman put it. It is indeed, a Frog F338 kit of Martin Marauder Mk.II, built during the extended GB and it's assembled and brush painted today during four (4) hours using nothing but Humbrol enamels and then has all the zillion kit supplied decals attached and now stands proudly without any aircrew on a display stand in flight- appearance but has no build thread what so ever and... My build and paintwork look absolutely horrible 🤯 A big thanks to @JOCKNEY and @Rabbit Leaderfor running this HUGE group build - please guys, forgive me my absence, one day when enough modelling dust has settled over our workbenches! V-P 27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Bob Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 Finally finished the FROG boxing of the Vigilante, thanks to everyone for their help and advice, I intended to build it OOB like I would have back in the early 70s but.... I just had to do the best I could which slowed things down but I don't think it came out too bad. The main thing I have learned is do not use acrylic metallics, after I used Vallejo metallic paint to do the leading edge of the wing, every time I handled the model it came out looking like a glittery christmas card, in the end I had to repaint almost the whole plane. So here it is in the markings of RVAH-1, on their 1965 deployment on board the USS Independence, off the coast of Vietnam. 30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ventora3300 Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 (edited) DH88 Comet.... Build thread is here> Edited October 21, 2019 by Ventora3300 29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 Over the line, Hasegawa issue of the RF101 Voodoo that frog also issued. Painted with Xtracrylix and Humbrol paints, finished with Winsor and Newton Matt. Decals from Almark and the spares box 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike romeo Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 FROG dH Hornet F3 Kit F239 After over 3 months elapsed build time (although I work full time with a youngish family, so modelling time is somewhat scarce) I finished my Hornet, with the intent of trying to get something a bit more Hornet-like on my shelf, in the absence of a more definitive boxing. Had a number of setbacks on the way, but learnt some new skills and, while it's far from the ultimate Hornet of my imagination, it'll do until Airfix get their finger out. Build thread here: Regards Martin 31 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 Very belated Bf109: J 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 Equally belated Meteor: J 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 Ridiculously belated Macchi 202: J 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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