Stew Dapple's 2019 Collection

[Stew Dapple]

I haven't had a particularly busy year, but one full of oddities in both scale and subject, given that I usually build 1/72 WW2 aircraft. Some of this year's efforts were one or the other, some were neither. Anyway I finished a solid 8 kits this year, rather less than what I consider the ideal number (which I arbitarily set at 12 in my mind) but I can at least cop out on the grounds that some of them were 'biggies'  

 

1. Eduard 1/72 Mig-15, Blue 611 of the Forţele Aeriene ale Republicii Populare Română, or Romanian Air Force, built for the 50s NATO v Warsaw Pact group build:

 

 

Build thread here and gallery pics here

 

2. and 3. Airfix 1/72 Spitfire 22 Royal Egyptian Air Force and Syrian Air Force, with Tigerhead Decals:

 

 

 

RFI pics here

 

4. Matchbox 1/72 Heinkel He115B-1 with decals from the Revell re-issue of the kit:

 

 

Build thread here, RFI pics here

 

5. HobbyBoss 1/32 Republic F-84G Thunderjet - Armee de l'Air

 

 

Build thread here, RFI pics here

 

6. Hasegawa 1/32 Kawasaki Ki-61-I Hien 'Tony':

 

 

RFI pics here

 

7. Hasegawa 1/32 Nakajima Ki-44 Shoki 'Tojo':

 

 

RFI pics here

 

8. Hasegawa 1/32 Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate 'Frank':

 

 

RFI pics here

 

... and that's me. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all of yous  

 

Cheers,

 

Stew

[CedB]

Lovely collection Stew  

 

Happy Christmas to you and Jack and here's to a happy and prosperous 2020!  

[corsaircorp]

Great collection Stew !!

still sad that we did'nt met in Telford

Have a great and happy 2020 !!

Full of kits, finished or in the shelf !!

Sincerely.

CC

[Cookenbacher]

Wonderful builds Stew! Perhaps your Spitfire 22's will inspire Airfix to re-issue the kit.

[AdrianMF]

Nice collection there. Have a good 2020!

 

Regards,

Adrian

[GREG DESTEC]

Great collection Stew 👍

 

Will you continue with 1/32 builds or revert to the gentleman's scale for next year?

 

Either way I look forward to seeing more of your excellent models I 2020.

 

Cheers Greg 

[Antb]

Super builds Stew! Love seeing your work, looking forward to what you get up to in 2020

[stevehnz]

Another productive year Stew & a very smart looking one too.

Steve.

[stevej60]

Lovely work Stew

[Stew Dapple]

On 12/25/2019 at 7:21 AM, CedB said:

... Happy Christmas to you and Jack and here's to a happy and prosperous 2020!  

 

Thank you very much Ced; happy I can hope for, but with the price of 1/32 scale kits and my predisposition toward spendthriftery I have to accept that prosperous is pretty unlikely  

 

On 12/25/2019 at 7:49 AM, corsaircorp said:

Great collection Stew !!

still sad that we did'nt met in Telford...

CC

 

Thanks very much CC, the sad thing is I believe at one point we were in the same area at the same time, but perhaps next year  

 

On 12/25/2019 at 12:12 PM, Cookenbacher said:

Wonderful builds Stew! Perhaps your Spitfire 22's will inspire Airfix to re-issue the kit.

 

Thank you very much Cookie  

 

On 12/27/2019 at 10:07 PM, AdrianMF said:

Nice collection there. Have a good 2020!

 

Regards,

Adrian

 

Thanks very much Adrian, and I wish the same for you  

 

15 hours ago, GREG DESTEC said:

Great collection Stew 👍

 

Will you continue with 1/32 builds or revert to the gentleman's scale for next year? ...

 

Cheers Greg 

 

Thanks very much Greg; most of my stash acquisition this year has been 1/32 so I do hope I will continue with the 1/32 builds, but I haven't given up on 1/72 altogether and if the right subject and the urge coincide...  

 

13 hours ago, Antb said:

Super builds Stew! Love seeing your work, looking forward to what you get up to in 2020

 

Thanks very much Ant  

 

7 hours ago, stevehnz said:

Another productive year Stew & a very smart looking one too.

Steve.

 

Thanks very much Steve  

 

5 hours ago, stevej60 said:

Lovely work Stew

 

... and thanks very much Steve  

 

Hope you all had a good 2019 and that you have an excellent 2020  

 

Cheers,

 

Stew

[spitfire]

They look great, nice to see that the 1/32 scale Japanese theme was carried on.

 

Cheers

 

Dennis

[Silver Fox]

great work all round but I especially like the 115 and the F-84G

[rob85]

A cracking year stew, all are fantastic but I have to say my favourite is the 1/32 Frank!

 

excellent work as always!

 

Rob

[Reini78]

[DAG058]

A very nice collection! 

[Rabbit Leader]

What a cracking collection Stu, a very impressive array of subjects from many different nationalities... all beautifully finished. 
 

Cheers and all the best for 2020.. Dave 

[Courageous]

A good variety of excellent builds Stew.

All the best for 2020.

 

Stuart