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This was a refugee from the Frog Squad GB.  The reason I was keen to build it, was that it served at Macrihanish with 857 Sqn, Fleet Air Arm. Macrihanish is near Campbeltown in Argyll on the Mull of Kintyre, so it's a bit of local history.

 

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Cheers Pat

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Now here is a Blackburn Firebrand TF5 built as EK747 of 703 NAS based at RNAS Lee on Solent (HMS Deadalus) in July 1947. 

 

Its the Valom kitbuilt OOB apart from some Tamiya tape seat belts. However there was a lot of etch, some resin and a vacform canopy to contend with. Brush painted with Xtracrylix Extra Dark Sea Grey/Dark Slate Grey over Sky, transfers from the box and finished of with a couple of coats of Liquitex matt varnish. 

 

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Something a little different. Let me present a DFS Olympia glider VS 891 of the Royal Navy. The kit is from AZ Models in 1:72 and is straight OOB apart from tiny seat belts which can't be seen anyway. Brush painted with Humbrol 103- Cream and a Citadel Mephiston Red nose, glossed up with a couple of coats of Klear. Tiny kit but big wingspan and looks lovely IMHO

 

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This is my second entry to the GB - another F-18 in 1/32.

 

F/A-18E Super Hornet of VX-9 Vampires Naval Weapons Test Squadron based at NAWS China Lake, California. Built from the new 1/32 Revell kit, the only additions are a Black Box seat, HARMs from the Academy kit, GBU-38s from Wolfpack and GBU-31 JDAM from CAM. This kit has an (undeserved) poor reputation which I hope I've gone some way to undoing with my build thread:

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Also completes a personal milestone of finishing TWO 1/32 kits in a groupbuild - usually struggle to finish one! Thanks to everyone who supported and followed the build, and special thanks to @rob85 for hosting the GB.

 

I'm now hopping ship to the Spitfire/Seafire and Kit You Built as a Kid GBs, and might even venture into the Buccaneer one if I feel brave enough to tackle the 1/32 resin monster. Hope to see you there!

 

All the best,

Alan

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Hello all, this is my second offering, the Tamiya 1/700 IJN Hibiki. It was built out of the box, but included some upgrade parts added to the original kit by Tamiya. It was a good fun build.

 

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There is a (short) build log here:

 

Thanks for looking, all the best,

 

Ray

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When Sub Lieutenant Ian Watson took off from HMS Illustrious on 6th June 1983 in a Sea Harrier, he probably never imagined landing later that day on a Spanish Freighter when his radio and navigation packed up.. The ship, the MV Alraigo docked four days later in Tenerife, with its new cargo safely aboard. You can read more about what would be called 'The Alraigo Incident'.

Here's my attempt to recreate that - the build thread is here but to recap:

 

Kit: 1/72 Esci Sea Harrier FRS1

Build: Dropped the flaps, opened the upper blow in doors, otherwise OOB

Paint: Revell acrylics with airbrush, Flory Models Wash, Klear, Satin Varnish

Decals: Whirybird for Sea Harriers

Extras: Base from a picture frame. Containers & Van built from plastic card. Wood pallet from coffee sticks.

Figures: From Esci 'Nato Pilots' set

 

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Thanks for looking and stay safe.

Best wishes,

Dermot

 

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Flagship Models' 1/72 USS ALLIGATOR

 

She's an odd looking beast. The oars were replaced within a few months of her completion. Her top speed apparently doubled from 4 to 8 knots with a proper screw.  It turns out this beast was actually quite advanced. Snorkel, air filtration, diver egress. The weight is some manner of depth control device; I'm not clear how it would work absent floodable ballast tanks.

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Fairey Fulmar MkI Serial Unknown /6A

806 NAS HMS Illustrious Jan 1941.

 

Lt William Barnes was one of the Top Scoring Royal Navy Fighter Aces of WWII.  806 were the top scoring Naval Air Squadron and the Fairey Fulmar the Top scoring type of the Fleet Air Arm.

 

Unfortunately existing records do not confirm the serial numbers of many of 806s Fulmars often the record stating a pilot was flying ‘Yellow 2’ or in one of Barnes combat report ‘6A’. 

 

Barnes flew ‘6A’ to victory on 10.01.41 claiming Ju87 Destroyed, 2xJu87 Damaged, 100m W.Malta.

 

Barnes was accidentally killed 03/02/41 when the vehicle that he was a passenger in didn’t stop at a Check Point, the Maltese soldier shot the fleeting vehicle, the bullet ricocheted hit & killed ‘Bill’ Barnes, he was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.  Lt William Barnes is buried in Kalkara Cemetery, Malta

 

This is my representation of the aircraft Lt Barnes flew 10.01.1941, Fairey Fulmar MkI (Serial unknown)/6A.  I need to thank @iang  for his help with how this aircraft would have appeared.

 

The model is the Special Hobby 1/48 Fairey Fulmar MkI (Mediterranean & Indian Ocean) boxing.  This kit is a multimedia kit with injection moulding, cast resin and etch, so my model is virtually OOB 🤔.

 

Paint is Xtracrylics, Tamiya, Decals are kit decals with the exception of the A which I hand painted.

 

Thank you to the Mods and thank you to the ‘In the Navy’ admin and other modellers for their support.  There are some fabulous models in this gallery that’s what I’m off to study now....

 

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Thanks for looking in..

 

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This is my representation of the Japanese Light Cruiser Kinu. The kit was the Tamiya 1/700 one, and the railings came from the Starling Models Japanese Railing etch set. There is a build log:

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Thanks for looking, advice and encouragement.

 

Ray

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Sopwith F.1 Camel 9(N) Squadron 1917. Flown by 10 victory ace Roy Brown.

 

1/32 Hobbycraft kit HC 1693 with a Copper State Clerget resin engine and some Wingnut Wings parts.

 

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This is the 1/72 Fairey Barracuda from Special Hobby. The kit is nicely detailed but the fit I found a challenge.

 

 

all finished in humbrol and tamiya paints using a  brush

 

Its been pretty heavily weathered as I felt like the scheme fitted a battered look and my last build was so very clean.

 

i had a slip up with one of the 374 decals as it melted in boiling water so it’s missing one.

 

here it is finished!

 

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thank you to every one that tagged along and to everyone taking part in the GB, the turn out has been amazing and the quality of the builds outstanding!
 

cheers all.

 

Rob

 

 

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This is the Fujimi 1/700 IJN Matsu WWII Destroyer. The kit first saw the light of day in 1972 (according to Scalemates). It is built OOB, but I have added five replacement guns and one searchlight from some Tamiya kits I have finished recently. The build thread (somewhat short!) is here:

 

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Thanks for looking,

 

Ray

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Fairey Swordfish Mk II.

NF119, 'X', 'Black Mischief', 819 NAS/157 (GR) Wing, 2nd TAF.

Knokke-le-Zoute, Belgium,3rd February, 1945.

 

Airfix kit with Pavla Mk III parts, Vallejo ModelAir paints throughout, Vallejo and Galeria varnishes.

 

 

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This is my entry to this GB. It is the AIrfix 1/72 Phantom FG1 operated by 892 Sqn Royal Navy whilst at NAS Key West (or Oceana depending on which photo I look at) where it was slightly zapped by VF-171. The decals are from Xtradecal and the kit.

 

The build thread can be found here:- https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235069181-phantom-fg1/

 

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Brewster F2A-3 flown by 2Lt Charles Kunz, VMF-221, Midway Island, 4 June 1942.  Special Hobby 1/72 kit and decals.  Hataka  Acrylic paints.

 

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Here at last is my Emhar 1.72 FJ-4B Fury. The Fury is not perhaps one of the best known postwar USN jets, but it has a slightly curious history. The original FJ-1was one of the first generation of USN jets, the others being the FH-1 Phantom and the F6U Pirate. They were all wartime designs using straight wings but as the FJ-1 was being built, the war ended and information on German research into swept wings became available. North American applied this to the USAF version of the Fury which became the famous F-86 Sabre, and the USN ordered a navalised version of it as the FJ-2. This was not entirely satisfactory so a series of redesigns resulted in the FJ-3 and finally the FJ-4, each of which had enlarged fuel capacity resulting in a deeper fuselage. Initially they were intended as fighters with a secondary attack role, but the FJ-4B variant was built as an attack version, and this one is from VA-116. The Sabre heritage is still fairly clear.

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The kit is inevitably a bit crude, but with help from other modellers I have made a few improvements to the cockpit, tail and lower air brakes. The Fury could carry the normal range of bombs and rockets, but Emhar only included 2 drop tanks and 4 Sidewinders, 2 of which I have replaced with a Bullpup air to ground guided missile and its control pod. I have also replaced the nose leg which was so flimsy it broke on the sprue.

 

It has come out quite well given its age, and would have been finished a lot earlier if I had not over-extended my self somewhat - too many GB on the go simultaneously!

 

It was fairly easy to build and I rather like it.

 

Cheers

 

Pete

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And now my 4th and final entry in this GB, Fujimi's EA-6A "Electric Intruder". Not long after the original A-6A Intruder entered service, they joined the forces operating over Vietnam. It soon became apparent that an ECM version would be useful and so at the request of the Marines, Grumman began work on a modified version which became the EA-6A. With a slightly lengthened forward fuselage and the big "canoe" fairing in the tail, it was a far less radical solution to the problem than the later EA-6B Prowler. and a total of 27 were built serving until about 1980 I believe. The EA-6A retained most of the attack capability of the normal A-6A but had extra pylons fitted towards the wing tip to take the inital type of jamming pods. This meant that the wing tip split air brakes could not be used, so the fuselage ones were reactivated, having been sealed up on the A-6A when the wing brakes were introduced.

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I have chosen to model airframe 147865 using the kit decals and it is shown as it was in about 1975 when it was the aircraft of the commander of VMAQ-2 based at Marine Air Station Cherry Point. This is an interesting machine as it started life as the second production A-6A and was then the first conversion to EA-6A, earning it the nickname "Methuselah" which is painted on the nose. It was relatively easy to build and paint, although the instructions were a little vague in places, and there were it seems several variations on the actual colour scheme according to the pics in various books, so I have chosen one I think may be correct!

 

The kit is well detailed and seems pretty accurate, the only fault found by "Detail & Scale" being the actual jamming pods which seem to be a hybrid of the ones actually used on this machine, and the slightly modified ones used on the Prowler. It is a pity Fujimi did not include either the smaller size of tanks or the flare/chaff pods to go on the outer pylons once the original jamming pods were replaced - it was plumbed for Shrike ARM but I decided not to bother.

 

I enjoyed building it and it makes an interesting change from the normal A-6A and E, and also the EA-6B. I just wish I had also bought the tanker version that was next to it on the shelf in Beatties! My old EA-6A is probably beyond a refurbishment but I do have a Prowler and an A-6E TRAM which should be joining it before too long.

 

Thanks for watching.

 

Pete

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Gidday All, here's my final model for this group build, the destroyer escort USS England DE-635. Her history and claim to fame I've covered in the build thread so I won't repeat them here.

     As a model kit I thought it was reasonably good, but I must acknowledge I have little experience with this scale and none with this brand. I thought the fit was good, plus the detail. My main issues were with the lack of locating pins and holes for small parts, and the oversized chunky 20mm Oerlikons.

 

     Anyway, here she is, USS England DE-635

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Thank you for your interest. Stay safe and regards to all, Jeff.

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Arado Ar.196 

Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service, April 1940.

1/200 scale Trumpeter kit, with homemade decals.

 

This aircraft has an interesting history, as outlined in the first post of my build thread.

 

 

 

 

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Cheers

 

 

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Here's my finished Special Hobby 1/72 Boulton Paul Sea Balliol T.21. It was finished using Hataka acrylics for the fuselage colours and Vallejo and Humbrol acrylics for the interior and detail painting. The build thread can be found here;

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Thanks to everyone who dropped by my thread and I just wanted to say how inspired and impressed I have been by the builds on here, I've picked up plenty of tips and will be revisiting many of them again when I break out various kits from the stash. Well done all.

 

 

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