Enzo the Magnificent Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 Post your completed builds here. No more than five photos per entry. Please do not post comments in this thread. All comments should go in the subject's build thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonhoff Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 Airfix 1/76th Scale Panzer IV Built OOB and painted with Tamiya and Vallejo acrylics, simple uncomplicated build. Thanks for looking. IanJ 37 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Hills Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 After building in twelve hours twenty minutes just did final touching up. Was the first kit I completed properly as a kid. It was a lot of fun to build then and this time. 🙂 48 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 Hi folk's,AEC Matador and gun by Airfix,base by Matchbox. 45 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 Hi folk's,Airfix old tool 109F of JG 54 based in Finland early 1942. 49 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxbat Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 Revell (ex Matchbox) Pz.Kpfw II Ausf. F, 5th Light Division, North Africa 1941. Third build of this one over the 40 some years since it was first released. With the base. You can't do a Matchbox tank without the base The obligatory penny shot, with my previous attempt from sometime around 1987. Sadly the very first one didn't survive. Andy 42 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 Hi all, this is my only entry to the GB - the Airfix 1/72 P-51B Mustang 'The Hun Hunter Texas'. This 1978 vintage kit was from the second release with the 'finished model sitting on plans' box with the oval Airfix logo. Built to commemorate my first attempt aged 10 to build a model kit 'properly' Mounted on a classic Airfix stand with the title decal added to the stand, like the ten-year-old me would have done. The Hun Hunter'Texas was the mount of USAAF 354th FS ace Lt Henry Brown. It was reportedly painted in RAF Dark Green over natural metal with white and black recognition stripes, so that's how it was finished. Brown survived the war as a POW after being shot down in October 1944. Had he not been shot down he may have become one of the ETO's leading aces as he remained the 355th FG top scorer with 14.5 air-to-air kills plus another 14 destroyed on the ground. The Airfix kit was an absolute joy to build. Finely detailed, very good fit and quick and easy to build. No wonder I remembered it from my childhood! All the decals were the originals from the kit which must have been getting on 40 years old but went on beautifully. I really enjoyed this foray into history and the feelings and memories it provoked surprised me. As I was building it I was seized with very strong memories of Britfix glue, Humbrol paints and sticky fingers, a sense of place, remembering the exact tile-topped little table I used to build models, even the patterned bowl I used for decal water. So thank you very much Paul @Dansk for suggesting this GB, it was a great idea and I'm very pleased to be part of it. All the best with your builds, Alan 44 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Dean Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 Matchbox Phantom F4-K (PK-404). Daily Mail Transatlantic Race Winner, 892 NAS, 11th May 1969 50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klr Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 (edited) Airfix Dassault Mirage IIIC, From EC 3/10 "Vexin" based in Djibouti in 1981. Build thread here: Edited May 11, 2020 by klr 39 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ventora3300 Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 Airfix 00-Scale Centurion Mk 8. What a joyous build that was, for me anyway! The first tank I built as a kid, always Airfix for me, of course. Box art very evocative and you can 'hear' the squeak of the tracks as this Centurion rumbles over everything in its path. Once again, a learning experience both about the subject and modelling techniques and detailing. Build thread is here: 35 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyW Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 A piece of pure nostalgia from me, one Airfix F4 Phantom from 1965. I almost added a bit of extra detailing to it, but managed to catch myself just in time. The box and instructions, along with the same type paints I used all those years ago take equal billing with this one. This build had me re-living 1960's Earls Court, London and a very happy childhood. Ah, Jumpers for Goalposts... Build thread here... Gallery pictures here... 51 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arniec Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 (edited) The Esci 1/48 F-8E Crusader was the first kit I build when I was ten years old. As I have now redone it, I have done a bit extra. The seat, pilot, rocketpods and bombs came from Hasegawa. I have done a better job now. I have placed it on a simple stand with a plastic rod. Thanks for looking guys. Cheers, Edited May 11, 2020 by Arniec 48 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 Here's the Chipmunk WiP...What a fun kit! Many thanks to the Mods for this fun and nostalgic GB... --John 47 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanflyer Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 Thanks to the organisers...it's been fun. 🙂 Dean 40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Airfix 1/72 PE-2 with Mig Ammo Russia bomber paint set. 43 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 Here's my second offering for this very fun and nostalgic GB. Thank you Enzo! Lot's of little scratch-built items on these vehicles...shovels, ammo boxes, jerry-can racks, steel tow cable (around the VW spare tire), 2 jacks, sand channels, etc...The paints are all Vallejo Model and Vallejo Air. Decals are OOB. The jerry cans are from a resin set I have. Sand is from down the street. I live less than 600km north of Libya anyway, so I imagine it is similar in colour. I adjusted the MG on the VW to be more relaxed...I also added a windscreen... --John 40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 Hi folk's here's an all time favourite of mine Airfix's Phantom. 41 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackAck Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 My attempt at the F-18A prototype, the first scale model I ever built 35 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klr Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 Airfix Seahawk FGA.6, 806 NAS, RNAS Brawdy, 1959-1960. Build thread here: 39 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dermo245 Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 Hi all and what a great GB! Thanks @Dansk for the idea and all the great builds. Here's mine, Airfix 1/72 Hellcat. The build thread is here but to recap: Kit: Airfix 02023 1/72 Grumman Hellcat F6F-3. First release 1967 (1995 boxing) Build: Mostly OOB with tape for seatbelts and some plastic boxes in the cockpit. Sanded down the rivets! Paint: Revell Acrylics with airbrush. Klear, Flory Models Wash. 4B pencil and pastels. W&N Matt Varnish Decals: From the kit for Lt James Flatley, Commander Air Group (CAG) of Air Group 5 USS Yorktown, August 1943. Airfix Hellcat_fuselage_10 by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr Airfix Hellcat_fuselage_12 by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr Airfix Hellcat_fuselage_13 by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr Airfix Hellcat_fuselage_11 by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr Airfix Hellcat_fuselage_14 by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr Thanks for looking and take care. Dermot 42 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimbledon99 Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 Hi All, Here's my contribution F-14A Tomcat (Hasegawa 1:72) Cheers Nigel 36 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin W Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 Here's my contribution to the Group Build. Airfix 1/76 scale Matador and 5.5 inch gun. From the box plus glazing added from a scrap blister pack. Here's the model built in 2020 along with the gun from the original I built in the late 1970's when I was a kid. This was in parts in the spares bin but I found all the bits and ressembled. 2020 model with 1979 gun and Airfix Avro Anson built for the 40th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain in 1980 when I was 15. Great nostalgic Group build so thanks to Dansk for the original idea. I have loved seeing all the old kits being built to a much better standard than we ever managed as kids. Colin 37 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 (edited) Hello everyone... Well Im calling this one done. Its Monograms Classic 1/48 P-47D Thunderbolt done in the kits markings. “The Turtle #10” 509th Fs. 405th Fg. September 1944. Stationed at A-64 near Saint-Dizier. http://wing.chez-alice.fr/USAAF/405th_FG/405th_FG.html “This is an aerodrome abandoned by the Luftwaffe and which will be identified under the code A-64. The men quickly took possession of the premises and the proximity of the town of Saint-Dizier.” Please feel free to ask questions, post comments, and or add thoughts to my build thread. Dennis Edited May 30, 2020 by Corsairfoxfouruncle 35 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 Hi folk's finished this duo Airfix Henshel 123,due to decal issues I had to improvise on a pre war Luftwaffe machine from a photo I found so off came the Hump and scratch built an early spatted rear wheel. 43 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 Evening Folk's,after a last minute struggle with the canopy finished her,I'm going to add the wiring to the fuselage/tail and wings/fuselage this week and I'll pop a few pics in RFI but for this "as we built them on a stand" effort here she is. 42 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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