TonyW Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 Here's my take on the ancient Revell Bf109 from the sixties. Build thread, complete with a bit of background here... ... and Gallery shots here... 33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyW Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 My double build of both versions of the early Airfix Blenheim are now done. A very enjoyable time was had by me, either version would have kept me happy. Doing both was pure over the top indulgence, but well worth a go. Build thread here... And final pictures of the pair here... 41 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GREG DESTEC Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 Belatedly....... Revell 1/32 Hurricane 1. Largely OOTB, I sanded/removed the majority of the raised rivet details and rescribed panel lines predominately on the wings. All brush painted woth Revell acrylics. Markings are for Robert Stanford Tuck November 1940. TFL Cheers Greg 40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 Tim's Airfix SBD-5 Dauntless. 35 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 Airfix 1/76 Panther with scratchbuilt schurzen fuel tanks and aerial added. 29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jb65rams Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 Panzer Kampfwagen II Ausf. F 1/35 Tamiya. The kit was originally released in 1971, so almost as old as me, originally built in the lates 70s/early 80s. I believe it was my first 1/35 scale kit. 36 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 1/72 nd Matchbox Hadley Page Heyford. Build like I did when I was 15. 45 years ago. 32 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 Hi folk's,screaming across the bench is Airfix's golden oldie the Gloster meteor. 40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 Hi folk's number two today is Revell's Tony,another great fun build finished her with a little graphite exhaust and gun staining. 39 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxbat Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 Dassault MD450 Ouragan. IDF/AF 1956 with the stripes applied as part of Operation Kadesh, the Israeli contribution to the Suez Crisis. Heller 1/72 kit built entirely OOB - even the support underneath used the kit sprue Painted with AK, Vallejo and Akan acyllics and inks. Thanks for looking, Andy 29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malpaso Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 Airfix 1/72 USAF F-84F Thunderstreak The BMF is by various Vallejo “Metal Color Airbrush Colors. These are the only paints I’ve used to date that actually are ready with no thinning. It can also be used to touch up with a brush and still looks shiny. All much better than the Humbrol or Airfix gloss silver I used back in the 70s. But what a fantastic looking plane. No wonder little Malpaso enjoyed building this, the Shooting Star and Sabre Dog. Cheers Will 33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 My Airfix Panavia Tornado, this a GR4 version built roughly matching an MRCA that I built as a kid. 32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeyboy76 Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 Two identical 80’s Airfix Harriers. The green camo wrap, built as I would have as a kid following the Airfix instructions, no decal solution, no weathering, no filling, just as is. But the second, to be built as I would today. Rescribed panel lines, filler, weathering, PE, spares from the spare box, better decals and a crack at white artic camo wrap. White paint, my nemesis! And finally, side by side More photos here in the build 30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkSH Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 Airfix 1/72 Northrop P-61 Black Widow 'Lady in the Dark' Here is my first completion for the GB, Airfix's venerable Black Widow, originally released in 1967, this is the 1986 boxing, but I would imagine I built it first sometime around the mid-70s. Built out of the box with some scratched details for the front and rear 'offices' and some left over Lancaster resin gun barrels for the top turret. I used AK's Worn Effects solution to get the chipped and worn paint look. Decals are by Printscale. The model is weathered only with weathering powder this time: The build thread is here: Thanks to the Host and Co-hosts and well done to all the other participants. Cheers, Mark. 34 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyW Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 The big old Stirling finally gets to appear in the Gallery! Endless over complicating by me as to what base and accessories to use got in the way of what should have been a much quicker build. Lesson learned! Having said that, I really enjoyed building the model and all the bases. the build is nothing fancy, a straight out the box effort that I'm using as a warm up for another Stirling build later down the line. The build thread is here... ...and the final version of the plane is here... 36 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyW Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Another completion from me. This time it's the Airfix 1.72 scale Spitfire from the sixties. A real memory jerker for me and just about anyone who built kits back then. Build thread here... And the finished model here... As usual, an out the bag build, nothing added except paint. No prop blades, they looked rather thin when tried. Likewise the undercarriage. To me, Spitfires look a bit wrong sat on the ground. Selecting gear up gives me a chance to use the kit stand instead. Result! I used the Airfix bottles shown. The Duck Egg Blue went on like Polyfilla, hence the lack of underside shots. The yellow took two coats and the Airfix dark green was tried, found to be almost black, and then substituted with Humbrol paint instead. The original transfers worked just fine, although I got the starboard codes a bit wrong in relation to the fuselage band. I thought the 'J' would dissapear if applied over the band, so left a green outline instead. Wrong, but I would have been proud of my get out as a kid. Tony. . 31 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierpaolo Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Hi! My entry for this GB General Dynamics F-16A Block 15 #82-1021 , 182nd FS , Montana Air National Guard , 1990 ESCI - ERTL kit in 1/72nd scale 29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 My Airfix Chipmunk in Army Air Corps livery 32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natter Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 Airfix RA5-C Vigilante - last built in about 1973. 32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GREG DESTEC Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 Airfix 1/72 RAF Refuelling Set Built OOTB, brush painted with Humbrol & Revell acrylics. TFL, Cheers Greg [url=https://flic.kr/p/2jgbuDg 33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 Airfix Bf109G Snap-N-Glue retool of original 1965 kit. Humbrol enamels and finishing products. AZ decals apart from the fuselage "4" from the kit sheet. John 28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arniec Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 F4U-4 Corsair Kit: Matchbox Paint: Tamiya Extra's: None was build out of the box It was great to build. Now on to the other 100 Matchbox models I still have.🙈 Cheers, 32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 Hi Folk's Airfix's Battle just completed another fun build to re-visit a kit I built probably near to fifty years ago! 36 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 Afternoon all,Airfix's Do 17 in a pre war (pre delivery) finish. 30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 Airfix 1/72 SH-3D Sea King 'Old 66' in Apollo 11 recovery markings 29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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