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[Enzo the Magnificent]

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

Edited November 14, 2020 by Col.

[Hockeyboy76]

Well this settles the age old argument of what came first!

The egg timer has run out of sand on a most eggs-citing build.  

Hasegawa vintage Harrier Cab Egg Plane. 

Brush painted, a bit of Pink Primer.

AM decals. 

Railway lamp post with led light. 

Without further ado, allow me to serve you Wing Commander Badminton-Squash DFC, Most Magnificent Moustache, etc,etc,etc

his faithful hound Baskerville and his single seat taxi. 

 

[stevej60]

Hi folk's,first one done Hobbyboss Mi-8 in the colour's of the Chinese PLAAF, great kit with no vices all round joy to build.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest]

Heller 1\50 Gazelle.

Kit not bad but the decals are bl***y awful and I will leave it at that.

[theplasticsurgeon]

Italeri Lockheed F-35B Lightning II - 207 Squadron RAF

All opened-up ready for VTOL operation.

 

[Guest]

Bell 206 Bell Jet ranger Austrian Police.

Straight out of the box build and no build issues.

[Dermo245]

Hi all and first one done, Italeri's AH-6 built as T.C's MD-500 from the TV show, Magnum p.i

Short build thread is here but to recap:

 

Kit: Italeri 017 AH-6 Night Fox

Build: OOB with seat belts from Tamiya tape and rear seat bench from plasticard.

Paints: Halfords grey primer, Tamiya Pink primer, Revell Acrylics with an airbrush. Klear and small wash

Extras: 3g weight in the floor, part of the tail boom replaced with sprue after damage

 

Good fun build but the clear parts don't fit very well.

 

Italeri AH-6 T.Cs Chopper_(3) by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr

 

Italeri AH-6 T.Cs Chopper_(4) by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr

 

Italeri AH-6 T.Cs Chopper_(6) by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr

 

Italeri AH-6 T.Cs Chopper_(16) by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr

 

Italeri AH-6 T.Cs Chopper_(18) by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr

 

Thanks for looking and happy modelling.

Dermot

Edited July 16, 2020 by Dermo245
Fixing photo links

[stevej60]

Hi Folk's Matchbox's venerable Sea Harrier in the best scheme they ever wore!

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest]

Revell lights action sound Huey.

Straight out of the box just some headaches with the wiring.

[ForestFan]

Kit: Hobby Boss Mil Mi-4 Hound

Extras: Nil

Scratch: Seatbelts (tin foil) plus replaced and added a few grab handles/foot holds with fine wire

Decals: Hi-Decal for an East German machine

Paint: Mix of tamiya and Mr Color (see pic)

Gloss: Hataka lacquers

Weathering: Some enamel panel line washes from AK and oils from Abteilug 

 

20200721_164831 by bryn robinson, on Flickr

20200721_141155 by bryn robinson, on Flickr

20200721_141150 by bryn robinson, on Flickr

20200721_141130 by bryn robinson, on Flickr

20200721_141114 by bryn robinson, on Flickr

20200721_141040 by bryn robinson, on Flickr

20200721_140955 by bryn robinson, on Flickr

[John Masters]

WiP is right here...

 

Here are some pics!  All the paints are Vallejo and Vallejo Air...Aside from a couple of small things you cant see, it's OOB.  Easily the largest model I have ever built, but maybe it is smaller than the Italeri C-119 Boxcar...Anyway.  It's big.  Imagine seeing this thing coming your way!  

 

 

 

 

 

 

I need a breather.  😆

-John

 

[Hockeyboy76]

Finished this little beauty today. 

The massive 1/48 scale Brengun model of Schiebel’s S100 Camcopter, decals for the Canadian Coastguard. 

The scale shot. (I had to borrow the pound coin from Little H)

 

[Hockeyboy76]

Build no.3 completed. 

Revell 1/144 Chinook HC1, 75th anniversary markings for 7Sqn RAF. 

Bush painted, Revell decals awful. 

 

[Dermo245]

Hi all and here's number 2 from me

Kit: Airfix 1/72 Kaman SH-2F Seasprite No 903041

Issue: 1983

WIP build: Here

Extras: Tape for seatbelts and sound-proofing, otherwise OOB

Paints: Halfords primer, Revell acrylics with airbrush, Klear, Flory Models wash. W&N satin varnish

Decals: Mix of kit and Microscale set 72-395 for Kaman Seasprites 

 

Airfix SH-2F Kaman Seaprite_1 by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr

 

Airfix SH-2F Kaman Seaprite_5 by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr

 

Airfix SH-2F Kaman Seaprite_12 by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr

 

Airfix SH-2F Kaman Seaprite_21 by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr

 

Airfix SH-2F Kaman Seaprite_25 by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr

 

All the best,

Dermot

[theplasticsurgeon]

Xtrakit 1/72 Sea Harrier FA2,  899NAS Fleet Air Arm.

 

 

[theplasticsurgeon]

Airfix 1/72 Sea Harrier FA2,  Satan 1, of 800NAS Fleet Air Arm, Royal Navy.

 

 

[nimrod54]

Westland Wessex HAS.31B

No.816 Sqn, RAN, 

HMAS Albatross (Nowra), 1985

 

Mark 1 Models - 1/144

 

by John L, on Flickr

 

by John L, on Flickr

 

by John L, on Flickr

 

by John L, on Flickr

 

by John L, on Flickr

 

 

[825]

Westland Lynx HAS3. Hobbyboss's boxing in 1:72. Finished as XZ250  in the Black Cats livery of 702 NAS's helicopter display team.  

 

Built OOB, the only addition seat belts from painted Tamiya tape. Masks from Eduard. The transfers are from the kit. Brush painted with Xtracrylix Medium Sea Grey and Humbrol 85 Coal Black. Finished off with a layer of satin varnish. Nice kit and lovely build. I think I'll build some more. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[825]

Airfix Sea King AEW2. Kit is primarily one from the '60s with some more recent parts to make the AEW or AsAC version and some lovely transfers. The radome in the new moulds is an inflated version for an inflight aircraft. In the stash I had an Airwaves resin deflated radome so that was used instead.

 

Finished OOB otherwise as XV714 from A Flight of 849 NAS from HMS Illustrious in 1988. Brush painted with Xtracrylix Dark Sea Grey and finished off with some Liquitex matt varnish. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Mr T]

1/72nd Westland Dragonfly HR3 , Whirlybird kit finished as WP502, B 983 of the Ships Flight HMS Bulwark, 1954-7

The Dragonfly was a licenced built version of the Sikorsky S51 with a new engine and changes to the glazing. Used by both the RAF and the Royal Navy for rescue and communications duties from the early 50's to the early 1960's The Whirlybird kit is a mixed media one using vacform fuselage, two types of resin and PE. The decals are from the kit and the paints are Xtracyrlix, Revell, Vallejo and Citadel. Not a kit for the novice, but a satisfying build.

Build thread is here

https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235075958-westland-dragonfly-hr3-whirlybirds-kits-172nd-scale/

I hope you like it.

 

 

[Jur]

Hobby Boss Sikorsky UH-34A, finished as a U.S. Navy machine in Antarctica livery. My first GB build ever! Good kit and good aftermarket decals from Max Decals. The orange is Vallejo Game Air "Hot Orange" and that is exactly what it is!

 

I tarted up the cabin a bit but you need to be a contortionist (or a very small person) to see it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[John Masters]

Here's my Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR.3, my first Harrier, but probably not my last.  Neat aircraft.  Very unique. Attractive in the way that the smartest girl at the dance is more attractive than the runway model, if you get my drift.  The build thread is here...

 

 

 

 

 

 

--John

 

[Andwil]

Royal Australian Navy Westland Wessex HAS.31b, 817 Squadron:

 

 

 

 

 

 

AW

[modelling minion]

Piasecki H-21B "Flying Banana"

United States Air Force

Edwards AFB 1962

 

Kit by Italeri, paints Vallejo (metal) Halfords (white) and Revell (dayglo), decals kit and Almark (Edwards "arrow" from a B-66 set)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for looking in.

 

Craig.

[Romeo Alpha Yankee]

Sikorsky CH-35E Super Sea Stallion

HMX-1 USMC

 

1/72 Italeri kit with Hawkeye Models Australia decals