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  1. 1. Please vote for your favourite build.

    • AdrianMF's Airfix M3 Grant
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    • stevej60's Airfix Bf 109F
      0
    • DaveyGair's 37 Squadron Vickers Wellington Mk.1c
      0
    • Jockney's Esci Valentine
      0
    • GREG DESTEC's Macchi 205 Veltro
      0
    • GREG DESTEC's Macchi 202 Folgore
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    • Erwin's entry
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    • theplasticsurgeon's Grumman Martlet IV
      0
    • stevej60's Redtails P-51B
      0
    • Corsairfoxfouruncle's P-40K KittyHawk III , 112 Squadron RAF Italy 1944.
      1
    • Corsairfoxfouruncle's Macchi C.202 Folgore
      1
    • Richard Tucker's Breda Ba.65
      0
    • TEMPESTMK5's F5 B Lightning GR 1/33 Belfort
      0
    • 825's Autocannone 3RO with 90/53 cannone
      0
    • 825's Camionetta AS42 Sahariana
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    • 825's 90/53 AA Cannone
      0
    • 825's Carro Armato M13/40 medium Tank
      0
    • 825's Bishop Mk.1
      0
    • 825's Autoblinda AB41
      0
    • 825's Vickers Light Tank Mk VIc
      0
    • 825's Crusader Mk.III
      0
    • John Masters' Potez 25
      2
    • Vaastav's DAK Kubelwagen 1943 Tunisia
      0
    • DaveyGair's Bristol Blenheim IV, 105 Sqn, Malta
      0
    • Not in this section
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  2. 2. Please vote for your favourite build.

    • stevej60's Airfix old tool Spitfire Vb
      0
    • JWM's Dewoitine 338, Free French AF, 1941
      1
    • Alex Gordon's Gloster Sea Gladiator
      0
    • modelling minion's Sd.Kfz.222 15th Panzer Division
      1
    • fatfingers' Tamiya PzIII Ausf L
      0
    • MIGFan79's Mosquito NFII - DZ230 - 23 Squadron
      0
    • Corsairfoxfouruncle's O.R.P. Kujawiak
      0
    • Touvdal's Reggiane Re 2000
      0
    • Touvdal's PZL P.24G
      0
    • SiftScience's P-47 Deacon Dandy
      0
    • BlueNoser352nd's Martlet III (F4F-3a)
      1
    • Creepy Pete's S.79 Sparviero
      1
    • TEMPESTMK5's P-47D "HUN HUNTER XIV"
      0
    • srkirad's Matilda Mk.II
      1
    • Touvdal's Bf 109G-6
      0
    • KRK4m's A15 Crusader Mk.II
      0
    • CanadaMoe's Mustang Mk. III No. 112 Squadron
      0
    • Ray_W's M3 Mk.I Grant
      1
    • Tim R-T-C's diorama "Somewhere in the Libyan Desert"
      0
    • KRK4m's A12 Matilda Mk.III
      1
    • SoftScience's P-38G "Bat Out Of Hell"
      3
    • JWM's Farman NC 223.3 BN 5
      0
    • mottlemaster's Do 17Z
      0
    • Icarus' Mustang IVA 3 Sqn RAAF
      1
    • Not in this section
      4
  3. 3. Please vote for your favourite build.

    • KRK4m's Valentine Mk.II
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    • Touvdal's Hurricane IV
      0
    • 825's Gloster sea Gladiator
      0
    • Stefan Buysse's Spitfire V
      0
    • franky boy's Valentine Mk.II
      0
    • klr's Churchill Mk.III
      0
    • Valkyrie's U-BOAT VII C U-81
      0
    • DaveyGair's Dornier Do 22Kjs
      0
    • Rod the Fixer's Messerschmitt Bf 110D
      0
    • CliffB's Rolls Royce Armoured Car - Pattern 1920 (modified)
      0
    • Ozzy's SAS raid on Sidi Haneish
      2
    • PlaStix's Pz.Kpfw.III Ausf.N
      3
    • DaveyGair's Fairey Fulmar Mk.1, 815 NAS
      0
    • 825's British 2 Pounder QF Anti-Tank gun
      0
    • TommyF's Spitfire Mk.IX
      0
    • Dave_R's MESSERSCHMITT Bf- 110e
      1
    • Enzo Matrix's Cruiser Tank A9 Mk.1
      0
    • Enzo Matrix's M3 Grant Mk.1
      0
    • Jockney's He 111 Tribute to Donald MacKay
      0
    • PhantomBigStu's Spitfire IX Free French
      0
    • Not in this section
      9

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Sd.Kfz.222 15th Panzer Division.

Deutsches Afrika Korp.

Libya 1942

 

Built from the excellent ICM 1/48  kit this is my take on the ubiquitous German armoured car, made so well known by it's use by Lieutenant Gruber in Allo Allo!

 

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Build thread can be found here;

Many thanks for looking in and I hope that you like her.

 

Craig.

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How do Chaps. 

 

Tamiya's lovely PzIII Ausf L with Master Box DAK Crew. Painted with AK Real Colors, Games Workshop, Vallejo, Mig and Tamiya. 

 

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Apologies but for some reason I can't add a link to the build thread! 

 

 

Regards,

 

Steve

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Tamiya 1/48 Mosquito NFII - DZ230 - 23 Squadron Luqa, Malta Early 1943

 

Build thread can be found here https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235081604-tamiya-148-mosquito-nfii-dz230-23-squadron-luqa-malta-early-1943/

 

Tamiya kit / Xtradecal decals except for stencils and upper roundels / Eduard etch cockpit / belts / aerial. Paint mainly from Mr Paint.

 

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Thank you to Patrice for hosting this group build and giving me an excuse to build something outside my usual norm (I haven't built a piston engined twin in over 30 years!).

 

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Good morning everyone... Im calling this one finished. It is my Uncles ship the O.R.P. Kujawiak on her last cruise to Malta in June 1942, she was sunk while escorting a convoy to the beleaguered island fortress. gTi9Rf7.jpg

 

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Please feel free to ask questions, post comments, or add thoughts in the build thread. 

 

Dennis
 

https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235082360-orp-kujawiak/

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HobbyBoss's F4F-3 Early converted to a Martlet III (F4F-3a)

 

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HobbyBoss 1/48 Martlet III by Jim Fox, on Flickr

 

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HobbyBoss 1/48 Martlet III by Jim Fox, on Flickr

 

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HobbyBoss 1/48 Martlet III by Jim Fox, on Flickr

 

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HobbyBoss 1/48 Martlet III by Jim Fox, on Flickr

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                     Tamiya P 47 D Razorback "HUN HUNTER XIV" LT Col WYMOND 65 Fighter Squadron 57 Fighter Group Alto Corsica 1944

 

Humbrol brush painted

Eagle Strike Decals

Yahuu models instrument panel

Pavla resin seat

 

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Build thread here

Patrice

 

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Italeri 1/72 Matilda Mk. II

- Gunze & Model Master acrylics

- Aber metal barrels

- Headlight on turret made from Kristal Klear

- Artistic oils wash

- MIG pigments for weathering

 

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Cheers,

S.

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Cruiser Tank Mark VI A15 Crusader Mk.II

A Squadron, 9th Queen's Royal Lancers, 1st Armoured Division - Benghazi, Libya, November 1942

 

Kit: 1/72 IBG #72067

Paints: Humbrol 169, 189, 11, 20, 33, 53, 56, 67, and 70 enamels, Vallejo Matt and Gloss Acrylic varnish - all applied by Italeri brushes

Extras: Aber 0.3mm steel rod, decals from Dragon Churchill, Mirage Grant and Stuart tanks, and Techmod Hurricane,

 

The WIP can be found here:

 

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The last one differs in colours due to the flashgun used in this "night" scenery.

Cheers

Michael

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RAF Mustang Mk. III   No. 112 Squadron   Tantarella, Italy 1944

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Kit: Revell P-51B (04182)

Paints used: Humbrol 155, 165    Academy MA-25 (Euro I gray) -very old bottle that's been kicking around....

Added bombs from Hasegawa Lancaster kit.

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M3 Mk.I Grant

5th RTR, 4th Armoured Brigade, 7th Armored Division

Battle of Gazala May-June1942

 

1/35 MiniArt No.35276 + Modified Tamiya Matilda Crew

 

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The Build Log is available here:

 

 

Ray

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Somewhere in the Lybian Desert, 1942

 

Mc.200s of the Regia Aeronautica Italiana on a rough dry riverbed airstrip while the airfield commander asks the crew of a (borrowed) Flak 38 why they have positioned themselves so close to the planes (and the mess tent).

 

1/144 Sweet aircraft kits with Arrowhead Minatures whitemetal AB41 and AAA plus figures.

 

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Thanks for looking, see the fun with decals on the build thread:

 

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Infantry Tank Mark II A12 Matilda Mk.III

7th Royal Tank Regiment, 32nd Army Tank Brigade, Eighth Army - Operation Crusader, Tobruk, Libya, November 1941

 

Kit: (roughly 1/4-1/5 of) 1/72 Italeri #6118 set

Paints: Humbrol 95, 224, 240, 11, 20, 53, 54, 56, 67, 70, 85 and 183 enamels, Vallejo Matt and Gloss Acrylic varnish - all applied by Italeri brushes

Extras: Aber 0.3mm steel rod, decals from IBG Crusader, Italeri Valentine, and Bolt Action British tank sheets

 

The WIP can be found here:

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Cheers

Michael

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I still can believe I finished a second.

 

 

Tamiya P-38G in 1/48 scale built as James Hagenback's Bat Out Of Hell, as it appeared while based on the island of Sardinia, in late 1943

 

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WiP thread is here

 

 

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Farman NC 223.3 BN 5 (no 4) of Vichy AF use for communication between homeland and Syria & Lebanon  in 1941, Azur 1/72:

 

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WIP is here: 

 

Regards - Merry Christams and Happy New year!

Jerzy-Wojtek

 

 

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Kit: Italeri (Hasegawa) 1/48 NA Mustang IVa 3 Sqn RAAF, Italy, 1945

Issue: 2020

WIP build:  Italeri 1/48 Mustang IV - 3 Sqn RAAF, Italy, 1945 + FINISHED + - Mediterranean Theatre of Operations (MTO) in WW2 GB III - Britmodeller.com

Extras: Built OOB

Paints: Halfords primer, Revell acrylics, Alclad metals and satin varnish, Johnson's Klear

Weathering:  Payne's Grey Oils in cockpit and wheels, dry brushing for details

Decals: Xtradecal Fighters over Africa and the Mediterranean Pt 1 #X48149 (with some surgery to correct the overscale Southern Cross tail decals!)

 

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Thanks for looking,

 

Icarus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Infantry (Light) Tank Mark III Valentine Mk.II

A Squadron, 50th Royal Tank Regiment, 23rd Armoured Brigade - Mareth Line, Tunisia, March 1943

 

Kit: 1/72 Italeri 7013

Paints: Humbrol 250, 253, 11, 53, 56, 67, 70, 85 and 130 enamels, Vallejo Matt and Gloss Acrylic Varnish - all applied by Italeri brushes

Extras: Aber 0.3mm steel rod, decals from Mirage Grant, Tamiya P-47D Thunderbolt (SIC!), and Bolt Action British tank serials sheet

 

The WIP can be found here:

 

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Cheers

Michael

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