Stew Dapple Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 I think we can all agree it has been a strange and dislocating year; on a modelling level it was not an inspired one for me - I didn't complete a kit until September, but thanks to the BoB 80th Anniversary Group Build I did get a (small) raft of completions which made up 5 of my annual total of 6. Here's the first, Eduard's 1/32 Bf109e, the kit is the Profipack with Kagero decals very kindly provided by the late and much-missed @Silver Fox - Andy, who did see it finished. Unteroffizier Fritz Mias' BF109E-3 of 5/JG3 Build thread is here: Gallery pics are here As the group build lasted from the 10th July to the 31st October, I pressed on with three Hurricanes from the Arma Hobby 1/72 Battle of Britain edition set. Decals were by Aeromaster, Arma Hobby (printed by Techmod) and Kagero respectively: Belgian Pilot Officer Victor Ortmans' RE-D 'Bebe' from 229 Squadron Gallery pics here Flight Lieutenant Ian Gleed's LK-A 'Figaro' from 87 Squadron Gallery pics here Flight Lieutenant Michael Crossley's GZ-B from 32 Squadron Gallery pics here Build thread for all three here: Surprisingly I still had a couple of weeks' left of the group build after finishing these, so I rounded it off with an Eduard Bf110 in 1/72: Bf110C-3 3/ZG26 U8+EL Gallery pics here Build thread is here: ... and my final completion of 2020 was the Arma Hobby 1/72 Yak-1b: Yak-1b White 2 of 148 IAP, flown by Ltn. Mikhail Shkomplektov RFI post here So that was my year in models, not my best in quantity or quality but frankly by September I was despairing of finishing anything at all this year, so after that six doesn't seem such a bad result. Here's hoping that 2021 will be better for all of us in all ways Cheers, Stew 28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Those look good Stew, the mottles on the Luftwaffe subjects are really nicely done, the Hurricanes are pure quality & the Yak 1 (I was going to make a smart tailed comment about tractor green & black but decided against it. ) looks very distinctive. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Dapple Posted December 28, 2020 Author Share Posted December 28, 2020 1 hour ago, stevehnz said: the Yak 1 (I was going to make a smart tailed comment about tractor green & black but decided against it. ) Thanks Steve You would actually have been well within your rights to mention the green; I used the wrong one, which was annoying as I actually do have the right colour in my paint stash Cheers, Stew 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Great work and collection, the Hurricanes and the Yak look absolutely stunning. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Well done, every one of them Stew - and thanks for your leadership in the BoB GB this year. My favorites are the three Hurricanes of course! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Top quality builds Stew. Well done buddy. Cheers John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Well it looks like quality won out over quantity for you this year! Let’s all hope for a better 2021... Regards, Adrian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clive_t Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Brilliant results, as ever 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Law Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Nice clean set of builds Stew. Not bad output at all considering the year that it was. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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