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Pat's 2020 yearbook.....


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Hi everyone.

A miserable year in other respects, but quite an enjoyable one hobby-wise. One big project (Ark Royal) completed after a year of construction, another fairly big one (Airfix's Ready for Battle set) plus a few cleared from the shelf of doom.

 

Ark Royal:

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More photos in the RFI thread here:

https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235076648-ark-royal-circa-1587-finished-model/

 

Next up was Airfix's "Ready for Battle" set that I built in my first ever Group Build, this one being the Battle of Britain one.....

 

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More photos in the RFI thread here....

https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235076813-ready-for-battle-airfix-148-hurricane-refueller-truck-and-ground-crew/

 

Some Sea Fury's were completed from the shelf of doom. I had been building three at the same time until things went wrong so I put them to one side.....

 

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The largest one is Airfix's 1/48 kit finished in markings of my father-in-law's squadron 1832 NAS in the 1950's. This one being VX620/151/CH of RNAS Culham. A super kit by Airfix which looks really good when completed and well worth being done properly rather than in a rush to finish!....

 

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The folded wing model is Trumpeter's 1/72 kit finished as VW697/102/R of 804 NAS, HMS Glory (R62). A lovely little kit as well, although those more knowledgeable of the aircraft have criticized it.

 

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The last of the Sea Fury's is my "paint mule". It is the PM Models kit. Looks okay until you compare it to the others!

 

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I used the decals from the Trumpeter kit for WJ232/114/O piloted by Lt "Hoagy" Carmichael of 802 NAS, HMS Ocean 8/1952.

 

Another 'paint mule" that turned out quite well was the Airfix Spitfire that I built when constructing the Ready for Battle diorama....

 

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My last one is a quick build to restore some lost modelling mojo. This is the venerable Hasegawa 1/72 Skyhawk A-4E/F finished in decals from the box. I really didn't like the raised panel lines!

 

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That's it for the year. Many thanks for stopping by to look.

Best wishes to you all for a happy modelling 2021! 

 

Cheers,

Pat

 

 

 

 

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Excellent 2020 collection Pat! The Ark Royal is brilliantly done, it's fantastic. Your BoB dio looks the business as well, it lives and breathes! And I'm a sucker for 1/72 trucks... 

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Thank you for your great comments everyone - they are much appreciated.

This year's big project will be the Airfix 1/24 Typhoon. It's been maturing like fine wine in the stash for 6-years, so time to pop open the cork.

 

Cheers,

Pat

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