Australian and New Zealand GB Gallery

[Enzo Matrix 14,668]

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

[Ted 1,853]

1/35 ICM kit of a New Zealander at the Battle of Chunuk Bair during the Gallipoli campaign. Painted with acrylics.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[theplasticsurgeon 12,096]

Sword 1/72 Strikemaster Mk88  -  14 Sqdn RNZAF.

 

[GREG DESTEC 5,371]

Kittyhawk Mk IV RAAF 80 Squadron SL Geoffrey Atherton DFC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Ray S 4,482]

Here is my completed OzMods 1/144 DHC Dash 8-300 Air New Zealand airliner:

 

 

 

 

 

 

The build log, complete with owning up to errors is here if you have not seen it!

 

 

Thanks for the comments and likes during the build.

 

All the best, Ray

[stevej60 38,155]

Hi folk's Frog's Beaufighter that has sat in the stash since the Frog GB of a few years ago.Nice she finally got built!

 

 

 

 

 

[Paul J 9,959]

Auster III RAAF Early post  war years A11-36.  AZ Models kit from the box except the decals that came from my various generic sets.   Added the exhausts to the engine underside as they were not part of the kit

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Colin W 4,200]

McDonnell Douglas A-4K Skyhawk, Number 2 squadron RNZAF Ohakea 1998.

 

This is my tribute to Andy Scott, much missed leader of the New Zealand Aviation SiG. This is my rendition of the Avatar he used here on Britmodeller. Hasegawa's A-4K in 1/48 using the final Lizzard scheme and kit decals,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Build thread is here

 

Thanks to @Corsairfoxfouruncle for the GB idea, the moderation activities and for changing the theme to the memory of Andy. Thanks also to @Enzo Matrix for the work under cover

 

Colin W

 

 

[DaveyGair 4,647]

Kittyhawk Mk.1a, 'Orace', 75 Sqn, RAAF, New Guinea, March 1943.

 

Special Hobby kit OOB with kit decals. Vallejo ModelAir paint and Matt varnish.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Adam Poultney 5,385]

Here's my finished entry to this one. Unsurprisingly, it's a Vulcan. What else do I even build these days? Now it's not just any old Vulcan, that wouldn't have much of a link to NZ or Australia aside from quite a number of visits, this is XH562 which was the victim of a RNZAF practical joke in 1972. As recalled by Crew Chief Bill Pearsey:

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"The 'vandalism' was done at Ohakea. Even the station commander was involved. We threatened to fly under Sydney Harbour Bridge on the way back. We had arrived at Ohakea on the Monday; the following day we were taken on a trip to Roturua in a VIP Dakota. They were just removing the steps that they used to paint the kiwi as we arrived back in the evening. On the Wednesday we flew down to Christchurch. Some Yanks came to ask us how long us Kiwis had been operating Vulcans and my mate told them that 562 was the first of 94 that we were getting. Some months after I arrived back in Akrotiri I received a very large envalope containing a photo of a squadron of 9 Kiwi Vulcans flying over Ohakea control tower. It was definitely the best trip I ever did."

 

So here's my model, representing one aspect of the RNZAF's hospitality when it comes to hosting foreign guests. It's the 1:144 scale Great Wall Hobby Avro Vulcan B2, decals are from Printscale, Fündekal and some that I printed myself. Paints are a combination of Tamiya, Vallejo and Citadel.

 

 

 

 

WIP thread here:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[DaveyGair 4,647]

Kittyhawk Mk.IV, 3 Sqn, RAAF, Lesi, Italy, late 1944.

 

Special Hobby kit OOB with Xtradecal markings.

Vallejo ModelAir throughout with 'Klear Gloss coat and Vallejo Matt to finish.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[theplasticsurgeon 12,096]

Airfix 1/72 Wellington 1C, second pilot, Sgt James Allen Ward VC.

 

[Andwil 4,807]

F/A-18A Hornet, 77 Squadron RAAF, Williamtown NSW on deployment to Chitose JASDF Base for Exercise Bushido Guardian Sept-Oct 2019, the aircraft of the unit CO, Wing Commander Jason Easthope.

 

1/72 Hasegawa with Quickboost seat and intakes, Reskit wheels, Eduard Brassin AIM-132 ASRAAM and AIM 3D printed ACMI pod.

 

 

 

 

 

 

AW

[tonyot 35,800]

1/72nd Tamiya Mosquito FB.VI, 1 Sqn. RAAF,...... based in Northern Australia and later the Pacific Islands,......brush painted,..... decals from DK Decals,..... here is the WIP;

The model;

 

 

 

Cheers,

          Tony

 

[tonyot 35,800]

1/72nd Academy FG-1 Corsair, RNZAF, British Commonwealth Occupation Forces, Japan late 1940`s,...... brush painted using Humbrol 181 Sea Blue Gloss (now discontinued,..... but an excellent paint, quick drying too!) and decals from Ventura. Here is the WIP;

 

 

And the model;

Cheers

           Tony

[tonyot 35,800]

1/72nd Academy PBY-5 Catalina, 6 Sqn, RNZAF, Second Channel, New Hebrides, 1944. On 4th February 1944, while flown by Flying Officer Beaauchamp and crew, this Aircraft, NZ4017, picked up five survivors from a USAAF B-24 from the sea, earning the Captain a DFC,.. and five `Dumbo' elephant motif` were added to the nose,..... Dumbo being the code name for Air Sea Rescue missions. 

Here is the WIP and some photos of the real aircraft,.... the model was brush painted with the decals from Aeromaster;

The model;

 

Cheers,

           Tony

[Paul J 9,959]

Air New Zealand Boeing 787-900, ZK-NZG February 2019.  Zvezda kit and decals by Old Model decals. 1/144th scale.   I quote this date as it was the one I flew in from Auckland to Sydney at the ned of my month long tour of New Zealand and a all too short a visit to Oz.

 

 

[theplasticsurgeon 12,096]

Tim's Hasegawa 1/72 De Havilland Mosquito NFII.  456 Sqdn RAAF

[Ray S 4,482]

This is my build of the Airfix 1/144 Ansett Boeing 737. It was built OOB with just a shim added towards to nose to widen the fuselage a bit. Transfers are those from the kit, the major paintwork was courtesy of Halfords White Primer and Appliance White, the rest Revell and Humbrol acrylics, and the silver on the engines Mr Metalizer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The build log is here:

 

 

Thanks for the interest, comments and advice. Cheers, Ray

[JOCKNEY 13,065]

RAAF Airfix Brewster F2A-1 Buffalo

 

Brewster B-339E Buffalo Mk.I

Royal Australian Air Force 

453 Sqn. TD-V/WR243
December 1941 - Sembawang 
 

Work, in progress below

 

 

Really enjoyed this build, hope you like it.

 

cheers Pat

 

 

 

 

 

[JOCKNEY 13,065]

RNZAF Airfix Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless

 

No25 Dive Bomber Squadron

Royal New Zealand Air Force

Auckland NZ

December 1943

 

First RNZAF aircraft I've ever made, most holes I've ever drilled in my life, and thanks for all the help to enable me to get it right, WIP below, I hope you like it.

 

Cheers Pat

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[John Masters 16,156]

There are so many amazing builds in the gallery so far!  I am honoured to include my first for tis GB, the iconic 'Grey Nurse' Spitfire Mk.VIII, OOB from Eduard.  The WiP is here...

 

Here are some images.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loads of fun!  Thanks!

 

--John

 

 

 

[DaveyGair 4,647]

Kittyhawk Mk.III, 450 Sqn RAAF, Tunisia.

 

Smer kit with spare bits from Special Hobby kits.

Vallejo ModelAir paint throughout, Klear Gloss and Vallejo Matt varnishes.

Xtradecal markings.

 

 

 

 

 

[mark.au 1,833]

G for George, Avro Lancaster B.I / III

Airfix 1/72 Old Tooling

 

So here’s my entry to the GB.  This turned out  quite well I think and certainly it knocked down some of my prejudice on older tooled kits.
 

Here’s the WIP thread;

 

...and the pics;

 

 

 

Cheers!

Mark

[nimrod54 12,955]

Hawker Siddeley 748 T.2

A10-603, School of Air Navigation/No.32 Squadron, RAAF

East Sale Air Base, Victoria, Australia

 

1/144 Mark 1 Models

 

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