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  1. 1. Please vote for your favourite model, or alternatively select 'NONE OF THE ABOVE' if your favourite does not appear in this part of the Poll.

    • theplasticsurgeon's: AECS F-15A Eagle
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    • PeterB's: TSR-2
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    • JOCKNEY's: Morane 230
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    • JOCKNEY's: Morane 225
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    • PeterB's: Hs.126 A-1
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    • PeterB's: Hs.123 A-1
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    • Heather Kay's: Swordfish Mk.1
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    • AdrianMF's: RWD-5
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    • Richard Tucker's: Liberator GR Mk.V
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    • Greg Law's: RWD-8 pws
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    • Hewy's: B-52H
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    • Bbdave's: Horsa Mk.1
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    • Ray_W's: PZL P.24b
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    • Walter's: Do.17 Z7
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    • John Masters': Portugese Do.27
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    • Jb65rams': Piper L-4 with Brodie hook
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    • Heather Kay's: Walrus Mk.1
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    • zebra's: Bombardier Q400
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    • airfixpeter's: Cessna 150
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    • PaulJ's: Bristol Mk.32 Freighter
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    • Toryu's: Ki-10 'Perry'
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    • TommyF's: Fairey Seafox
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    • NONE OF THE ABOVE
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  2. 2. Please vote for your favourite model, or alternatively select 'NONE OF THE ABOVE' if your favourite does not appear in this part of the Poll.

    • ColonelKrypton's: Skoda D.1
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    • Mr T's: Cessna O2 Skymaster
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    • Andwil's: Pilatus PC-6 Porter
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    • dnl42's: Grumman C-2A
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    • Marklo's: Junkers J6
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    • srkirad's: AV-8B Harrier II+
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    • Jabba's: Mirage F1EDA
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    • Corsairfoxfouruncle's: Cessna 172
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    • Marcel's: Morane 236
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    • John Masters': Piper L-18C
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    • psdavison's: DHC Twin Otter
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    • Hockeyboy's: Egg15
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    • Natter's: Les Mureaux 117
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    • Stevehnz's: Belgian Do.27
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    • Colin W's: Harrier GR3
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    • srkirad's: Ikarus IK-2
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    • CliffB's: Hunting 126
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    • nimrod54's: B.Ae 146-200
      1
    • Marklo's: AHRLAC/Bronco II
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    • Marklo's: Graham White Type 20
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    • Dave_R's: F-8E Crusader
      1
    • bianfuxia's: Aero A-100
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    • NONE OF THE ABOVE
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    • rob Lyttle's: DHC-6 Twin Otter
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Back in either late 1969 or early 1970 I saw the fourth prototype TSR-2 in the museum at what was then Cranfield College of Aeronautics - it was incomplete and looked rather sad in its white finish ( see build thread for a pic - it is now in the IWM Duxford cosmetically completed but just a shell). Ever since then I have wanted to build one, but as it might have looked in service, and my resolve was strengthened when my wife bought me this print by Ronald Wong.

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As you can see he has painted it with the sort of markings and equipment carried by a Tornado GR.1 in the 1980's and I used that as a starting point. I am assuming that it did enter service in around 1970, that about 100 were built, and that with the normal mid-life upgrades it would have been around in the strike role until about the time of the Gulf War in 1990. To further increase it's life expectancy I have modelled it as one of the dedicated recce versions with the recce pack fitted but retaining limited strike capability, and marked it up as one of the 3 Squadrons expected to use it to replace their PR Canberras, in this case 58 Squadron.

 

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As you can see I have added the big Hindenburg drop tanks on pylons which have Sidewinder rails, together with a BOZ pod and Sky Shadow. I have also added some "early" towed decoy pods just inboard from the tips as they were being considered early on, though only eventually made an appearance on the Eurofighter Typhoon. I have also added the belly recce pod cut down from the very similar Line Scan pod, together with either a FLIR or LRMTS as on the Tornado and a couple of extra chaff/flare dispensers scabbed on at the rear as seen on Buccaneers etc. I also corrected the splay angle on the undercarriage which was slightly excessive. I added a Freightdog refuelling probe housing under the cockpit and modified the vertical tail to mount both a Tornado style RWR and also the plate type ILS aerials.

 

There is probably a lot more I could have done, but I decided that was enough. Hopefully I have done justice to what could have been a very good aircraft if it had not been cancelled for mostly political reasons, or at least so it seems to me. Yes, the removal of the nuclear role to the RN submarines and the end of the deployments "East of Suez" did weaken the case for this rather expensive machine, but at least part of the problem was due to an overcomplicated specification calling amongst other things for it to be capable of taking off from short grass airfields on the basis that the normal ones would have been bombed out. How exactly it would have turned out is of course not known, but after just over 20 test flights it was showing good handling, good speed including up to Mach 1.12 at 200 ft, and excellent STOL characteristics. Those who flew it said it handled like a big Lightning and had the performance of a Tornado but with longer range. We will never know - I might just build my Hasegawa GR.1 for comparison!

 

Cheers

 

Pete

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Heller - Morane 230

 

Inspired by our very own @jean who tricked me into building it !

The kit is from the 1960's and actually goes together really well.

Thanks for all the support and encouragement along the way I hope you like it.

 

Cheers Pat

 

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Heller / Smer - Morane 225

 

Another French Build inspired by my mate @jean

This is the Smer re-release of the original 1960's Heller kit

It builds into a really nice aircraft, thanks for all the support and encouragement, along the way, I hope you like it.

 

Cheers Pat

 

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A couple of years ago I did a kit swap with Pat @JOCKNEY and acquired this which seem a natural for a "High Wing" GB. It is the old Airfix Hs 126A-1 in 1/72, first released in 1977 I believe, and I have used the kit markings for a plane from 2.H)/Aufkl.Gr 10 Tannenberg based in Norway in mid 1940.

 

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It is a nice kit and builds up well though getting the wing on was a bit of a fiddle.

 

Pete

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And this is my second Henschel, the Airfix Hs 123A-1 released in 1970 or thereabouts though this is the 1976 boxing. Like the Hs 126 above the only problem was the upper wing but I got there in the end.

 

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The kit provides markings for an A-1 in Spain, but that probably should not have the prominent bulged headrest, and what is supposedly a B-1 in Russia in 1942 but I have knocked up some markings for a plane from 5.(Schlacht)/ LG 2 as it may have been in mid 1940 in France. I "improved" the cockpit though frankly nothing much is really visible through the small opening. The splinter pattern is ficticious as I could only find plans for the earlier scheme with RLM61/62/63 uppers. I would probably do it in that scheme if I ever built another one, but it might need the headrest removing.

 

Pete

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Airfix 1/72nd Fairey Swordfish MkI

K8393/E5A, flown by Captain Oliver Patch RM and Lieutenant David G Goodwin RN, No 824 Naval Air Squadron, Fleet Air Arm, HMS Eagle. The squadron transferred to HMS Illustrious just before taking part in Operation Judgement, the attack on the Italian fleet at Taranto, Italy, 11/12 November 1940.

 

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Operation Judgement was just part of a much larger operation that had been set up by the Royal Navy in the Mediterranean with an aim of confusing the Italian fleet. Search Wikipedia for the operation for the full story.

 

The kit was built straight as Airfix intended, with the only addition being a set of PE rigging wires from SBS and scratch Bowden cables for the tail control surfaces. Painted using ColourCoats enamels, with detail painting done with Humbrol enamels and acrylics.

 

I had originally approached this build with a degree of trepidation. A peep in the red box revealed four plastic frames, filled with finely moulded parts, and it's a biplane! Scary stuff! However, I was pleasantly surprised. The kit is well thought out by the designer, and builds into an excellent scale rendition of the famous Stringbag with very few issues. Even the thick transfers behaved themselves. You can see how it went together in my WIP thread. Obviously, after taking the gallery photos, I noticed the bent tail antenna mast, and the unpainted machine gun barrel on the starboard side. 

 

WIP thread here:

 

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The Mistercraft reboxing of the ZTS Plastyk RWD-5, an interwar Polish aeroplane which is most famous for flying from Poland to Buenos Aires, being the smallest and lightest plane to cross the Atlantic Ocean non-stop for many years. It's a very nice and simple kit, build thread, such as it is, is here if you are interested. Pics:

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This was a conversion from the 1/72 Minicraft Consolidated PB4Y-1 to a Liberator GR Mk V. I used the Pavla conversion kit along with some QuickBoost Turbo Super chargers and some 50 cal barrels. The decals came from a mix of the Xtradecal Coastal Command Heavies and a Grey set of letters.

 

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The bone yard buff, this is my attempt at the  b-52h ghost rider , that was sent to the bone yard, years later it was one of two examples that was recommissioned to the fleet and prepared to re-enter  service ,  really enjoyed building this its the academy 1/144 scale kit and caracals decal sheet originally for the minicraft version , i must say though the academy decals are pretty good any way,i used a mixture of both ,and thanks to all that have looked in and commented or liked, a thoroughly enjoyable gb 👍

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A fairly uncomplicated build but it needed a fair bit of filler to hide the seams apart from that it went together well quite a bit of lead was needed to sit the nose wheel down if nothing else it has scrap value!.

Here is the build thread which is a bit sparse sorry. 

Mk1 Horsa glider

 

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Dornier Do17 Z7

Night Fighter-early conversion

by ICM, scale 1/72

 

This was an OOB build, with a little scratch building to show an engine service, I used ICM's 1/48 instructions to help with this. Very straight forward as is the case with ICM kits. I nice addition to my Dornier heavy night fighter collection. There weren't many of these conversions made and not all were painted overall black, so I picked one plane that was left with upper surfaces in original camouflage scheme as it looks more visually interesting. All the paint work on the fuselage and underside is intentional to show its hastily paint conversion. Anyway I hope you like it. 

 

 

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Piper L-4 "Grasshoper" with Broadie Hook

Trials Aircraft. USA. 1943.

 

1/72 Kovozávody Prostějov

 

The Brodie landing system was a method of landing light aeroplane devised by James H Brodie, a Captain of the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. The method of landing involved catching a hook attached to the plane with a sling which itself was attached to a cable. The idea was the system could be fixed to small ships and  also proved useful in landing aircraft in normally unsuitable terrain, such as the jungle or in mountains, and also afforded good camouflage. 

 

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WIP can be found here. 

 

 

 

 

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Revell/Matchbox 1/72nd Supermarine Walrus MkI

Serial No W2771, 9F, No 710 Squadron Fleet Air Arm, HMS Albatross, 1940.


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The Walrus began life as a design to fill a requirement of the Royal Australian Navy. Then named the Seagull, its role was as a fleet spotter and it was designed to be launched from a catapult, then retrieved after landing on the water next to the ship. The type was soon noticed by the Royal Navy, and became one of the standard aircraft in most capital warships of the 1930s.

 

Affectionately known as either the "Steam Pigeon" - a reference to steam created by water hitting the hot Bristol Pegasus engine - or "Shagbat" - a mythical bird that would fly in ever decreasing circles until it disappeared up its own fundament - the Walrus MkI was an all-metal amphibious seaplane, designed by Supermarine's R J Mitchell in 1933. It featured fully retracting undercarriage and completely enclosed crew areas. Generally, the aircraft was operated by a crew of three. The airframe was stressed to withstand catapult launches up to 70mph, and when production ended in 1944, 740 Seagull and Walrus Mks I and II had been built. The type was also co-opted by the RAF for air-sea rescue duties.

 

The Walrus depicted was part of the complement of planes on board HMS Albatross, a seaplane tender of some 4,800 tons displacement. The ship began life in the Royal Australian Navy, built at the Cockatoo Island Dockyard, Sydney, but was put into reserve fairly quickly as the aircraft it had been designed for were withdrawn from service, and the hangar decks were too low to handle the Supermarine Seagull. Later, when the Australian government were trying to acquire a light cruiser, Albatross was part-exchanged to the Royal Navy to help fund the new ship. While the Royal Navy had no real need for a dedicated seaplane tender, the loss of the carriers Courageous and Glorious early in the Second World War opened an opportunity for Albatross. She was assigned to Freetown in western Africa, where she and her aircraft were used for convoy escort, anti-submarine warfare, and air-sea rescue in the Atlantic. In 1942, she was transferred to the Indian Ocean, and later returned to the UK for conversion into a Landing Ship - Engineering for support duties during the Normandy landings in 1944.

 

Walrus history at Wikipedia.

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The Matchbox kit first appeared in 1974, though this boxing was from the 1990s reissue by Revell. I added some rudimentary internal detail, but neglected to superdetail the rather basic Pegasus radial engine. I also forgot to add the mooring and grab lines, which I may return to another day. The kit is basic, of its time, but builds into a fairly good looking Walrus. The plastic is a bit brittle, and I had no end of issues with the small upper struts on the engine nacelle, which have to carry most of the weight of the upper wing and keep it aligned. The undercarriage is also a weak point, so I need to be careful moving and placing the model. For the dedicated detailer, there is scope for plenty to add to this kit. Paint was by ColourCoats enamels, with Humbrol enamel and acrylic for detail work. The transfers came from a set of FAA markings by H-Models, though I ended up using spare Xtradecal national markings.


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Here's my Bombardier Q400. Eastern Express kit with RJS decals. Build thread is here. The purple is Tamiya X-16 and looks a lot more purple (and closer to the real thing) in real life than in these photos - I struggled to get the white balance right - so I might try and get some better pictures in natural light.

 

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Julian

 

 

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       Bristol Mk. 32 Freighter '698' RCAF Europe  1960s;  . 1/144th scale .  Welsh Models Vac form kit. Decals from kit and other generic sets.

 

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Kawasaki  Ki-10  'Perry'

2nd Daitai  1st Chutai   Tianjin, China   1937/38

Lt. Kosuke Kawahara, 3rd Shotai Leader

 

1/48 FineMolds Ki-10-II converted to Ki-10-I. Please find build log here.

 

 

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Thanks for the inspiring groupbuild which pushed me beyond OOB modelling again.

Michael

 

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The kit was one of Ko Pro's earlier releases of the Skoda D.1. After a quick look, it looked like it may have been a copy of one of the first issues of kit or at least the box art indicated so. However, on the side of the box the "made in Czechoslovakia" was scratched out with a black maker and a sticker on the box indicated that it was "made in the Czech Republic" dating this issue to sometime around or after 1993. Old stock perhaps?

 

For those that don't know and I certainly didn't at that time, the Skoda D.1 was a license built version of the French Dewoitine D.21 which in turn was a development of Dewoitine D.12 which was a one of the various developments of the Dewoitine D.1. The D.1 was the first aeroplane designed by Emile Dewoitine and was a parasol winged monoplane having a metal oval section fuselage with  duralumin sheet skinning and fabric covered wing.

 

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This build has been fun. I found this kit, forlorn and sad looking in a corner of the bargain bin at my local hobby store; kind of like the homely puppy no one wanted to bring home.

 

For all of $5 CDN it was a good build, not difficult but with a few challenges. Every kit deserves it's day.

 

Cheers, Graham

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This is my Cessna O2 Skymaster of the Fuerza Aérea Salvadoreña (FAS) No 608 that was still around about 2015. It is in 1/72nd scale from the Airfix kit that was released in 1969, and I have to say it is not one of Airfix's finest. My kit is the 1973 reissue, and the moulds look worn even by that stage. It was apparently last reissued in 1978 and hasn't been around since, so far as I am aware, which leads me to think the mould is not in very good condition. The kit was a bit of a struggle in places and took me longer that I would expect for a kit of its size and parts count. Decals are home produced and a bit thicker than I would have liked. I think I was too generous with the varnish coats after I printed them.

Thanks to Cliff B for hosting this GB, which took me out of my usual builds and Enzo for keeping oversight

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