gengriz Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 Busy year for me too! I started the year on a trainer theme with an Airfix Tucano and a Heritage Grob Tutor: My trainers then advanced into Airfix Hawk demonstrator territory: Then a heavily modified Italeri Goshawk with Caracal decals: ... and an RAF Hawk in working clothes: The Hawks were a way to take my mind off slow progress with the main build of the first part of the year, a Heller E-3D Sentry with Combat Decals markings: Very difficult to find a place to photograph this one. Then, as HMS HERMES/INS VIRAAT headed to the breakers yard, I set out on a HERMES binge, starting with an 800 Sqn ESCI Sea Harrier (and Sky decals) to mark HERMES' first SHARs: And a Fujimi Indian Sea Harrier LUSH to mark VIRAAT's last SHARS: Then an update of my old Matchbox Wessex V (adding detail and some Modeldecal markings) to become one of 845 Sqn's cabs when HERMES evacuated civilians from the war-torn beaches of Cyprus: (and yes, I did correct the tail rotor error in the second picture!): ....then added a modified Fujimi Sea King of 814 Sqn (Modeldecal markings again), also on the Kyrenia beaches: and finally an Xtrakit Sea Vixen of 893 Sqn (with Model Art decals). How I wish I had lopped a few mm off those tail booms..... July saw the UK's Carrier Strike Group (CSG21) set sail with their new Merlin Crowsnest AEW aircraft. Time for a quick scratch update to my existing Merlin: The dome does fold down, although clearly the cabin door doesn't shut! Then something completely different, an Airfix Super Mystere with Modeldecal markings: Th eMystere helped keep me calm whilst I struggled with translucent yellow paint on a Heller CL-415 water bomber: I will not be doing another yellow model for a long time As yellow recovery therapy, I changed environments to build a Dragon GDLS M1296 Stryker Dragoon: Then I suffered a setback with an Ace Alvis Stalwart. Not an easy build ! And finally, a Firebrand urge took me and I built the Valom Firebrand Mk.5 Quickly followed by Valom's Firebrand Mk.II There are two more kits about to complete (need a decent day to photograph them though) at which point I will abandon 2021 to the dustbin of history! FredT 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Nice one Fred, really like the Hawks - then the Sea Harriers. Good to see they're still being churned out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Love them all Fred,....... what a great selection. I do like the toned down Indian SHAR and would like to build one but haven`t found any decals,.... did you make them yourself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Wicked collection, great work on them all. Looking at the water bomber it has turned out great , you should do more yellow machines!!!😉 Great work Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gengriz Posted December 22, 2021 Author Share Posted December 22, 2021 On 12/21/2021 at 11:29 AM, tonyot said: I do like the toned down Indian SHAR and would like to build one but haven`t found any decals,.... did you make them yourself? They are a mix of the Italeri decals and some home printed/drawn ones (the Indian script was hand written/copied using an india ink pen). Perhaps not as finely defined as I would wish, but I think they worked OK. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 I like your thematic approach and the way it tells stories. Great models too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VolkerR. Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 Great output in both quantity and quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 A high quality collection ! Wulfman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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