Natter Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 I built more than my annual average this year, despite spending several hundred hours rebuilding my Land Rover Series III. I have completed 8 models compared with an average of 6. Many of the builds have been completed for GBs, mostly to provide some extra motivation. There are some interesting GBs through 2022, so here's hoping for a further increase in the average. In mid-January I finished the Zvezda 1/72 Mig-21bis in the markings of the Madagascar Air Force. RFI post here. Next, at the end of January was the Xtrakit 1/72 Gloster Meteor F8 with Isradecals Israeli marking. RFI post here. The May Blitzbuild produced the newer mould Airfix A-4 Skyhawk with aftermarket decals. WiP is here and the RFI is in the GB Gallery here. For the Less Than a Tenner GB I built Heller's 1/43 Mercedes SL450 using Zero Paints Byzanzgelb gold. The WiP is here and the RFI can be found in the GB Gallery on this page. There's a GB theme here, and the next model which I built for the French Fancy II GB in October was the Airfix 54mm 1815 French Line Infantryman. The WiP is to be found linked here and the RFI is in the Gallery and can be found here Yet another GB, this time the High Wing GB, saw Heller's 1/72 Les Mureaux 117 built after many years in my stash. The WiP is linked here and the RFI is halfway down the second page of the Gallery here. I broke from the GBs and built Revell's 1/32 Opel GT from their snap-together kit. This was built for a mate of mine and he was well pleased with it. The RFI can be found here. To get a final model over the line in 2021 I joined in with the Christmas Blitzenbuild and made the Stalingrad Models 1/35 Refugees with Baby Carriage Europe 1939-1945. This was completed in approximately 21.5 hours and although I am no figure specialist I am reasonably pleased with the result. The WiP is here and the finished model is in the Gallery near the bottom of the page at this link Not quite a model, but I spent most of the summer making a kit of parts out of this and then putting it all back together again. Maybe with no more Land Rovers to rebuild I may make more models in 2022. Maybe. 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeroenS Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Some lovely variety in your builds Dave, really nice. I like your figures. And your 1:1 Land Rover is just very pretty! I'm building the Italeri version on the sneak and I mixed almost exactly this colour for it! Love it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmatthewbacon Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 What a great collection of neat, clean builds, Dave, and what variety. The SL is beautiful, and belies its scale (you should really get one of those giant Humbrol tinlets to show it off...), but the French infantryman just shades it for my favourite. A really nice piece of work with lovely detail painting and bags of character. Happy New Year! best, M. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 Well done for a good year's output. I'm surprised you managed anything with the Landrover project on the go. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seamus Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 Good stuff, the MiG and Meteor are very tidy. I'll have to keep an eye out for the Land Rover around town 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natter Posted December 31, 2021 Author Share Posted December 31, 2021 30 minutes ago, Seamus said: I'll have to keep an eye out for the Land Rover around town He's pretty easy to spot from behind! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 Small but select output. Love the figures and the Opel. The full size Landy is pretty nice too! Regards, Adrian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 Nice collection Dave, cracking builds, I like the blue background I will give that a go. The 1:1 scale Land Rover looks fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 Some lovely models, particularly taken by the Meteor, really nice work on all of them though. Rather jealous of the Landy, beautiful build on that one! Don't fancy doing the same to a 1979 Mini 1275GT? No? Thought not....!! 🤣 Cracking years work! keith 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natter Posted January 2, 2022 Author Share Posted January 2, 2022 5 hours ago, keefr22 said: Don't fancy doing the same to a 1979 Mini 1275GT? Bit too nervous about the welding work. Bird-poo welds on a Landy chassis don't look out of place! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Great lineup there, they look great, the figures look fantastic too, the Land Rover looks lovely and the tailgate looks splendid and will certainly make it stand out. Great work on all. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 7 hours ago, Natter said: Bird-poo welds on a Landy chassis don't look out of place! Our Min is built as a rally car, so nothing pretty about the welding in it either! I hadn't welded anything for getting on 40 years (oxy-acetylene....!!) so my son took a couple of NVQ courses to learn mig & tig welding - he got quite good at it! Keith 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Great builds here ! Wulfman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krow113 Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Good stuff well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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