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I was commenting the other day on one of the F1 build threads about my old Brabham F1 car that I'd made in a diorama with the pit crew accessory set.

 

I built it in probably 1987...pretty young and green in those days.

 

That probably explains why my pit crew are so wide eyed with shock!

 

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Evening folk's,logged into my old Flickr account came across some AFV builds including these Tamiya kits which I would think in the timeframe of this GB.

Pink Panther Land Rover.

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Standard Jeep and LRDG Jeep.

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Walker Bulldog.

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Panther.

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Centurion.

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And the good old Chieftan

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Hasegawa 1/72.  For a long time I used this inexplicably light green for my Japanese aircraft.

 

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Hasegawa 1/72 Ki-84.  One of my better NMF jobs.

 

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Fukimi A5M.  My result on this model was pretty disappointing, due to my clumsiness.  I probably should strip and repaint it, and replace those massive aileron actuators.

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Five that qualify for this without me realising to begin with.

The Hasegawa P-51D built for the 2020 P-51 STGB, mold dating back to the 1970s.

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Likewise the Hasegawa N1K2-J, built for the Turning Japanese GB last year, mold from 1977.

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The  Hasegawa Jaguar GR.1/A, built as a Armee de L'Air Jaguar A in 1990 Gulf War colours for the Ground Attack GB also last year. Mold from 1984.

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The Hasegawa P-38J built for the P-38 STGB last year too, a later boxing from a mold dating from 1977.

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& lastly the Hasegawa F-16C with some Hi Decals finishing in an experimental scheme briefly worn during the Gulf war, built for the F-16 STGB in 2021

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I think that's it. :)

Steve.

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Here's one for @malpaso,  my Has B-17F Fortress. 

Something I've noticed about the Has kit is the almost straight windscreen angle - which is quite a Vee on the real aircraft. 

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And I've got two more copies (F & G) of this kit in my stash.

 

And now the ancient Airfix Bit'O Lace, following directions in an IPMS mag. 

This aircraft was shredded during a raid in April 1945 (prob depicted on Airfix's boxart)

and a lot of components replaced.  Hence Stbd outer engine not in sqdn colour,   and port outer wingtip from a camo aircraft.

And possibly when the colour of the lace changed. 

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I was going to build this one here, but Blitzbuild called and I was unable to resist:

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The P-E was bundled with the second-hand kit. In the end I used the rudder pedals and the seat belts, everything else being  either irrelevant or the wrong side of the cost-benefit line in my book.

 

The Hasegawa kit is actually lovely and a really nice build. However, if you choose a kit like this for a Blitzbuild GB, don't choose an impossibly fiddly colour scheme like this one:

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B12-EC5-DB-8615-46-CC-8-E72-D80-CF9-D25-

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This took quite a large slice of my "try to finish in a day" time :D

 

Sorry it won't be in the proper gallery here, but it is built.

 

Regards,

Adrian

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Good morning,

 

I don't know if I'll be able to participate in this build group (I'm already very late to finish my build in the salty sea dog group!), however I'm showing some pre-1990 Hasegawa models that I built: 

 

 1/72nd P47D:  

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1/72nd B5N2 Kate:

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Toyota starter truck:

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I show these flying fortresses to motivate malpaso  :giggle: 

 

B17G Hasegawa in foreground:

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B17F Hasegawa:

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B17G Hasegawa with Airfix box decoration:

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I also have G4M Betty, S2F Tracker, P51D Mustang, F9F Panther, A6A Intruder, E13A1 Jake w/catapult in boxes, but decency dictates that I don't show them! I built them in the 90's .

 

Oups,

I forgot these too:

 

the 1975's Tamiya Lancaster:

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1/48th Tamiya J2M Jake:

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Regards,

Eric-Snafu35 

 

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