Lesser Known Manufacturers Classic Inspiration Gallery

[825]

I hope these three come out Ok as they’re in my old photo hosting service and it doesn’t always display. If you can’t see them try right clicking the link. First is an Aeroclub Short 184

 

 

 

 

Lindbergh Kingfisher

 

 

and last but not least an Aeroclub Fairey Flycatcher

 

 

 

[ChicagoTom]

Oh how I love the idea of this group build! Here are a few of mine.

AMT (also released by ESCI) 1/48 P-36:

IMG_1185 by Thomas Test, on Flickr

 

Hawk 1.72 F4D Skyray (I could not resist markings that share my last name - it used to be "Testa" when my ancestors came across the boat in the 1920's):

P1010346 by Thomas Test, on Flickr

 

Jo-Han 1/72 P-47 (with a Hawk 1/48 P-51D lurking in the background, which is an excellent kit for its era):

12 16 09_0796 (Large) by Thomas Test, on Flickr

 

Lindberg as a "what-if" Air National Guard F-91 Thunderceptor:

12 16 09_0811 by Thomas Test, on Flickr

F-91 Thunderceptor4 by Thomas Test, on Flickr

 

I was surprised that Nichimo was not on the list, they are pretty obscure here in the states. Here is my Claude, a kit from the early 60s that is quite lovely:

PXL_20250128_045645210 by Thomas Test, on Flickr

 

And here is a Lindberg 1/32 Buick Century, a 1972 I believe. I used to own a 1973 Chevy Monte Carlo, and this is a very similar vehicle:
PXL_20250110_041349790 by Thomas Test, on Flickr

Edited June 29 by ChicagoTom

[Mjwomack]

1 hour ago, ChicagoTom said:

Oh how I love the idea of this group build! Here are a few of mine.

It is not without the bounds of possibility that a moderate number of people are rather eagerly anticipating this GB; it's great being a Host and seeing all these beauties!

[2996 Victor]

2 hours ago, ChicagoTom said:

Oh how I love the idea of this group build! Here are a few of mine.

That's a superb selection, Tom, thank you so much for sharing them it would be hard to choose a favourite, so I'd have to say, "all of them!"

 

1 hour ago, Mjwomack said:

it's great being a Host and seeing all these beauties!

Absolutely right, Michael!

 

Cheers,

Mark

[JOCKNEY]

Well as one of your hosts it would be just plain rude not to pop a few builds on here

 

Supermodel Re2000 Falco 1972 Blitzbuild

 

LS A6M2-N Rufe 1964

 

Pegasus Fokker D.XXIII 1992, a hateful kit ! 

 

Cheers Pat

 

[2996 Victor]

2 minutes ago, JOCKNEY said:

Supermodel Re2000 Falco 1972

I do love this one, Pat!

[AlbertLima]

LS 1/144 F-15C (or rather a much better quality clone of it than the Trumpeter) and something that doesn't count, a Bandai Dopp Fighter in the same scale

[JOCKNEY]

A few more

 

Lublin R-XIII-ter by Janusz Makowski 1982

 

Supermarine 224 by Rareplanes 1984

 

North American F-51 H by Beechnut Models 198?

 

Aer. Macchi  C.205 Veltro by Supermodel 1973

 

Cheers Pat

 

[Redstaff]

Looking through my stuff, I've built very little that would qualify for this GB, in fact all I can find is the AMT Oldsmobile 442 that was brought back from New York a few years ago along with the Corvette I'm building now when my wife and daughter went for a few days for the daughters 21st present (I stayed at home to look after the dog, a much better option than trailing round NY with 2 women on a shopping mission IMHO 🤣 )

 

 

[theplasticsurgeon]

For @UberDaveToo here's my build of the Rareplanes Savage.

Built 2021, for Anything But Injection GB

 

[JOCKNEY]

A few more from previous GBs

 

1973 Supermodel Cant. Z.1007 bis Alcione Bideriva

 

1984 Aoshima Kawasishi E15K1 Shiun "Norm"

 

1973 LS TYPE 93 Willow K5Y2

 

Cheers Pat 

[Snafu35]

Bonjour à tous,

 

Voici quelques photos de mes modèles, réalisés par des fabricants moins connus. Je commencerai par des modèles à l'échelle 1/72.

 

S2F Tracker, Hobbycraft (Il s'agit du modèle Hasegawa de 1975 qui a été commercialisé par Hobbycraft en 1984) :

Je peignais encore au pinceau à l'époque, donc la construction devait être antérieure à 1993 !

 

CH113 Labrador Hobbycraft, devenu CH46 Sea Knight :

 

XFY-1 KP :

 

XF5F-1 MPM :

 

XF85 Goblin MPM :

 

 

Et Martin B10B William Bros :

 

à suivre avec 1/48 ?

 

Salutations,

Eric-Snafu35

 

 

Edited July 28 by Snafu35

[TeeELL]

Kitmaster ‘City of Truro’ - converted to EM-guage (consequently very much a non-runner).  An important model for me as my Grandfather used to drive this loco on ‘Specials’.

 

Aeroclub Gloster Grebe, representing an aircraft flown by 29(F) Sqn, part of my collection of aircraft flown by that Sqn.

 

 

[Romeo Alpha Yankee]

I found another one for this gallery,

Minicraft Ventura as a 459 SQN RAAF aircraft

[JWM]

Junkers G24 He - scratch conversion of a Plasticart kit , 1/72

 

Vickers Valentia Conrail 1/72  

 

Dewoitine 338, Broplan 1/72

 

Boeing 314, Combat Models, 1/72

 

Dornier JII Wal, Hima (scratch converted), 1/72

 

Ok, I stop here with inspirations...   

[Snafu35]

Hello,

 

@JWM: These are truly unlikely models in the collection you're showing us here. Incredible, well done!

 

Here is my collection of 1/48 scale models from lesser-known manufacturers:

 

AMT A20J Havoc 1/48:

the AMT A20G model was released in 1996, it does not count.

 

AMT F7F Tigercat 1/48:

This is one of the few models in my collection on which I painted the markings using stencils.

 

FineMolds D4Y3 Judy 1/48:

 

FineMolds D4Y2 Judy 1/48:

 

HOBBYCRAFT Piper PA18 1/48:

 

HOBBYCRAFT Piper Cherokee 1/48:

 

HOBBYCRAFT Ar234 B2:

 

HOBBYCRAFT F4U 1A 1/48:

 

HOBBYCRAFT F7U Cutlass 1/48:

 

HOBBYCRAFT F8F1B 1/48:

 

HOBBYCRAFT ME109 G14 1/48:

 

HOBBYCRAFT ME109 G10 1/48:

 

HOBBYCRAFT P26A Peashooter 1/48:

 

LINDBERG F8U Crusader 1/48:

Built in the 1980s, I painted it with a brush and added ESCI decals. I attempted to scratch build by reproducing the ventral fins and partitioning the wheel wells with cardboard!

 

still in working order today!

 

NICHIMO B5N2 Kate 1/48:

another attempt to paint the marks with stencils, and covering the wing folds with Evergreen.

 

OTAKI F4U1 A Corsair 1/48:

 

@Icarus: I had never noticed the spelling mistake on the instructions:

OTAKI is even spelled with an H!

 

Last, OTAKI P47D Thunderbolt 1/48, with markings from Haegawa:

That's enough, I think. Isn't it?

 

Regards,

Eric-Snafu35

 

 

 

 

 

 

[rob Lyttle]

What a splendid assortment of builds and subjects from the outer fringes 🤩

Here's one of mine--  I've a few other contenders, in fact I'm currently doing a paper and card Polish kit of an Irish traditional sailing boat...

But here's my Pyro Mercedes SSK Sportwagen from a while ago, 

Now happy in the company of 2 SSKLs by Matchbox. Happy family 

 

[JamesP]

Wrong gallery!

Edited Sunday at 05:55 PM by JamesP
Wrong gallery!