Small is Beautiful Gallery

[Enzo the Magnificent]

Post your completed builds here. No more than five photos per entry.

Please do not post comments in this thread. All comments should go in the subject's build thread.

 

[psdavidson]

Wow, first in! How did that happen?

Here's a tiny tram

Fujimi Snow Miku tram in 1/150

 

 

 

 

 

 

[wimbledon99]

Hi All,

 

Here are my Hawkers. These were fun to build and surprisingly satisfying. WIP is below if interested

 

Cheers

 

Nigel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[CliffB]

1/2000 scale RMS Mauretania

This is a modern reprint of a Micro Models paper model from the 1950s.  It's pre-coloured, just cut the pieces out and glue them together!

 

 

 

 

and here it is alongside Airfix's 1/600 offering...

 

 

Cheers

[Courageous]

Here is my completed 'Small is Beautiful' subject of HMS Spitfire, a Swordfish Class Torpedo Boat Destroyer, launched 1895 using the 1/700 Combrig kit. Build log here: 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for looking.

Stuart

[DaveJL]

1/144 Academy B-1B

86-0129 'Black Widow'

34th Bomb Squadron

Build thread

 

 

Cheers

 

Dave

[theplasticsurgeon]

Airfix 1/600 HMS Suffolk.

[PeterB]

This is my attempt at the 1/144 Revell B-2B Spirit. The kit was originally released by Monogram as a "Snap-Tite" kit with no undercarriage I believe, but when Revell decided to re-box it they added an undercarriage. Unfortunately the plastic on the undercarriage sprue was extremely brittle on my boxing and broke up as I removed it from the sprue, so I ended up building wheels up after all  as explained in my build thread.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The kit represents one of the early flight test models before it was brought up to full late production standard.

 

Pete

Edited August 26 by PeterB

[PeterB]

And this is my Airfix 1/144 Saturn IB and is from a boxing re-released around 2012 to represent it as used in the SA-205 mission in October 1968 during which Apollo 7 made the first manned Apollo flight. The kit went together pretty easily except for the bottom section of the first stage which did not align very well, and as I explained in the build thread I have my doubts about the placement of some of the bits and pieces sticking out from the bottom of the second stage. Painting was problematic and I made a silly mistake with some of the decs, but I got there in the end. Here is a link to thread with more detailed photos.

 

 

It deserves to be photographed against a more suitable background but this will give you an idea of the result.

 

 

Pete

[nimrod54]

Eurofighter Typhoon 30+09 "Bronze Tiger"

Tigermeet 2014

Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 74, Neuberg AB

 

Revell 1/144

 

by John L, on Flickr

 

by John L, on Flickr

 

by John L, on Flickr

 

by John L, on Flickr

 

 

Next project for the GB will be a C-17A Globemaster.

 

Cheers for now

John.

[Romeo Alpha Yankee]

Lockheed C-130J-30 Hercules II

 

A97-441

 

37 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force

 

 

[grumpy n old]

Trumpeter CV-10 Yorktown 1/700

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Sesquipedaliac]

Two P-63s in fictitious liveries, built from the Dora Wings kit (build thread)

 

 

 

 

Edited September 11 by Sesquipedaliac
grammar

[Illusive]

Northrop XB-35 Flying Wing (Cyber Hobby 2017, 1/200 scale)

 

Minimalistic Full decals, plane body attached with doublesided tape to keep interior accessible and safe at same time. Aluminium paint overall, other coloring as appropriate.

 

 

 

 

Edited September 21 by Illusive
More decals.

[Ghostbase]

HMS Victorious

 

Airfix

 

1/600

 

Timeline: late 1950's

 

A nostalgia build of the venerable Airfix kit which was first released in 1959.

 

20250920_153941 by Michael, on Flickr

 

20250920_153406 by Michael, on Flickr

 

20250920_153508 by Michael, on Flickr

 

20250920_154008 by Michael, on Flickr

 

 

[Lex77]

Kit Academy 1/144 KC-135R 

Decals; Caracal Models

Build; 

 

 

 

 

 

[djktrumpet]

Here's my teeny-tiny Hurricane Mk1, built into a display jar salvaged from a charity shop. Sweet 1/144th scale kit and decals, prop blurs from propblur.com.

Edited October 17 by djktrumpet
Changed from imgur to Hobby Photo Host

[Jabba]

     This is my entry for this GB. It is a VC-10 K3 refueling a Buccaneer and Tornado on their way to a target in Iraq during the Gulf War. The VC-10 is the Roden kit, the Buccaneer is the 1/144.co.uk kit and the Tornado is the Revell kit.

 

The build thread can be found here:- 

 

 

 

 

 

[gwyndaffandy]

This is where my imagination took me with the opportunities the small scale offers. It isn’t a scale I have done made much in and I have been both surprised and slightly intimidated by the level of detail that is available in 1/144. 
The two planes are from Revell, these are simple and show their age

The vehicles are from Pit-road and are simple to build but look very good when finished

The buildings are card offerings from Metcalfe and were a real revelation to me. 
The figures came from Victrix and again were a pleasant surprise

 

A blog of the build can be found here 

 

[marvinneko]

Here is my 1/144 Eduard Avia B.534. I did one OOB for an Xmas Blitzbuild a few years back. For this one, I thinned trailing edges and cut and deflected control surfaces. I made my own masks for the roundels and 6E and E6 markings to see if I could do it at this scale and to have something more unique.

 

The markings are based on a photo of a training plane in a Profile Publications book. 

 

It's tiny. The IP decal was oversized and wouldn't stick so I used TET, which worked perfectly to wrap it down.

 

I cut little metal tubes for the exhausts.

 

Rigging was earphone wire. I tried nylon thread but kept breaking it.

 

Pin wash with burnt umber oil. Broken skid replaced with stretched sprue.

 

The macro photos show places I could improve. The kit came with four in the box. So, maybe by the last one I will finally get it all together 😛 

 

Thanks to @Marklo for hosting.

[ErikT]

Here's mine completed.  It's an old Dragon F16 kit in 1/144 scale with some 3D printed details (loader, tug, crew, ejection seat, ladder, and console).

 

 

 

 

 

 

[bianfuxia]

This is my 1/144 A-Model EE Canberra in Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) markings from the Viet Nam war era.

 

 

 

Here is the build thread. If you think (as I do) that this model looks a bit rough and ready, a glance through the build thread will show you just how rough and ready was the basic material for this build! 🤣