Post-WW2 Twins 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

[Dave Klaatu]

1/72 Revell Su-57 (T-50)

 

Built box stock. Digital camo is paint, not decals. MRP paint. Didn't come with any armament, I didn't add any.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 26 by Dave Klaatu
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[Dave Klaatu]

1/72 Dragon YF-23

 

Built box stock, MRP paint dark grey, not black. Caracal decals.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited September 9 by Dave Klaatu
corrected bent nose gear pic

[shortCummins]

 

Here’s my attempt a building Airfix’s excellent 1:48 Gloster Meteor F.8

 

The only aftermarket was the Quinta Studio 3D decals, IP & seat harness.

I opted not to show either the canon or Derwent engine bays, both are available and I’m sure would make for an interesting display, perhaps next time?

 

There’s only one area to be extra carful with during the build and that’s the front landing gear/nose section, for some reason the lending gear was too far forward, not by much (just enough to be annoying), and that caused a gap where it fitted and also meant I couldn’t fit the front landing gear cover without cutting it down. The more I think about it I’m sure I fitted the cockpit sub-assembly a smidge too far forward?, so these issues were self inflicted.

 

I chose to portray an aircraft from the short lived Evergreen Display Team, Collage of Air Warfare RAF 1963-64.

 

MRP and Tamiya (LP-11) paints were used for the camo’ and ‘high speed silver’ colours.

 

Here’s the photo’s

 

 

 

 

 

 

until next time

as always, any suggestions, criticisms or comments will be gratefully received.

rgds

John(shortCummins)

[paul-muc]

Hunting Percival P. 66 Pembroke C. Mk. 54
Special Hobby 1/72, Build Thread

 

 

 

 

 

[TEMPESTMK5]

                                              Special Hobby DH Mosquito NF XXX GMRCN 1/31 LORRAINE Rabat Sale 1951

 

 

Humbrol brush painted 

Eduard PE seat belts 

Decals from various sheets 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Build thread is here 

 

https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235157443-172-special-hobby-mosquito-nf-xxx-gmrcn-131-lorraine-rabat-sale-1951/

Th

Best regards 

Patrice 

 

[Keeff]

Italeri 1/72 Jaguar GR.1  XX733 Operation Granby, 1991

Straight out the box, painted with Vallejo and Ammo paints, flory wash and Vallejo varnish ..... 

 

 

 

 

 

Keith ☺️ 

[samhobbs]

Here’s my completed entry to this groul build. GWH’s 1/72 F-15I Ra’am. Completed entirely out of the box

WIP thread here:

GWH 1/72 F-15I Ra’am - COMPLETED

[PhantomBigStu]

Airfix F2H Banshee, painted with AK Dark Sea Blue, Humbrol 11 and 174

[parip]

Here is my attempt at building Academy's OV-10D in 1/72. 
Mostly out of the box, with the exception of 3D printed pilots from Paddinghous, Airfix stand and Evergreen styrene strips and profiles.
For the camo I have used Mr. Hobby aqueous colours.
Here are some photos 

 

 

 

 

Cheers 🍻
Rade

[theplasticsurgeon]

Airfix 1/72 General Dynamics F-111A, the first prototype.

[theplasticsurgeon]

Revell 1/72 General Dynamics F-111B  TFX,  a US Navy prototype.

[Planebuilder62]

Here is my 1/72 Vought V-173 Pancake built OOB.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[DaveJL]

1/48 Academy A-10C

74th Fighter Squadron

Operation Inherent Resolve, 2017

Build thread

 

 

Cheers

 

Dave

[Dermo245]

Here's mine, Airfix ancient Shorts Skyvan in NASA scheme for Wallops Flight Centre, Virginia 1981. OOB build with Tamiya and Mr Hobby Paints. W&N Satin Varnish.

Short build thread is here

Thanks to @81-erand @modelling minion for a great group build.

Happy modelling,

Dermot

 

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[Colin W]

We invited The Dorset Printman to the Salisbury show back in 2023 and he had just started making kits of the Bristol Belvedere as a 3d print. Only a few parts to the kit as is usual for these modern offerings but it looked excellent apart from the glazing which looked 'sub optimal'. Having sat it on the window sill curing for a summer while I wondered what to do about the windows I noticed the original rotor blades had distorted and needed replacing. I saw the The Dorset Printman at Telford and he promptly gave me a new improved set of rotor blades and hubs which were much better. Hows that for customer support! Thus invigorated I decided the kit was now worth building, I just needed to have a go at vacforming my own transparancies. This I promptly did and am very pleased with the final result. 

So here we have a 1/48 Bristol Belvedere and a great model it produces. 

Decals are from Xtradecal for the serials and roundals with the stencils etc from the bits bix. 

I notice the 2 preserved examples in Hendon and Weston Supermare are both quite glossy so I left it in a quite shiny finish. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

many thanks to the Dorset Printman and his Mrs for the kit and the spares. 

 

Thanks also to @modelling minion for the GB idea. 

 I hope you like it

Build thread is here

 

Colin 

PS the 'drop tanks' are actually emergency supplies storage containers. Thanks to Dave from 'the Helicopter museum' for that 

[Andwil]

OV-10A Bronco of the Royal Moroccan Airforce, Marrakech 1981.  Hasegawa 1/72 kit with Reskit main wheels, Master brass pitot, Decals from Kits World KW 172 141.  The Moroccan Airforce ordered 24 Broncos for counter insurgency missions over Western Sahara, but only the first 6 were delivered.  The type was found to be unsatisfactory for the vast area involved and they finished their service flying coastal surveillance (not from Marrakech!).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks to @modelling minion and @81-er for hosting and running the Group Build so brilliantly.

 

AW

[Courageous]

A-26 Invader Racer "76", Reno 1968

Revell 1/72 kit

Built mainly OOB but demilitarised with only a few enhancements in the cockpit. Build log here:

 

 

 

 

Hope you like and thanks for stopping by. Great thanks to @modelling minion & @81-er for hosting and running the GB.

 

Stuart