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Welcome to the site. Make aeroplanes if you must . But feel free to venture further afield, there are some great boats, Afvs, CARS, figures and others here too. Ross

That's what I thought, but the gun bay covers pivot forward. They're over the front of the wings and the cannons.

Amazing work!

Well you might get a couple out of this lot. Please feel free to ignore the clutter in the background! In use bits boxes. First off, we now have a bowsprit. I had one and thought, well, why not? The big thrust generator has gone. Replaced by this smaller box thing. I realised that the crew couldn't get past the big bulky thing to the bow. I considered building stairs and a gantry. But decided on what you see here. The thrust genny will reappear sometime in the future. probably on a space ship or something along those lines. You can maybe make out some etch fencing around the sides here at the front. Falling overboard could mean a very long drop! And moving further aft we have winglets. They give a little extra lift at speed. Probably good for stability too. And, part of the underneath hinges down to act as airbrakes. The Meng nuts and bolts are prominent on the green panel.. At the end here are two tubes to release steam pressure from the bladders that drop the airbrakes. And at the stern we have these steerable thrusters. They were Ludo counters. now mounted in lids for my eyedrops! The fairings are from an old space shuttle toy. I do have a few more pics, I'll add them soon. I also have a new propulsion device to be fitted. Pictures in the next installment, soon. Many thanks for looking. Still waiting here for the Postie to deliver the bourbon biscuits BTW. Cheers, Pete Thanks for looking

I'm very sorry that Chevy decided to offer the 300hp L-48 350 as the 1967 Camaro's top-of-the-line small block option instead of the hi-revving, thunderous 350hp L-79 327 that was still available in Novas, Malibus and Chevelles - and Corvettes, of course.

But we do still have @Illusive. That track assembly looks 'Interesting' or maybe even 'challenging'! Love anything on a T-34 chassis for my part.

Pretty incredible work...

Where have these been all my life? More importantly, where are they now?!

De Havilland Mosquito T.3 VT588, RAO-L, 608 Sqn RAF Manston, August 1948 Kit: Airfix A03019, 1972 tool, 2013 boxing Aftermarket: Freightdog Tropical intakes Decals: Xtradecal X72232 Build thread: https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235152435-mosquito-t3

Thanks for that. I thought it a bit odd at the time I was finishing it! But can't do anything about it now as I have sold the model.

A very obvious one, which can also be used in this GB is that a lot of the Airfix Railway range came from Rosebud-Kitmaster (don't know how I forgot that one) Meanwhile @stevej60, I see you are still maintaining the work-rate of a Trojan on steroids!

From what I can see, it's the gun bay cover .... and the shadow of the armourer ... Keith ☺️

And their balloon antics

That's not a model... I went to the RAF museum this morning and got some photos of the camera fairings

Don't you know it's rude to point?

DeHavilland Mosquito FB.XVIII "Tsetse" NT225/O, 249 Sqn RAF Portreath, July 1944 Kit: Tamiya 1/72 60747 Mosquito FB.VI Aftermarket: AML A72009 conversion set and decals Build thread: https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235152353-mosquito-fbxviii/

Some truly lovely work on that model! And for a second build, no less! It looks great. As to the sh*tmarks, there are memoranda to show that sometimes they were painted or tarped over, so either is historical in relation to the time the model is to be displayed.

Can anyone tell me what the object behind the gun bay is? Doesn't seem to be a cover, although it looks like it and seems to be connected to the back of the gun bay. Thanks, Charlie

Very true with regard to safety, it just was not a consideration back then, Classic examples include:- The introduction of roll hoops in the early 1960s that sat below the level of the drivers head and of course no seatbelts, so if the car flipped the driver's head was definitely going to protect the roll hoop! Driver seats made by moulding a driver shaped depression in a fibreglass fuel tank I think that fibreglass bodywork gives the impression of structure and that all drivers up to the early 2000s didn't have a great imagination!

DeHavilland Mosquito B.Mk.IV DZ367, GB-J, 105 Sqn RAF Horsham St Faith, early 1942 Kit: Tamiya 1/72 60753 Build thread: https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235152352-mosquito-biv/

This is my entry for this GB. It is the aircraft flown by Capt Kim "KC"Campbell (Killer Chick) during Op Iraqi Freedom. This aircraft was badly damaged during a flight over Baghdad, so bad that she had to revert to manual control to get back to base. The aircraft was then deemed that the damage was so severe that it had to be reduced to parts. The model was made with the Italeri kit and Two Bob decals. The build thread is here:-

Primer on.... Next up WWI British khaki/brown

bring on the clowns

I am unsure what to admire more: your stash size or your life expectancy 🤭

As mentioned earlier, here are some photos of the finished model. Thanks to all that have encouraged and given advice throughout this build.