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There's definitely some bargains there, where did you find them?
I have a partially completed Beaufighter I really need to start working on again. It's a nice kit.
Bolton model show.
The Beaufighter is a very old and basic moulding and the Hunter is pretty crude too.
I came away with a magnifying lamp & a size 10 flat brush.
I avoided adding to the plastic, but stocked up on filler, brushes, and a paint stand.
In the next couple of weeks I'm gonna have a clearout, I'm heading into the darkest depths of the garage loft to sort some kits out. Last time I counted I had about 60, not all of which I'll want to build, so I'll flog some off & buy something I now fancy doing. Some of them will date from the late 80's!
One thing I did learn today was that there is no point in me getting a 1/72 Victor as it is massive.
Thought the display of TSR2s was quite impressive. I had a cheeky punt at one on eBay the other week, but it went for daft money.
My favourite today was the 1/32 2 seat Harrier done in black.
Do I win the longest ongoing build prize.
Got this for my birthday in 1998
The mottling on the skin was quite hard & 48 dreadlocks to stick on & paint, so got stuck & then there was uni...
Anyway moved with me from one end of the country to the other for 2 decades, dusted off today , gonna get some paints and see how out of practice I am now!
(Also found some 2002? Kona stickers in there)
Do I win the longest ongoing build prize.
Got this for my birthday in 1998
The mottling on the skin was quite hard & 48 dreadlocks to stick on & paint, so got stuck & then there was uni...
Anyway moved with me from one end of the country to the other for 2 decades, dusted off today , gonna get some paints and see how out of practice I am now!
(Also found some 2002? Kona stickers in there)
Do I win the longest ongoing build prize.
Got this for my birthday in 1998
The mottling on the skin was quite hard & 48 dreadlocks to stick on & paint, so got stuck & then there was uni...
Anyway moved with me from one end of the country to the other for 2 decades, dusted off today , gonna get some paints and see how out of practice I am now!
(Also found some 2002? Kona stickers in there)
Do I win the longest ongoing build prize.
Got this for my birthday in 1998
The mottling on the skin was quite hard & 48 dreadlocks to stick on & paint, so got stuck & then there was uni...
Anyway moved with me from one end of the country to the other for 2 decades, dusted off today , gonna get some paints and see how out of practice I am now!
(Also found some 2002? Kona stickers in there)
Do I win the longest ongoing build prize.
Got this for my birthday in 1998
The mottling on the skin was quite hard & 48 dreadlocks to stick on & paint, so got stuck & then there was uni...
Anyway moved with me from one end of the country to the other for 2 decades, dusted off today , gonna get some paints and see how out of practice I am now!
(Also found some 2002? Kona stickers in there)
Do I win the longest ongoing build prize.
Got this for my birthday in 1998
The mottling on the skin was quite hard & 48 dreadlocks to stick on & paint, so got stuck & then there was uni...
Anyway moved with me from one end of the country to the other for 2 decades, dusted off today , gonna get some paints and see how out of practice I am now!
(Also found some 2002? Kona stickers in there)
6 of them? Wow!
Oh gosh
I am not syncing with this new forum
"I am not syncing with this new forum"
No shit Sherlock, me neither! (Cant even put a winkey face on anymore)
Anyway, my mate had some nice stuff on display on the Bomber Command table. A Night fighting Mozzie, a white Halifax & a Lanc.
Anyone going to the Huddersfield show In 2 weeks time?
I'd love to, but my "stash" is out of control. Lots more building. No more buying.
Getting the hang of the airbrush now.
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Ah, the Lusankya
Imagine how much all that red paint must have caused
I meant "Cost", but I can't update it now for some reason
Paint. Done.
Looking good. Did you pre-shade with the airbrush or with a hairy stick?
The airbrush is a great tool for applying the all over gloss clear coat ready for decals. And then for the Matt/satin/gloss coat after the decals
Pre shade was with the airbrush too.
Decals later in the week. The last hour with it, touching up the paint, has given me a headache so I've put it away. If I carry on now I'll ruin it.
Looking good HtS, can’t beat the double ugly!
Fin.
I do like that Phantom. 🙂
WOw Harry that’s amazing
Battlestar Galactica - Colonial Raptor in progress...
1/32 scale, kit by Moebius, seatbelts from Eduard 1/32 Hawk T Mk53; weathering done by the “hairspray chipping”effect
Looking good!
I may have accidentally purchased a Saab Grippen and a Hawker Tempest.
Current project is a B25 Mitchell gunship.
Is the Tempest the one with the chin radiator, or radial engine like the Sea Fury ( and FW190 before it)?
The chin.
Heller rebox apparently. It is meant to go together ok. I'll do a double build with a Typhoon that I've got.
Tempest had both (Chin and Radial)
nerd alert...
I think the Tempest MkVI had the radial engine - Napier Sabre?
all models of Tempest had a thinner wing than the Typhoon , which was meant to be a replacement for the Hurricane but was not great at altitude, excellent in the ground attack role.
I think the Sea Fury was derived from the Tempest MkVI and missed WWII but was used in Korea. Only piston engined fighter to shoot down a jet in that conflict irc.
BSG Colonial Raptor - finished!
Kit by Moebius in 1/32 scale. Seatbelts- Eduard BAe Hawk, otherwise finished OOB.
paints - Humbrol Acrylic 118 American Tan, one of a myriad shades of grey by Revell, engines Tamiya Bronze. All airbrushed. Wear & tear on the ‘wings’ - hairspray chipping method with Tamiya XF16 Flat Aluminium underneath.
I think the Tempest MkVI had the radial engine – Napier Sabre?
all models of Tempest had a thinner wing than the Typhoon , which was meant to be a replacement for the Hurricane but was not great at altitude, excellent in the ground attack role.
I think the Sea Fury was derived from the Tempest MkVI and missed WWII but was used in Korea. Only piston engined fighter to shoot down a jet in that conflict irc.
The Tempest Mk II had the radial engine. The Mk VI had the Mk V's Sabre engine but incorporated improvements initially implemented in the Mk II. Note that the Mk V was the first Tempest in service. Several engine options were developed in parallel including the II's Centaurus radial engine and the V's Sabre (a development of the engine originally in the Typhoon) and the V's was the first they got working well enough for service.
The Centaurus powered Tempest eventually morphed into the Fury (which never entered production) and eventually the Sea Fury (though a Sea Fury variant, named the Fury was developed for land-based rather than carrier operations). Interestingly the Sea Fury was also the starting point for the Sea Hawk, which was the first Hawker jet and which barely resembles the Sea Fury. That in turn eventually led to the Hawker Hunter.
Ah, got my facts mixed up a bit there. Still, a very nice aircraft
Top work with the airbrush there HtS! Nice one! 🙂
Only piston engined fighter to shoot down a jet in that conflict irc.
Nah, both P51s and F4U-4 Corsairs killed MiGs in the Korean war and A4D Skyraiders claimed MiGs in the Vietnam war!
Liking the Raptor JD.
This is all getting a bit like Britmodeller, where we all say how much we like each other's stuff then argue about the number of rivets holding the soup warmer to the cockpit side in an Avro Lincoln.
I need to get on with my B25 Mitchell that has been stalled for a month. Also, one of the undercarriage legs on the Tempest wasn't properly formed, so I'm going to have to raid my spare parts box and scratch build it.
This any use to anyone?
I remember making that Jaguar back in the mid 80s.
How much do you want for them?
The jags had someone attempt to paint the shell I'll snap some pics. Nowt some brake fluid wong strip. I'll fire some pics up later and see what it's worth to you.
Actually, I've got a daft stash of unmade kits, so someone else can have a go. I remember the Jag looking really good though.
From what manufacturer is that Harrier kit?
Fujimi
Progress.
B-25 Mitchell Gunship.
It had a 3.75" cannon in the nose, the barrel of which ran under the pilots and was breach loaded by the navigator from his position aft of the cockpit. It could get off 4 rounds a minute. A flying tank, but not quite an A-10.
