RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted July 3, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 3, 2021 Spotted this on eBay. Just the sort of quirky subject that I like - and in 1:48 scale. Cheers Darius 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unicorn1 Posted July 4, 2021 Share Posted July 4, 2021 17 hours ago, Barry Ten said: Nice job, Les. I was impressed enough with your lovely Parisien bus to acquire the same kit, although I haven't started mine yet. Not tempted by the Heller 1/8th Traction Avant? Thanks Barry The Traction Avant would be nice, a 1/8th Hachette Routemaster would be even nicer - have to wait for my premium bonds to come up first! Anyway, in the meantime - go on - open the box.... Les 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Barry Ten Posted July 9, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 9, 2021 Progress on the Hawker Hunter: It's an excellent kit, with particularly impressive intake detail, including full internal ducting. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craigw Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 I have started to add a bit of mud around the chassis of my Pz.Kpfw IV Ausf. F before I refit the wheels and tracks. It is easier to to the basic stuff like this earlier and it gives a more consistent appearance. Having lots of fun building this. Regards, Craig W 9 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Barry Ten Posted July 12, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 12, 2021 Progress on the Hawker Hunter, which I'm doing in the 1958 Battle of Britain commemoration scheme. I must admit as a kid I always thought Hawker Hunters were a bit boring compared to Phantoms, Buccaneers etc but I've really fallen in love with the beautiful lines of this jet. It's so well-proportioned, it just looks right. 12 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndon Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 Lots of photo etch going on the 1/200 Iowa: John 16 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 60091 Posted July 16, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 16, 2021 Ark Royal IV 1/700 From the Atlantic Models/Starling Models kit. Resin kit with photo etched brass detailing. The kit is waterline only so I tried to re-create one of those classic photos of the Ark with her bows digging in to a heavy sea. The base should probably have been bigger but I live in a small house and I'm running out of space to display stuff.. Took about 2 months to complete, working slowly, as I've found it's best to leave working with photo etched brass well alone unless in the right frame of mind to tackle it. 22 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndon Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 Working on one of the Iowa catapults, load of PE on this one which is about half finished: 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binky Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 I have a couple of 1:10 scale radio control 4x4s which like the real thing are a constant work in progress. There are competitions held for them but I prefer to just take them for a casual drive with friends who also build them. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Barry Ten Posted July 22, 2021 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted July 22, 2021 The Hawker Hunter is just about done: 25 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndon Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 (edited) More PE origami has seen the catapult all but finished: 60 parts in total for something 4" long and there is still another one to do... John Edited July 24, 2021 by johndon 11 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
33C Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 (edited) A quickie conversion of the "Airfix Classic" panzer IV to Flakpanzer Mobelwagen . Chassis-kit, everything else-scratch. Edited December 21, 2022 by 33C added photo. 10 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northmoor Posted July 25, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 25, 2021 I've a couple of bits to finish off on these, but this has been a very relaxing way to spend an hour after work in the recent warm weather. The Scout needs the canopy fixing (after "misting" it to hide the almost bare cockpit), a few decals still to do on the Sea Harrier and the Tempest undercarriage is still to be painted and fixed (and WHERE did those two other prop blades go...?). Otherwise, done. They've only taken just short of 40 years to complete! 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
33C Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 (edited) A couple of recently revisited Matchbox and Revell reissues. Good value considering you get a diorama and maybe 1/2 figures! Edited December 21, 2022 by 33C added photo. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted July 26, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 26, 2021 7 hours ago, 33C said: A couple of recently revisited Matchbox and Revell reissues. Good value considering you get a diorama and maybe 1/2 figures! Those diorama bases are thrown out by many modellers. I have several sections of the 'road' that comes with the German 8 wheel armoured car. trimmed and joined together* and the 'shell hole' filled in they can make a reasonable length of road for the layout. *Alternated with each piece the opposite way to its neighbour. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enfys_Rainbow Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Here's an Eduard 1/48 scale F-6F Hellcat I finished a couple of weeks ago: 15 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
33C Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Gotta love a Hellcat! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
33C Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 (edited) Last week's boot-sale buy. The started badly Spit from a "B.O.B. memorial flight" set. Broken prop, glue stained canopy and all! Came out ok i think? Edited December 21, 2022 by 33C added photo. 4 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
railroadbill Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 More Spitfires....photo-reconnaissance this time. These were lockdown projects, this is a Spitfire PR Mk XI in Danish markings. The Royal Danish Airforce had 3 of them, ex-RAF, received in 1947 and still in use up to June 1955. Developed from the Mk IX fighter, they had Merlin 70 engines. This is from an MPM 1:72 kit, airbrushed with Humbrol 230 PR blue, finished with Testors Dulkote. Spitfire PR XIX in Swedish markings, in use between 1948 and 1955. These had Griffon engines. (The last RAF ones went on to 1957, one of which was preserved and is still flying). This was an Airfix 1:72 kit, same paint and finish as the PR XI. So- two PR Spitfires, one with Merlin, one with Griffon, in post war markings, pretty much at the end of military use of the Spitfire. 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enfys_Rainbow Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 Bit more unusual this time - Japan's WW2 version of the Me262 - the Kikka. Only made one flight I believe. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted August 3, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 3, 2021 22 minutes ago, Enfys_Rainbow said: Bit more unusual this time - Japan's WW2 version of the Me262 - the Kikka. Only made one flight I believe. They used Junkers engines transported from Germany by freight carrying U-boats. By the latter end of the war even those had less than a 50% chance of getting through. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Birks Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 I bought a cheap Tamiya Land Rover kit to hav a play with heavy weathering on the basis that it was a cheap kit so I had little to loose. In hindsite the weathering could be even heavier but it was good practice. 15 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Barry Ten Posted August 8, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 8, 2021 Following the excellent example by Unicorn1: https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/42805-non-railway-modelling/page/33/ I was inspired to build the same Heller 1/24th Renault T6 bus kit. Most of what's left to do is painting and inserting the seats and glazing. It's quite fun to work on such a big scale. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unicorn1 Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 17 hours ago, Barry Ten said: Following the excellent example by Unicorn1: https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/42805-non-railway-modelling/page/33/ I was inspired to build the same Heller 1/24th Renault T6 bus kit. Most of what's left to do is painting and inserting the seats and glazing. It's quite fun to work on such a big scale. Coming along nicely! Les 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Kirkham Posted August 9, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 9, 2021 There are some impressive architectural models on this firm's website https://www.modelhouses.co.uk/, including a reconstruction of Henry VIII's Nonsuch palace https://www.modelhouses.co.uk/portfolio-item/nonsuch-palace/ and a model of Auschwitz with 6000 figures https://www.modelhouses.co.uk/the-auschwitz-model-the-experience-of-studying-the-unimaginable/ 4 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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