Non-railway modelling

[Barry Ten]

On the subject of Swastikas, I understand the sensitivities around not including them in kits, but the approach on the Meng decals for the Mustang was a new one on me. To get the "kills" Swastikas on the side of the P51, one transfer had to be laid over another. In other words, the Swastikas were there on the decal sheet, just in two halves.

[JZ]

51 minutes ago, Barry Ten said:

On the subject of Swastikas, I understand the sensitivities around not including them in kits, but the approach on the Meng decals for the Mustang was a new one on me. To get the "kills" Swastikas on the side of the P51, one transfer had to be laid over another. In other words, the Swastikas were there on the decal sheet, just in two halves.

Pretty much a mixed bag these days. With Airfix, I can only go by their latest Bf109, which isn't supplied with any. My Tamiya Fw190 has them. As for aftermarket decals, I have a set from Kits-World that have them, plenty in fact.

 

Yet AML do this:-

 

Eagle Cat miss out the centre.

 

And Exito do this, strangely, both full and halves.

 

Yet they show them in full on the decal instruction sheet.

When I previously modelled WW2 aircraft in the late 1960s to mid 1970s, it was only Revell that came without.

[Barry Ten]

1 hour ago, JZ said:

Pretty much a mixed bag these days. With Airfix, I can only go by their latest Bf109, which isn't supplied with any. My Tamiya Fw190 has them. As for aftermarket decals, I have a set from Kits-World that have them, plenty in fact.

 

Yet AML do this:-

 

Eagle Cat miss out the centre.

 

And Exito do this, strangely, both full and halves.

 

Yet they show them in full on the decal instruction sheet.

When I previously modelled WW2 aircraft in the late 1960s to mid 1970s, it was only Revell that came without.

 

Perhaps they snip off the edge of the sheet before packing the model for markets where the Swastika can't

be depicted?

[JZ]

19 minutes ago, Barry Ten said:

 

Perhaps they snip off the edge of the sheet before packing the model for markets where the Swastika can't

be depicted?

Could well be the case.

[JZ]

I wonder what they do with pre WW2 Finnish aircraft.

[PhilJ W]

4 hours ago, JZ said:

I wonder what they do with pre WW2 Finnish aircraft.

And Estonian, theirs was red.

[GMKAT7]

Good evening folks,

 

All of my swastikas are from an Xtradecal sheet, with only one or two exceptions.

As noted above, Airfix kits do not include them and neither do Revell, which was Revell of Germany (banned emblem).

 

I have a couple of Academy FW190 kits, so will check tomorrow if they include them or not.

 

Cheers, Nigel.

Edited November 24, 2023 by GMKAT7
Recall should be Revell.

[SM42]

I don't think the ban is total. 

 

Use in a correct historical context AIUI is allowed ( such as a film set in that era.)

 

However as there are the  obvious  issues, I can understand it not being included in this age of internet indignation and hysteria.

 

It's really not worth the hassle fending that off  for a model manufacturer to include something they thought nothing of including 40 years ago. 

 

Andy

 

[TT-Pete]

23 hours ago, SM42 said:

 this age of internet indignation and hysteria.

 

"Trigger warnings" on the box perhaps?

 

(And I always liked only fools and horses.)

 

Edited November 25, 2023 by TT-Pete

[johndon]

@Barry Ten As you asked yesterday... 😁

 

[Ben B]

 

Something for the 60th :)

 

Back in 2021 I did a shoot with a custom-rebuilt and repainted R/C Dalek, in an improvised scifi corridor... it wasn't quite what I wanted (there were still lockdown restrictions which stopped me going to the shops to buy props), so with a wish to do a Dr.Who themed shoot for the anniversary, I dug it all out of store in the loft.  The original corridor was our laundry basket, and any modifications had to be loose or cable-tied in place... so this time I bought my own basket to rebuild, and glue stuff to.  As before, the floor of the corridor was scalextric track.

 

 

 

It's all glamour here... I cut the end out of the basket, and left the lid as an openable airlock-type door, modified with bits of LED light, yoghurt pot lids, and a broken plastic bird feeder.  The corridor was lined with pipes salvaged from a dead washing machine, some plastic cannula ports (spares from the day job) and some LED strip lights.  Humidifiers for steam generators, and bicycle and LED inspection lights; I wanted to do all the special effects in-camera.  All in all, very low budget, in the best traditions of the classic-era.

 

 

My beloved original R/C Dalek, which was a Christmas pressie when I was 20.  Who doesn't like toys for Christmas?

 

 

 

Playing with the different lenses on my phone.

 

 

The gun-firing effect was done using a micro LED torch, and a blue plastic drinking straw.

 

 

Again, done in-camera... 1/12th scale skeleton, sprayed black and wrapped in clingfilm, and backlit.

 

Very happy with the shoot :)

 

 

[GMKAT7]

Good evening folks,

 

Fantastic Dalek Ben B and an imaginative way to photograph it!

 

Some more from the 'dark side' (Ju87 Stuka and Arado 196) plus two Tomahawk 1bs, one from a Bomber affiliation unit c1944 and a Desert Air Force one flown by Clive 'Killer' Caldwell, an Australian Ace.

 

Finally, just to show I am not entirely Spitfire biased,  a Hawker Hurricane 11c.

 

Cheers, Nigel.

[Timboh]

On 26/10/2023 at 15:14, Darius43 said:

1:48 Alvis Stormer

 

 

 

 

 

1:48 Centurion ARV

 

 

 

 

 

3D printed resin models painted by yours truly.

 

Cheers

 

Darius

Hi Darius,

I do 1/48 armour too; where did you get these please?

[D6150]

Ok this time I promise the F100D is finished. A couple of quick photos to show it with the ground crew in place, formerly Airfix British Commandos. Not the best quality figures, but they have turned out ok, to my eyes anyway. 

I've been playing around with the photo editing options on my old Samsung Galaxy, and have come up with something that might pass as an atmospheric shot from Lakenheath in the 60's (if you squint). 

Will post up some photos of what's left of 52817 if I make it up the hi in Spring '24, currently the weather isn't really suitable for amateur hill walkers like myself.

Thanks 

Ken 

[JZ]

One kit I surprisingly never built, well, not that I can remember, is a Ju87 Stuka. To rectify this, I have just bought the latest Airfix Ju87B-1. Not quite as good a fit as the other new Airfix kits I have recently done, but much better than when I last built this type of kit 40 odd years ago. One thing that is a pain is these pips (someone tell me their proper name please).

As you can see, some are quite large and not well placed for easy removal.

[PhilH]

After a lengthy complete loss of Mojo during which I have not done any modelling at all I have managed to complete a copper state models Minerva kit which I have depicted as being one of four captured by the Germans and modified by them. What did surprise me was how hard I found it to actually make the kit.The old adage use it or lose it certainly came to play on this one! 

Edited December 4, 2023 by PhilH

[JZ]

While cutting other parts from the sprues, I noticed that the swing arms for the bombs, two different ones for two different bombs, were not fully injected. Dropped an email of to Hornby. Let's hope they don't take as long as they did with the missing parts on the B-17G.

[Arun Sharma]

On 24/11/2023 at 22:20, SM42 said:

I don't think the ban is total. 

 

Use in a correct historical context AIUI is allowed ( such as a film set in that era.)

 

However as there are the  obvious  issues, I can understand it not being included in this age of internet indignation and hysteria.

 

It's really not worth the hassle fending that off  for a model manufacturer to include something they thought nothing of including 40 years ago. 

 

Andy

 

This photo was taken a couple of months ago in the railway section of the Berlin Technology Museum. Where it can illustrate a point from history, there appears to be no restriction on the display of swastikas. The Germans are very much against rewriting history and pretending things didn't happen.

 

 

[BernardTPM]

6 hours ago, JZ said:

One thing that is a pain is these pips (someone tell me their proper name please).

As you can see, some are quite large and not well placed for easy removal.

Witness marks, made by the ejector pins.

[Chas Levin]

17 hours ago, PhilH said:

After a lengthy complete loss of Mojo during which I have not done any modelling at all I have managed to complete a copper state models Minerva kit which I have depicted as being one of four captured by the Germans and modified by them. What did surprise me was how hard I found it to actually make the kit.The old adage use it or lose it certainly came to play on this one! 

 

Sorry to hear you'd had a Mojo Interruption Phil but this is certainly a very impressive return to form, superb looking model!

[PhilH]

Before I lost the urge (hohum) I flitted around between starting different models to see if I could rediscover my enthusiasm. Unfortunately this didn’t work so I have a few started kits to finish. This is the first of those, although no means certain at this point I would hope to finish this one too. It’s a Takom 1/35 King Tiger with loads of detail. Unfortunately most of what can be seen here will not be when the hull top etc. is fitted.

[Arun Sharma]

Whilst on my wanderings around german museums, this Tiger 2 was 'lurking' in the Munsterlager Tank Museum [a short train jouney North of Celle]

 

It is a seriously imposing beast. The rather imposing half-seen vehicle next to it is also a Tiger - the 38cm  barrelled 'SturmTiger' mortar.

Edited December 6, 2023 by Arun Sharma

[JZ]

Still waiting for replacement part (bomb swinging arm) from Hornby. But here is the Stuka.

 

Discovered when building, that one of the outer fixings for one of the flaps was also not fully moulded, but at least this was easy to rectify. Not supplied with swastikas, these are from a Kits-World sheet of general Luftwaffe markings that I bought for the Bf109.

Overall it went together well, but it did need a tiny amount of filling in front and behind the cockpit. Some of the decals are tiny and difficult to see, being black on the dark green.

What next?  Well, I must get the B-17 finished, but the painting of the glazed pieces has daunted me a little, but I have now ordered a set of masks for this. I have a Heller 1:24 Citroën 15 Six partly built, but this has stalled as, evidently, the front end is a pig to put together well.

 

[JZ]

Looking at the next kit and can't decide between the Bf109E-4, Zero, both Airfix and the Tamiya Fw190A-3. Probably going to be the 109, as I have all the paint needed for it. But looking at the Zero, although it's the latest tooling from Airfix, disappointingly it doesn't have the option to model it with the cockpit open, despite a well detailed interior. Finest razor saw I reckon.

[JZ]

Popped down to my local model shop (Signals, Midsomer Norton) today for paint and ended up with this.

Not come across this maker before, but at the price, thought it was worth a punt. A pretty basic kit, only 18 parts and the undercarriage doors need to be cut into 3 parts each, if you have the wheels down, which is the best option as they are a very  poor fit closed. Not a great fit around the engine intakes either. Interior consists of two seats. That's it. I've used modeller licence as far as colour scheme. Two are shown on the instructions, but as this V7 version, a trainer, was never completed, I have done a bit of a hybrid scheme and also used a few decals that were going spare from a Kits-World sheet. Presently waiting for Micro-Sol to work its magic, so maybe tomorrow for photos. Being a glutton for punishment, I have ordered a Focke Wulf Ta183 from the same maker.

The eagle eyed will note that it should be Ho 229 not Go-229 on the box.