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Airfix 1/72 McDonnell Douglas Phantom FG.1 RIAT Greenham Common 1983

I really swithered about sticking this up as I think it's far from my best work. It took four repaints to get it to this stage and it shows in the loss of surface detail. Towards the end this was an effort in perseverance and sheer [...]

Airfix 1/48 Supermarine Walrus Mk.I

A kit I've been wanting to build for a long time now and when Airfix announced the reissue in January I had my preorder ready. And what a kit. It just fits together. Even the canopy clicked into place. There was barely any filler used, [...]

Dora Wings 1/72 Fairey Delta FD.2

Hi there , This was a build going on in the background and I thought I'd just stick it up to give my thoughts on it. My previous experience with Dora Wings was their 1/72 Lysander which was challenging to say the least. The fit was not [...]

Italeri 1/32 Macchi MC.202 Folgore

One I fancied doing since it was announced. The majority of the kit fits and goes together without any major issues but it is plagued with some strange engineering decisions. Having to place the landing gear so early in the build makes for [...]

Zvezda 1/48 MI-24V/VPCzech Tigermeet version.

A lovely kit that went together very nicely and gave me no real issues other than the self inflicted ones. Primed with Tamiya Neutral Grey. Painted with. Hataka Orange Line Gunship Grey, Grey, Light Ghost Grey, International Orange, Golden [...]

Ebbro 1/20 Tyrrell 002Silverstone 1971

This one has been built for my boss, who is a major petrol-head. He asked if I could build him a Cevert Tyrrell and as this was lying about I said I would. He just wanted it built out of the box so that was done with the addition of some [...]

Revell 1/24 Aston Martin DB5

A build with done with my Nephew. He's over from Turkey on holiday and this is what he wanted to build. I did the majority of the painting and he built the beast. Primed with Mr. Finishing Surfacer 1500 Black. Painted with Halfords Rover [...]

Airfix 1/72 McDonnell Douglas Phantom FG.1 RAF Leuchars 1974

The start of a bit of a Phantom marathon. Primed with Tamiya Neutral Grey Painted with: Colourcoats Dark Green, Dark Sea Grey and Dark Gull Grey. Mr. Color Light Aircraft Grey. Xtreme Metals Steel, Pale Burnt Metal, Burnt Metal and Jet [...]

Airfix 1/72 Supermarine Swift FR.5

I was so pleased when Airfix said they were rereleasing this and it duly arrived. The fit of the cockpit/wheel well assembly is fairly sketchy but can be improved by shaving about 1.5mm from the cockpit front and fitting the two assemblies [...]

Eduard 1/48 Wildcat Mk.VI

I got this one as part of my Birthday present last year along with a Bunny Club Membership. Of course this one had to be an FAA subject. The colours should probably be the equivalent ones but I don't have them so standard TSS it was and to [...]