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Cyber Hobby 1/72 Sea Venom FAW.21

Hi There, A nice little kit pretty much straight out of the box other than some masking tape belts, vaping wire ejector seat loops and some white decal lines. Primed with UMP Grey Painted with Colourcoats Extra Dark Sea Grey, Sky Type S, [...]

Revell 1/72 Avro ShackletonWL747 "Florence" 8 Squadron RAF Lossiemouth 1979

This one was personal. We used to get most of our AEF at Lossiemouth when I was in the Cadets and whilst this was mostly Chippie based, one glorious summer Sunday we got a long flight in this Grey Lady. Still one of the most memorable [...]

Revell 1/72 Tornado GR.1Converted to GR.4 617 Squadron RAF Lossiemouth

Hi There, This was a holdover from 2020 as I was awaiting Euro Decals GR.4 Stencils to arrive as the kit ones were Bi-lingual in places. The conversion kit came from Freightdog, The Decals were Xtradecal X72216 RAF 2014 Update (I've got a [...]

Eduard 1/72 Messerschmitt Bf-110d

Hi There, This was a bit of a longer build than normal and the scheme was decided on when I took my Nephew to the Daks over Normandy event at Prestwick last year. He spotted road signs for Eaglesham on our way there and got very animated [...]

Academy 1/72 PBY-5A Catalina

Hi There, This one was built for the wee fellas roof. No nose weight and undercarriage to deal with... Yeehah. I haven't strung the aerials yet and not sure if I will as their absence will make hanging a lot simpler. Primed with UMP [...]

Tamiya 1/20 Ferrari 312T3

Hi There, This was picked up in Perth at the Scottish Nationals last year with the idea that it could be a test and learning build for the 3 Ebbro kits that I have lying as I want them to be as good as possible. I built this kit in my last [...]

Italeri 1/72 Bell AH-1/AB47A M*A*S*H Mashup

Hi There, I recently started rewatching MAS*H from the start with the movie and then the TV Series. (I've reached Series 5 so far) and got a hankering to try and build one of the helicopters. Most of the research was done on a frame by [...]

Airfix 1/72 English Electric Lightning F.2AEast Fortune Museum of Flight 2019....ish

Hi There, On our last visit to East Fortune Innis absolutely fell in love with the Lightning displayed there. He listened to the audio and looked at her all round and then sat in the Vulcan Ejection seat next to her and just stared [...]

Special Hobby 1/72 Gloster Meteor "World Speed Record"

Hi There, A small diversion form building for Innis by sticking together one for myself. Primed with Mr. Hobby Finishing Surfacer White, Painted with Colourcoats RAF/FAA Yellow, Xtreme Metals Aluminium and Tamiya rubber Black. Finished [...]

Airfix 1/72 Buccaneer S.2C No. 809 NAS

Hi There, I bought this at Scale Scotland Murrayfield last year and have been scared stiff to cut the wings ever since. I finally stuck my courage to the sticking place and got on with it. This one is a little personal as the home base for [...]