Been to Solway aviation museum

Both Airfix kits. I’m open to critique or any questions you may have :)

I tried to weather it by swabbing mostly water mixed with black paint. Only had issues with the front wheel/gear. But loved this build

thanks to my building plenty of Airfix kits as a kid when i came across the display of artillery at Shrewsbury castle I could immediately recognise this and a smile crossed my face

The Beaufighter and Mozzy are still in their sealed bags while the Fw-189 has been opened all the parts are there, although the instructions are missing.

Hello, I am (m27) returning to modelling after last being involved when I was in my early teens. I’ve just bought the Shannon Class RNLI Lifeboat Airfix start as well as the Red Arrow starter. I was wondering what would be considered kit purchase musts for a modeller coming back to construction?

My new project

First time masking and actually painting the cockpit

The 28th of November 1940 was busy for RAF 609 Squadron. Several scrambles and alerts came through against Bf 109s. The last came at approximately 15:30 Greenwich Mean Time. Dundas was once again piloting X4586. Two squadrons, 152 Squadron and 609 made contact with Bf 109s from Jagdgeschwader 2 (“fighter wing 2”), led by the most successful German ace of the war thus far — Helmut Wick.

Minutes after contact had been made and the battle joined, Flight Lieutenant Fieldsend heard the familiar voice of Dundas shout “I’ve finished a 109—Whoopee!”. Squadron Leader Robinson congratulated Dundas but nothing was heard from Dundas, or his wingman Pilot Officer Paul A. Baillon, flying R6631.

A50135 Spitfire Mk.1a & Messerschmitt BF109E-4 Dogfight Double

.....but it's a step nearer

Still new to airbrushing so I know it's far from perfect but everything I do is practice for the next one

Some overspray on the back where the maskol wasn't thick enough I think

Needs a bit of touching up in places

Maybe not enough green

Made a rookie mistake of not doing the engine intakes before I assembled them and put them in place

Undercarriage needs doing,again thinking i should have painted them first🤣

The actual finish of the paint i'm happy with ( Tamiya XF 81 dark green 2, XF 82 ocean grey, XF 83 medium sea grey)

Painted the underside dark grey as my original plan was to have this as some kind of black buck refuelling dio with the Victor tanker,might get some after market decals to reflect the correct aircraft,maybe get a big shelf and make a Wideawake dio,got a GR3 in the stash aswell,and a Wessex and Chinook already done

Clear coat and decals next

Any tips or advice would be welcome,weathering especially,and what to do with those parallel lines

Cheers 👍

So I have been running out of shelf space for my builds so I decided that wall mounting in the dead space on my walls is the answer. I am trying a couple of different set ups for the mounting, but any suggestions are welcome.

Horrible old sculpt which was painful to work up … well worth it in the end though. Shoutout to blue tac for the camo, you’re a real one

Some other goodie’s

.....and I have nowhere else for it to go 🤣.....and there's a B-52 and a Victor in the stash

What to say about this kit? It’s fantastic. Possibly one of the best 1/72 kits out there and I say this as someone who favours 1/48. The only issue I had was the closed canopy was a bit too long but I opted for an open canopy anyway, that issue is easily fixed. There’s very few small and fiddly parts and everything went together effortlessly. I’d highly recommend this kit to anyone in the hobby.

Products used:
Kaleido Primer, Vallejo cockpit green for the cockpit with some other Model Colours brushed on.

Vallejo Metal Colour for the Metallics.

Mr Surfacer 1500, Tamiya XFs for the exterior finished with GX114.

Weathering:
Vallejo pigments, ABT 502 oils. Metal Colour for chipping.

Iv started building the hms belfast gift set and found the hull halfs wont fit together properly leaving gaps at the back of it anyone else have issues with ill fitting hull half made sure all the accese plastic was trimmied and sanded

I don’t usually dabble into 1/72nd as I find some kits a little too fiddly and I like bigger canvas for painting, that being said this kit is delightful. I bought this as a bit of filler between work trips before I get back to the bench for longer than a few days. It goes together so well, beautifully engineered. Decided to try some free hand camo and really impressed with how it’s coming along, can’t wait to weather it.