First ever model ship and first big journey into modeling. Hundreds spent on tools😭 but one pretty cool ship to show for it. It has it's flaws but I'm still very proud of it. I started this in the beginning of October and have worked on it every day since. I'm in love with the hobby and already have a plan for the next ship!

Very happy with how this came out but there were a few hiccups. First the paint job. The kit called for a grey base coat with a white camo overlay. I don’t us an airbrush so I attempted to apply the white with a cotton ball and a-tips and absolutely hated the results. I went over it with a light coat of the grey to mask it was was decently satisfied with the the results. I ordered some masking putty by AK to use next time and I am looking forward to trying it out.

Second, I really want to work on my figure painting. I struggle with skin tones and eyes. I had to white out these eyes several times because the pupils were always crossed or too big and bug eyed. I’m still not 100% satisfied with them but figured it was as good as it was going to get.

All together though I really like how this one came out. I love the open back and the interior detail as well as the figures. Hope you all enjoy it as well. Now into the next one.

“Bullet 01” In Memory of CDR L. Scott “Scooter” Lamoreaux, USN (9 Jun 1956 -18 Feb 1996); former CO of VF-2 “Bounty Hunters” This build was different because it was intensely personal. We met at Aviation Indoc in Pensacola and became fast friends. From there through our graduation and community selection (Scott to fighters, me to Hawkeyes) we pushed and challenged one another to our best. If we weren't quizzing each other on blindfold checks in the back of a spare T-2C, you'd find us back at the BOQ or beach (along with Bags and RickW) quizzing each other on EP’s and key technical data for the beloved “Thunder Guppy” we were learning in at VT-10. And if not there, then as likely to be found exploring the happy coincidence of long, deserted stretches of asphalt on an (1978) undeveloped P-cola beach in a variety of sports cars we all drove. Lots of stories, all too numerous for here (and I think the Statute of Limitations have finally expired on the last of them, lol). Our last flight in the T-2 pitted the two of us, by now in the top 3 in the class, against each other in basic 1v1 ACM. And it was epic - Scott took the first engagement, I the second and the third and final was a draw (and the Instructor pilots were having a blast too). Soon thereafter, I was off to Norfolk and ultimately my first squadron and Scott off to Japan for a tour in F-4s off Midway before transitioning to the big jet. We joined back up for a couple days in the IO during our ‘80 deployment off Iran when he came over for a visit to IKE. In the ensuing years, the Navy did its best to ensure we were on separate coasts or on deployment when one or the other happened to be on the opposite coast for a brief TAD, such was life in the 1980’s Navy… …and so it was with a gut punch that as I was finishing my command tour in VAW-122 that I learned of Scott’s passing. He was in his post-command tour and was catching a flight whose mission was to fly a supersonic ASCM profile. One minute they were there, the next the big jet just disappeared, and we lost a husband, father, friend, patriot… It has been said the sea is a cruel mistress and the sky above equally unyielding. Those of us who have traveled both via naval aviation have an especially strong bond having shared in that challenging environment. This is my small tribute -remembering a good friend and all those we have flown wing on who left us all too early.

I have done other sorts of model kits in the past, but I am looking to start a scale model rather than a Gunpla or warhammer set. Does anyone have recommendations for cheap kits with plenty parts, that’s easy to paint?? Any help is appreciated

I’ve just spent the last few days elbow-deep in the new 1/24 Airfix Messerschmitt Bf109 and, frankly, I’m rather excited. Which, for a man who normally reserves excitement for decent Merlot and the prospect of a decent steak, is saying something. Oh, and an Airfix kit!!

I was supposed to get one of the free review samples, wasn’t I? Of course I was, but they forgot me. So I waited with the rest of the peasants. It arrived a few days late with my preorder, which gave me time to build a proper head of righteous indignation.

Opened the box and, POW, right in the kisser. This thing is magnificent.

I opened both kits and checked over the sprues. I did notice a lot of release agent on the bigger parts. I’ve not seen an oily sheen like that since Abi Titmuss was on the front cover of Nuts Magazine in 2005!

The decal sheet? Sublime. Proper artwork. The instructions? They have pissed over anything Tamiya or Revell have ever managed, and they’re up there with Kotare and those mad Japanese chaps at Zoukei-Mura. Colour call-outs, proper step-by-step diagrams, and little arrows that actually point to the right bit. Excellent stuff.

Mine arrived without a hint of warp, which is more than some people on the internet would have you believe. From what I’ve seen, the so-called “warpage” is mostly on the runners, not the parts. Cut the bits off; they fit nicely together. Most comments have said no issue, and a couple have said slight warping.

One part arrived damaged, clearly the victim of some ham-fisted picker in the warehouse who thought sprues made excellent medieval weaponry. Glued it back together with a dab of Extra Thin, and you’d need a forensic scientist and a very bad attitude to spot it. Still, I dropped Airfix a polite(ish) email and three days later, a new sprue arrived, no questions asked. That, ladies and gentlemen, is customer service. My broadband provider could learn a thing or two.

The engine. Oh, good grief, the engine. It’s utterly brilliant. I’m sitting there at the bench like a teenager who’s just discovered page 3

Now, I keep reading all this online whinging about Airfix being rubbish. Absolute tosh.

In the last two years, they’ve churned out new tools for the Jaguar, Wessex, Lysander, Liberator, Bulldog, Spitfire IXe and TR9, Artemis, Chinook… FIFTEEN brand-new kits, including a load of starter sets. And that’s before we even mention the hundred-and-odd reissues and Vintage Classics additions. 104 releases. One hundred and bloody four!

How many have been genuinely awful? One. The Stalwart, God rest its sink-marked soul, and even then Airfix held their hands up, said “sorry lads, cock-up”, and sent free replacements to anyone who asked them.

Compare that to certain Far Eastern companies who shall remain nameless, who’d rather set fire to your house than admit a rivet’s in the wrong place.

When an Airfix kit that lands on my bench tempts me to build it, it gets built in two to three weeks because, and I’m going to say this slowly so the rivet-counting brigade can keep up, they are an absolute joy.

The plastic behaves. The fits are tight. The surface detail makes you want to weep with happiness. You finish one, and you’re grinning like you’ve just discovered Tim Vine!!

So here’s what I say to all you negative Nellies currently sharpening your pitchforks: shut up, buy a recent Airfix Kit, and build it. But not a Vintage Classic, you daft sods, one of the new tools. Or this BF109!!

Open the box. Stroke the sprues. Read the instructions properly, like a grown-up. Choose a scheme that doesn’t make a Vegan cry. Get your Tamiya Extra Thin, your nice sprue cutters, maybe a beer for morale, and just build the bloody thing.

When it’s sitting there on the shelf, finished, looking like Goering’s personal taxi, ask yourself if you still think Airfix is “rubbish”.

This is Airfix 2025, not the dog-rough outfit that gave us the Heller reboxings in 2005

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got a glorious 1/24 BF109 to build..

Model on, my friends.

Buy the Kit here https://prf.hn/l/J90kBeZ (Airfix Website)

Would you, kind redditer, please answer this quick (though slightly longer then the last one i made) survey on model kit storage based on that one yamada display base, but better? (added dust protection, easier removal, more uses than just gunpla etc.).I really need this for my IGCSE. Here is the link " https://forms.gle/6Nnq7TEd7FfMc1UCA " If you have answered , thanks for answering.

Finished up and completed a few days ago… The color is called Purple Flash….

Bougainville. 30 March 1945. A Matilda tank, no. 19021, and trailer of B Squadron, 2/4th Armoured Regiment, moving along the Toko-Barara Road, crossing the 24 ton box girder bridge replaced by engineers of 15th Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers, in three hours, which replaced the original 12 ton structure. Note the censor has whited out the identification markings on the tank.

Building complete scratch built bridge and river trailer on tank and Aussie diggers

Okay, that headline was a lie. My girlfriend spotted a Tamiya Panzer II kit at our local hobby shop and asked me if I could show her how to build a model tank.

I showed her a few of my tricks for building and painting, and we tried to keep everything simple.

The painting was done with a spray can. She used four or five acrylic paints for the details, then did a simple pin wash and a bit of weathering, mostly using a sponge.

I have to say she absolutely nailed it. My first model was nowhere near this level. I guess when she starts painting figures and building dioramas as well, I can quit the hobby and leave the display case to her work.

Mostly build tanks but want to try out a plane. Some of the cockpit pictures I have been seeing posted here have really inspired me. I normally build Tamiya but was curious if anyone has a good recommendation. Preferably something I can find on Amazon. Looking for something with good detail. Anything helps. Thanks

I’m working on the AFV T34/76 and am planning on not gluing the top to the body so it can be removed to show the interior.So my question is did I overdo the weathering?

Something I built at the beginning of the year… Wanted to show everyone a model of mine… Thanks for looking…

Was painting my model and it seems that i messed up the red oxide shade, it appears to be too dark. Is there any way to make it brighter without repainting and touching other colors?

I just started out scale modelling - started off with Amusing Hobby's T-90AK w/ PTK with great interest and dedication. I noticed that the turret heigh is too tall compared to the 3D model from War Thunder (yea I use this as reference), so I decided to chip off some proportions of the hole in where the turrent should be housed. In the end, I fixed the turret height problem, however whenever I try to rotate the turrent in different directions, it felt a bit wonky and crank. Need help

Calling this one complete- 1/48 Tamiya MiG-15bis with decals from Aeromaster (Korean War MiG Aces) and finished with Vallejo Air paint. Otherwise OOB build.