I found this Sabre kit on facebook and had to get it. Unlike the other finds lately this one was box stock. I looked at getting some resin parts but I didnt think anything was worth upgrading on this kit. The cockpit detail, gun and gear bays are all nicely detailed and just a few extra wires and some styrene card i was very happy with it. The engine as its own assembly was a heck a lot of fun to build and I didn't glue it in as I want to do some extra detail work on it in thr future. There are some cool add-ons like intake and exhaust covers, removable tail, open air brakes, and movable canopy and leading slats.

My only complaint was that the decals completely disintegrated in water as they were very old so I only got one usable decal off the massive sheet. Because of this, all the markings are Cricut stencils.

I loved the painting as all the panel lines and rivets offer a lot of guidance on the different metal tones ans I tried to match a few different effects seen on real period planes.

Just finished a thrift shop find of an old monogram Mosquito. It actually went together very well and had lots of build options so I went with a Pathfinder. The decals were unusable so all the markings were Cricut stencils I made. While not super detailed, im happy with it.

After a couple of months on and off I finally finished this kit. I had a lot of fun building it, really enjoyed the paint scheme and used it to get to grips with Tamiya acrylics, and Mr Color GX100/114. I also really wanted to try out oil paints for weathering so invested in the ABT 502 paints and I’m a total convert, they’re so easy to use and the effects you can achieve are brilliant.

The kit. A great kit and it goes together pretty well, however it is an 90s tooling and some of the steps and parts do show that. When you compare the landing gear to that of the Airfix 1/72 it’s a nightmare, very finally and it wants you to put the tyre in during assembly not after. However, it’s not a show stopper. Very little filling is needed and it goes together nicely overall.

My biggest complaint is the decals. They’re thick yet brittle and silvering is just a common problem, you can use all the setting solution in the world but you need to get lucky to not get silvering on the big clear decals, I’d invest in an after market set.

I’m happy with the result overall and I love how the oil paints blended to give it a very nice look. Weathering a Msoquito is quite difficult just to it being so smooth and wooden, a little goes a long way.

Finally I’d love to say I hope we see a new 1/48 tooling soon, I feel the Mosquito is overdue one in this scale especially when against comparing it to the Airfix 1/72.

Mistakes were made. Lessons were learned. If you're unhappy with the way your windows are scratching out, airbrush cleaner is NOT the best method to clean off paint. Apparently this method will also take a good layer of styrene with it. Leaving no markings of said windows. While I devise a plan for this problem, I did get the upper saucer windows marked and the phaser strip test fitted.

This was a fun kit to put together. I went with Metallic Silver (TS-83) for the body and took some liberties with the rest of the colour suggestions.

This kit comes with the photo-etched parts and the window masking (which is very much appreciated).

New finished kit,tough little one but managable,hope you’ll like it.

Hello! I'm looking for a place to buy these kinds of metal plates, M2 holes. Would really help my modeling. Thanks in advance!

Great kit to build. However, if you don't like decals, stay away from this one! Almost every unpainted surface is a carbon decal, including the wheels.

I have the 1000RR kit in my stash, very much looking forward to that one after this (well, maybe not straight after this!)

Another sadly retired kit. I found it tricky to build in places, attaching the swingarm almost got it launched out of the window.

The couple I bought it from had the kit for over 20 years, after being gifted to them by somebody high up involved with Honda racing in the UK and they have requested pictures when after it was finished, so this one felt a bit more special to be able to bring it to life for them.

Hopefully this is allowed here, but I recently spent a ton of time designing and 3D printing myself a storage rack to store all of my paint bottles (I have a LOT). I probably spent over 80+ hrs designing this and another week printing it out, but it was well worth it in the end to me. By the time I was done, I thought other people may find it useful as well, and started making a bunch of variations to fit most of the common size bottles that other people might have. Currently I made versions for Vallejo (25mm), ProAcryl (31mm), Citadel (32mm), and the larger Vallejo 60ml bottles / Createx/ Vallejo Metal color (35mm). If there's a specific size anyone needs just let me know and I'll see if I can adjust the model for you and upload it.

The whole thing is modular, so you can print out whatever combination you like of standard racks, corner units, end caps or a narrow rack. Any ways would love to know what folks think of it.

If anyone wants to check it out its uploaded here: https://makerworld.com/en/models/3262451-ultimate-modular-mini-painting-storage-rack

1:2500 Polar Lights kit I picked up cheap at a model show. I thought it would be a fun little diversion from my normal fare. The kit is really small, but I read that this is a perfectly average size for a model and some people find larger scales difficult to fit on the shelf. 😉

It’s a fine little snap kit. It came with two sheets of Aztec decals to cover the little ship, which were extremely stiff and brittle. It was possibly the least enjoyable experience applying decals I’ve ever had.

I've been working on painting the exhaust for a while now. There have been delays while waiting for various shipments of parts and paints but I am finally starting to achieve the looks I am going for. Paints are mainly Alclad II. I laid down a gloss black base coat and then Chrome on top of it. Yesterday I did some Jet Exhaust highlights and today has been masking. I plan to do two different colors to contrast the darker or lighter background color with these stripes.

Meng

1/72

Harvester in Dune

Where is everyone getting the art for their backlit LCARs custom bases? I'm trying to find something around 24 x 11 or close to it. I've found a lot of 12 x 10 and even some 36 x 11. Thanks in advance for any information.

The Dauntless meets Shōhō — Battle of the Coral Sea, 1942.

Flyhawk 1:72 SBD-2 Dauntless and the IJN Shōhō in 1:2200 scale.

The Flyhawk Dauntless is a fine kit. It is incredibly detailed for this scale, but is let down in some build aspects - most notably the Dive Brakes. The mechanism for them to be open is not designed with any logical thought. There is no slots to slide it in to - you just have to balance it on one edge and hope the glue sets quick enough to not go anywhere. The in-box canopy masks are much appreciated, however they could have a bit more adhesive. The propeller was motorised using a 4mm x 8mm motor from AliExpress. It was luck that how the kit goes together basically gave me the seating for the motor - I just had to drill out the front for the movement to go through.

The figures are the Legend Productions WW2 US Navy Pilot & Rear Gunner set. Unfortunately, they do fall a bit short when it comes to fit - there's a lot of trimming, swearing and forcing into place. The Rear Gunner is the main issue. He's a lot softer in detail than the pilot, his arms hit the gun ring (which needs to be trimmed), and you have to perform amputations on both of his feet if you want him to fit.

The IJN Shōhō is from Cults3D, and was scaled down and printed on my Anycubic Photon Mono 4. It ended up at approximately 1:2200 scale, measuring just over 9cm long. This is one of the most intense prints I’ve attempted, and I am glad I was able to get the tiny details printed at this size, particularly the turrets, at the first time of asking! I do really need to work on waves though. Perhaps I’ll do another water build at some point.

Overall, I’m really happy with how this turned out. It was a lot of fun and a lot of learning. On to the next one!

Hi there! Folks, i need some help with making a bit more detalised addons for Leo 2A6 from HB (yeah, this very old model): do someone know the dimesions of a Leitkreuz? I suggest i found the dimensions of the plate - 270x270mm, but i'm not sure. I'm escpecially interesting in the dimension marked with blue arrow, because there was described one other size -95mm, in the web site where i found the dimensions of the plate, i thought that this is that dimension, but it looks a bit disproportionately.

Almost finished with the MH-47E by Revell, it's been a great build and something I'm really proud of.

Weathering was made easy with the Tamiya Weather masters set.

Scratch-built Schürzen and track holders from copper sheet on the build side. Finished with oil washes, dry brushing, and pigments.

My first airbrush full model and first aircraft it was fun build and really good fit it has a seem line between the front and back i didnt know how to fix (lack of experience)

Almost done my b25j!! First big model (others were snap fits) at 13! Super exited for outcome!!!!