Some Pics

1/72 fujimi phantom FG.1 and 1/72 xtrakit swift.

1/72 acadamy p51b mustang

1/48 tamiya spitfire mk V

1/72 revell tornado F.3

Just noticed all these pictures are missing their canopies.

Toy box

I have managed to finish a few models since my last post back in April so later on today i will post some photos of them.

The silver MiG that is pictured on here has met it's end at the hands of my 2 year old. I really didn't like it so i put it in the bin and the next time i saw it, it was flying around the toy box.

It's been a while '

I'm back and I'm going to try and keep this updated as much as possible. My models still seem to be improving(well i think so anyway !), and I'm still having fun doing them. Since moving my modelling room back indoors i seem to have more time.

At the moment i have the Revell boxing of the Hasegawa Phantom FGR.2 on the desk, i have used some aftermarket decals from Almark to mark it up as XV490 from 92 Sqn, the reason i chose this particular aircraft was the fact it had a light grey radome instead of the usual black and it also has both sets of yellow and red checks on it. I'm led to belive that this aircraft was one of the first to start receiving the air defence grey scheme, even the tanks were painted grey. There was something about the green/grey camouflaged phantom's and this one now stands out against my other aircraft on the shelf.

A few of my latest

I have been a busy bee lately, but i have still managed to find some time for modelling. The mig is from the Hasegawa set that i picked up at southern expo. The F-16 is the Kinetic 1/48 Nato viper that will be finished in Norwegian colours and the buccaneer is the 1/72 Airfix kit that has just been re-released.

Airfix Time

I have been having some fun with a couple of the new Airfix kits. The Sea harrier FA.2 and the Mig 15 have been on my workbench for about 10 days each.

The mig is an absolute gem, i can't remember enjoying a 1/72 kit like this before. I chose to do the Hungarian option.

The sea harrier is also a good kit but is let down by some rather chunky sprue attachments, in fact so much so that at one point i had to recover the kit from the bin after it had been painted. On Saturday i decided to put the decals on to see if i could regain some faith in the kit. It worked !.

The Hunter is from Revell and it was £4.99 in Modelzone , what a bargain. Hopefully i can get these 3 finished this week. I am going to the RAF museum at Hendon on Wednesday with some friends from work and then I'm going to take them into the Hannants London shop.

That time of year

I went into my local modelzone to pick up a couple of tins of paint on Wednesday and nearly walked into a great big pile of boxes, what a stupid place to put them i thought. When i looked closer they were a load of Revell kits, some with over 50% off. I picked up the 1/32 Ju87 and then put it back when i noticed the 1/72 Victor for silly money, with it tucked under my arm i went in search of my paint but they don't do Humbrol stuff in this store, Oh well !.

I did see just as i was about to pay, the new RAF colours that Tamiya have just released to go with the new 1/32 spitfire so i picked them up instead.

The victor has been started and I'm going to do the Gulf war version.

A good start to the year

Two days into 2010 and i nearly have two more additions to the collection. The Airfix Corsair is finished all bar the doors that cover the arrestor hook and tail wheel and the Airfix Javelin is just awaiting the windscreen to be fixed in place and the gear bay doors. I must say that I'm impressed with both of these kits.

The new Airfix Mk IX Spitfire was a lovely kit to put together but the decals really tested my patience. I am so glad that i chose to do the "PFT" version and not the boring (same as everyone else) J.EJ, i think the d-day stripes would have pushed me over the edge.