A long while coming...

I've pretty much given up making models, we're just about to move house again. In my current house I have two modelling rooms, yes I know I'm lucky. 

Once I'm in a new house perhaps I'll feel a bit different.

Busy busy

My last few. I'm quite pleaded with all of these.

Decals are go

Well the decals are on, and apart from the black anti glare decal they have behaved impeccable. Even the red fuselage break band has settled beautifully. I need to trim around the windscreen when it's dry.

All the moving parts have had a wash of the Vallejo black shade. I put a few drops onto an old pringle crisp lid and then add a couple of drops of airbrush cleaner to it and let the capillary action take care of the rest.

Orange anyone

Well the the main colour is on. I now have to mask the leading edges on all the flying surfaces and paint the aluminum colour on. For this I'm going to try my new Gunze metalizer paint.

MB326

Well being 1/72 scale it was never going to take long to go together. So this is where we're at after about an hour. The kit itself isn't too bad, raised panel lines and no detail in the cockpit. The seats have some nice molded detail. I'm looking forward to painting this one, some Tamiya orange X6 will do nicely.

Next please

The starfighter is finished, the desk is tidy so it must be time for the next one.

The Italeri MB 326 is next to the desk. I don't know much about this aircraft other than it was a training aircraft made in Italy used by the south Africans, Australians and a few other places. If I'm honest this model has only pushed it's way to the top of the pile because of its colour. ORANGE !

Time to get tango'ed !

Shiny with a white nose

I'm nearly ready for some decals. A few coats of of Klear have been sprayed on and as you can see it now has the white nose. The green anti glare panel is supplied as two decals so I'm going to use them instead of masking and spraying it. The only thing stopping me at the moment - WORK !

Oh well I'll have to get up in the morning and be productive for a change.

My first little one

The Airfix ambulance was actually bought by my wife because it was in the sale. I have to admit it sat in my stash for ages. Then one day I thought I would have a go at it. The Tornado is the hasegawa kit. The hawk is a bit of a mish mash , it's my version of the T2 in use with the RAF at the moment.

Never built

I've never made a model of a F104. So here is my attempt of the Italeri kit. The kit is a G but I've turned it into an Italian S version. The only real external differences I can see are the cannon port fared over and the addition of two ventral strakes.

Well what happened in 2012 ?

Well lots actually. I've strayed away from 1/48 everything. Got my first Iwata airbrush, and I still can't use lifecolour paints.

trouble at the table

Well I've got the F16 out of the box. I got this for a good price from a friend who had started putting bits together. This is where the problem starts. The parts that have been put together are not shall we say , hmm good. So cue me taking all the bits I could back apart. I've had a few choices taken away from me such as, the gun now has to be closed up. The lower half has had been plastered in filler so I've had to sand that all away, and the intake has been fitted so I've got to try and somehow fill the seams down the sides whilst its already fitted.

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big boy up next

I've really been looking forward to building this one . I don't have a clue where I'm going to put it when It's finished. Researching the F-16 has thrown up lots of questions, some that I still don't have the answers for. The one thing I do know is that I'm going to put a pilot in this one. I also have some resin goodies for it.

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playing with the new phone

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Strike Eagle

I picked this up for a tenner in the second hand section at Hannants London shop. I've loved every second of it .

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Christmas is over

Well what did Santa bring you this year ?
Well I got the Revell London bus, the re -released 1/48 Airfix lightning and some books on the phantom and lightning.

Telford weekend

As I'm sure your all aware it's the big one this weekend, Telford.

I won't be going because I don't finish work until 0730 on Saturday morning. So instead I'm going to take my girls to the RAF museum at Hendon and hopefully pop into hannants next door.

Never ending it SEAMS'

These two kits are pushing me over the edge of that little plastic cliff. The seam above the cockpit on the B-17 has now got to the point where it is beginning to move the cockpit glazing to one side. Only solution is to STOP and let it be, otherwise i can see myself throwing this somewhere hard.

The trident also has a seam on top of the fuselage but at least it's reponded to some more filler and sanding. The real problem on this kit at the moment is the white paint, everyone i know who makes airliners swear by Halfords gloss appliance white from a can. Well I just SWEAR at it !

It has bubbled up in a couple of areas causing me no end of headaches.

Move complete

It took a few hours but I'm now back where I belong.

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Airfix curtis hawk 81-A-2

I've really enjoyed doing this brand new tooling from airfix. Some of the parts are a bit of a pain to cut from the runners but other than that. Brilliant !

Just got the canopy to fit in the morning.

Whoo ! Just notice I've left the eyes off.

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Revell Routemaster

I am seriously looking forward to this kit. I used to drive these on the 7's and 23's between 1998 and 2004. I can honestly see myself with 3 or 4 of these kits when they are released.