Pastor John

Fantastic, well done

Great work

AIMS 32D036 DH Vampire decals now available £18.00. email me at aimsmodels1@gmail.com if interested. Happy New Year to you all, John

No sorry Tim - no plan

Hi everyone, I have some new flexible resin products in 1/48 and 1/32. I have not advertised them with Hannants yet as production not yet in full swing. email me at aimsmodels1@gmail.com if interested 32P050 1x Oxygen hose (also good for braded engine cable) £4.00 32P051 1x MG 151 chute £4.00 32P052 1x MG 131 chute £4.00 32P053 MG 81 Ju 88 A-4 set! 3x chutes and 4x ammo feeds £13.00 32P054 2x MG 151 ammo feeds £7.50 Thanks for looking John

Hi everyone, A few weeks ago my DH Vampire decals arrived in 1/72 and 1/48. There are available already via Hannants Or myself. As for the 1/32 sheets they are on their way to me as I write. Contact me at aimsmodels1@gmail.com if interested, thanks. John

Thanks everyone - much appreciated. Yes hands terrible but I would rather continue than give up. Just trying to live with the nerve damage as best I can

Wonderful - always wanted to do this bird - great finish

Well the photo is always king as I say so it depends - you get a much paler stain on RAF aircraft than you do with Luftwaffe due to the chemicals etc involved but anyway \i spray dark earth first then an arch of black and then the amount of fresh pale burning pigment that the photo shows me. Like I say with Luftwaffe I just do dark earth and then back fill with a charcoal black

So that's my 'quick build' to help advertise my new conversion set lol!

AIMS 1/32 PR/Tac R Hawker Hurricane gallery shots (taken outside - better resolution but the dark blue still looks almost black just like in the WWII photos)

sorry deleted photos that I meant to add to the finished page

All finished - apart from the missing bar across the gap in the front coaming that I mention at the end of my In the Works post. Apart from that - hope you like.

Just spotted that I forgot to but a bar across the gap in the front coaming! Will do latter.

AIMS 1/32 PR/Tac R Hawker Hurricane build update The HGW shoulder straps and back of seat strap were attached - it was then that I realised that HGW gave the instructions and the parts for the Sutton harness on a Spitfire in the Hurricane set - the shoulder straps are joined at the top by a oblong plate on the Hurricane so I had to fabricate that and slice up the harness accordingly. Remember that if the stirrup is down then the hand hold is open! Some breather tubes at the bottom of the engine as well as the fuel indicator at the top of the cowling will make the front end look better. You might also spot the three handles added to the sliding hood as well as the windscreen cleaner pipe at the bottom of the windscreen. The tail area had my AIMS early tail wheel fork attached and the trim tab mass balance fabricated with its cables - as well as the rudder cables. Before the main gear doors were located the flexible brake line at the top was made read and the line at the front of the door added and fed backwards once the door was added. Back to the windscreen and you can see that I used sticky backed mirror material from a hobby shop for the rear view mirror. The only other thing to mention - back at the front end is that I had used one of my two Rotol prop and spinner sets. And that is that. I hope you enjoyed following this. Thanks for looking, John