David66

Richard Bong you say?  While a challenge, the 1/32 Trumpeter kit can still look pretty good....
 

 
Cheers,
Chuck

Just heard my wallet cough...

Westland Wapiti Mk.IIA Lukgraph 1:32 scale.
Work in progress. Still a lot of work but we moving forward.
More news soon.
 

Continuing a series of "Yellow wings" we present one of the most beautiful planes of the inter-war era.
Curtiss F6C-4.
Scale 1:32 cat. no. 32-21
This beauty stand in Pima Musem in US for few months (photos below).
Also present box-art and nice flight picture.
Kit should be ready in July this year.
Cheers!
Lukas
 

 

 

 

So my 2nd Typhoon is now complete.  Aftermarket resin seat, wheels, cannons and metal rockets were added and finished using Tamiya paints and oils for weathering.  Which is my favourite of the 2?  Like children I'm sure you arnt supposed to choose but for me as much as i love this one and it was the one i started first the desert scheme (see link below)just has it for me.  What next?  well definitely not a Typhoon!  The HB B24 is calling me from my stash as long as i can come to terms with the turrets!  my immediate problem though is what to do with 2x 1/24 Typhoons that won't fit in my display cabinet!!  Cheers  Matt
 
 



















 
 
 

The Car door is the first across the finish line in my dual Typhoon build.  It has been a great kit finished in Tamiya and Gunze paints and oils for weathering.  A take away for future projects is to dry fit every component before paint as this will make final assembly a little less fraught!!  Cheers
Matt















 

It's the Tamiya 1/32 kit with the Eduard Brassin port engine, Xtracolor paints and Aviaeology decals. The aircraft represents one flown by Squadron Leader Vic Cherry, a 
Texan who flew with the RCAF's 418 Squadron.

Hi !
I never expected that this project can take me eight years. I thought about three or four years. Of course I had breakes, holidays etc., but it was about 2500 hours of work.
As base I used old Hasegawa kit, but it was only excuse to start this project, the rest is scratchbuilding.
My friend, Andrzej Ziober persuaded me to show this model so strongly opened. He is precursor of cutting all structure of fuselage from kit’s moldings.
 
First step
 

 

 
And the final
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Here is the link to WIP
My Boeing made the first flight to Madrid on IX model contest organized by IPMS Madrid and asociation model34. It was very interesting event, very good organised with many models on high level.
Boeing received three prices, thank you Jury
Oro in it’s class,
Best aircraft,
and Special Price from IPMS Portugal for the best model of the contest.

 
This third is especially beautifull, special thanks for members of IPMS Portugal.

 

 
So now, I need to think about new project.
Thank you All for watching, support and kind words.
Regards
Tomasz Hajzler
 

Hello 
 
just finish to day my second kit from this year 
 
P47 D trumpeter , Eduard photo etched  for the cockpit , resin wheels Redux , gun's Aber , pitot Aber , pilot Ultracast , kit world decals for the noz art , marking painting with stencils , painting whit tamiya and Gunze acrylic ,wash Tamiya and watercolors pencils 
 
 

 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 
 
best regards Pascal 
 
 

Finally completed this model, after starting it back the summer of 2018.  My first large scale Tamiya kit and I'm absolutely blown away by how good this was.  For those who have never built one of these kits, you have to treat yourself!  My subject is "My Nel III", a late war Corsair assigned to VMF-511, flying off the USS Block Island.    Decals courtesy of the truly awesome Fundekals set. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Here's a full list of all the corrections and updates I incorporated into my build.  Not saying it's the complete list of every modification the kit needs or that all of these are even necessary.  Some are just to update the kit to the late -1D variant I was building.  Just posting in case it helps anyone else.
 
cockpit flare gun deleted entirely Delete upper wing ID light Delete lower wing landing light Add left side armor plate (installed to protect the pilots throttle arm)  Add under seat armor plate (installed when the Corsair gradually started performing air to ground missions).  Add left side windshield hand grip  Add a thin metal bracket on top of seat for seatbelts Fill in cockpit vent in fuselage (this mod was only seen on post-war Corsairs, with maybe a few limited exceptions).  Fill in wing fuel tank fill ports (these tanks were deemed an explosion hazard and were gradually eliminated from later production runs).  Drill out cockpit frame lightening holes Add rudder pedal adjustment levers Added multiple hydraulic lines on forward cockpit bulkhead Added pins and retaining cables for pilot's back armor plate Drilled out top tubes on pilot's seat mounting frame Removed moulded on seat adjustment lever and replaced with scratchbuilt part.  Drilled out lightening holes on footrest support frames. Added multiple electrical lines underneath instrument panel and side consoles Used awesome Barracudacals cockpit decals Used thin acetate between kit instrument panel and decal, instead of thick kit clear part Added hydraulic line to cockpit accumulator  Added large heating duct to right side of cockpit Added stubs of pencils sticking out of map case Used pilots oxygen hose, to run from regulator  Thinned levers on throttle assembly Drilled out opening of pilot's relief tube and added drain hose Added HGW harness instead of kit PE Added bomb emergency release lever on left side of console Added very basic 2D radio behind cockpit seat  Added multiple electrical cables to radio and IFF control boxes on right sideway of cockpit Added rocket control panel (kit part R-44 but not shown in instructions) Added rocket firing handle on upper left side of cockpit Added electrical lines for MG switches on glareshield Sand down the fabric stitching on wings and control surfaces Added Vector cowling set.  Fiddely but in my opinion, well worth it if you are leaving the cowl flaps open Added cowl flap actuator rods and linkages Added engine ignition lines, with clips to hold the lines together Added oil drain line on bottom of crankcase Added curved oil lines at top of cylinders (see my comments above) Added larger diameter lines that connect cylinder tops to each other Added electrical and hydraulic lines to main landing gear bays Carved out openings at bottom of main landing gear retraction struts Drill out lightening holes in main landing gear bays Thinned kit exhaust openings Opened lightening holes in sides of flap panels Open up lightening holes in LG oleo scissor links Added Barracuda resin wheels  Added ignition "pigtail" leads to HVARs Added Brassin resin 500 lb bomb in lieu of kit 1,000 lb bomb (thanks Jennings!!) Added arming wires to front and rear bomb fuzes Added scratchbuilt wingtip navigation lights Added multiple hydraulic and electrical lines to wing-fold area Added emergency release handles and linkages to interior of canopy frame. Used those awesome Fundekals decals.  
If anyone's interested, the full build is here:
 
 
 
 

Beautiful! Already got the F6C-1 on back order, definitely going to be getting a couple more asap to go with the Curtiss 0-3 Falcon, Vought SBC-1 Corsair and Boeing F3B-1 that I already have. Now, is there any chance that we'll get any of the Grumman Fighters FF-1/2, F3F-1, F3F-2, F3F-3, etc and a Curtiss SBC-3/4 Helldiver ? 

Hi Guys
This is the 1/32 trumpeter AV8B Harrier, shown in its Italian markings. The kit is showing its age, but with a little TLC it can be turned in to a rather nice kit, I used the Aires cockpit, and wheel wells, along with Reedoak figures, and verlinden carrier deck trucks.
Below is the back story
An Italian AV-8B Harrier hitched a ride home aboard Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) after six months of maintenance in the US.
The Italian aircraft, along with its flight crew, returned to Grottaglie Naval Base, Italy, on January 3, after the six months of scheduled maintenance at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, and two weeks of final checks and training aboard Kearsarge.
Hope you enjoy
 
Mike

Hello,
today I finished this F-86D Sabre Dog, straight oob. 
I found a picture in the net, where the Texas ANG didn’t wear these fancy orange bands, so I left‘em off....
Best wishes,
Chris
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
...and here with a wash...
 

 

 

 

1/32 Zoukei-Mura
EagleCals decals set for Preddy
HGW wet transfers & seat belts
Barracuda cockpit decals & wheels
Colours MRP, Gunze, Alclad II, 
Eduard Look instrument panel.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Curtiss F6C-1 U.S.Navy Fighter
Fighting Squadron Two, USS Langley, 1926.
Lukgraph 1:32 scale kit.
Model built by Ryszard Holak.
Wish you lots of fun!
Status all Curtiss kits: available!
Thanks
Lukasz
 

 

 

 

 

 
More:
http://www.lukgraph.pl/?page_id=121
 

Anyone for a Curtiss Shrike (A-8 or A-12) as a big sibling to these? or an SBC-3/4 series? Just imagine an Airacobra to match them... Can anyone tell that I am a nut for the 1930's planes?  Seriously, these look amazing.
 
Too much fun,
 
Tnarg

just to say the cockpit set is finished & will be available by the end of the week
 

 
..more here
 
Airfix have May 2019 as the release date for the kit
 
TTFN
Peter

Bummer, but thanks Peter. 
 
 
 
I think I have a lead on a 1/24th pilot.....................I think.   I found what appears to be a decently sculpted/scanned 3D printed WWII USN pilot:
 
https://www.cgtrader.com/3d-print-models/miniatures/figurines/us-navy-pilot
 
 
He is a tad on the pricey side, but in its current configuration, is in 1/6th scale, however the OP has put out the scale factors on the pilot including 1:24 = 0.251.
The pilot seems to come in multiple parts, including different head and arm combos (including gunners position arms for rear gunners positions):
 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
Obviously its not a perfect setup, but Ive got a note into the guy to see if he can in fact do a 1/24th scale copy, and how much it is. Ill update here once I know. 

For those interested, I have taken a few photos of the prototype and the shots at Nuremberg a few weeks ago. The assembled model was rather difficult to photograph as it was sitting in a cabinet.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

They are not at all difficult to assemble if you follow the instructions, and they look very convincing when done. They are like a small kit themselves.

I have a lot of the kit parts and the instructions PDF now and I can tell you with absolute confidence you are going to be blown away...
 
it is really, really good - hugely detailed and very true to the original drawings
 
..the IP offers two clear parts, one with raised dial detail and one with flat discs for decals (which I don't have) so I have made a cool PE set for the IP & bulkhead along with side consoles and smaller instrument clusters along with bespoke colour decals for all instrumentation & placards
 
the kit parts are great, but I think I can do better
 
Peter

VF-17 on USS Hornet in 1945
 
 
VF-17 F6F’s a GSB -5 Front and a tricolour -3 rear.. Feb 1945..
 
For sure VF-17 had a mixed bag of Hellcats...

If Airfix are going to carry on this trend I'd like to see them do a Wildcat.

Hi Mark
 
 
With the help of my friend Mirko ( from Pitzmodels ) a Scan was Done and I have  the drawings with the cross sections, and of course a lot of Photos 
 
 
Bekim 

http://
 
some inspiration?