RandyB

It's been a while since I've posted anything... a long, long while. 
 
I'm slowly dipping my foot back into the water, so to speak. I'd like to start with a recently completed kit which has a bit of a backstory. A few years ago, when I was a member of the Austin Scale Modelers Society, one of our members passed away. It happens, although too frequently these days it seems. One of the other members was given a stack of kits to pass out to other members of the club. We all drew straws, and I drew the short straw and picked last. This kit was the last thing in the pile. It didn't look like much, half started, but it did come with a set of BarracudaCals for the P-40K. On it was some markings for a P-40K (Evelyn II/White 171) flown by Maj. Elmer Richardson out of Hengyang, China in late 1943. Maj. Richardson flew with the 75th FS, 23rd FG, and this aircraft had a faded O.D. finish with fresh O.D. over-sprayed to cover some previous markings. What was even more interesting was the DF football behind the canopy and the addition of a second set of droptank/bomb shackles. It was these markings that Pat had set out to build. Well, flash forward seven years, a bit longer than I had hoped, and here is the result. I still have to add antenna wires and the rearview mirror.
 
Sorry for the cellphone pics. And, as always, constructive comments are welcome.
 
Thanks for stopping by...
 
-randy
 

 

 

 

 

 
 

Bonjour 
 
aujourd'hui je vous propose un razorback de l'armée de l'air P47 42--26157 spa 84 1944 Alto Corsica côte à côte avec le 56FG 
 
photo eduard gravée, roues en résine, gun's barrels Aber , décalcomanies berna, peinture à l'acrylique Gunze et couleurs réelles AK, lavis à l'huile et pastels divers 
 
 
 
 
la vraie cruche française 
 

 
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
Tchin Tchin !
 

And with the Italeri Mirage IIIC painted as a SAAF CZ :
 
 
 
 

Note the tail hook :
 
 
 
 

I completed this model - build and piccies on "In Progress" forum. But thought I'd post it here for those of you who don't follow the in progress forum. 
 
Base kit is Italeri Mirage IIIE/R with comprehensive resin conversion set from ScaleWorx. Set includes entire new forward fuselage and nose, exhausts, new spine, corrected vertical stabiliser, ejection seats, wheels and other detail parts as well as a clear vac formed canopy. I painted this as a South African Air Force Mirage IIID2Z from the '80s in typical training configuration with 2 x JL_100 combined rocket pod / fuel tanks. I'm very happy a) that ScaleWorx are bringing us these 32nd resin conversion sets and b) generally how it turned out.
 
 
 
 
 
 

another what if for fun :
 

 

 

 

1/32 Special Hobby Model Eduard PE parts & wheels set. Decals from Kitty Hawk model All Colours MRP.  







 

Bonjour tout le monde 
 
Ca fait longtemps que je n'ai rien posté sur le forum , alors j'ai quelques trucs à vous montrer ..... je commence par la dernière finition juste pour aujourd'hui ....... il y aura plus à suivre 
 
Bearcat Trumpeter échelle 1/32 , guerre d'Indochine bataille de Diên Biêm Phu ,F8F1-b du GC 1/22 Saintonge 
 
 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
 

 
 

 
sources photos french wings 
 
Bye Bye 

1/32 Revell kit,
Eduard cockpit & Look,
Barracuda wheels,
Kagero decals,
painting mask homemade,
all colours MRP,
HGW rivet set.
 



















 

Revell kit 1/32,
HGW rivet set & wet transfers stencils.
Eduard cockpit & Look,
Barracuda wheels,
All colours MRP

















 

I think that this is yet another outcome of our current "8-second attention span" culture promoted by the endless-scrolling social media. We are bombarded with a constant stream of information that we scroll through until our attention gets arrested by something strident, outrageous, loud, brash. Outrageous models get more clicks. Those who seek more clicks copy the style and this leads to some kind of Ouroboros that feeds off its own hype. This is no different from biting Tide Pods. The funny thing is that such models are described as "realistic" and, allegedly, these techniques make models look like "real things not toys". I got bad news: they still look like toys, but now they also look damaged and dirty.
Radu

Grumman A-6 Intruder

The Grumman A-6 Intruder was an American, twin jet-engine, mid-wing all-weather attack aircraft built by Grumman Aerospace. In service with the United States Navy and Marine Corps between 1963 and 1997, the Intruder was designed as an all-weather medium attack aircraft to replace the piston-engined Douglas A-1 Skyraider. As the A-6E was slated for retirement, its precision strike mission was taken over by the Grumman F-14 Tomcat equipped with a LANTIRN pod. From the A-6, a specialized electronic warfare derivative, the EA-6, was developed.


Following the good showing of the propeller-driven Skyraider in the Korean War, the United States Navy issued preliminary requirements in 1955 for an all-weather carrier-based attack aircraft. The U.S. Navy published an operational requirement document for it in October 1956. It released a request for proposals (RFP) in February 1957.Proposals were submitted by Bell, Boeing, Douglas, Grumman, Lockheed, Martin, North American, and Vought.Following evaluation of the bids, the U.S. Navy announced the selection of Grumman on 2 January 1958. The company was awarded a contract for the development of the A2F-1 in February 1958.The A-6's design team was led by Lawrence Mead, Jr. He later played a lead role in the design of the Grumman F-14 Tomcat and the Lunar Excursion Module.

The first prototype YA2F-1, lacking radar and the navigational and attack avionics, made the Intruder's first flight on 19 April 1960, with the second prototype flying on 28 July 1960. In general, development flying went well,[with the major problem encountered being handling problems associated with the aircraft's air brakes mounted on the rear fuselage. In an attempt to solve this, the third prototype had its horizontal tailplane moved rearwards by 16 inches (41 cm), but this did not completely solve the handling problems, which were resolved by fitting split-hinged speed-brakes on the aircraft's wing-tips. Early production aircraft were fitted with both the fuselage and wingtip air brakes, although the fuselage-mounted items were soon bolted shut, and were removed from later aircraft.


This is the trumpeter 1/32 sauce kit, and apart from a few issues a dream to build, the cockpit had the Eduard PE added, with a few other bits of Eduard to enhance the other bland items.

All the figures are from Reedoak ( amazing figures) and the base is scratch built, using flight path tie downs.

all painted using a combination of Mr Hobby, Tamiyia, and Vallejo air
 

my last built , nice kit for a nice plane , enjoy :
 

LSP Kevin, I just wanted to thank you for all of you have done to build and maintain this forum. I also appreciate the efforts of all of the mods. You guys are great!
 
Cheers,  Tom

There were some Sea Hurricanes operating with 880 Squadron on HMS Indomitable during May 1942 in the Indian Ocean. They were supporting Operation Ironclad, the invasion of Madagascar.
 
Cheers,
 
-randy

There were some Sea Hurricanes operating with 880 Squadron on HMS Indomitable during May 1942 in the Indian Ocean. They were supporting Operation Ironclad, the invasion of Madagascar.
 
Cheers,
 
-randy

There were some Sea Hurricanes operating with 880 Squadron on HMS Indomitable during May 1942 in the Indian Ocean. They were supporting Operation Ironclad, the invasion of Madagascar.
 
Cheers,
 
-randy

There were some Sea Hurricanes operating with 880 Squadron on HMS Indomitable during May 1942 in the Indian Ocean. They were supporting Operation Ironclad, the invasion of Madagascar.
 
Cheers,
 
-randy

Cheers everybody, 
 
it's bee a while since I finished my big Prowler - buying a new background for my photo booth was a good opportunity to finally take some photos of the finished model. For those who haven't followed the build, here's the link to the WIP thread:
 
https://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?/topic/57040-how-to-destroy-an-expensive-kit-with-just-a-few-cuts-or-prowler33/
 
Photo quality is not ideal, I've been playing around with the photo settings but I am obviously not a good photographer... Anyway, comments, questions and critique are welcome as usual. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
"Beaker" waiting for the rest of the crew to board the aircraft.
 

 

 

 

 

This is my A-4E Skyhawk I built a few years a go . The cockpit came from Aires a long with the wheel well and gun bay . I also did use eduard exterior PE set . All the major markings have been painted on.
 
http://imgur.com/gallery/PyAdv1n
 
 
http://imgur.com/gallery/1JAdRJo
 
http://imgur.com/gallery/s2EuPXi
 
http://imgur.com/gallery/0r7gM18

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