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I build mainly aircraft models, in any scale. However, large scale Vacforms are my real passion, the subject usually being WWII heavy bomber related.
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The RAF did indeed have it tough - and in some instances tougher. On the notorious Nuremberg raid of March 30/31 1944, 96 aircraft were lost in one night and the total of men MIA was more than the total British pilots lost in the Battle of Britain. Two really good reads/watches are ‘Night Bombers’ (available on You Tube) and Jack Currie’s ‘Lancaster Target’ which is a superb read and chronicles the terrors of night bombing vividly.
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Please…. You know you want to… Stunning work on the racer - looking forward to the final push! Tom
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I enjoyed parts of the series but was a little underwhelmed in others. The CGI wasn't as bad as I was expecting, but I agree with others' views on the series trying to cover to much ground in too-few episodes, which meant I didn't really get the same connection as with Band of Brothers (which to me is the best WWII TV show/film I've seen). The base set, vehicles, uniforms and B-17s (in OD as Fs!) were very well done and I thought captured the 'feel' of a WWII base well. The Masters of the Air book is a great read and you've got to give credit to the producers for giving it a good go, but I can't help but wonder if a series would have been better had it been based on Stephen Ambrose's 'The Wild Blue' which is a fantastic account of a 15th AF B-24 crew flying out of Italy. It focuses on mainly one crew, so you get a much more intimate knowledge of them as people and therefore better connection - more like BoB - and you follow them from training until they complete their tour. For those who haven't read it I heartily recommend it. Masters gets a solid 7.5/10 from me - and yes, being a B-17 nut I did spot a load of inaccuracies but you just have to learn to overlook these and enjoy it for what it is/was... Tom
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Cheers, Kev. Here in the UK we have a store called Halfords that does car accessories including paints. They’re aerosols but I use them regularly for my airliners. The blue is ‘Fiat Capri Blue’ which is an exact match for the current BA blue. It’s designed for cars but I usually find the right(ish) colour - they even mix paint for you if you have a sample. They did a fantastic effort with KLM blue for a 1/72nd 747 I did a few years ago.
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Ah - I see. I’ll be keen to see how you overcome this as one day I’ll no doubt be facing the same problem… You'll crack it, of that I’m sure.
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I’ve always enjoyed building civil aircraft and usually have one or two on the go alongside my longer term LSP builds. So here’s the latest civvy completion from me - Revell’s 1/144th scale Boeing 747-400 with DrawDecal’s British Airways decals. It’s been built out of the box, other than my usual mod to these kits in adding some height on the cockpit crown area with some Milliput to correct the profile. Although it’s getting a little long in the tooth now, the kit still builds reasonably well once excess flash is removed! I was really sad when BA retired the 747 - not only is it one of my favourite commercial aircraft but I’d flown long-haul on them more than any other type and thought I’d do my own little tribute to ‘The Queen of the Skies’. The real thing was my last 747 flight when she brought me back from Australia once… the ‘Kangaroo Route’ is now 777 or 787 and it’s not quite the same. Long live the Queen! All the best, Tom
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I have the exact same boxing as you, Kev. Re. the pylons, I’d suggest a small shim of plastic card to build up the rear height a little, and sand the forward part slightly to blend the shape. That might solve your problem. Looking at both engines, I’d bet my bottom dollar the Braz engines are a slightly more accurate representation of the real thing…
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I’m in your club, chaps! I exclusively use Xtracolor enamels for all my builds. Fantastic through the airbrush and dry beautifully glossy for hassle-free decal application. Superb paints. I have the odd few acrylics for detail painting, but even then I prefer enamels to be honest. Drying time is longer, granted, but I find a 50/50 mix with white spirit means they’re usually rock hard in 24hrs. Especially if they have a stint in the airing cupboard… Tom
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Top drawer modelling going on here, Kev - I have one of these in the stash but I must confess I'm leaning more towards the Zvezda offering after seeing this! Tom
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Looking at the first picture you posted, I'm fairly sure the ball is removed and the hole faired over. You can usually see the slight indentation and very bottom of the turret when retracted and there's nothing visible at all in the picture. And why carry all that extra weight if the turret is not needed..? Tom -
Thanks, Kev - and that’ll be a Titan Models 1/72 A330 my dad is building as a KC-30 MRRT… yes he’s as mad as I am!
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I’m no stickler for accuracy but that original cockpit just didn’t do it for me. It’s such a characteristic part of the Stirling and ruined the whole look. All I did was send Peter some pictures and measurements and he did the rest - the man is a genius and I cannot take any credit whatsoever! It’ll be fine - just a few plastic card inserts here and there and all will be well… I keep telling myself, petrified I’ll undo Peter’s fine work!!!!
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More transparency work of late, this time huge steps have been taken with the canopy. The kit part was always suspect in my opinion - it just looked too big, windscreen shape was totally off and the sides too vertical: Something like this would really bug me, so I was thinking about making my own by either doing a master and vacforming it or alternatively doing the framing, much like the bomb aimer’s section, and dropping in the clear pieces using acetate. Then I had an idea… why not get in touch with one of the greatest model makers of our time, Peter at Airscale? And low and behold… And a comparison with the kit part: Here we now have a beautifully printed cockpit framing that will sit on top of a new vac canopy. As the pictures show I originally cut the fuselage to fit the kit part so some work is going to be needed here to get the fit right, but I’m delighted with Peter’s handy work! I’m currently working in finishing off the gear bays so the cockpit will have to wait for a while, but for once I can’t wait to get started on the cockpit and it’s interior - which is usually a job I hate! More when there’s more… Tom
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Ermmmmmm... I'l cross that bridge when the time comes! Final parts have been added on the B-52 as I'm hoping to get some paint on her when the Easter Holidays come around. The BUFF is festooned with a vide array of different aerials to these have all be fashioned and attached from plastic card: And some final glamour-shots before she gets some Gunship Grey... I would invite some of you good folks around for a spot of dinner, but as you can see the dining room table is otherwise engaged! I just need to make the small pylon for the targeting pod between the engines on the right wing and do some final scribing around the tail cone, and we're good to go! More when there's more, Tom
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I can't believe the speed in which this has come together - and the quality is still absolutely amazing. I'm very much looking forward to seeing some paint going on... Tom