Mark_C

https://www.hyperscale.com/2024/reviews/decals/ed48139reviewbg_1.htm

Our old friend '19squadron' obviously wasn't on the voting committee for that award... 

Make mine a:
 

 
But then I'm a fool for a flying boat!
 
 

I always dreamed of PZL-24 or PZL-37 LOS. Or, my biggest wet dream, An-2!

Make mine a:
 

 
But then I'm a fool for a flying boat!
 
 

Make mine a:
 

 
But then I'm a fool for a flying boat!
 
 

Make mine a:
 

 
But then I'm a fool for a flying boat!
 
 

Make mine a:
 

 
But then I'm a fool for a flying boat!
 
 

Make mine a:
 

 
But then I'm a fool for a flying boat!
 
 

If we're talking Wyvern, we need to appeal to Airfix to upscale their:
 
 

*cough*
 
https://www.eduard.com/aircraft-and-helicopters/other/2/?cur=2#nextproducts
 
https://www.eduard.com/aircraft-and-helicopters/other/bf-109g-6-1-35-1.html?cur=2

*cough*
 
https://www.eduard.com/aircraft-and-helicopters/other/2/?cur=2#nextproducts
 
https://www.eduard.com/aircraft-and-helicopters/other/bf-109g-6-1-35-1.html?cur=2

there would be more who post here if the site hosted images, which it doesn't
 
i can't be doing with the ball ache of using image hosting sites for WIPs i'm afraid

100% on the mark. My budget doesn't allow for paying for an image hosting site, assuming I am still competent to take the pictures. It's quite condenscending assuming that non image-posters do not build. 
 
Tony 
 

I love aviation prints, some of them anyway, but have very little wall space available to me. This used to hang in my den (man cave #2), but I haven't seen it since I moved a few years back.
 

Aviation prints aren't really my thing, but you've made a very generous offer.  I hope someone takes you up on it.  It would be a shame to see them meet the same fate as the Looney Tunes cels.
 
 

Aviation prints aren't really my thing, but you've made a very generous offer.  I hope someone takes you up on it.  It would be a shame to see them meet the same fate as the Looney Tunes cels.
 
 

Hello everyone.
 
This is my last finished 1/32 Hasegawa, Ki-61-I “飛燕 (Hien)”
 
I chose this model as I still wanted to explore metal cladding. Hien is a suitable aircraft for this purpose because it was shipped from the factory in bare metal and then various camouflages were applied by units. I used the usual kitchen aluminum foil and water-soluble glue for the metal cladding.
The hand-painted random camouflage applied to Hien is another attractive point for modelers. So, I hand-painted a crooked camouflage pattern on the fuselage and wings with an airbrush like a mechanic of the time. It was the most enjoyable thing in this build.  One of the advantages of metal cladding is that you can redo the camouflage paint as many times as you like.
 
Unlike other Japanese airplanes, Hien was equipped with a liquid-cooled DB601 engine produced under license. However, it suffered from low reliability and low mission-capable rates due to insufficient craft quality and frontline supply, and the inexperience of mechanics on liquid-cooled engines. However, as long as it was up and running, it performed as well or better than its elder brother Bf109E.
 
I adopted a paint scheme inspired by the 68th squadron that fought in Papua New Guinea. The squadron was one of the first to receive the newly developed Hien. Papua New Guinea was far from its homeland and probably one of the harshest battlefields in WW2. Many died not only from battle but also from starvation and disease as supply lines were destroyed. It is said during the war: “Java is paradise, Burma is hell, and you can't return home from New Guinea even if you die”. Actually, most of the members of the 68th squadron, as well as many other soldiers, are still lying there.
 
It’s basically OOB build. I just used metal gum barrels and pitot tube. The squadron marking is a combination of hand-painting and some extra decals. I also slightly modified Hasegawa’s lovely kit figure to one that resembles tropical pilot uniforms. (One more thing, I would like you to assume that my model is a reproduction of an aircraft whose tailwheel was lost in an accident on the battlefield. The tailwheel is still lying somewhere in my room.)
 
I hope you all enjoy the model. Sorry for my plastic cup as usual!

Greetings all,
 
An Easter holidays completion from me - Revell's 1/32nd scale Hawker Hunter FGA.9 more or less OOB, other than some aftermarket decals from AeroMaster and some home-made FOD guards. This kit is really under-rated in my humble opinion - it has lots of detail OOB and beautiful surface detailing from a time when Revell were at the top of their game. I had no issues whatsoever with the build - it's about as close as you can get to building Lego - and it went together in a few days. Paints were Xtracolur enamels with a splash of Humbrol Matt Cote to finish it off. Some light weathering was done with Mig pastels. 
 
All in all a very enjoyable build - and it only cost me a tenner under the table at a show!
 
All the best,
Tom
 
Hawker Hunter FGA.9, XG207, 58 Squadron, RAF Wittering, mid-1970s. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Here is one I found, Guy:
 

 
It's apparently a Mk. 2, but it should still give you some ideas.
 
 

Thanks for the concern, chaps!
I'm back at the bench making buckles again. 
It got a little scary at times, but I came through in the end.
 
The only thing I'm recovering from at the moment is my pride and some sore ribs. I hit the tarmac this morning while out riding and fell flat on my side, bruising my ribs and cutting open my left eye. Live and learn!
 
Onward and upwards.
Cheers,
Bob
 

Thanks for looking in on me.

John’s key board is broken.  The capital key and the b key do not work together. Keeps showing up as “K”

In 2026 . . .
 
 

Again, the point escapes you. I have already bought it, and so have the others who are disappointed with the substandard print quality.