Great managed to get photo on so here some more






Look at all those nice thick sprues and rivets,thick glazing but clear.Now where is my saw,pointy thing for panel lines and emery to make it all nice and smooth.

Could you bring yourself to build it with the rivets?

Here is that kit I built about 40 or so years ago..



I was out in the shed the other day and decided to take a look in my old air force trunk which is where I put all my old models at one stage. As you can see they were not very well packed in their original packing box and a couple of prop blades have departed company and they need a good clean. Back then I used to build everything with the wheels up.

I just had an idea for a campaign but it nay be a bit too specialised as I am not sure if many people have kits they built 30+ years ago as a child readily available.

Cheers all and good luck with the Hampden johnny,
Warren

looks like the work of a younger modeler. Along the top and bottom of the rear window is a ridge at least 1/8" above the plastic and gaps of similar size at the edges of the window. IIRC it was a 'Skill Level 2' kit but clearly it was higher than that, opening doors and hood, detailed / customizeable engine.

Hi Johnny, welcome to the fun! It'll be nice to see you go to town on the Hampden

A younger modeller with absolutely no references or how to guides. And no one to show him how to do anything! Woe always me... And I still haven't improved much in 40 years..

Warren the only model from when I was a kid is this Airfix P-51 that I made into a Reno race plane ,completely what if.
Part of prop missing and tail.
Hand painted of course.

My Mom and Dad hang it on the Christmas tree every year!

Nice camo job!!

Cheers for now
Warren

The Ju 52 continues to grow..

Tamiya Extra Thin Cement, it gives you wings..




I have no idea where the aileron hinge went..



Maybe, like part of the wing root, it was short shot...

Cheers
Warren

Hi
Thanks Warren, Jessica.

Thats great nice natural looking weathering ,any model completed got to be a good one....
Think i may still have some old ones somewhere with special gloss/matt camo going on ,see if i can find one .Could be a good campaign idea.

J

Hi all, There's some really nice work going on here on some pretty resistant kits!

It's been slow going on my Short Stirling due to work load but I did manage to get some modelling done by tarting up the cockpit and gun turrets a bit. It's not meant to be an accurately definitive work and to be honest, the canopy and turret plastic is that thick that I doubt much be seen through it anyway.

Well, I'm impressed, 1/72 right? The navigator's table is mind blowing.

Murdo, that Stirling cockpit is miles better than the planks you got from Airfix. I almost thought you were using a photo-etch set

Now, to prevent people from thinking I'm neglecting my man and his horsie

That's gotta smart!

Excellent detail on that cockpit.

Jim

Is that a Headless Horseman?

BTW, is that regular Styrofoam under the plain brown wrapper?

Modelling can sometimes be a pain in the ass and now we have a photo to prove it!

He's a whole lot more than headless at the moment. He's also horseless, armless, legless...

I was out of Styrofoam when I needed that toothpick stand so I cheated and used a folded-up piece of cardboard.

I have to shelf the Ju87 I'm working on and switch to an alternative Airfix Kit. I had originally panned to do some rail buildings and I'll be working on a water tower and engine shed.

Some progress on the Ju 52!!

Pre-purple..



Purpled..



I think that is close enough to Milka Purple.

Cheers
Warren

Wing things on and Gray and Silver paint, next up Gloss White.

I present to you my Ju 52/3m operated by Ju-Air in Switzerland and sponsored by Milka Chocolate (which we can't get here anymore)...



As much as I would love to be able to recommend this ancient Airfix kit I can't/ Fit is rubbish for most parts, the canopy only vaguely fits in its intended place, short shot parts, moulds have had it in various places as well.

But enough of that, for its time it wasn't a bad attempt at the corrugations, but I would love to see Hasegawa or someone do one today and see how they went with the
corrugated skin.

Well I am about to put the Ham and Turkey in the Webber and let it cook for a few hours for our Christmas dinner. The Bentley will have to wait for another time to get finished as I have some review builds to do (woe always me..), HMS Belfast and USS Long Beach spring to mind, as well as an F-18 so I can test some decals Miss Cooper sent to me.

Cheers all and Merry Christmas!
Warren

That is a mooooving accomplishment.

While I had the aircraft grey out for my DC-9, I put a coat on the horsie


I've also been working on Mr Man's face

Now that I have that picture blown up, it appears that Chris Hadfield was a Dragoon 200 years ago. I'm going to have to paint that 'stache carefully

When doing figures, washes are critical. I've given Mr Man a dark wash to bring out the shadows on his uniform.


And I've been working on his accoutrements as well