Bish I have placed my order with Sprue Brothers Models for the Eduard kit #11146 so I can start on it after New Years. Unit then I am working on the Matador and 40mm Bofors AA gun.
Have a good Christmas and New Year holiday my friend. Cheers!
Harold
I’d like to join as well, please!
Tamiya’s 1/48 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I
Roster updated, glad to have you on board.
Everything is gathered for the Supermarine Group Build. If everything goes right, the finished model will depict a Mk VIII of the USAAF 31 FG.
As i just posted on the other GB, this begins at midnight UK time, just opver 4 hours away. So where ever you are in the world, feel free to make a start if you have nothing better to do tonight.
What could there possibly be to do that could be better than building a model airplane!
Lol, so true John!
Ordered the paint, masks etc for this kit and the Bf-109 last night. Should have done it beforehand but Christmas kinda sneaked up on me and didn’t want to order stuff with the mail already overloaded.
Got to finish off a few things and hopefully I’ll be ready to start.
Lets’s get something underway, here. Here’s some pictures of my Matchbox Wellesly. I’m waiting for a resin Bristol Mercury to come to put under the townsend ring, what’s in the box is just too grim and it will be very visible. Given the waffles that Matchbox put on the wings there is no doubt this is a Barnes-Wallis design! Egad!!
Now that’s a very strange one John.
Well, yes, there is more than a little “strange” in my stash, Steve. It was a design similar in construction to the Wellington and made a notable long distance flight, 7,162 miles non-stop from Ismalia, Egypt, to Darwin, as a 3 ship flight.
That is a bit of an odd looking aircraft John, look forward to seeing it come along.
Hello John, very out of the ordinary subject. Which resin brand of Bristol Mercury engine?
regards,
Jack
Jack, I mispoke, it is a Pegasus, and it is coming from CMK, ordered from their store. I do have a Mercury on the way, I think it is Vector and 1/48, but I think they have it in 1/72 also.
John, not a problem. As long as it’s not from Engine and Things - their 72nd stuff can be a let down.
regards,
Jack
Very cool! Love the look of the Wellesley. Sorta a steampunk look to me.
Some work done on cockpit on mine. Photos when I get some more work done.
Started the Spitfire Mk VIII today. Did the cockpit and getting ready to close up the fuselage. So many tiny pieces!
Frank: Nice work there with the cockpit!
Good looking pit there Frank. Nice shade of green.
Well, the fuselage is buttoned up. All of that detail I worked so hard painting is down in there somewhere. Now to sand and polish the seams, then add the canopy and wings.
Nice, Frank. Harbor Freight sells borescopes pretty cheap.