[ArcticViper]

I just thought I'd sort the forum a bit, and here's my contribution.

I'm thinking plastic scale models go here, other topics should cover other materials, paper, wood, cement, whatever you have lying around :wink:

Anyway, my hurricane 1:72 scale still WIP obviously:

[fly_zo]

Empire of the sun ....

(The link is inoperative) zero1.jpg

(The link is inoperative) zero2.jpg

(The link is inoperative) zero3.jpg


cheers
Z

[ArcticViper]

I had a strong suspicion you'd be first to reply fly_zo (saw you browsing the forum)

Excellent picture.

Now, the reason I have the post-it there is because I'd just painted the wheel wells and it would catch any potential dripping, none of which occured :wink:

Seen in retrospect, yeah I should have flipped it upside down... :roll:

[fly_zo]

I had a strong suspicion you'd be first to reply fly_zo (saw you browsing the forum)

Excellent picture.

Now, the reason I have the post-it there is because I'd just painted the wheel wells and it would catch any potential dripping, none of which occured :wink:

Seen in retrospect, yeah I should have flipped it upside down... :roll:

thanks ....

i'm maniac for plastic model WWII planes since i can remember .... so this section does bring me back to those days ( no computers no DVD/ VCR....) . Only plastic models and HO scale train across the room .... I'll try to dig up some more pics

BTW , hurry looks nice

cheers
Z

[carosel43]

the shots of the A6m are very nice, just shows what clever lighting and thoughtful camera positioning can do! as for reminding you of the past i quite agree, before i got so into R/C i was a plastic model freak, come christmas morning i would be up in my room surrounded by paint and glue (and the fumes!) having a great time, i have since not had the time as i have been doing the bigger ones but i have recently bought a beaufighter and somewhere i have a 1/24 p51 that i have started, i will post my progress!

[Forager]

ArcticViper, keep us posted on the Hurricane, OK?
I never got into 1/72nd scale, I am too clumsy for anything under 1/48th
The larger scales are cool but take up too much room for guys like me who cannot seem to stop cranking them out.

Good pics of that Zero, fly_zo. It was kind of sad what happened to that Japanese kid in the movie, he wanted to fly so much.

The last one I finished was an A6M2 with Sakai markings from 1942.

Here's another of my old favorites:

[ArcticViper]

Forager, I'll keep it updated, I'm currently exam occupied so as soon as that's done I'll go get some paint, so I can finish it off :wink:

By the way, I've put the canopy, pitot tube and some droptanks since that pic was taken, and I'll take the next pic in a more interesting enviroment than a green post-it :lol:

Dunno if I should keep the Droptanks though...

Ah well, I'll get to a decision point soon enough though... now all I need is some white, yellow, blue, red, black, grey, basically all the colours since the only colours included were 2 shades of brown, and a green colour...

[RAF_Leigh]

My dragon P-51 1:32 scale and sill WIP landinggear keep on breaking anyway

[GentleKiller]

wow leigh, nice model mate

[Chamay]

Here's my "first" model...old (Lindbergh?) B-17 my dad built.



A couple of mine...tho I don't build anymore, these still gather dust on my office shelves.....













The P-40 was a conversion...resin fuselage combined with kit parts from the old Revell P-40E

"Tiffy" is the old Revell kit...

The Albatros DV and NI28 were multi media kits...1/24th scale...

DVII is 1/28 Revell kit...

Hurri is the 1/24 Airfix...

[RAF_Magpie]

Leigh - the -51's lookin good dude, you must finish it

And Chamay, love that Albatros! And the P-40

[GentleKiller]

chamay, nice!

[stansdds]

The last model I actually completed. Started a couple more, but haven't touched them in years. Anyway, my Revell 1/32 scale F4U-1A with some added scratch built details.

[Chamay]

stansdds...very nice Corsair!! Built that one myself a couple o' times...!

[RAF_Magpie]

Well, just managed to steal a digital camera for the evening (yes I'm a tight ass ) and here's the only finished model I have down here (the rest are back at my fathers 600km away). I recently got back into making models, and started with a corsair, so I figured I'd make it a Kiwi corsair, markings made from a mix of RN and RAF markings, with the help of a hole punch No weather as of yet, but plan to practice that on my clipped wing MkVc Spit I'm making; so tips anyone?

And here's the pride of the TV cabnet (sorry for the dark/use of a flash, I didnt think of doing this during the day time till after I pulled out the SD card). Model is an academy 1:48 scale kit.