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The kit only comes with a pilot, so I've scrounged together the rest of the crew: Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, D...

PR XIX looking good

All 3D printed so lots of filament sprue to cut away. Tauruses were very brittle, managed to snap various fins off just...

If you squint really hard, you might be able to see Dom in the back.

Box art is sooooo wrong.

Umpteen disparate parts from the spares box. Gannet wings because I got an after-market wing-fold kit, not sure how I e...

Classic box art

At least the "Arizona" bit is clear, near the tail. Hmm, got a 1:700 Arizona in the stash, that could be heading to my...

Mixture of live and training/inert missiles for the bigger ones, just for variety.

All finished, despite the trail of disasters that made the plot of Armageddon seem uneventful. Magnetic stand too, just...

All finished, despite the trail of disasters that made the plot of Armageddon seem uneventful.

Replacement top-panel painted, varnished and fitted. Left: Storm Shadow / SCALP in flight, wings and ventral fins extend...

Just uploaded this photo for completeness (8 years later!) as I saw that the photo album ended somewhat abruptly.

Box art

Box art

Shiny Shar, my Bae, is complete..

Doesn't look too bad at this distance

All over bar the varnish and decals, thanks to quick drying and self-priming Mr Surfacer and hot weather.

Box art

Box art

Made a proper start over "twixtmas" - bit of priming, bit of paint, bit of glue here and there. Have raided the spares ...

End-opener boxes get on my proverbials. Have hung onto part of my Thunderbird 2 top-opening box just to keep Vince's sp...

Weathered and satin finish, on a mirror to show the underside.

Weathered model ambulance on a mirror so you can see the underside too!

Recreating the classic box art :-)

The dog has come to inspect... everyone's a critic!

All done and on display, keeping my TSR.2 and Bristol Bloodhound company.

Mast up!

Incom T-65B X-Wing, 1:112 scale, ready to join the Rebellion

Finished!

End-opening box - would much rather have a top-opener, easier to keep the unused parts in there then as I go along. Shou...

Open fire, lads! Spots the lights in the wheelhouse. (Those gun positions, like the shrapnel padding and the big gun on ...

Sprues all ready to go - back in February, before the Covid-19 Lockdown.

Engine (rubbish photo - phone camera) - May 2019

Phone camera is shot, but here's an idea of the cockpit detail (thank you Eduard Zoom)

Decals next...

Martha's

White and pristine

Pointless bit of metal lacquer on the engine inside!

A bit of clamping required... :)

Martha's got some work in progress...

A tale of two Minis. Really shows the size difference (same scale!)

Bristol Mercury engine before cowled and hidden away.

Added a set of seat belts (only one set with the kit!)

Shiny Peggy all finished

Main assembly done.

Su-34 Fullback under what appears to be an attack of the dreaded Post It Notes.

Fullback beginning to take shape...

Oi, camera, sort the focus out :)

Skyray buzzing an MTB

First steps - wooden framework and machine guns magazines inside (used Orange Clear to "varnish" the wood and it got a b...

All going to get sealed up, but here we have ammo boxes, gunner seats, bomb rack and some (clumsy) weathering.

Nearly ready...

Primed and ready to go...

And so it begins :)

Bristol Blenheim (centre) meets grandson Bristol Beaufighter (right) and great-grandson Bristol Brigand (left). (And get...

Keel laid

A bit of aotake splashed around.

Mounted all the crew on the universal carrier to save losing them :)

*rubs hands with glee*

This is where Martha's Focke is headed...

Bristol Brigand TF1

Douglas the toast rack is in business again

Cute

The old artwork!

Looking a bit silver... for now :-)

Scratch built ladder to flight deck (that my mother got stuck up!)

Box art

Bf109 dogfight with my Sea Hurricane :)

Box art

Cockpit and engine

Lighting rig on an Arduino Nano

Just some more decals to go

HMS Kelly