1/76 Airfix: WWI Male Tank

Derby Model Club collection  British Armourd Vehicles 21st June 2012

This is a simple build made into a diorama for the club collection.

1/48 Hobby Boss: A-10 Thunderbolt II

Thought I would try a 1/48 scale aircraft so I chose one of my favourites - the A-10. This kit is in the 2 seater experimental design, which never actually entered service. Was supposed to be in an aircraft grey colour, but I wasn't confident at weathering a single colour so chose a 3 colour camouflage design.

This kit was OK to build. less fiddly bits with the larger scale, but required several areas of filling and sanding. Painting was fun, sprayed one green colour then covered in play dough to get the camouflage design and repeated twice.

I wont be attempting this scale again soon as it takes an age and there is so much detail to do.

Not the best model I have done, but it is OK.

1/72 Hasegwa : A-7 Corsair II

Bought this on offer from Model =Zone. was origionally going to enter it into the 'Korea' Competition, but on research, found that it entered service into Vietnam.

Still, it was a good quality kit and simple build. I shyed away from varnishing it as the underside was painted with tamiya white spray paint.

1/72 Academy: Republic F-84E Thunderjet

Derby City Model Club competition 19th July 2012 Korea

Bought this from Modelzone for the competition. It was a quality kit and simple build. I have switched to Acrylic paint and I think it is easier to use and gives a better finish. Painted in Tamiya silver and weathered with a Tamiya kit, the finish looks great and this is by far the best aircraft kit I have built to date. The kit comes with a stand which is an added bonus.

The only think I didn't do was add the missiles as they looked unrealistic.

1/72 China Eastern: de Haviland Sea Vixen

Derby City Model Club Competition 17th May 2012 - Placed 3rd

This was built as per box instructions for the Model Club Competition ' British Jets'. I decided I wanted to do a sea Vixen as it looks different to most aircraft. Sourcing it was difficult and this one was won on Ebay.

Building was simple and straightforward. Painting was hard as I have discovered white paint is difficult to get right. This one is painted with Wilko's white primer. I have learnt not to varnish over white paint as it turns a yellow colour.

Pleased with 3rd place for my first model competition!

Diorama3:'An Eastern Front'

Used:
Model Art Ukrainian village house
Tamiya German Hanomag Sdkfz 251/1
Tamiya German Pak 40 Anti Tank gun and crew
Tamiya German Machine Gun Troops
Tamiya Sandbags

This has been work in progress for some time. I finished th e Machine gun troops and Anti Tank crew some time a go. The Ukrainian building has taken some time to finish, but it has been good to work with.

With the ModelArt kits, I find that there is a lot of reworking required to finish the preformed moulded kits. Once it has all been cut out, all the sections fit together on edges. This requires lots of PVA glue, masking tape and plenty of filler after it has dried. I haven’t followed the picture exactly, aas the upstairs window is supposed to be set back in the roof. I had trouble making it all fit together, but it has turned out ok.

The Sdkfz was built as standard instructions. This is the first time I have washed the sprews first ( which every one recommends to do) . I also coated it in primer before construction.

I never know what is the corrct way to construct kits. Is it to prime and paint on the sprews? This can be tricky as the primer can become tacky when handling. Priming and painting when all filleted together is ok for the main-larger base, but it can be tricky to paint small parts after they have been fitted. On some recent kits I have painted without using primer. This si sometimes trick and requires several coats as the paint doesn’t bond too well to the plastic….Any advise would be useful!

F89J Scorpion