Diorama3:'An Eastern Front'

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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

1/72 Airfix F-86F Sabre

Derby City Model Club Competition 19th July 2012 Korea

Built straight from the box this is the new Airfix sabre Kit. I must say it is a very good quaility kit and the decals make it look great. Simple build and painted in silver this model looks great

1/72 Airfix de Havilland Comet

1/72 Revell: Supermarine Walrus MKI

Derby City Model Club Collection 19th April 2012


This is a Revell 1/72 Supermarine Walrus MKI 'French navy' built for a Model Club Collection.

The kit quality was good and construction simple...until it came to adding the top wing!. This took several attempts and plenty of masking tape. If you look closely, it is not lined up exactly, but I had had enough and it as good as I could get.

The painting was simple as it is all aluminium. I sprayed it and it has come out well. I vanished this model and it has created a good finish. I need to add the wire supports at some stage before the competition and the guns. but that can wait.

1/72 Airfix: Grumman J4F-1 Widgeon V203 of United States Coast Guard

Derby City Model Club Collection 19th April 2012

This is a Airfix 1/72 model built for a Model Club collection. The Kit is a new Airfix design and is of good quality. I built it with ease and tried to take extra care of the details by using filler. I used wall filler, and it hasnt turned out very well - a lesson for thefuture. The painting was fairly simple. Silver and a yellow wing. I airbrushed the silver, but manually painted the yellow and it hasnt turned out very well.

Overall this is below the standard I am aiming for, but it is the first plane I have built for many years

HMS Victory