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This is the newish revell boxing of their Eurocopter in 1/72. My club was doing a competition where we all built models from James Bond films as Revell bought out the whole range again and as Goldeneye is my favourite Bond movie and one of the best FPS shooter games ever made on N64 (ahhh the times we sat around as teenagers with pizza and coke playing 4 player), I had to build it. The kit itself is not bad, the detail is pretty good but I did have some issues fitting the instrument panels in the cockpit and the exhaust inserts on the back. I solved the cockpit by leaving out the offending parts that you can't see anyway and good amount of sanding on the back. I do like the fact that Revell have designed the canopy so you don't have to install it half way into the build, the section that covers it is separate and can be glued on later. They also give you separate windscreen wipers, a nice little detail that allows easier masking of the canopy and painting of the parts. Decals are very good, they only have decals for the movie helo, but you do get all the other parts to make a later model helo with gun, radar and different weapons. This prototype did not carry a nose gun, even in the movie.

A simple little kit from Trumpeter that goes together pretty well. They do give you a full interior for the one person control room and don't bother, even with the hatch open you can't see anything and I left everything but the mail bulkheads out. I mounted it on a custom base and the camouflage is one I saw in my SeeHund midget submarine and I just liked the colours. For those I used WEM grau 58 and hellgrau 50 for the spots. Weathering was kept light, I also used Mr Surfacer and superglue in spots to enhance the weld lines a bit.

Hey guys, As a few here might know I am a member of Moorabbin Air Museum down here in Melbourne Australia. Currently the museum has decided to embark upon the restoration of their Avro Lincoln which the museum acquired some years ago from the UK. You might have known this aircraft when it was at the Aviation Museum in Southend. Before we got it however, the aircraft was stipped of all Lancaster parts, so it is in need of a lot of work. The museum has started a gofundme to help with restoration and anything you might be able to spare would be appreciated. We are also looking for Lincoln parts, those of the nose and cockpit are of a particular interest. If you had any parts the museum would be very interested in talking to you and you can contact them via their facebook page, link below. The gofundme link is also below, more pictures of the aircraft can be found on the facebook page. I have asked permission to post this too. TIA. https://www.gofundme.com/f/gaf-avro-lincoln-restoration?attribution_id=sl:9b3f26cc-d34a-4982-83e3-40f9a5477297&utm_campaign=natman_sharesheet_dash&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link https://www.facebook.com/moorabbinairmuseum

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RIP Peanut

Tamiya kits are always pretty good, although I dislike how they do their canopy and windscreen, it makes for some tricky gluing. Other than that I used the Microscale Decals 72-105 for the Israeli markings and even after 20 years in the decal folder, they worked perfectly. Paints used were Gunze 334 light grey with 54 blue and 402 green brown. Thanks for looking.

I did a light wash of the panel lines, but I read that they were fairly well kept so you're quick identification markings were probably the first to be cleaned....well it's what I'd want if I was the pilot lol

I bought this on a bit of a whim without knowing much about it. Turns out it was a new kit which I was surprised to see. Fit is pretty good, just be careful with the lower fuselage to wing joint. Also the canopy, being 2 pieces was a little tricky to get right, I'm not sure why Airfix did it like this because you cannot post the canopy open. Detail is a bit on the light side, but you can't see much through the closed canopy in any case. I've read that the tail is slightly undersize, but I haven't measured anything. Overall it's a decent model for a good price and I'm happy with how it turned out.

Yes Brazil.

This is the Italeri kit in 1/48, it's been around for quite some time now however it's molding are crisp and detail is good for a kit this size. Several decal options are available on the very nice decal sheet, these settled down with almost no effort at all. Fit is pretty good, the biggest issue was the lower fuselage wing to fuselage which required a little sanding, everything else, provided you do a little clamping, fits very well.

Muchly! lol

I picked this up second hand a few months ago, having built the larger 1/35 model a few years ago. I was impressed with the fit, mold and detail of these 1/72 kits. Box options are either Russian or Czech, but I chose to build something based on the Syrian systems, which had any number of brown over green camouflage patters, including miss matched camouflaged or white missiles. The most complex part was the painting as you can easily build this model in an hour or two. I glued it down to a simple base made from a coaster and some sandy looking grout. I might get a few more of these Trumpeter 1/72 armour kits in future now.

@PanzerWomble Damn I didn't even know that Frog kit existed, hell I showed that to dad and he had not even seen it and he grew up building Frog! As for the other kit, 270 quid is a little beyond my budget, but it does look nice.

A larger missile would be even better, maybe 1/35?

I'd always wanted one of these as I've stood at the very base of the Bloodhound at RAAF Base Point Cook many times and it still impresses me, so when I spotted it at the local toy store I pulled the trigger, thinking hey it would be an easy weekend build. Hahaha no, it took a lot of Mr Surfacer 500 and elbow grease on both the launcher and the missile itself to get it decent. I had an old trophy base laying around and knocked up a little something for it to sit on. I left the missile pretty clean, pictures in service show them nice and white and besides I think they look mean being nice and clean. Decals came from the spares box, they are perhaps a little big but I do have a picture of a missile with larger roundels. Overall I'm pretty happy with how this turned out and really think Airfix should invest in a new mold one as this is very long in the tooth and the molds are showing it, I'm sure it would be a big seller.

Poor Alec....

No wife, happy life my friend lol

Remember guys, ladies love equality.

Phew, my test results came back today, thankfully I don't have covid!

Ah for the old days.

When the post nut clarity hits. lol