PanzerWomble

Again ............a subject left ignored for years ...I suspect Airfix will clear up on this one as the only 1/48 released for 60 years.I bought one and I'm not even that invested in the subject , just want to build something new

So beautiful , so aggressive if only it had been Blackburn not Bristols ....it would have looked like this ...

This is a good point . WNW were innovative because they had Jacksons money behind them , a vanity project you'd call it in publishing . But the models sold, and sold well , and now command high premium so people will pay silly money to build a Felixstowe in all it's glory . Equally plenty of companies got off the ground doing subject others left alone , Bronco's endless variants of early British armour (who knew that would sell) , ICMs odd aircraft and trucks ...even Eduard ventured into unknown territory (at the time) with all the 1/48 biplanes. Odd / not done sells , look at all the folk lining up to build Gannets and Buccaneers - at £50 a pop Airfix are cashing in , and Revell whose 1/32 Hurricane is a beauty by all accounts ..£30 , sadly be in the bargain box by summer . So Kotare , maybe consider stuff you can do superbly , which is long overdue , and clean up . Starters for ten ...a decent Lysander , anything FAA , Spey Phantom , a Beaufighter ....and thats just British stuff . Don't do another flipping FW190 ...do a 189 ....B&V 141 ..Heinkel 115 ...go silly ! There's a whole forum dedicated to grown men playing "daddy I want a new pony" so no wish to bring that crap here , but Kotare could break the mould and clean up , they've got the pedigree for it . Or they could just churn out all the old favourites and hope people will pay the premium , which to be fair seems to have been Tamiya's 1/32 strategy , but didn't lead to a variety of interesting subjects.

Yes I believe there might be a vehicle specific thread I should be posting this stuff on ....😳 sorry !

Want to sell it ?🤣 One of my first bikes was a rattle canned F1 , bought of a mate with a blown gearbox ...did my first "strip down a rebuild" in a student flat in Leeds on a budge of ...50 pence ? One of the lecturers took pity and sold me a spare NOS exhaust system for very little . LTT934P still on DVLA database, I wonder if it's sat in pieces somewhere. EDIT - Hawkwind ...Pink FLoyd LPS and full ashtray ....I miss the 90's ( 1991 maybe ?)

Much the same , been riding nearly continuously since 21 , my preference has always been air cooled bikes of the 80's ...within my limits and less likely to hurt myself . ..plus no point trying to road race on a40 year old FJ1200 so I can go at my own pace. The middle aged preening at bike cafes these days is something I avoid ..

That turned out well , nice one 😀

Still meh 🫤

Ralph is this the 1976 tooled one ? I did their 2001 Sabre Dog coupla years back which I'd recommend doing if you haven't already .

Sadly a bit like all the middle aged dads buying sportsbikes way beyond their capability .....cop friend used to call them butterflies ...brightly coloured..... only seen in summer ..short lifespan .

I'm with Tim .....MEH ...yet another iteration of a subject for which there already are 121 releases in 1/32 alone . Gotta make them all . Maybe they could make a 1/35 Tiger Tank next coz that hasn't many interations either

I use stretchy elastic called infini, made for rigging. Glueing it too flat plastic is difficult glueing it to an eyelet is easier. It threads nicely through 0.3 tubing for the buckle as well.

This'll be 2 dozen pictures and up for sale the next day 😆

Cheers Peter !

Refining eyelets and buckles from the Pfalz Trying "drill everything before paint" and don't trust the kit dimples . Version two of my eyelet tool , old airbrush needle , using 0.1m brass wire on the left , Version one using just soe thyin wire and 1.6mm weire on the right . Version 2 far more in scale . Those are 10mm squares.

A bit yawned with the UBoot as expressed elsewhere, thought I'd do something as an interlude . I picked up this old Profipack from 1998 ( decals are probably shot) I like the dichotomy of biplanes , their construction is both simple and complex at the same time . Parts count vs any modern jet very low and straightforward .....yet all those wires ..tricksy. At 1/48 I'm not going mad on the cockpits ...just getting the measure of wing + 1 with these little models . so here we are day 1 ....

This build grinds on like a dull patrol in the rain . It's in one lump, primed mostly "body in white" ...needs construction finishing and then can go for paint . TBH it feels very "toy" to me , everything looks too chunky, the fit isn't wonderful , and it's not enthusing me much . I feel the same about 1/16 tanks ....just doesn't do it for me . Anyway whining aside here's where we are today .

Nice one Peter . I Flory washed the one I did a few years back on LSP ....it's does odd things with alclad is all I can say .....not necessarily bad ...just odd. 😳

Great DVIII, I think you nailed the lozenges better than on my Pfalz. BTW - I found this section ...WW1 1/48 and larger Ready for Inspection. link I'm game for a few more biplanes , picked up the Eduard 1/48 Albatross and Roland . Fancy making a few 1/48's to get a feel for it then maybe moving towards some Roden 1/32's . I am way too tight to throw down for WNW at current prices. Need to move this daft U Boat on a bit .

The picture the RAF didn't want you to see ..

Just pre ordered Airfix new 1/48 Bristol Bulldog ( release April) ....yes it's Airflups so it won't be a top shelf kit (in my opinion) , but apart from some ancient 1950's tool it's the only quarter scale Bulldog in town . Given how Gladiators become popular I'm surprised the old Bulldog isn't represented in anything bigger than 1/48 , the colour schemes and sheer "butchness" of it make it a great subject to my eyes. I mean look at it , it looks like it wants to rip your arm out of the socket and beat you to death with it after downing three bottles of JD 😀