Hi all,

here is my begining of the AT-6 cockpit with a bit of scratch built :

















cheers
nico

Hi all,

the yesterday evening work was dedicated to the internal sides structures (the original kit is completly empty).
I also began the side command panels :









cheers
nico

Nico----Great work on the AT-6 thus far.

I began work on my project, the Bay of Pigs Sea Fury, using the 1/48th scale Hobbycraft kit. There were bad injection pin marks in the wheel bay so I covered them with squares of 3M 2090 tape.





I then painted the wheel bays "Hawker Yellow". I based the color on some Sea Fury restoration photos where parts had been stripped down to the original primer. The yellow appeared much more brown than Chromate Yellow and I created this color by lightening Tamiya Buff with white and yellow. The wash is Pledge Floor Wax tinted with Acrylic Black Paint.




Fuselage assembly begins:





And she's together:







More to follow!

Best wishes,

Ian

Hi all,

thanks a lot Ian, and good job too on your Sea Fury !

I've finished my cockpit scratchbuilt (but for the seat belts which can wait a little for the paint work to be done).
So, i began the interior painting in "US interior green" which in Humbrol Enamel equivalence chart is the number 226.....so i just bought one for this kit. But after 2 coats with brushes (highly diluted as my habits) it seemed a lot to green :



Then i remembered i altready bought that color for an US HRS-1 few years ago, so i opened it and compared.....and i was really really disppointed !!!

The old one is on the left :



And even after diluting it with White-Spirit :



So i continued with the old one which seems to match much better with the real "interior green", doesn't it ? (Some more coats are needed anyway) :





cheers
nico

Hi all-
After a several-year hiatus, I've signed up for this campaign!
I'll be building the Tamiya 1/48 Mig-15 from the Korean War (or police action)….because, frankly - I need something relatively easy.
The Pacific Coast Ta152H in the background just about killed me (and nearly wound up in the bin) after a 6 month struggle.
So…I'm looking forward to pouring a little glue in the box, shaking, and having a finished result in short order. Alternatively, we'll get to see me manage to botch even a Tamiya kit

Getting started on Tarangus 1/72 J29A/B, bane of the Katangan air force.

Hi all,

scratchbuilt is done for the controls i wanted to add, seat belts are on the scratchbuilt bench now.
I also finished the interior paint work and weathering :



















Cheers
nico

Now i'm enlisted

My project for this campaign is a F-102a Case XX dagger from meng models. He will wear the color of a dagger stationed in Thailand during 1969 who took part to the Vietnam War.

To enhance the kit, i added photoetch from eduard.

Here are the firsts photos from the kit. I've started the kit this morning, and a few photoetch parts are glued.

Plodding along.



Some Maestro Models photetch to spice things up, even though it's probably a very "creative" colour choice they have there for the cockpit. And naturally I forgot the seat belts until the cockpit was in place and the fuselage glued. That got fiddly.



And with Nicolas' build I finally remembered what was so familiar sounding about AT-6. Luckily(?) a different war.

Not the most complex of paint schemes, so this would be about done for me.

White Gustav got beaten up by a bad landing (when aborting a landing, make sure you're pulling the landing gear lever and not the flaps one), and was re-purposed as camo scheme mannequin and strafing run practice target.

Nico - The AT-6 interior looks good!
Erik - Nice job on the Barrel!

I made some progress on the MiG-15 this weekend. I added a Quickboost seat, but otherwise she will be OOB. I'm also not going to add additional paint or detail to the engine, as I do not plan to display it open. I'm going for the closed-up look - assuming the fuselage halves fit together well.


Tom

im in better late then never, i will be building the F84 thunderjet, i will get a start picture up soon here!

Finally, a start on the Wingman 1/48 Nesher:



Nice resin cockpit, seat, etc. The instrument panel decals are a bit tricky as they're very small and mostly clear, but look nice once in place.

Michael

This will be my entry for this campaign:-

Open box start photo-

I fear the Wingman Nesher has decided to be, shall we say, uncooperative. Sigh.

Right, it's not too late for a substitute. So here I go:



See, it says "Cold War Warrior" right on the box!

I'll be adding a little help from Paul Fisher:



I made a small start grinding and carving away areas on the lower wing and fuselage halves for the update sets:



Now let's see if this goes better! I'm going to be boring and do Lt. Carmichael's MiG killer.

Michael

Started light clean up and the wings half's and tanks joined:-

Nice MiG Richard, but watch your six, here I come!

Got the cockpit and fuselage halves together on the 1/32 Sea Fury:









I do like Paul Fisher's stuff, not overly complex but looks very nice when done and it fits (if you follow his directions)!

Michael

Great looking projects everybody! I have finished my 1/48th scale F.A.R. Sea Fury from the Bay of Pigs Invasion, 1961. The plane depicted is one of the Pro-Castro aircraft which flew against the CIA Exile Brigade forces. I used white metal landing gear struts and wheels and a Squadron vacu-form canopy for after-market accents. The aircraft was painted with Model Master enamel R.A.F. Dark Green which was post-shaded with a lightened tint of that same shade. Panel lines were drawn with a Micron Ink pen and shaded with Tamiya Smoke. Floquil Bright Silver was used for the chipped metal areas. I used the kit decals but they were so old I gave them a clear coat of Gloss Cote Lacquer to ensure they would not disintegrate. This was a fun build and the Hobbycraft kit does build up into a respectable looking Sea Fury but I will definitely be looking forward to the Airfix offering. I will also get some pics up in the gallery. Thanks for the campaign opportunity.

Best wishes,

Ian

Ian - Good finish on that Sea Fury! I had not seen that scheme before.

Michael - Nice work on that cockpit!

I've gotten through the basic painting process on my 1/48 Mig-15bis. It's been a while since I've done a NMF, so there are a few problems but I'm plowing ahead. I tried Vallejo Metal colors in 3 shades; they were OK paints - definitely need light, light coats.

Hi all,

well done Erik and Ian for your finish

Mine is far more frome the finish line....











cheers
nico

Michael,

Once again, Outstanding cockpit!

Some advancements on my F-102A

Hi,

nice progress Franck

nico

Thanks

Sorry for the bad photo quality.

Tomorrow, i will prime the model and i hope that thurdsay i can make the first layer of the camo


Cheers Franck