Lots of Works In Progress

Got quite alot of building done yesterday, Bank holiday Monday and what do you know it was raining.
Really wierd one is the clear hurricane from Sweet, could not really see what i was doing.
The Machi Mc.200 is almost complete and so is the Jaguar except the canopy is really lame, too short!



Some of the model boxes ive got out at the moment, there are more but this is what was in front of me.
Ian

[Kit Review] - Sweet 1/144 - P-51B Pioneer Mustang -

New Sweet kit of the week this time a P-51B, something i did not know existed with the Spitfire canopy which i got to use as it looks really different on a American fighter.

Painting guide, would like to paint the 2 fighter as the top right and bottom left designs but i haven't research about this yet so might change.



Usual easy to follow instructions. First time ive seen English on the Sweet intructions, should be really helpful with the colours.



Excellent detail as usual with Sweet, lots of paneling which will look great once a wash has been applied.



Ian

[Kit Review] - Revell 1/144 - Hawker Hunter FGA.9 -

Heres one of those kit i saw and instantly wanted to build, love the look of the Hunter. Kinda worried about the paint scheme, when the 2 tone camo is painted in this small scale it looks somewhat fake.

Ian

[Kit Review] - F-toys 1/144 - Star Wars Vol.1 - Tie Fighter -

Another 1/144 Star Wars vehicle The Empires mass produced Tie Fighter.

Usual securely packed model and instructions with information about the Tie Fighter except in Japanese which means it kinda unreadable.



Super basic intruction as this is almost a toy but i will fix it up to the standard i want so that its a model.



Really excellent detail on this little fighter,one of my favorite Star Wars vehicle and it looks perfect.

Got as couple of these as i want them to flank the vol.2 Darth Vader Tie Fighter in the Death Star trench.

Ian

SDFM: DYRL? Skull squadron with fast packs begins.

The Super Dimension Fortess Macross: Do you remember love? Skull squadron from the movie first opening sortie.
Consists of:
Roy Fockers VF-1S with Strike Parts.
Hikaru Ichijo VF-1A with Super Parts.
Maximillian Jenius VF-1A with Super Parts.
Hayao Kakizaki VF-1A with Super Parts.

Ive taken them apart, super glued all the joint s and filled them with a whole load of putty. Bought some more sanding sticks for this massive job, going to do it outside cause i reckon there will be a load of dust.

Youtube clip of what im going for:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcANplqmGIw

Ian

Eurofighter Typhoon, Wildcar IV and USA modern support equipment WIP

Latest kits ive put together this Sunday, a rainy day so lots of model building.

The Revell Eurofighter Typhoon is OK but i kinda thought that i was going to fit together better than what i has. Still looking nice after all the sanding ive done to get it to fit how i wanted it to.

The Sweet Wildcat IV has gone together like a dream, such high quality. This is before i assemble the front and the engine is all painted up and had a black wash over it to bring out the detail. Shame how much you can't see, there 2 shades of silver and copper there but that will be mostly hidden buy the piece on the far right which is now in place.

The Dragon Support Equipment went together nicely especially considering the size. Hope i don't break any of the little details when i started to paint them up. Don't know if i should use them for a modern USA diorama or a Macross one.

Ian

Chara-works 1/144 Macross Valkyrie VF-1A Hikaru Ichijyo

My first completed 1/144 Macross Valkyrie, a VF-1A flown by Hikaru Ichijiyo from the movie The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love?

Compare of what i started with and the completed VF-1A.



Used putty on the nose and leg/engine seams, repainted and the marking either corrected or repainted, panel line drawn with a 0.5 mechanical pencil, bit of weathering.



Repainted the gun a real dark metallic colour, painted the arrow on the head which took some time to get looking good, painted the engine intakes and added a line for the vents, painted the landing gear lights and glued in the landing gear.



Coulpe more images from different angles.





For my first one im really happy with the way it turned out, got loads more to do and hope to be able to improve on them.

Ian

[Kit Review] - Sweet 1/144 - Bf 109f-4 Tropical "Star of Africa" -

New sweet kit of the week, the WW2 German Bf 109f-4 in Africa corp tropical or desert paint scheme.
Really interesting thing about this kit is that it centers on the "Star of Africa" Hans-Joachim Marseille who has a confirmed 158 victories. Here's his wikipedia post as it s a interesting read

The kit comes with decals in 1/144, 1/72 and 1/48 for Marseilles personal Kubelwagen "OTTO", going to have to go find one in 1/144 and make a small diorama me thinks.



Usual excellent instructions with 1/1 painting guide of the 1/144 aircraft, luckily not a massive difference in paint schemes so no hard choice.



Easy to follow instructions even though there lots of Japanese texts.



Fantastic detail which ive come to expect from sweet.


This is one of those kits im inching to get started, especially as the subject is very interesting.

Ian

AirFix Mini Kit 1/144 F-117 Nighthawk

Something which i never really thought I'd buy a AirFix pre-painted kit but it was on sale at a model shop so alas.



Picked it up because of the cool belly art on the F-117, big problem are the really obvious seam lines might mean a complete repaint and if that happens i would prefer to build the Revell kit instead as it much more detailed.

The landing gear is really toyish, the more i look at this the more i think i should bin it.

Ian

Preiser 1/144 World War 2 German Tank Crew

Got some super tiny German tank crew to go with my new German tanks, really surprised how detailed there are but they come in pieces which might be a paint to assemble.

Gluing a head the size of a strawberry seed onto a body the size of a grape seed sure sounds fun.

Ian