What's on your work bench atm ?
- Medicman71
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Re: What's on your work bench atm ?
Nice work Stuart. Don't feel bad, I binned some kits on the shelf of doom recently and it doesn't bother me at all.
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Re: What's on your work bench atm ?
Thanks Lyle! That Sir is on the correct side!
Thanks Mike!Medicman71 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2024 2:41 pm Nice work Stuart. Don't feel bad, I binned some kits on the shelf of doom recently and it doesn't bother me at all.
Nah! Me neither. I'm always happy to bin a kit if I'm not really enjoying it.
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Re: What's on your work bench atm ?
We’ve been telling him that….
They’re still driving on the wrong side of the road too…
“Who controls the skies, controls the fate of this Earth”
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Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
Re: What's on your work bench atm ?
Well January was a month.... Anyway, having had a terminal disaster with the Whirlwind and the Landrover, I HAVE managed ot make some progress on the Hurricane mk.IIC - the Sky undersides are painted.
I don't know why, but I feel like building some small jets this year (I'm sure you can tell from my latest stash additions), so I started with Airfix's new Starter Set Hawk, just to see what it's like.
I'm reasonably impressed, it builds up very much like the old Matchbox Hawk, only with some much nicer surface detail. Airfix have made some very strange design decisions in order to keep the kit simple however - they've omitted the very obvious nose light and pitot, as well as the strakes under the rear fuselage and the APU exhaust. What makes these choices strange to me is I can't imagine any of these would have been difficult for the novice builder, and adding them would have only added four more parts to the kit?
As it is I've drilled the APU exhaust, and have scratched up a landing light and the rear strakes. I've also purchased an AM metal pitot. I didn't add anything to the cockpit other than some generic IP decals I had in the stash. Other than nose niggles, it's a very easy and enjoyable build.
Here's where I am now...
Cheers!
I don't know why, but I feel like building some small jets this year (I'm sure you can tell from my latest stash additions), so I started with Airfix's new Starter Set Hawk, just to see what it's like.
I'm reasonably impressed, it builds up very much like the old Matchbox Hawk, only with some much nicer surface detail. Airfix have made some very strange design decisions in order to keep the kit simple however - they've omitted the very obvious nose light and pitot, as well as the strakes under the rear fuselage and the APU exhaust. What makes these choices strange to me is I can't imagine any of these would have been difficult for the novice builder, and adding them would have only added four more parts to the kit?
As it is I've drilled the APU exhaust, and have scratched up a landing light and the rear strakes. I've also purchased an AM metal pitot. I didn't add anything to the cockpit other than some generic IP decals I had in the stash. Other than nose niggles, it's a very easy and enjoyable build.
Here's where I am now...
Cheers!
Stuart Templeton 'I may not be good but I'm slow...'
My blog: https://stuartsscalemodels.blogspot.com/
My blog: https://stuartsscalemodels.blogspot.com/
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Re: What's on your work bench atm ?
Looking real good TJ! Beautiful!
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Re: What's on your work bench atm ?
Nice, John!
Re: What's on your work bench atm ?
Very nice John!
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Re: What's on your work bench atm ?
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On the bench:
Tamiya F-4B Phantom II 1/48
Kinetic F-16A (new tool) 1/48
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On the bench:
Tamiya F-4B Phantom II 1/48
Kinetic F-16A (new tool) 1/48
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Re: What's on your work bench atm ?
Red Arrows jet looking mighty red. I’ve always wanted to see the Red Arrows demo team. I really need to get that kit. Thus far I’ve seen the Blue Angels once, Thunderbirds twice, the Free Tricolori once.
Jet demo teams that’s high on my list I want to see….
Black Diamonds Jet team
Canada Snowbirds
Jet demo teams that’s high on my list I want to see….
Black Diamonds Jet team
Canada Snowbirds
“Who controls the skies, controls the fate of this Earth”
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn