Model Aircraft Thread (any scale)

lol, I work on real planes for a living :P
Anyway maybe come winter or so I may attempt to obtain a simple park flier r/c plane. But, in the meantime I will continue working on plastic kits ;)
Should have an update later tonight too...
If you like models, you should visit Japan sometime. Models are so HUGE, over there. Not in size, but you know. It doesn't matter if you are in a big city, or little town, there are little hobby shops all over, and kids are just drooling walking by their displays. :lol:
 
If you like models, you should visit Japan sometime. Models are so HUGE, over there. Not in size, but you know. It doesn't matter if you are in a big city, or little town, there are little hobby shops all over, and kids are just drooling walking by their displays. :lol:

Haha, yeah, I know models are serious business in Japan :P
Anyway here is a pic I took earlier, before I added the air-data sensors and the chin pod:
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Sooo....




New ones built since the Revell 1/48 F-14D are:
1/48 General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon (Academy)
1/48 Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet (Revell)
1/48 McDonnell Douglas AH-64A Apache (Revell)
1/48 Bell/Boeing MV-22A Osprey (Italeri)
1/48 Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion (Academy, work in progress)
1/100 Vought A-7A Corsair II (Tamiya)

Ones still need to be built are:
1/48 Lockheed P-38 Lightning (Revell)
1/48 Northrop P-61 Black Widow (Revell)
1/100 Fiat G.91 (Tamiya)

I also pre-ordered a Bandai 1/72 VF-27 Lucifer from Macross Frontier, while I also my obtain a Revell 1/48 scale B-1B Lancer...
 
I've made a Lancaster Bomber and few other things a while back. My dads the Chairman of the Airfix Collectors Club so my house is full of Airfix models. Some of which are over 50 years old and have never been opened. I'm more interested in making them (and sometimes blowing them up) than just collecting them.
 
High Test's models are probably amazing looking, but it's a little hard to tell from those pictures! :lol:

:lol: Terrible camera.. But thanks for the compliment!

My stepsister trashed the B-17, and then one of my friends further ruined it when he knocked it off of its stand. The P-38 isn't that good looking.. it was painted by hand, and Revell didnt use enough plastic in the molds so I'm missing half a wingtip. :irked: That and the canopy didn't go together the way it should have.

Venom, that's quite the collection. 👍

If its the P-38 I did from Revell, the mold quality is god-awful. The date 1964 is stamped on the bottom side of the elevator. I doubt they've updated anything or ever cleaned the molds.
 
You guys might be interested in looking up a recent program by James May on the iPlayer about Airfix models. In short, he's trying to prove old toys are still good, and Airfix models are his first attempt. Why should you watch? Well they do make an Airfix Spitfire at scale 1:1.
 
Venom, that's quite the collection. 👍

If its the P-38 I did from Revell, the mold quality is god-awful. The date 1964 is stamped on the bottom side of the elevator. I doubt they've updated anything or ever cleaned the molds.

Thanks :sly:
Other than a bit of flash, the mold seems decent, though not the best. I have yet to put it together though, so I am not sure how well everything will fit together. But, other Revell kits I have put together that are also based off of old molds have fit together pretty well, so hopefully the P-38 and P-61 are no different.
 
You guys might be interested in looking up a recent program by James May on the iPlayer about Airfix models. In short, he's trying to prove old toys are still good, and Airfix models are his first attempt. Why should you watch? Well they do make an Airfix Spitfire at scale 1:1.

I went to the Hornby HQ the same day that was Broadcast, and James May went there again on Wednesday! So I missed out on seeing him by one day!
 
I only have one model now, when i was younger i had a big f-14 tomcat builded and painted by myself, and 2 more little fighter jets wich names i don't remember. .

But here it is, my RedBull Air Race Edge 540, RedBull Livery:

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Very Little scale model, bought it as a souvenir at Porto's Air Race Last year, when i went to the Douro River at approx 4:00 am to get myself a spot right at the front :D (The event startedat 13:00, so it was quite a bit of time there waiting :dunce:)
 
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Hmm, I really need to practice airbrushing with this cheap airbrush I got a while back. Although I have been having some success painting by hand, I think some paint schemes would look a lot better if they were airbrushed/spray painted instead. Though, I can say for sure that the paint jobs on real aircraft often suck big time :P
Patches everywhere and such, which don't quite match. And often the paint quality is pretty bad when repairs are made and it is repainted with a simple spray can lol....
Anyway I should have some more progress on the CH-53E Super Stallion soon, along with possibly getting another kit or two next week.
 
Aaaaand a new WIP....

Italeri 1/72 scale North American XB-70A Valkyrie (Originally released as an AMT/Ertl kit back in the 1990's)
When finished it probably will represent what a possible production variant would have looked like today in modern color scheming.
 
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Once finished the XB-70 will represent what a production B-70 may have looked like in modern colors...
 
I remember that XB-70, unfortunately mine broke before completion.

I've been on a long hiatus from model building, still have a huge number of kits from my last buying splurge, a B-2, YF-23, F-14, F-16, EF-2000, Su-37, F-86.

Nothing I built looks half as good as the stuff in this thread though, ha. I should get back into building.

Also, is that a Silent Eagle up there? Didn't know there were kits yet (not that I looked).
 
I do have a couple (f-15, f-18, f-4, f-117 and even the lunar module) But theyre all some 7 years old so they have random broken bits and dont look very good. But to contribute to the thread Ill post this:

"Using a tweezers, the controls can be moved. All cables and linkages are in place to work the wing control surfaces as well. Young Park has since carved a pilot's face and hands from solid aluminum and built an articulated pilot to sit in the cockpit. Remember this as you look at the pics........... All the controls work as designed, by cables, chains, linkages and levers."

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"...they work the parts of the aircraft via rods and chains as in the original aircraft!
Every single part hand made and fitted."

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"Mr. Park generously donated the first (cutaway) Corsair model to the Joe Martin Foundation. It can be seen in person in its display at the Foundation's museum in the Sherline building in Vista, California. A collection of photos showing how the model was built and all the historical data on the Corsair Mr. Park collected to build it has also been donated and is available for viewing. In 2005, Mr. Park also donated the second corsair and it is also now on display in the Foundation's museum."

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"Engine exhaust ports. Pic taken during assembly."
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"Control wires are being threaded around their pulleys underneath the cockpit during construction."
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"The radiator air intake sits under the fuselage ready for installation. Much of the detail of some of the parts is hidden once it is assembled."
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A few more recent kits and one pre-built...

1/48 Academy General Dynamics F-111E Aardvark:


1/48 Tamiya Fairchild-Republic A-10A Thunderbolt II:


1/48 Revell Supermarine Spitfire Mk.II:


1/48 Revell Republic F-105D Thunderchief:


1/100 Aero Le Plane Embraer ERJ-145XR (the planes I maintain lawl...):
 
Seeing as though this thread hasn't been touched in over a year... I thought I would start it back up by saying that I am starting to build an Italeri 1/72 Spitfire Mk. IX as a sort of weekend project. I've also got a Huey and Harrier to build after them, as well as dozens of cars. Any tips/hints to get started?
 
I'll post a pic of my small scale replica of a German bi-plane used in World War 1 (I believe) soon. It was only 4 dollars.
 
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