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Revell (Hasegawa) 1/48 Phantom FGR2
Well, here is my take on the Revell, ex Hasegawa, 1/48 Phantom FGR2. Built out of the box and finished in 56 Sqn colours for a machine based at Wattisham in 1992. I did this scheme as Wattisham is fairly local to me and I've been on site working on and off over the years. Main colours were...- Nicko
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- Forum: Completed Aeroplanes
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Latest Acquisitions (2021)
Got a bit of a shock when I got home from work on Saturday evening. My first ever ordering of something modelling-related from overseas. Shipped from Japan on Tuesday 2nd Nov. Haven't seen this trio available in the UK and there were no additional fees with the result that compared to typical UK... -
The Motorbike Thread
Now that the weather is on the turn, I'm back on this one. It's been my winter runabout for the past ten years. Crude, heavy and slow by modern bike standards, it nonetheless never fails to be a lot of fun.... Nick- Nicko
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- Forum: Other Hobbies and interests
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The Motorbike Thread
Beautiful day today and as I'm now on my 'winter' working pattern I was able to enjoy it. Took this one for a nice rideout to the memorial at the Boxted WWII airfield.... I'd forgotten what a lovely bike this is having not used it at all last year and only got it MOT'd recently.... Nick- Nicko
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Latest Acquisitions (2021)
Did a click-and-collect at the big H today. The weather was nice and it seemed a good excuse for a decent ride.... Nick -
The Motorbike Thread
Here's before and after pics of my avatar bike. Its a 1967 Honda Z50 monkey bike and was given to me by a relative who'd had it since the early seventies. I restored it for it's fortieth birthday and used the original hand-written log book to assist in retaining the registration and getting a...- Nicko
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The Motorbike Thread
Welcome along Paul. Here's a couple of pics of my foray into Kawasaki triples in around 1982. Firstly the nearly new KH400 I bought a few months after getting knocked off my 350LC: And here's the S3 400 that was up for sale nearby. I paid about 300 quid for this one, but it was a bit...- Nicko
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Revell 1/24 Bussing 8000
Finally finished my Revell Bussing truck that I started towards the end of last year. Its a large model at around 40cm long. It came in a big box with plenty of big lumps of plastic in it, but overall the detail was pretty soft and generally fairly crude compared to the likes of ICM etc. Lots of...- Nicko
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- Forum: Completed Civilian Lorries, vans and Trucks.
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The Motorbike Thread
Nice XSR John. I've been lucky enough to ride most of the MT07/09/10 range, but the XSR's have so far eluded me. Got treated to an early Father's day present today with a factory visit and ride on the new CCM Maverick... Nick- Nicko
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Show us yours...again
:smiling3: it's always been devoid of internals since I've had it.... not sure if the markings on the base have any significance?? Nick- Nicko
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- Forum: General Modelling chat
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Show us yours...again
All these pictures of people's collections has prompted me to dig out my one piece. This was given to me by my Grandfather when I was around seven years old. He had spent the war years serving in North Africa and Italy. Not sure if he brought this back with him. It's been in my custody now for...- Nicko
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The Motorbike Thread
Nice list of bikes Paul. I had a GSX550 for a couple of years, it took me and my lady for our first trip on the Continent when we went to the Bol d'Or at Paul Ricard in 1984. Here's a pic of the bike soon after purchase:- Nicko
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Bird Watching a Relaxing Hobby
There's some great pictures in this thread! My house backs on to an area of woodland and old, long-disused sand pits so there is plenty of wildlife hereabouts. However, the resident cat keeps most of it out of the garden. I did pick up this poor chap recently. I think he'd had a terminal...- Nicko
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The Motorbike Thread
Well, I hope this is ok here, but there would appear to be a few of us in the forum who like our bikes and it may help stop us from hijacking the bike build threads. So, tell us your biking stories past or present together with any pictures you care to add. To get the ball rolling, I...- Nicko
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Papa 695s BanDai Thunderbird 1
Hope you don't mind me blundering in here, but Chris's post had me looking into the dusty recesses of my record collection. I'm sure this isn't the one you referred to Chris, but it's a gem. My favourite bit is where Parker hurts his back struggling with all Lady P's suitcases and needs to...- Nicko
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Revell 1/35 Kubelwagen
I slotted this build in amongst a couple of bigger projects and finished it quite quickly (for me). I bought the kit from a local hobby/craft shop a couple of years ago - they didn't have anything i really wanted, but I didn't like to leave empty-handed. Anyway, I soon realised its not a great...- Nicko
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- Forum: Completed Soft skins
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(Anti) static and transparencies
Guys.. After managing a (to me) pleasing finish on a truck interior, I have fitted the windows and will soon be wanting to close up the cab before painting the exterior. The issue I have is all the particles which keep attaching themselves to the 'glass' like it's got a static charge. I'm...- Nicko
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Revell (ICM) 1/35 WOT 6 Truck
Been working on this one over the past few weeks. A nicely detailed kit, but there are a lot of very small and fiddly parts that were difficult to clean up without breaking them. Painted mainly by airbrush with Vallejo Model Air and weathered with oil brushers. I'm quite satisfied with how...- Nicko
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- Forum: Completed Soft skins
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Italeri 1/24 Escort Mk2 RS1800
Just finished this one. I started it about three years ago, but it's been languishing while I made up my mind about painting the body. In the end, rather than build the white box-art version, I painted it the same colour as one that was owned by a work colleague back in the mid-eighties. This...- Nicko
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- Forum: Completed Civilian cars
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One that came very close to ending up as bin-fodder
This is the tale of my Revell 1/48 Beaufighter. There have been several other builds of this kit on here and very nice they've been too. And then there's mine: I started this model round about April this year. It didn't get off to a great start - the lower wing was badly warped. I sort of fixed...- Nicko
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- Forum: Completed Aeroplanes
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