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  1. Steve-the-Duck

    Blooming Migs Blooming Build Rules

    Hmm... Does anyone think I may have too many MiGs? I mean I know why I've got eight (or nine) F-7IIs, but why 2 MiG-23s?
  2. Steve-the-Duck

    Fairey Spec. P.27/32 Airfix 1/72

    So, here'a a quick collection of build pics, for your perusal Fortunately, I found some very good pictures of the prototype cockpit, though it might possibly be silver not primer. No armaments were fitted to the prototype. Also, the first flight pics show the re-configured canopy, as on the...
  3. Steve-the-Duck

    Fairey Spec. P.27/32 Airfix 1/72

    Just to prove I don't just do silver RAF biplanes, here's the Fairey Battle prototype, in the configuration for it's roll-out, 10 March 1936 at Great West Aerodrome Yes, this is, indeed the OLD airfix kit, in as old a boxing as I could find cheap. It's often been said the kit is really the...
  4. Steve-the-Duck

    DH88 Comet..... Airfix 1/72

    Yeah, maybe Airfix should've just bit the bullet and fully retired this beast years ago. Still, you can get all the liveries in their recent-ish releases, if you don't go straight to the Clear Prop jobs Hmm, the scheme of a squadron hack, or a runabout from Hatfield. You just know some AVM...
  5. Steve-the-Duck

    Coventry & Warks IPMS - Midland Air Museum (28th June 2026)

    Nice lot of stuff on show there, especially that Dragon Rapide
  6. Steve-the-Duck

    My first car! Airfix - 1:43 - Aston Martin DB5

    All round, that's a pretty dam' fine result. The bodywork has come out a treat, and I especially like the brushed leather effect you've got on the interior See, who NEEDS an airbrush!
  7. Steve-the-Duck

    Tamiya 1/20 Honda RA272 F1

    Many thanks everyone for taking a look. There is a Lotus out there just begging me to buy... Not a 'proper' 'sixties F1, but one I REALLY want to do is the 1/20 Elf-Tyrell six-wheeler
  8. Steve-the-Duck

    Fuji T4 export version

    Kawaii! And not so far out of the realms of possibility!
  9. Steve-the-Duck

    Scratchbuilt 1/72 Avro Aldershot

    Many thanks to all who took a look, and to the kind praise Cheers all
  10. Steve-the-Duck

    Hyundai Santa Fe

    Got to say, I love that metal finish
  11. Steve-the-Duck

    Tamiya 1/20 Honda RA272 F1

    Like I needed an excuse (I did), this was originally done for Mr Bowcat's racer GB from a couple of years back. But before I could join in, I lost all ability to upload pics But now..! The RA272, driven by American Richie Ginther, won the Mexican GP in 1965, Honda's first since entry into F1...
  12. Steve-the-Duck

    Scratchbuilt 1/72 Avro Aldershot

    Except, of course, I also forgot the prop! So, the prop is simply a 40 thou strip, twisted, scraped, filed and sanded. Then painted wood brown, an orange ink line wash over the top, the metal leading edge strip painted freehand And FINALLY... well, just before the prop was added Right...
  13. Steve-the-Duck

    Scratchbuilt 1/72 Avro Aldershot

    THIS was supposed to be the last pic, but I managed to upload the wrong one, since deleted These are the aluminium tube cable runs for the elevator cables, which I SHOULD have added before painting, and adding the fuselage roundels. Well, one last minor error...
  14. Steve-the-Duck

    DH88 Comet..... Airfix 1/72

    Even the best kits get resin 'upgrades' almost immediately. And then there's the fetish for replacing moulded detail with brass and whatever. Ooh, don 't get me started! Modern Airfix are, IMHO, on a par with lots many other manufacturers. But you're right about the guys in Ukraine. And...
  15. Steve-the-Duck

    Scratchbuilt 1/72 Avro Aldershot

    So, the overly complicated tail skid just bits of brass rod, strut material, plastic rod, and the end of a bomb cradle from a Ju.88 Note also, the blue for the rudder is actually ON the 'plane itself, because of the rudder 'horns' Finally, the wheels and u/c legs This is the halfway point for...
  16. Steve-the-Duck

    Scratchbuilt 1/72 Avro Aldershot

    I dunno Kaci. I know for a fact I can't match your paint finishing for authentic metal effects. And those rally car transfers would give me nightmares. I have enough trouble keeping my fuselage codes straight Not always successfully...
  17. Steve-the-Duck

    Scratchbuilt 1/72 Avro Aldershot

    And on with the upper wing. I recently saw a guy building the old Airfix 0/400 on Youtube, and he uses PVA to attach the spars. Some I used CA, and squeezed, some were touched up with PVA. And some left little gaps which needed just a bit of filler to cover. For some reason, I've no photo of...
  18. Steve-the-Duck

    Scratchbuilt 1/72 Avro Aldershot

    And now, struts! Well, it is a biplane, after all! These are Aeroclub strut material, all cut to the same length, with brass rod pins to hold them in place And then they're on. And straight into my new jig. My last jig is a huge great thing, meant more for 1/48 and up, but this one is...
  19. Steve-the-Duck

    Scratchbuilt 1/72 Avro Aldershot

    There are two small auxiliary generators on the nose, and a third underthe wing in front of the undercarriage. These were out of the way, so on they went The windows are simple circles of clear acetate. They were masked before attaching as that was just easier. I first used canopy glue, then...
  20. Steve-the-Duck

    Scratchbuilt 1/72 Avro Aldershot

    When I have elevator horns, I invariably use brass off cuts dug into the surface. I just know I'd knock plastic ones off just by looking at them! When it came time for rigging, I made them larger any, just by adding an other piece of brass alongside And this is the eventual result. MUCH later...

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