Always wanted to do a balsa plane
What's on the Bench 2025
- Thread starter Graeme C.
- Start date
After several hours of flatting and polishing I managed to achieve a decent finish. Some small sinkage marks are present around the ejector seat roof panel and bullet proof shield but will live with them.
Now to mask and apply chrome in the relevant places.
When completed I will wax and ceramic coat it to get a proper shine.
Now to mask and apply chrome in the relevant places.
When completed I will wax and ceramic coat it to get a proper shine.
Thats a lovely colour
Can you tell what it is ?
Finished the dash and interior but considering adding lap belts which were an option as apparently. Note the position of the handbrake lever and tiny decal for the gear positions on the gear know.
Thats looking sensational
Ardvark!
Winner....
? I'm completely non plussed.
Thank you very much.
So?..... Yankee or aussie?
F-111?
Looking really great Stefan.
Nick
Nick
my current project is a heller 1/125 A380 here is the current state complete with a tamiya paint pot for size comparison 
Mucking about on the bench after fixing the D9 with pcs/parts trying to use spares box articulated five ton suspension and BW heavy truck frame in a heavy 25 ton trailer for the tractor to pull and maybe carry the D9.
Lovely start!
Steve
Steve
I know I keep saying it but I love your tiny builds.
So do I Scottie. Amazing detail at braille scale
Going to put this one in here rather than a dedicated build thread cos i have a terrible record with biplanes..... They dont often get finished.... And no i wont be doing any rigging lol
When i saw the schemes on the box i had to buy it
The RAF option is for a meteorology aircraft of Coastal Command based at RAF Bircham Newton in Norfolk July 1942
I have driven thro Bircham Newton hundreds of times in my life ( it became a construction training facility after the war) as my mum was born in a village only 10 miles away
My dad was based as Bircham Newton in 1943.......he was what today would be called an instrument technician..... He worked on all sorts of aircraft...... He once told me the King made a visit and his Anson went unservicable and dad got the job of swopping out some instruments
Mum and dad met at a village dance like they did back in those days
First problem will be paint...... Thought it would be usual green/dark grey/light grey...... But its not cos its Coastal Command colours..... Seem to be different.... But either way i dont have the right ones
When i saw the schemes on the box i had to buy it
The RAF option is for a meteorology aircraft of Coastal Command based at RAF Bircham Newton in Norfolk July 1942
I have driven thro Bircham Newton hundreds of times in my life ( it became a construction training facility after the war) as my mum was born in a village only 10 miles away
My dad was based as Bircham Newton in 1943.......he was what today would be called an instrument technician..... He worked on all sorts of aircraft...... He once told me the King made a visit and his Anson went unservicable and dad got the job of swopping out some instruments
Mum and dad met at a village dance like they did back in those days
First problem will be paint...... Thought it would be usual green/dark grey/light grey...... But its not cos its Coastal Command colours..... Seem to be different.... But either way i dont have the right ones
Good luck Paul!
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