Any-one also do plastic aircraft (1 Viewer)

[TomB]

Does any-one here also like to dabble in plastic aircraft ? I have a few but they are a bit beat up from packing...repacking etc as I've had to travel around a bit...lost some really good aircraft in transit ...have not been able to replace them as they aint made no more...I only like prop aircraft...jets are too smooth...remind me of politicians...space is always a problem with aircraft and putting holes in the ceiling to hang them aint always appreciated........any-one like to post some pic's of their common old plastic aircraft.......TomB

 

[waynepoo]

Tom mate don't have any plastic jobbies these days but have done few in my time but will you indulge me again, as I stated in another thread of yours my Dad was a dab hand with the pencils so as you talk about prop aircraft hope you don't mind if I post some more of his work.
Thanks mate,
Wayne.

 

[TomB]

Tom mate don't have any plastic jobbies these days but have done few in my time but will you indulge me again, as I stated in another thread of yours my Dad was a dab hand with the pencils so as you talk about prop aircraft hope you don't mind if I post some more of his work.
Thanks mate,
Wayne.

Love em mate will put them in wit me Bluey and Curly.....let see what the aircraft are....A 20 (Boston) B25...Spit...Mozzie...Lanc...Andsend( Wrong spelling) twin engined canvas covered aircraft used for nav and bomber training Aust main bomber aircraft at the time,,,,,Wirraway ( Harvard..T6)...Wow... your old man got to see some beaut old aircraft....wonder if he saw the Dc5 ? there were only 10 every made..superior to the C47 but as the C47 was in mass production it never was produced...I saw one fly past in an old NG war news reel....long history of how they ended up in NG....they were a high winged DC3...could not mistake them.....thanks for that....love personal war art...thanks...TomB

 

[Martin Tabony]

View attachment 119870View attachment 119871 Does any-one here also like to dabble in plastic aircraft ? I have a few but they are a bit beat up from packing...repacking etc as I've had to travel around a bit...lost some really good aircraft in transit ...have not been able to replace them as they aint made no more...I only like prop aircraft...jets are too smooth...remind me of politicians...space is always a problem with aircraft and putting holes in the ceiling to hang them aint always appreciated........any-one like to post some pic's of their common old plastic aircraft.......TomB

When I was a kid I used to go to a barber (not often) who was ex RAF. He collected Airfix aircraft and used to hang them on the wall like pictures. He tied fishing line around the tail this saved a lot of space. All built with wheels down.

Martin

 

[TomB]

When I was a kid I used to go to a barber (not often) who was ex RAF. He collected Airfix aircraft and used to hang them on the wall like pictures. He tied fishing line around the tail this saved a lot of space. All built with wheels down.

Martin

Cool...you could practice your Ac ID while being clipped...good idea...you could hang 6/8 ac on one hook...save a lot of holes in the wall...cheers TomB

 

[theBaron]

Yes, I build model aircraft, too. I got back into scale modeling around 1999, after leaving the hobby when I graduated from high school in '82. Here are some that I've finished, in the meantime...

Monogram's P-40N, in 1/72:

Zvezda's copy of the old Frog Tempest in 1/72:

Eduard's P-39Q in 1/48:

Monogram's F6F in 1/48, backdated to a -3:

 

[theBaron]

Monogram's TBF, finished as a generic Avenger at Guadacanal:

a little scratchbuilding in the interior:

Monogram's P-47D razorback, in 1/48, finished as Lt. Frank Klibbe's "Little Chief":

A Pair of Ponies--Monogram's and ICM's P-51B's, in 1/48:

Monogram's venerable kit:

and ICM's kit, a copy of the Tamiya kit:

 

[theBaron]

and some more...

Monogram's classic SBD kit in 1/48, finished as a USAAF A-24 Banshee:

Monogram's A6M Zero kit, in 1/48:

Airfix's Fiat G. 50, in 1/72:

and finally, Italieri's Reggiane Re 2001:

With the last two, I got on an Italian fighter kick, and I have a small stash of about a dozen kits in 1/72, from various makers. The Italians had some really beautiful fighter designs, and their camo schemes are so cool. I've got a much larger stash of aircraft kits, about 2/3 of my stash is aircraft. I'm working towards a couple of collections: All US aircraft flown in the Battle of Midway, in 1/48; a Doomed at the Start collection, of USAAF aircraft in the Philippines in December 1941 through April 1942, Nightfighters, and USN Yellowwings aircraft. Don't have the room to display 'em all, but I've got the kits

Prost!
Brad

 

[TomB]

Yes, I build model aircraft, too. I got back into scale modeling around 1999, after leaving the hobby when I graduated from high school in '82. Here are some that I've finished, in the meantime...

Monogram's P-40N, in 1/72:

Zvezda's copy of the old Frog Tempest in 1/72:

Eduard's P-39Q in 1/48:

Monogram's F6F in 1/48, backdated to a -3:

Great job on all aircraft...terrific...The P39 Bell ?,,,Acubra or .cobra...I always get name wrong,,,have seen some on...Airliners net Aviation Photo Search Engine.....great site for ac photos...have not checked the P39 on UTube yet...to be perfectly honest..I had forgotten all about the ac...I like the P47 Razorback version better than the D model...likewise the P51 A ...better than the Bubble canopy of the D...also think the P51A with the Malcom Hood is really cool ....love the Dauntless Brit or American version...I think the Brits only used the SBD 4....never done any of the Italian ac...they are cool as all the ac pic you have posted....gee I could talk for hrs here...thanks very much for the pictures....cheers TomB

 

[theBaron]

Thanks for the kind words, Tom! They're not contest material, but I enjoy building, and I try to learn and improve with each build. With the A-24 and the Italians, I used an airbrush for all of the color, for the first time. I had never used one as a kid, but I bought one when I got back into the hobby. But it always intimidated me, and I used only rattlecans. But an airbrush enables you to do so many effects and achieve such results, that it's a must. My next experiments will be Italian smoke ring camo in 1/72. On the G.50, I used a template, an index card with holes punched in it, but that didn't work as well as I had hoped, there's overspray all over the aircraft. But for the smoke rings, I've got some ideas, also for another version of the blotch pattern camo.

As far as other scale models go, I also got into Maschinen Krieger kits last year, and this is my first one, a Raptor SAFS Mk III:

This one was all airbrush finishing, too, using the same colors I had out at the same time for the Fiat. The pilot's head is a combination of Tamiya acrylics and oils, my first real attempt at painting to connoisseur standard (not just matte, but with shading as appropriate). The Ma.K kits are interesting, it's a sci-fi storyline and kits designed by Japanese graphic artist Kow Yokoyama, about a civil war on a future Earth, between a DDR-like state and a mercenary army. I've got another 5 or 6 suits of various kinds in my stash, plus an aircraft and some figures.

I also build ships in 1/700, and the odd car or two. I built armor as a kid, Monogram and Tamiya, but haven't really gotten into it this time around. If I do, I may go for Braille scale (1/72) instead of 1/35. Here's the first diorama I built back then, and some of the last armor and 1/35 figures I built before my modeling hiatus. It's a diroam of German units in the invasion of Poland, all Tamiya kits:

This survived 20-some years in my parents' unfinished attic, before I retrieved it for one of the meetings of my modeling club (where these photos were taken).

So, yes, this, and the toy soldiers, it keeps me off the streets

Prost!
Brad

 

[TomB]

Thanks for the kind words, Tom! They're not contest material, but I enjoy building, and I try to learn and improve with each build. With the A-24 and the Italians, I used an airbrush for all of the color, for the first time. I had never used one as a kid, but I bought one when I got back into the hobby. But it always intimidated me, and I used only rattlecans. But an airbrush enables you to do so many effects and achieve such results, that it's a must. My next experiments will be Italian smoke ring camo in 1/72. On the G.50, I used a template, an index card with holes punched in it, but that didn't work as well as I had hoped, there's overspray all over the aircraft. But for the smoke rings, I've got some ideas, also for another version of the blotch pattern camo.

As far as other scale models go, I also got into Maschinen Krieger kits last year, and this is my first one, a Raptor SAFS Mk III:

This one was all airbrush finishing, too, using the same colors I had out at the same time for the Fiat. The pilot's head is a combination of Tamiya acrylics and oils, my first real attempt at painting to connoisseur standard (not just matte, but with shading as appropriate). The Ma.K kits are interesting, it's a sci-fi storyline and kits designed by Japanese graphic artist Kow Yokoyama, about a civil war on a future Earth, between a DDR-like state and a mercenary army. I've got another 5 or 6 suits of various kinds in my stash, plus an aircraft and some figures.

I also build ships in 1/700, and the odd car or two. I built armor as a kid, Monogram and Tamiya, but haven't really gotten into it this time around. If I do, I may go for Braille scale (1/72) instead of 1/35. Here's the first diorama I built back then, and some of the last armor and 1/35 figures I built before my modeling hiatus. It's a diroam of German units in the invasion of Poland, all Tamiya kits:

This survived 20-some years in my parents' unfinished attic, before I retrieved it for one of the meetings of my modeling club (where these photos were taken).

So, yes, this, and the toy soldiers, it keeps me off the streets

Prost!
Brad

Wow.....what else can I say....where to start ?....I took pic's of your ac via "save image" on PC but only the Avenger...the Tempest and the P40 worked..the other ac pic's were U/S...must be the the system the photo mob use....will copy via Paint next time....the P39..Airocobra is on UTube...nice to know......The airbrushing look great...would be a boon for ac painting...the small dio's looked very good...know nothing about SAF's but by your pic'e I can see the airbrush effect...hey..hey...looks good....certainly different effect from hand painted....would like to see pic's as you progress..especially the ac...I am wrapped in ac...had a couple of wrecked real Dc3's to play with once.....I fool around with sculpey to keep me out of the pub...every-one should have a hobby...you have gone one further with the TS and ac and now you are into the painting bit....got time for work ? enjoyed your photo's...please keep me up to date.......Thanks...TomB

 

[theBaron]

Hi, Tom, I built the Raptor suit as an entry in a sci-fi group build over at Agape Models, and I posted progress pics over there. Here's a link to the end of that thread:

http://agapemodels.com/forums/index.php?topic=11253.345

There's a lot of other content in that thread, too, there were about a dozen of us, I think, who participated, and there is much better work than mine. I think you'll enjoy browsing the builds and seeing what everyone built.

To your builds--do you favor 1/48 and 1/72, too? I like your DC-3 cut-away--is that the Monogram kit? I built a couple of those as a kid, and have one in my stash now. The stick of paratroopers who came with the kit were the icing on the cake.

Prost!
Brad

 

[TomB]

Hi, Tom, I built the Raptor suit as an entry in a sci-fi group build over at Agape Models, and I posted progress pics over there. Here's a link to the end of that thread:

http://agapemodels.com/forums/index.php?topic=11253.345

There's a lot of other content in that thread, too, there were about a dozen of us, I think, who participated, and there is much better work than mine. I think you'll enjoy browsing the builds and seeing what everyone built.

To your builds--do you favor 1/48 and 1/72, too? I like your DC-3 cut-away--is that the Monogram kit? I built a couple of those as a kid, and have one in my stash now. The stick of paratroopers who came with the kit were the icing on the cake.

Prost!
Brad

I will check out that site,it looks very interesting....The Dc3 cut away is a model of Delta Airways...I think they were big time in the 30/40's..may even still be Flying in the States.....it may have been the chairman of Delta who got Douglas to build the Dc1...I think Delta wanted the Boeing 245 ? but Boeing was supplying another airline...No idea what kit it was.....had the C47 and para's in the 60's..long lost now I am afraid.......just did a P51D in 1/48 for the grandson...did not think to take a pic....been chasing another DC3 but all I could get was a 1/144 kit...it is still in the box.....ships...you mentioned ships i think.....Did the SS United States...Frigate ..fully rigged at lest 20 yrs ago....it was a sister ship to the Constitution but differed because it had a extra cabin built at the stern because the Capt had his wife on board,,,my daughter brought me the SS Constitution last year but I am afraid it is still in the box...have built the Reb ship Alabama ,,,a blockade runner also Drakes Goldern Hind and the Spanish opposite...all big ships...all have since sailed off the edge of the square world.....those ships were terrific...I really wish I had taken pic of them....but it is only recently I have bothered to get a camera....mainly because I could post on Treefrog.....have you got anything lined up to build ?,,,I am starting a project with sculpey at the moment...that will keep me out of trouble for a few weeks.....just had a thought...I think Delta was one of the ac that was crashed into the Twin Towers..9/11...Bloody Hell..have written another novel...sorry about that...cheers Tom

 

[wwiibuff]

I got back into plastic kit building a few years ago. I used to build them as a kid. I do aircraft and afv's now. Haven't done one in several months now though. I need to get to work as I have many, many unbuilt kits in storage!{eek3}

 

[wwiibuff]

a few more

 

[TomB]

a few more

Very good photos of your aircraft..got some beauties there..all well done...cannot pick a favorite as they are all beaut,though I do like the early model Tempest with the door cockpit...have not seen that kit before or or the radial engined Tempest that was converted into the navy fighter the Sea Fury,,,aint seen the Fury either ,,,have a very poor choice of stuff here in Perth,that is why I play around with sculpey and ofcourse the big prob with model aircraft ....space to shown them.....thanks for your photos,,,I know this is a TS site but many of the collectors have some interest in aircraft....cheers TomB

 

[theBaron]

Sweet, Duke! The Thunderbolt and the P-51s--which kits are they? And the P-51B with the ground crewman painting the markings? Those are my favorites. And the Tiffy. I built the Revell 1/32 kit of that when I was 9 or 10, it was my first in that scale, and my older cousin helped me. I'd like to build it again today.

I see some K&C's mixed in, though, too

Prost!
Brad

 

[wwiibuff]

Very good photos of your aircraft..got some beauties there..all well done...cannot pick a favorite as they are all beaut,though I do like the early model Tempest with the door cockpit...have not seen that kit before or or the radial engined Tempest that was converted into the navy fighter the Sea Fury,,,aint seen the Fury either ,,,have a very poor choice of stuff here in Perth,that is why I play around with sculpey and ofcourse the big prob with model aircraft ....space to shown them.....thanks for your photos,,,I know this is a TS site but many of the collectors have some interest in aircraft....cheers TomB

Thanks Tom. I still enjoy building/painting plastic kits. It enables you to do specific subjects you are interested in. The Typhoon Mk I you see pictured is an old Revell 1/32 kit.

Sweet, Duke! The Thunderbolt and the P-51s--which kits are they? And the P-51B with the ground crewman painting the markings? Those are my favorites. And the Tiffy. I built the Revell 1/32 kit of that when I was 9 or 10, it was my first in that scale, and my older cousin helped me. I'd like to build it again today.

I see some K&C's mixed in, though, too

Prost!
Brad

Thanks Brad.

The 4 silver P-51 D's are all 1/48 scale and are a mixture of Tamiya, Testors, and Revell. The green P-47 Razorback is a 1/48 Revell kit.

The Tiffy, Spitfire, Beaufighter, P-38, and P-51B (green) are all 1/32 Revell with various aftermarket decals.

 

[theBaron]

Thanks, Duke, the K&C figures threw me, but I realize now, they go well with the old Revell kits.

When I was a kid, I had built Don Gentile's "Shangri-La", a bubbletop P-47D, and a pair of F4Us from that catalog, as well as the Typhoon. I have the F4F in my stash now, for a future build (along with the old Monogram F3F, not a bad kit, considering its age).

Prost!
Brad

 

[bromhead]

Yes,,always has been enjoyable tho not to the extent that the photo etc brass details cost more then the kit,,Im up to several thousand 1/700 AC,,nice to have carrier airgroups in the proper numbers or euro bombing raids with the same,,