Pics of your models, please!

[Jo-say8k]

Cool, thank you

[and31]

Stick Legs said:

Here are the completed pictures of the Halifax BIII BM-J of 433 Squadron RCAF that my grandfather was Navigator on:

Brilliant!

[barchetta_boy]

First go at weathering on this Cromwell mk IV tank. Painted in Tanya acrylic, then varnished with Mr Color GX. I tried using AK black enamel pin wash but it’s really hard to use and seems to be not thin enough. Turned out ok though after I nicked some Citadel brown wash from my son’s warhammer kit.

[Simpo Two]

Stick Legs said:

And finally my Halifax & Lancaster join the Stirling, Wellington & Whitley in my Bomber Command cabinet.

Just need a Hampden for the set

[robemcdonald]

barchetta_boy said:

First go at weathering on this Cromwell mk IV tank. Painted in Tanya acrylic, then varnished with Mr Color GX. I tried using AK black enamel pin wash but it’s really hard to use and seems to be not thin enough. Turned out ok though after I nicked some Citadel brown wash from my son’s warhammer kit.

Very nice work. I’m putting finishing touches to the coupe version at the moment.

[Stick Legs]

Simpo Two said:

Just need a Hampden for the set

I’ve been waiting for a new tooling of the Hampden & Battle.

It will happen. (There is a 1/72 Battle on the way from AZUR-FRROM if the rumour mill is to be believed).

[chrispar]

Airfix are re-releasing their Hampden as a vintage classic later this year so its probably a very old kit. I have the Valom Hampden which is ok as a limited run model but I struggled to get the front clear part to fit neatly onto the fuselage.

I have had the Battle on back order from Hanants for nearly 2 years now so it will be interesting to see what it is like when it eventually appears.

[Stick Legs]

Airfix 1/24 Spitfire IXc built completely out of the box.

A fantastic kit which I highly recommend.

The colour scheme is suggested as the mid stone / dark earth but there is note that this could be the day fighter scheme of ocean grey & green.

So I went with Eduard’s suggestion:

[robemcdonald]

Working on some more figures for a club competition.
It’s the new motorcycle and side car set from Tamiya.

Really nice figures.


This is a work in progress as I need to reduce his eyebrows somewhat..

[Stick Legs]

robemcdonald said:

Working on some more figures for a club competition.
It’s the new motorcycle and side car set from Tamiya.

Really nice figures.


This is a work in progress as I need to reduce his eyebrows somewhat..

Men’s personal grooming in the 1940’s wasn’t what it is now.

[robemcdonald]

Stick Legs said:

robemcdonald said:

Working on some more figures for a club competition.
It’s the new motorcycle and side car set from Tamiya.

Really nice figures.


This is a work in progress as I need to reduce his eyebrows somewhat..

Men’s personal grooming in the 1940’s wasn’t what it is now.

I thought he looked a bit like Peter hitchin, but that might be the uniform…

[Halmyre]

robemcdonald said:

Working on some more figures for a club competition.
It’s the new motorcycle and side car set from Tamiya.

Really nice figures.


This is a work in progress as I need to reduce his eyebrows somewhat..

"My name? It's J.R. Hartley..."

[barchetta_boy]

Had a lot of fun with my “Farm earth” pigment and added some serious mud to the Cromwell. Turned out nicely. Decided to hell with historical accuracy and gave the commander a maroon beret to contrast with the green of the hull (should be black but maroon looks so much nicer)

[robemcdonald]

For my clubs competition in August.

Just need to sort out a base. It’s the “beer mat” challenge. The model can be no larger than a standard beer mat….

[barchetta_boy]

Oh that's great work!

[MBBlat]

barchetta_boy said:

Had a lot of fun with my “Farm earth” pigment and added some serious mud to the Cromwell. Turned out nicely. Decided to hell with historical accuracy and gave the commander a maroon beret to contrast with the green of the hull (should be black but maroon looks so much nicer)

Just claim he swapped beret with a para? It’s the kind of thing that might have happened, but no one bothered to record it.
You could always get a couple of paratrooper figures and give one of them a black beret to put next to the tank.

[robemcdonald]

Knocked up a quick base.

Should be okay for a club competition..

[Yertis]

Stick Legs said:

I’ve been waiting for a new tooling of the Hampden & Battle.

It will happen. (There is a 1/72 Battle on the way from AZUR-FRROM if the rumour mill is to be believed).

I didn't realise the Battle was Bomber Command too.

I love your display Sticklegs I think models have more meaning when put into a context like that, well done.

Confession. When I was 13/14 I attempted to build 'all the bombers flown by the RAF in WW2' in that optimistic way you have at that age. Looking back I did surprisingly well (this was the late 1970s)

Nearly all Airfix in those days of course. Lanc / Halifax / Stirling / Wellington / Hampden / Blenheim / Boston / Mosquito
Then over to Frog for the more obscure types Whitley / Maryland (bought but did not build) / Baltimore (could not find in shops or at airshows) Mitchell (correct mark for Desert Air Force – really liked this one and only recently binned it). Frog also did a Ventura which I didn't want because they're ugly and rubbish. I should have done a Marauder too but I discovered prog, punk and ska, and it was all cast aside

[Stick Legs]

Thanks for the compliment on my display.

The Battle followed on from the single engine light bomber school of thought that brought you the pre-war Vickers Wellesley.