For the last 3 years all my builds have been for GB's. Because i have been going from one GB to the next i haven't had time to finish any dioramas for the kits. But lately i have had a bit of time to do some catching up and i have recently finished 3 dio's. 2 of the kits were built early last year, the third was finihed just over a week ago, and i was able to finish it as a dio for the build.
All my aircraft dio's at the moment are kept rather simple. This is due to lack of time plus i haven't built an aircraft dio for 9 years or more, so i am just breaking myself in gently.
All 3 are 1/72nd scale.
Firstly, Dragon Mistel 5 built for the Endgame GB. I added a few parts from an eduard PE set and painted with Xtracolour enamels. It was then given a pastel chalk wash.
Next, Academys Me 262C-1a built for the RD III GB. Even though i have the Hasegawa kit for this variant, i used the academy kit has it has the cut out tail section included, though this did need some altering. I added an Eduard PE set and a strengthing band from lead foil. It was painted with Xtracolour enamels and the aircraft specific decals are from the hasegawa kit as these seemed more accurate.
Finally, Dragon P.1101 for the swing Wing GB. this was the worlds first swing wing aircraft. But it only existed as a prototype and never flew. The wings were adjusted on the ground before flight as the Germans had not yet worked out how to adjust the wings in flight.
I have built this as a possable production aircraft assuming that the wings now adjust in the air. The wings, which on the kit were fixed swept back were brough to the forward position. I added small wing gloves from sheet styrene and moved the pitot probe from the left wing to the nose. Finally the wing pylons were adusted to the correct angle of attack.
This was built OOB and painted with Alclad and xtracolor enamels. I have also given it a possable designation of Me 424A-1.
this now leave me with 3 aircraft and 4 1/35th Armour dio's to do, but these afre a start.
All comments and suggestions are very welcome, and thanks for looking.