Roster:

68GT ICM 1/48 Spitfire VIII 

Bish Airfix 1/72nd Bristol Beaufighter TF.X. complete

Bobbaily AMT 1/48 Kittyhawk

Crown r n7 Eduard 1/48 Spitfire VIII complete

Darrenshinn 1/72 Revell PBY-5A Catalina complete

Deeve Hasegawa 1/72 NA Mitchell III complete

Dodgy Otaki 1/48 Spitfire VIII complete

Gamera Hasegawa 1/48 Spitfire VIII complete

Lostagain ex-Frog 1/72 Vultee Vengeance complete

High Planes Models 1/48 Hawk 127 complete

Tamiya/Red Roo 1/48 Beaufighter TT complete

Red Roo 1/48 Winjeel complete

Modelcrazy Hasegawa1/72 F-35 complete

Patrick N Special Hobby 1/32 Brewster Buffalo complete

Sergeant Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IIa

Monogram 1/48 PBY-5 Catalina

Taxtp Academy 1/72 P-40 E converted to D

Tomcat Monogram 1/48 OS2U Kingfisher

Completed builds:

Lostagain: ex-Frog 1/72 Vultee Vengeance

Bish Airfix 1/72nd Bristol Beaufighter TF.X

Lostagain: High Plains models 1/48 Hawk 127 LIF

Modelcrazy Hasegawa 1/72 F-35

Crown r n7 Eduard 1/48 Spitfire VIII

Gamera Hasegawa 1/48 Spitfire VIII

Darrenshinn 1/72 Revell PBY-5A Catalina

Patrick N Special Hobby 1/32 Brewster Buffalo

Lostagain Tamiya/Red Roo 1/48 Beaufighter TT

Dodgy Otaki 1/48 Spitfire VIII

Lostagain Red Roo 1/48 Winjeel

I'm in, Airfix 1/72nd Beaufighter TF.X.

Love the badge options.

Good stuff Bish, nice choice.

SEA or European scheme, or a surprise?

First real go at badges, happy with the results.

No surprise, European. I have a set of AM decals, it an aircraft of 455 Sqn based at Langham in Norfolk in 44.

great looking badges..now its harder to decide which one.

Im in with a spitfire VIII, 1/48 eduard. still waiting on some decals.

You know I'm in - Hasegawa 1/48th Spitfire Mk VIII. 

And don't tell Bish how awesome the Spit is- not only did it win the war in Europe against the Germans and Italians it then crossed the Pacific and crushed the Japanese Empire... 

Gamera

You know I'm in - Hasegawa 1/48th Spitfire Mk VIII. 

 

And don't tell Bish how awesome the Spit is- not only did it win the war in Europe against the Germans and Italians it then crossed the Pacific and crushed the Japanese Empire... 

 

It also saves kittens from trees and feeds starving children by all accounts.

Bish

It also saves kittens from trees and feeds starving children by all accounts.

LOL, Oh man, now that's funny.

I guess the Hellcat, Mustang, Corsair and Lightning were just there for target practice 

Just giving you some jazz Gam.

Running the Supermarine GB must be really hurting you Bish!

Nick, Cliff you are on the board!

I won't mention my own Mk VIII yet, my first will be a Russian (ex Frog) Vultee Vengeance 1/72, bought for 50 koruna in Czech republic in 1994

No box shot available, it was in a plastic bag when I bought it!

G'day Lost. I was going to enter this with an old Otaki MkVIII Spit. But if crossovers are ok, I will go with a vacform 1/32 Boomerang that I'm about to start on for the ground support GB.

Is this acceptable? Never built a vacform before, but I've got good references, lots of patience and grog!

Would it be fair dinkum if the bloody kit was already stahrted? I av a raaf 1/72 'asegawah Mitchell Mk.iii with RAAF mahrkings I could finish fawr this. Basically all I av done is pahrtially assemble the bloody interiawr. The RAAF version is a pretchoo dardy Bahah metal finish, mate. I was gonnah do in RAF mahrkings with a olive drab 'n light blue bottom, but thats just ***in' bawrin' ****. Bloody oath cobber.

****in' too right, mate.

:)

Bish

 

 

Gamera

You know I'm in - Hasegawa 1/48th Spitfire Mk VIII. 

And don't tell Bish how awesome the Spit is- not only did it win the war in Europe against the Germans and Italians it then crossed the Pacific and crushed the Japanese Empire... 

 

 

 

 

It also saves kittens from trees and feeds starving children by all accounts.

 

Harold

Strewth Deeve you talk 'strine like a dingo!

Dodgy, that is a ripper model there - love someone willing to have a shot at a vacform! And an Aussie model of an Aussie plane - perfect!

Got you both on board

lostagain

Strewth Deeve you talk 'strine like a dingo!

Dodgy, that is a ripper model there - love someone willing to have a shot at a vacform! And an Aussie model of an Aussie plane - perfect!

Got you both on board

 

Lost, I would like to join up too with an 1/48 Aussie Eight, Eduard #1188.

Harold

Lost, having a hairy week but after this I'd like to join with a Special Hobby Brewster Buffalo in 32nd (SH 32013.)  If time permits, maybe a smaller one too (Mark I models MKM14446 in 1/144th)  

Sergeant, that is supposed to be a very nice kit to build, looking forward to it.

Patrick, the Buffalo!  Not the best airplane by all accounts, but it was there when needed!

I will put you both up now

Count me in later this year with a Monogram 1/48 OS2U Kingfisher in RAAF markings and colors.

Great choice Mark, that will be good!

All of those are awesome but love that Boomerang Dodgy! 

That's one aircraft I've got to build one day. 

Gamera

All of those are awesome but love that Boomerang Dodgy! 

That's one aircraft I've got to build one day. 

 

It was a tough bugger Gamera, awsome ground support job, but no match for any Jap fighter. The number of Aussie airman killed in training and those sent to fight the Japs in obsolete aircraft is truly sad. They knew they had no chance but went anyway. Volunteers the lot of em.

Yeah, those guys had guts to spare. And I love the Boomerang since it's an entirely Aussie aircraft instead of something bought from somewhere else like a Spit or P-40. 

So I can look at this project a bit more.  Kit box: 

Buffalo 32nd (1 of 3) by Patrick Nevin, on Flickr

Kit innards (I opened the plastic bag very gently to check the 'very fine and thin' transparencies after clipping the box with a chair leg)  

Buffalo 32nd (2 of 3) by Patrick Nevin, on Flickr

Proposed aftermarket : Montex masks, SAC undercarriage, Brengun flaps and reflector sights, HGW Models seatbelt and Airscale placards just in case the model looks like it needs them.

Buffalo 32nd (3 of 3) by Patrick Nevin, on Flickr

Lostagain-please out me down for a 1/48 AMT P-40-not sure what version yet-still decal searching....

Thanks

Patrick, that's a huge amount of AM there, looking forward to that coming together.

Bob, great choice, the P-40/Kittyhawk was a stalwart for the RAAF in the desert and PTO. 

Lost, hopefully will only use the aftermarket if it adds :)  There was a thing about these aircraft needing Sutton Harnesses, I covered the bases with that although I now know the kit actually has one.  I'm told it hasn't got the reflector sight though (so money well spent), and I've seen several different views of the paint colours required so this is going to need a certain amount of guesswork.  Anyone with a good clear picture of the wing-mounted gun camera fancy trading, please say!

So I have this ICM Mk VIII in 1/48 scale and some old Aeromaster Decals. I'll be good as long as the decals hold up and build this shark mouth Spitfire from 457 Squadron.