Steve well done on an absolute beauty, a fantastic looking aircraft and you've done it proud .

Karl I cant wait to see you work your magic on the Stuka

Cheers...

Andrew, very nice and fast progress on the Tamy 109

Karl, thanks for the comments mate. Looks like a lot of surgery on the spats. Good luck with the corrections.

Mike, thanks very much for the comments. Not sure about the molds on this one but the interior and some detail do remind me of some Matchbox kits. I bought the kit in London back in 2005 and the instructions have the same year printed on it. Due to the fine panel lines I would say its a new tooling though.

Steve

Steve -- let me be among the first to congratulate you on a truly wonderful model! if I remember correctly, these molds began life in the 1970s with Matchbox -- or is this a ROG retool? Whichever, your painting and finshing skills have brought it to life, evoking a well-used workhorse seaplane of the period. It's a beauty and looks so good I have a good mind to add one to  my own collection in due course!

Big thumbs-up on a terrific build!

Mike/TB379

Steve, absolutely stunning mate.

That is a great looking Dornier, and the paintwork came out wonderfully.

Here's a couple of pics of the Stuka's undercarriage...

The wheel fairing should be smooth, all the way along, not notched with a flap!

So out with the plastic card..

I've just laminated it up ready for filing to shape, and no doubts a lot of filler.

I'll post some pics of the progress tomorrow night, along with a shot of the changes to the fuselage to turn this kit into a proper B-1, rather than the B-1/2 hybrid that it is.

Karl

Well that didnt take long, so as promised here are some final pics. To review, this is a 1/72 ROG Do-24. The kit was actually a surprise to me in that the fit and details are quite nice. No major fir issues thank god as I was worried on how that big wing was going to fit on the supports with no major attachment points. You just drop it onto the fuselage and hope all the struts match which they did. Nice recess detail all over. There is no detail to speak of in the cockpit just seats,figures and the IP that has a decal for details. I used MM enamels throughout and a panel wash of grounded pastels and dishdetergent and pastels for weathering. I chipped it a lot and stained the exhausts etc heavely to try depect a well used machine. Testors Gloss and Flat from the rattle can for the decals and sealing. Finally 6lb fishing line for the aerial wires. Here it is.

The front turret does not have a gun in it as I broke it during painting but the only pics I have of the real thing shows none either so as of yet have not decided to replace it yet. Thanks for looking guys and as usuall I enjoyed the BOB GB. I like to drag up the more unusuall subjects for this one every year. It was a blast and enjoyed seeing all the tremendous work being done in this GB. All comments and critique are welcome

Steve

Aaron,  Really great work on the lysander. I remember that kit and its a little jem. You did a great job on it.

On my front the Do-24 is finished and I am getting ready to do final pics , so hope to have them up today

Steve

Hi KW13 -- that is a lovely kit that just builds itself! I did that one for BoB '08, in Galland's markings, I believe it was a plane that he flew for about five weeks, around August '40, the red griffon being the standard marking for III/JG26. He returned to a mount with his personalised markings in September, if I have my photos and dates correct.

I'm sure you'll really enjoy that one, I couldn't think of a better kit with which to return to the hobby after a lengthy break. I'm thinking of pulling out another for the Ostfront GB...

Cheers, MIke/TB379

Andrew thanks so much for the kind comments about my Spitfire, nice start on your 109

Aaron well done on the Lysander, you've done a great job.

Checkmate I really like your Hurricanes and I like the pictures on the flags, nice touch.

Steve you've done a beautiful finish on a great looking aircraft, very nice indeed

Cheers everyone...

Well started the build last night got some more build time this afternoon.

The box and sprues. Not the only person on here do this kit

Eric. The pilot. Needs a little more cleaning up paint wise.

Cockpit ready to go together. doing this as a relaxed get back into modeling after a 3-4 month break build, so just OOB.

Fuselage together.

Should get some more bench time tonight I hope.

Andrew

Aaron, nice job on the little lizzie.

Check, the Hurris look spot.

Always nice to resurrect old kits.

Steve, the big Dornier looks stunning.

I have actually started on the big Stuka, starting with the undercarriage which needs a few corrections.

As soon as I've got the camera uploading again, I'll post some pics.

Karl

back Andrew!!!! Looking forward to your build!!

Aaron what a lil gem!!!! Awesome finish mate!!!

Andrew good to have you back I got burned out and been away a for a while as well thanks for the kind words

Aaron love the Lysander, You did a great job very interesting plane.

Checkmate love your pics with the flags very nice work.

Sidure that plane turned out great the colors are close but your weathering made them look good I am inspired I would love to build that kit after watching you build it

Hope I have not missed anyone

Damon

Started on Bar's E-3.  For those of you who have the ICM 109E-3 kit in the stash, be prepared for lots of parts clean up.  Nothing pic worthy yet.

Its been a long break due to some serious medical issues but I'm back and after spending the last two hours catching up what can I say...

Spike, You started off with an awesome cockpit and the rest of the build did not disappoint

Kermit, You never do your builds by halves (scale wise) do you mate.

Nomad, The Anson was a joy, the Fulmar was the cherry on the cake.

Gamera, the underside left me speechless (the rest was great as well)

Julez, top office in the one-one-oh

Sidure, Interesting choice, one doesnt normally think of flying boats in the Battle of Britain, looking tops.

Aaron, please dont take this the wrong way, but the lysander is just so cute I want one. great job of such a small scale.

Well after a long break from modeling (around 4 months I think) the missus told me by a new easy to build kit so I get back into the swing of things. So I settled on Tamiya's Bf 109 E3 since I was never happy with Academy kit I orginally fwd for this build and end date is comming up I thought perfect.

So Darren Please Change my Build from Academy 1/72 109 to Tamiya 1/48 Bf 109 E3

Bring to one dilemma...

Markings will be fudged some. I've always wanted to do a yellow nosed  '109 and by the letter the kit doesnt do it, but it does do Gallands bird while he was in JG26, and I know other JG26 E3's did have yellow noses so I'll try and replicate the one of these as best I can with decals provided. But can anybody tell me why tamiya never thought to Black "S" on a shield for jg 26 since it was their emblem?

Since I got this as an easy build I dont know yet if I'll do anything beyong OOB

Andrew 

Andrew

Nice work, Aaron.  The photos made me realize something about the Lysander-it's a Stinson on steroids.  I knew there was something familiar about it.

The Lysander is finished, overall a very pleasant kit to build.

Steve, the Dornier is looking great my friend!!! Excellent weathering!!

Check, the Hurries came out really really well!!! Very nice finish!!!

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I have finished two Hurricanes (which I redid and finished after discovering them with chips in the original paint).  Both of them represent aircraft from 310 Squadron.

Hurricane NN-A was piloted by S/Ldr Alexander Hess, according to the decal sheet, on "31. srpna 1940."  I don't read Czech, so I don't know what that means.  The decals were made by "MPD," Mini Print Decals," and have been kicking around for about 4 years.  On 31 August, 1940, he was credited with downing a Bf109 and a Do 17 in one mission.

Hurricane NN-D was flown by several pilots, including Bohumil Furst, also a Czech, who gained two kills and one probable while flying the aircraft.  NN-D was lost on 16 October, 1940, when it caught fire during a night flight.  The pilot, not Furst, was killed.  The decals were made by ExtraTech, and were a little troublesome and reluctant to settle down and conform.  Some silvering happened.

The models are both Airfix, but two different versions.  NN-D was covered with hundreds of raised rivets, and was boxed as a Mk I/II.  It came with optional rockets, drop tanks, etc, and was the more fussy to build.  NN-A was simpler and seems sturdier when built.

I photographed them on an RAF flag.

I still have a Mk I Spitfire to finish.  Painting was completed today, so decaling is up.  I was originally going to do markings for 610 Squadron, then found a decal set for 19 Squadron (QV-K).  Since there were photo references for this plane and pilot on the net, that's how I plan to finish it.

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Very nice, Steve.

Steve: I see what you mean now about there not being much distinction between the camo colours. Nevertheless; she looks beautiful, looking forward to the finished photos!

Hey fellas, a quick update on my Do-24, I have some progress pics but the build is almost done, just a few touchups to do and its finished. Im just a bit behind in the photos due to camera trouble but should have finished pics up soon. Decals  are complete and weathering is almost finished, Im going to make this one a lot worn and torn and well used. I have brought the major sub-assemblies together now also.

and heres one of the completed subassemblies and some weathering done

With luck it might be done tonight if I get the time and final pics to follow

Steve

Jules, nice job on the Emil.

I'm hoping to finish off the big 262 this week so that I can break out the big Ju 87.

Looking forward to starting on that, as I haven't built a Stuka in 25 years!

Karl

Thanks for the responses guys.  I'll probably pick her up when I go back for the exterior paint for my E-3.  Don't normally build Axis a/c and hate to have paint just lying around.  Should have the decks cleared and construction underway after I get off work this evening.

I looked in the William Green book, Warplanes of the Third Reich, and his take is the A-0, A-1, A-5 and A-6 Ju88's were in use as well as the limited use of the A-4 during the Battle of Britain.  The A-0 and A-1 were the main types used with the short wing span, the A-5 was an interim A-4 with the 5 foot longer span wing and metal covered instead of fabric covered ailerons.  The A-6 was an A-5 with balloon cutter gear, then the A-4 went into production with higher powered Jumo engines.   I didn't see any reference to external changes in the nacelles from the A-0 to the A-4.   It looks like the A-0 and A-1 had an aft cockpit greenhouse with one gun mount in the round rotating window, the A-4 had an enlarged rear green house with two of the round window gun mounts.  My Dragon kit has both of these options.  The A-5 and A-6, according to Green's 3 views, had a two gun mount there but it was different, not in the round window mount.  The three views are below, you figure it out.  I'm going to compare the wings in a cad program, but it looks like a simple A-4 to A-1 wing conversion so far.

The Squadron in action book Ju-88,  Part 1, has a lot of good detail in photos and drawings of the different greenhouses and gun mounts.  Lots of guesses on any one airplane, it seems.

Here is an A-5 in the Green book which was in the BoB:

And some 3 views:

I got the new Dragon Ju-88A-4 with the Ground crew for this GB and have the same problem.  It would appear that the A-4 was in limited use during the battle time period, making one raid of note in the north of England, but the common Ju- 88's in use were A-3's with a shorter span wing, I think just squared wing tips but not sure of all the differences.  Don't know of an A-3 kit, either.  Gonna build it anyway.

Edit:  Read A-0 and A-1 for A-3.

Buddy, according to my book Luft. Camo and Markings, Vol 2, 9K=KG51 and F6=Aufklarungsgruppe 122. HTH

lewbud

I was kind of thinking the same thing.  Do it as a type representative. 

I know some are doing very specific aircraft but if the type was used and the camo scheme is appropriate how many of us would really know if the decals are correct. 

That's basically what I did with the Lysander, it came with decals for a Lysander from 16th Squadron used in France, during 1940. It just happened that I got lucky and the same unit used Lysanders in England patrolling the channel during the Battle of Britain. I used the decals but updated the paint scheme to what an hour of googling said was appropriate for mid to late 1940. It may not be 100% accurate but it should be somewhat close, however if it isn't I'll leave the research to prove it for someone else.  

Best i can do for ya

Richard

I was kind of thinking the same thing.  Do it as a type representative. 

lewbud

Anyone here know if the 1/72 Revell/Germany Ju88 A4 is marked for the BoB?

Happen to have that kit in my stash and taking a look at the decals/ instructions im afraid i cant tell you anything other than that it provides markings for one A4 and one D1 without any unit information. The A4 is marked 9K+DS with yellow fuselage bands and standard splinter camo.... thats just about it. Sorry.

Artistic feedom....?

Richard