Christmas Group Build?

[alleggeria]

First layers of olive drab:

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[gruffgriff]

Dare I suggest another seasonally focussed companion bulid off? Seems the Spitfire has finally been beaten, time for another?
There are some loose ends carrying over from last year's!

[dr_gn]

gruffgriff said:

Dare I suggest another seasonally focussed companion bulid off? Seems the Spitfire has finally been beaten, time for another?
There are some loose ends carrying over from last year's!

That was a different Spitfire (and it's not quite finished!). Last year's Christmas build is still underway. I removed and re-fitted various combinations of canopies until I ended up with the least worst option (Rob Taurus vacform), and only yesterday fitted the cannon fairings (which I strengthened with plastic rod:






...then broke one off while sanding the joints. So, like the rest of the model - that worked really well.

Would be nice to get it finished this holiday though; there's something nostalgic about an Airfix Spitfire at Christmas...

Edited by dr_gn on Saturday 16th December 19:22

[robemcdonald]

I’m up for another one.

[MBBlat]

gruffgriff said:

Dare I suggest another seasonally focussed companion bulid off? Seems the Spitfire has finally been beaten, time for another?
There are some loose ends carrying over from last year's!

I’m determined to get the Hunter down from the shelf of doom and finish it off. That may mean completing a couple of other projects first though.

[Eric Mc]

Sadly, all my model building activities stop from mid November until early February due to work pressures.

[Yertis]

I've got a Tempest on the go that I'm hoping to at least have assembled by the new year.

[Eric Mc]

That picture brings back waves of nostalgia.

[Yertis]

Pleased to report that balsa cement still smells the same. I've never built a flying model before now. It was Dad's thing, and I've been wracking my brains to remember his techniques. Fortunately there's a lot of info on YouTube. I'm about to cut the spars to introduce dihedral to the outer wing sections

Enjoying it very much though. Learning a lot. I'm already planning future builds to do better next time. Totally different philosophy to plastic kits, because rather than the subjective "how good does it look" the real test is "will it fly?"

[Eric Mc]

I've got a new production Keil Kraft Achilles in my stash. I built one originally back in 1971/72.

(The picture is not mine - although I like the colours).

[AlfaCool]

I have asked for another F1 model kit for Crimbo from my good lady.
I shall give it my usual Excited/frustrated, "do my best" style with it.

[gruffgriff]

Splendid all! Well, apart from Eric...are you in panto?

[gruffgriff]

Grand sommelier at an ice hotel?

[wibble cb]

I have not built a proper model in maybe 20 years, but I am going to have a go at this one:

I have owned this for over 10 yrs, but never got round to actually building it






The quality of the content is very good, let’s see how bad a job I can do.

[Gary29]

I've just started a 1/24 Nunu BMW E30 M3, only started cutting out and cleaning up all the parts, so still very early on, looking to be completed over Xmas. So I'm in.

In the Labatt's BTCC scheme from 1991

And with the correct 5 spoke Dymags that cost more than the kit itself

[Eric Mc]

gruffgriff said:

Splendid all! Well, apart from Eric...are you in panto?

Not really - only in that great "panto" known as "Self Assessment Tax Return Deadlines".

[46and2]

Possibly a controversial aircraft and scheme to be painting in current times but I started this IAI Kfir C2 at the start of the month, the kit is from italeri Its also sold by Revell and I'm using their colour suggestions.

I always did love the schemes on these jets and the Mirage III in general.

I'm going to try and finish this in the next couple of weeks, although using enamels slows things down a bit. Which is no bad thing, it's about having fun and getting away from the screen.

[magpie215]

46and2 said:

IAI Kfir C2

I vaguely remember building one of these years ago.

Not sure which manufacturer but it was in the U.S Air force aggressor training colours.

[jeremyc]

Having not modelled in probably 50 years, I've just bought this.



Because earlier in the year I bought this.



Hopefully I'll get time over the holiday to at least start; let's see if I can make it look a little bit like the real one.

[Spottedlaurel]

I'm not sure if I will (or at least should) start a new kit this time, but I am going to try and finish off a longstanding build or two.





Mostly interor work and window trims/bodywork detailing required on this one. Also got a Tamiya Toyota Celsior (LS400) to complete, need to summon up the enthusiasm to do some foil work on the chrome trim.