Jets of the cold war

July 29, 2020

Airfix 1/72 de Havilland Vampire T.11(A02058A)

I Acquired the Airfix 1/72 de Havilland Vampire T.11 as a Christmas gift one year, so has been sat in my stash for a while. Another one built straight out of the box, but with the addition of some decals from the Xtradecl set “de Havilland Vampire T.55 Pt.1 X72173”. So the scheme I went for is a Vampire J-28C-3...

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July 21, 2020

Quick update – 1/72 Airfix builds

Sorry, not been posting for a while, been busy with other projects that had to take priority over my model making. So here is a quick blog post about 2 1/72 Airfix builds I have on the go. The Airfix 1/72nd Folland Gnat which will be finished as a Yellow Jacks aircraft (slowly building up my RAF aerobatic collection). The...

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June 14, 2020

Italeri 1/72 F4U-7 Corsair (No 1313) build.

This Italeri 1/72 F4U-7 Corsair is another kit picked up on Ebay, and hopefully at a decent price. Kit went together quite well, again if any issues, then that would be down to my lack of skill. Being one colour, it was also another useful airbrushing exercise, which didn’t quite go to plan. Anyway, on with the build photos. The...

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April 27, 2020

Matchbox 1/72 Sea Harrier FRS.1 (PK-37) build

Think I picked this Matchbox 1/72 Sea Harrier it up on Ebay at some point. Anyway, my first actual jet for a blog that has ‘jet’ as the first word in it’s description. As with a lot of Matchbox kits, a very simple build, which I managed to mess up, but more of that later. At the time of building...

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April 6, 2020

Airfix 1/72 Spitfire PR.XIX (A02017A)

Not sure when I acquired this Airfix 1/72 Spitfire PR XIX kit up. I obviously got it because it fits in the Cold War period. Construction of the kit was straight out of the box. To enhance the cockpit, seatbelts were cut from masking tape. At this scale and size of model, adding detail to the cockpit seemed a bit...

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March 25, 2020

Airfix 1/72 P-51D Mustang – USAF F-51D Mustang

This Airfix 1/72 P-51D Mustang was one of the pair I purchased from Aldi (see previous blog post SAAF F-51D). This kit was built alongside the SAAF version. Decals came from the same sheet as the SAAF decals. As mentioned before, I was a little disapointed with the Print Scale decals. The decals are very thin, which is useful as...

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March 15, 2020

Airfix P-51D Mustang (A68208)- SAAF F-51D

Managed to pick up 2 Airfix P-51D Mustang starter sets earlier in the year for £4.99 each from Aldi. The P-51D was still in use during the early part of the Cold War and in Korea. Now that I had 2 Airfix P-51D Mustang’s in my stash my next step was to find some suitable decals. Came across a set...

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February 29, 2020

ScaleMates stash manager

Are you on ScaleMates? I joined when I started getting back into model making. So at first I just used it to catalogue my stash, which is a very useful feature for keeping track of what you have got. But as I looked around the site, I found it had some more useful sections, such as: Projects If you are...

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February 25, 2020

Have I found my perfect paint?

Have I found my perfect paint? Since getting back in to this model making lark, I have struggled with airbrushing. I’ve read many posts and watched many YouTube videos on the subject, but have always felt it has been a bit of a struggle to get a paint to work happily with my airbrushes. Well I think I have just...

Paints

January 27, 2019

Airfix RAF Red Arrows Gnat (starter set 1:72 A55105)

Well here it is, my 2nd Cold War related model build the Airfix RAF Red Arrows Gnat. I’ll admit, I had some issues putting this one together. That is not a reflection on the quality of the kit, but on my lack of building skills. It is actually a very nice kit, with some lovely detail and panel lines, which...

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