Tag: 1/72nd

March 27, 2022

Eduard ‘Overtrees’

I was browsing the Eduard website, as you do, and kept seeing ‘overtrees’ being featured for sale. Was kind of puzzled as to what Eduard ‘overtrees’ are, so did some digging. Basically they are model kits that do not have any instructions, decals or PE parts. So what is the purpose of the kits? Most of the Eduard kits come...

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November 13, 2021

My top 10 Airfix Vintage Classics wish list – AFV/Figures

This blog post ‘My top 10 Airfix Vintage Classics wish list – AFV and figures’ follows on from my Vintage Classics Aviation wish list. As the title suggests, I’m looking at armour, vehicles and figures from the Cold War period. It is very much British based, plus includes some of the JB Models kits that Airfix re-released a good few...

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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 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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