That does look good   

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Quote from: McColm on May 02, 2025, 12:38:29 AM

Quote from: Rick Lowe on May 01, 2025, 10:07:21 PMAh, sorry Mac - I meant the Sdkfz 222 4X4 armoured car.
Annoying when they reuse the same number designation.

Sorry my mistake for not reading your previous messages.

All good, I do the same thing myself; repeatedly...

You could always try adding the wings & tail assembly of a Bv.222 to a SdKfz.222 

Nicely done with the Big Bad Buff & it's little friends! 

Great job on the B-52 and the scratch-built X-15s. I was trying to figure out who made a kit of the X-15 in 1/200 before I read the text.

Thanks, folks. 

1/72 GMC SWB 2 ½ ton truck **Real World**

One of these showed up at one of the Armistice in Cambridge reenactment weekends I went to, and I thought it would be a pretty quick and easy conversion (it was), resulting in something a bit different.

Based on a Hasegawa Long Wheelbase GMC.

I cut the chassis short, as well as the rear tray. This was a bit fraught, as the side planking was a bit delicate, but I managed not to break any pieces.
I scratchbuilt a new, transverse fuel tank and found a couple of spare wheels and placed them in scratchbuilt carriers, to go on top of the tank.

Paint is Gunze OD and Tyre Black. Transfers were applied and then I gave it a dirtying down. Markings from the Kit, IIRC.

References were the Bart Vanderveen book and issues of Tankette magazine.

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Very nice work mate ..im a fan of the short wheelbase duce and a half mainly because there's so many LWB models out there 😀
So any version on the SWB  I like 👍

I wanted to build a crane version on a SWB duce and then remembered I ain't got one 😁

Neat one Rick 

Nice piece of work there, mate!

Thanks, guys.

Quote from: Wardukw on May 11, 2025, 12:28:36 AMI wanted to build a crane version on a SWB duce and then remembered I ain't got one

Phill, hold that thought; let me have a wee fossick & get back to you...

Quote from: Rick Lowe on May 11, 2025, 10:40:42 PM

Quote from: Wardukw on May 11, 2025, 12:28:36 AMI wanted to build a crane version on a SWB duce and then remembered I ain't got one

Phill, hold that thought; let me have a wee fossick & get back to you...

Thought being held Rick mate 

1/72 RAAF A-20G Havoc **Real World**

22 Squadron RAAF used the Douglas Boston and Havoc, in various Marks, from November 1942 until November 1944, when there was a Japanese air raid on Morotai Airstrip and most of the aircraft were lost. After this, the Squadron converted to the Bristol Beaufighter.

The kit is an old Matchbox one that I inherited some time ago from an Estate sale at the model club I was in at the time.
After a suitable time for contemplation, also to get my rear in gear, I decided to try and get it finished for the clubs' 2014 show at which the theme was '70 Years since D-Day'. This model was part of the "Meanwhile, in other Theatres" display.

The construction was already mostly complete, but I managed to add a basic cockpit interior.
I used a Falcon cockpit transparency.
I also added detail to the inner sides of the undercarriage doors, and brake lines.
I replaced the nose and cheek guns from spares.
The kit turret is a base, a thick transparency and two rods on a stick. So I built a new one using the Falcon transparency, a piece of tubing, Aires Quickboost barrels and bits and pieces. Lots of bits and pieces.
The Squadron 'In Action' book was invaluable help here.

Paint is Humbrol for the topside OD and Games Workshop for the underside NG, which were the closest I had at the time. I may repaint her in more correct colours at some point.

I found a site (ADF Serials, IIRC) where they listed the correct Code Letter/Serial number combinations, so the markings are historically accurate; at least as far as the code/serial combination goes, as I didn't have any information on any personal markings.
I used ModelDecals for the Codes and cobbled the Serials up from Tasman and other bits.
Roundels are Tasman, for a Mustang IIRC, but they're all I had and look fine.

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And the other shots that wouldn't fit before.
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