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this would look great in my cabinet! anybody got one they dont want? theyre as rare as hens teeth.

Very neat and tidy! I keep my tinlets in an old plastic forling toolbox my Dad gave me a while back, its very handy for that. I did make two simple racks for my paintbrushes and for my other tools just recently so i can keep my workspace tidy and clear. Just simple blocks of wood with 'oles drilled in them, but they do the job very effectively.

Academy P-47D Thunderbolt Bubbletop 1:72 I like Academy kits, i have built one (P-51B/C) but found it a rather pleasurable experience all in! Looking forward to making this one, though i might tease myself by building another kit before it! (just to keep myself interested), it looks like a very nice kit and the P-47 is a favourite of mine.

What is the description of the part? Often you can get a number of alternative parts for many models; i got better wheels for a 1:72 Curtis Helldiver recently and they look far better than the original kit part. Its also possible to make parts from scratch too, i have done this too. Just an idea.

acrylic doesnt stick to clear parts. it will go on but it will not stay on. it wont cover properly and it goes funny next to enamels.

I HAVE experimented and found that ANY acrylic paint for plastic modelling is no good. I wont go on clear parts, separates on non clear parts despite having the parts washed. Nobody seems to do decent enamel paints, and even less do them in enamel for kits of US Navy aircraft. I have aircraft models lying unfinished now because i cant get the colours in enamel.

I prefer enamels IF i can get decent quality stuff and NOT the rubbish that Humbrol pass onto modellers. Not even the acrylic is good; it wont stay on clear parts, cant be used next to enamls, the list goes on. I dont know what paints to use or where i can get them. Humbrol seem to think that they hold a monopoly on enamel paints, sorry, you dont! I will NOT buy another humbrol paint. enamel or acrylic, deffo NOT acrylic.

The vac-form will be a very interesting build; i did one years ago of TSR2 and although it took a long time it looked cracking! The Devastator is my last kit. I put away all my die cast aircraft this evening because my modelling will not be going any further now. I have nowhere to put the complete kits and the sight of the die cast ones was annoying me; i could either just go blind or just put them all away in their boxes. I chose the latter. Thats me folks, i'm outta here! Byeeeeeeee

One i bid on before i had to pack up (i just put a bid on it not really wondering if i would win on it); Airfix TBD Devastator. Its sitting in my pile of unmades waiting for the day that i ever get back to it (which depends on when i can get a decent cabinet for them - i'm looking but there is nothing available in my area).

I like the look of the F6F Hellcat one! That would be too much for me just now though, i'm still at fighters and single engined models in 1:72! 😀 (When i decide to get back to it; when i can get a cabinet to put them in! I'm not keen on models dotted about the house because the flick of a duster can catch a models aerial or anything sticking out, and having very liitle weight at all, they are likely to get whisked off from where they were standing! A glass cabinet is the answer. I have one but i need a second one, a larger one. That way all the aircraft i want to collect will have space) Sorry folks, slightly off-topic there (so i stopped early).

My latest acquisitions are a Revell A-20 Havoc and an F-82 (double mustang) but i wont be building them. I wont be continuing with modelling as i get no encouragement. I have also run out of places to put the finished 'efforts'., i was waiting for a large glass display cabinet but the seller let me down after trying to diddle me, he got no money from me and i sent him away with his tail between his legs. He tried to sell me a larger cabinet but turned up with a smaller one than i already have and wanted more money. Anyway, i cant make any more models if i have nowhere to keep them so thats me done. It was a short but sweet hobby. There is no encouragement for modellers these days and very few shops that sell them near me. wont be around much longer.

Actually its a 2011 one. I was surprised myself at it. I have the matchbox one but being older, it has some parts that cannot be used, i'll have a look at what parts i can merge between the two, failing that i'll look for an Academy kit, i built a P-51B of theirs recently and it was a pleasure to build up! I know it will be a tad more expensive that the Airfix one but it should be a good kit. Thanks for the gen' on the 'Shrike' i'll keep an eye open.

They'll need to retool it well before re-release, it lacks in interior detail too.

Has to be one of the most rubbish kits i've seen, ranking with the Condor and Brengun kits. I bought it because i though that (normally) Airfix kits are pretty good. I was quite wrong. This must have slipped past QC because not one of the openings are open, the cockpit area is all plastic where the clear parts would be, other parts like prpellers undercarriage are malformed. I didnt even get to build it because i felt it to be of such inferior quality. I kept parts i might use in the future but threw the rest away. Glad i didnt buy this brand new, it would have gone right back to the shop, not even worth the £5 i paid for it. Hasnt put me off modelling but i will be very wary of Airfix in future; i thought i could rely on them making a good kit. Hmm.

Most recent ones are an Airfix Curtis SB2C Helldiver in 1:72, and a Revell A-20 Havoc 1:72, just started on the Helldiver this evening and fell out with it already but i'll keep on going; i HAVE to go into more adventurous kits before i can do anything larger. I have a Matchbox Privateer which i will not touch until i am happy and comfortable, all my recents have been single engined and theyre getting better with each kit! Had a few things going on of late and not been able to get to my kits much in the past few days and i have the remaining decals on another P-51 to finish (i do the wings upper and lower first and the tail, i then varnish over them with Mattcote and do the fuselage the next day; saves me removing decals i just put on with my big clumsy fingers and shaky hands!).