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All looks fantastic in black and red Craig, I love the piping and have to store that idea for later.

Cheers Rob

Current builds:  Brabham BT45 by DocRob - Model Factory Hiro - 1/12
                             Duchess of Kingston - paused 
                             

Finished builds: F4U-1A Corsair - Tamiya 1/32

                             USS Arizona 1/350 Eduard
                             Caudron C.561 French Racing Plane 1/48
                             Nachtigall on Speed Arado 234 B-2N by DocRob - 1/32 - Fly

                             Renault RE20 Turbo - Tamiya - 1/12
                             P-38J Wicked Woman - Tamiya - 1/48
                             AEG G.IV Creature of the Night - WNW - 1/32
                             "Big Tank" Crocker OHV motorcycle by DocRob - Model Factory Hiro - 1/9
                             MaschinenKrieger Friedrich by DocRob - Wave - 1/20 - PLASTIC - Another one bites the dust
                             McLaren Mp4/6 - Ayrton Senna - Fujimi - 1/20
                             Shelby Cobra Coupe by DocRob - Model Factory Hiro - 1/12 
                            
Honda RC166 Mike Hailwood by DocRob - Tamiya - 1/12

Posted (edited)

With the exception of the Sherman tank at the bottom left, these are all the kits I won in the raffle drawings at the Pelicon 2025 model show last Saturday. The Panther and Crane kit has a ton of plastic sprues inside. The vendor selling the Sherman was asking a price I could not turn down, so I brought it home via a purchase.

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Posted

That RFM Sherman is  supposed to be a Superb kit,  and I can not wait to  see you start the Phabulous  Phantom kits  -  as I bet Ken  feels the same.

 

OC.

Current builds  


28mm  Battle of Waterloo   attack on La Haye Saint   Diorama.

1/700  HMS Hood   Flyhawk   with  PE, Resin  and Wood Decking.

 

 

 

Completed works.

 

Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic.

HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts.

HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine  plastic.

Black Pearl  1/72  Revell   with  pirate crew.

Revell  1/48  Mosquito  B IV

Eduard  1/48  Spitfire IX

ICM    1/48   Seafire Mk.III   Special Conversion

1/48  Kinetic  Sea Harrier  FRS1

Posted

Nice loot Craig, you need a trailer, when visiting a show :D. The Salvino´s Monte Carlo is in my stash as well and I can tell yo, that the ZM F-4 kits are absolutely fantastic. How do I know? I built one ;).

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Cheers Rob

Current builds:  Brabham BT45 by DocRob - Model Factory Hiro - 1/12
                             Duchess of Kingston - paused 
                             

Finished builds: F4U-1A Corsair - Tamiya 1/32

                             USS Arizona 1/350 Eduard
                             Caudron C.561 French Racing Plane 1/48
                             Nachtigall on Speed Arado 234 B-2N by DocRob - 1/32 - Fly

                             Renault RE20 Turbo - Tamiya - 1/12
                             P-38J Wicked Woman - Tamiya - 1/48
                             AEG G.IV Creature of the Night - WNW - 1/32
                             "Big Tank" Crocker OHV motorcycle by DocRob - Model Factory Hiro - 1/9
                             MaschinenKrieger Friedrich by DocRob - Wave - 1/20 - PLASTIC - Another one bites the dust
                             McLaren Mp4/6 - Ayrton Senna - Fujimi - 1/20
                             Shelby Cobra Coupe by DocRob - Model Factory Hiro - 1/12 
                            
Honda RC166 Mike Hailwood by DocRob - Tamiya - 1/12

Posted
10 hours ago, DocRob said:

Nice loot Craig, you need a trailer, when visiting a show :D. The Salvino´s Monte Carlo is in my stash as well and I can tell yo, that the ZM F-4 kits are absolutely fantastic. How do I know? I built one ;).
Cheers Rob

That's certainly a convincing example of what a finished ZM can be in the hands of a skilled modeler. Beautiful is not enough superlative to describe it. Magnificent!

Posted
19 hours ago, CDW said:

That's certainly a convincing example of what a finished ZM can be in the hands of a skilled modeler. Beautiful is not enough superlative to describe it. Magnificent!


Thank you Craig, the kit falls together virtually, so you can enjoy the painting and finishing. Stencils can be a pain, but are luckily of very high Cartograph quality. The biggest problem was to match the blue metallic of the external fuel tanks to the decals. I even thought about building a second Kai Phantom with the yellow livery and that´s rare by me, because I hate repetitious work.
If you are interested to dig a bit deeper into the build, there is a link to my WIP over on LSM.

Done - F-4EJ Kai Phantom - The Last of it's Kind ZM 1/48 - LSM 1/48 Work in Progress - Large Scale Modeller

Cheers Rob

Current builds:  Brabham BT45 by DocRob - Model Factory Hiro - 1/12
                             Duchess of Kingston - paused 
                             

Finished builds: F4U-1A Corsair - Tamiya 1/32

                             USS Arizona 1/350 Eduard
                             Caudron C.561 French Racing Plane 1/48
                             Nachtigall on Speed Arado 234 B-2N by DocRob - 1/32 - Fly

                             Renault RE20 Turbo - Tamiya - 1/12
                             P-38J Wicked Woman - Tamiya - 1/48
                             AEG G.IV Creature of the Night - WNW - 1/32
                             "Big Tank" Crocker OHV motorcycle by DocRob - Model Factory Hiro - 1/9
                             MaschinenKrieger Friedrich by DocRob - Wave - 1/20 - PLASTIC - Another one bites the dust
                             McLaren Mp4/6 - Ayrton Senna - Fujimi - 1/20
                             Shelby Cobra Coupe by DocRob - Model Factory Hiro - 1/12 
                            
Honda RC166 Mike Hailwood by DocRob - Tamiya - 1/12

Posted

Nice work Craig!  The piping on the seats came out really well.  Hope you played the lottery - you were certainly on a lucky streak that day!

Mike

 

Current Wooden builds:  Amati/Victory Pegasus  MS Charles W. Morgan  Euromodel La Renommèe  

 

Plastic builds:    Hs129B-2 1/48  SB2U-1 Vindicator 1/48  Five Star Yaeyama 1/700  Pit Road Asashio and Akashi 1/700 diorama  Walrus 1/48 and Albatross 1/700  Special Hobby Buffalo 1/32   IJN Notoro 1/700  Akitsu Maru 1/700

 

Completed builds :  Caldercraft Brig Badger   CLC Annapolis Wherry  Amati Hannah - Ship in Bottle  Pit Road Hatsuzakura 1/700   Hasegawa Shimakaze 1:350

F4B-4 and P-6E 1/72  Accurate Miniatures F3F-1/F3F-2 1/48  Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat built as FM-1 1/48  Special Hobby Buffalo 1/48  Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72

Citroen 2CV 1/24 - Airfix and Tamiya  Entex Morgan 3-wheeler 1/16

 

Terminated build:  HMS Lyme (based on Corel Unicorn)  

 

On the shelf:  Euromodel Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde; Caldercraft Victory; too many plastic ship, plane and car kits

 

Future potential scratch builds:  HMS Lyme (from NMM plans); Le Gros Ventre (from Ancre monographs), Dutch ship from Ab Hoving book, HMS Sussex from McCardle book, Philadelphia gunboat (Smithsonian plans)

Posted

Turkey ended up with a good number of my unit's F-4Es back in 1991. I missed the delivery flights because I was the trial WSO to go to tanker school at Castle AFB, CA. Later on, when we were in Pisa, supporting the shenanigans in Bosnia, the Turkish F-4s sported our nose art of the Tiger heads. The rest of the markings reflected the Turkish AF. I look forward to seeing your build of one of those Z-M Phantoms. 😁

Ken

Started: MS Bounty Longboat,

On Hold:  Heinkel USS Choctaw paper

Down the road: Shipyard HMC Alert 1/96 paper, Mamoli Constitution Cross, MS USN Picket Boat #1

Scratchbuild: Echo Cross Section

 

Member Nautical Research Guild

Posted
4 hours ago, Canute said:

Turkey ended up with a good number of my unit's F-4Es back in 1991. I missed the delivery flights because I was the trial WSO to go to tanker school at Castle AFB, CA. Later on, when we were in Pisa, supporting the shenanigans in Bosnia, the Turkish F-4s sported our nose art of the Tiger heads. The rest of the markings reflected the Turkish AF. I look forward to seeing your build of one of those Z-M Phantoms. 😁

Hope its  ok me posting  these  -  "Turkish F4Es"   -  Shot by me.

 

OC.

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Current builds  


28mm  Battle of Waterloo   attack on La Haye Saint   Diorama.

1/700  HMS Hood   Flyhawk   with  PE, Resin  and Wood Decking.

 

 

 

Completed works.

 

Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic.

HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts.

HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine  plastic.

Black Pearl  1/72  Revell   with  pirate crew.

Revell  1/48  Mosquito  B IV

Eduard  1/48  Spitfire IX

ICM    1/48   Seafire Mk.III   Special Conversion

1/48  Kinetic  Sea Harrier  FRS1

Posted

The wire wheels from USCP look great Craig. I really like to see them under some Alclad or in your case sprayed in Revell. I will evaluate the supplied PE and turned aluminum rims for my Fujimi Ferrari 250 GTO and possibly buy these too.

Cheers Rob 

Current builds:  Brabham BT45 by DocRob - Model Factory Hiro - 1/12
                             Duchess of Kingston - paused 
                             

Finished builds: F4U-1A Corsair - Tamiya 1/32

                             USS Arizona 1/350 Eduard
                             Caudron C.561 French Racing Plane 1/48
                             Nachtigall on Speed Arado 234 B-2N by DocRob - 1/32 - Fly

                             Renault RE20 Turbo - Tamiya - 1/12
                             P-38J Wicked Woman - Tamiya - 1/48
                             AEG G.IV Creature of the Night - WNW - 1/32
                             "Big Tank" Crocker OHV motorcycle by DocRob - Model Factory Hiro - 1/9
                             MaschinenKrieger Friedrich by DocRob - Wave - 1/20 - PLASTIC - Another one bites the dust
                             McLaren Mp4/6 - Ayrton Senna - Fujimi - 1/20
                             Shelby Cobra Coupe by DocRob - Model Factory Hiro - 1/12 
                            
Honda RC166 Mike Hailwood by DocRob - Tamiya - 1/12

Posted
51 minutes ago, DocRob said:

The wire wheels from USCP look great Craig. I really like to see them under some Alclad or in your case sprayed in Revell. I will evaluate the supplied PE and turned aluminum rims for my Fujimi Ferrari 250 GTO and possibly buy these too.

Cheers Rob 

I might rethink and use Alclad instead of Chrom. Polished aluminum may look better than chrome.

Posted

I would use Alclad chrome on Tamiya LP-1 gloss black, my go to chrome team, when no further masking or weathering is in play, because Alclad chrome is very fragile. The difficulty is a consistent coverage without applying too much chrome, which reduces the shine.
BTW: I don´t know the Revell chrome spray.

Cheers Rob

Current builds:  Brabham BT45 by DocRob - Model Factory Hiro - 1/12
                             Duchess of Kingston - paused 
                             

Finished builds: F4U-1A Corsair - Tamiya 1/32

                             USS Arizona 1/350 Eduard
                             Caudron C.561 French Racing Plane 1/48
                             Nachtigall on Speed Arado 234 B-2N by DocRob - 1/32 - Fly

                             Renault RE20 Turbo - Tamiya - 1/12
                             P-38J Wicked Woman - Tamiya - 1/48
                             AEG G.IV Creature of the Night - WNW - 1/32
                             "Big Tank" Crocker OHV motorcycle by DocRob - Model Factory Hiro - 1/9
                             MaschinenKrieger Friedrich by DocRob - Wave - 1/20 - PLASTIC - Another one bites the dust
                             McLaren Mp4/6 - Ayrton Senna - Fujimi - 1/20
                             Shelby Cobra Coupe by DocRob - Model Factory Hiro - 1/12 
                            
Honda RC166 Mike Hailwood by DocRob - Tamiya - 1/12

Posted
1 hour ago, DocRob said:

I would use Alclad chrome on Tamiya LP-1 gloss black, my go to chrome team, when no further masking or weathering is in play, because Alclad chrome is very fragile. The difficulty is a consistent coverage without applying too much chrome, which reduces the shine.
BTW: I don´t know the Revell chrome spray.

Cheers Rob

Thanks Rob. I recently bought my first can of Revell Chrom. Pictures I have seen of the finished parts look very good when sprayed with Chrom. Much better than kit provided chrome plated parts. I want to test it first.

Posted

Simply stunning

 

Cheers Rob

Current builds:  Brabham BT45 by DocRob - Model Factory Hiro - 1/12
                             Duchess of Kingston - paused 
                             

Finished builds: F4U-1A Corsair - Tamiya 1/32

                             USS Arizona 1/350 Eduard
                             Caudron C.561 French Racing Plane 1/48
                             Nachtigall on Speed Arado 234 B-2N by DocRob - 1/32 - Fly

                             Renault RE20 Turbo - Tamiya - 1/12
                             P-38J Wicked Woman - Tamiya - 1/48
                             AEG G.IV Creature of the Night - WNW - 1/32
                             "Big Tank" Crocker OHV motorcycle by DocRob - Model Factory Hiro - 1/9
                             MaschinenKrieger Friedrich by DocRob - Wave - 1/20 - PLASTIC - Another one bites the dust
                             McLaren Mp4/6 - Ayrton Senna - Fujimi - 1/20
                             Shelby Cobra Coupe by DocRob - Model Factory Hiro - 1/12 
                            
Honda RC166 Mike Hailwood by DocRob - Tamiya - 1/12

Posted

Good choice in going red Craig.  Your Ferrari is stunning!  And thanks for posting pics of models from the show.  You've got some talented people down there!

 

I really like your Bugatti - what kit/scale is it?

Mike

 

Current Wooden builds:  Amati/Victory Pegasus  MS Charles W. Morgan  Euromodel La Renommèe  

 

Plastic builds:    Hs129B-2 1/48  SB2U-1 Vindicator 1/48  Five Star Yaeyama 1/700  Pit Road Asashio and Akashi 1/700 diorama  Walrus 1/48 and Albatross 1/700  Special Hobby Buffalo 1/32   IJN Notoro 1/700  Akitsu Maru 1/700

 

Completed builds :  Caldercraft Brig Badger   CLC Annapolis Wherry  Amati Hannah - Ship in Bottle  Pit Road Hatsuzakura 1/700   Hasegawa Shimakaze 1:350

F4B-4 and P-6E 1/72  Accurate Miniatures F3F-1/F3F-2 1/48  Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat built as FM-1 1/48  Special Hobby Buffalo 1/48  Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72

Citroen 2CV 1/24 - Airfix and Tamiya  Entex Morgan 3-wheeler 1/16

 

Terminated build:  HMS Lyme (based on Corel Unicorn)  

 

On the shelf:  Euromodel Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde; Caldercraft Victory; too many plastic ship, plane and car kits

 

Future potential scratch builds:  HMS Lyme (from NMM plans); Le Gros Ventre (from Ancre monographs), Dutch ship from Ab Hoving book, HMS Sussex from McCardle book, Philadelphia gunboat (Smithsonian plans)

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