Tiny WWII aircraft
- Chuck E
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Tiny WWII aircraft
Loads of little kits from Zvesda and Sweet. Hurricanes and Battles and a few more thrown in.
This is an ongoing rush to finish all the small kits in my stash.
Sweet always give you loads of decals for their kits and the little Zvesda kits get them all used up.
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This is an ongoing rush to finish all the small kits in my stash.
Sweet always give you loads of decals for their kits and the little Zvesda kits get them all used up.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/23594891@ ... 8686130265;
So many models, so little time.
- Chuck E
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Re: Tiny WWII aircraft
I'm hoping that Zvesda bring out a little Spitfire I, Lysander and Gladiator. I did find a Ju-87B and a Henschel plus some Russian aircraft, but I like the Battle of France types. These are wargame aircraft, but they look nice painted up.
So many models, so little time.
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Re: Tiny WWII aircraft
What scale are they? They look very smart indeed and if less than 1/72 then they are even more impressive!
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- Chuck E
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Re: Tiny WWII aircraft
They are all 1/144th kits. I had a couple of the Revell kits, which are really old and almost impossible to build these days, despite being in nice new boxes.iggie wrote:What scale are they? They look very smart indeed and if less than 1/72 then they are even more impressive!
Sweet have 3 Hurricane sets. Battle of Britain Aces, Early ( Fabric wing ) Hurricanes and Desert Hurricanes with a small air filter. These sets include 2 very nice Hurricane models and a Cartograph Decal sheet with up to 8 choices. I bought a few of these.
Next, I got a free Zvesda Kit with SAM and used this to use an extra set of decals. Since then I have picked up about a dozen of these kits and have almost used up all the Sweet decals. As the Hurricanes are part of a War game set for the Battle for France 1940, they were joined by a Fairey Battle, a Ju-87B and a small Henschel. A Blenheim and Ju-52 are produced in this set, but they are 1/200th. Mixed scales for all models, in fact. Figures 1/72, Aircraft 1/144th and 1/200th, and vehicles are to 1/100th. Bit of a shame there, as the vehicles would go well with the figure sets. I must add at this point that the figure sets are well worth looking out as they are superb. The best I've made in this scale. Look out for the Aircraft Figure sets, too, as these are to 1/72nd and will look nice woth your model aircraft.
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Re: Tiny WWII aircraft
What a wonderful collection of models. The detail is amazing,great job.
- Crashpilot
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Re: Tiny WWII aircraft
IMO there is at least one exemption to that. Revell´s 144 Mustang looks quite nice for it´s age.They are all 1/144th kits. I had a couple of the Revell kits, which are really old and almost impossible to build these days, despite being in nice new boxes.
I built it almost OOB, except for the air intakes and the hot air exit, which I opened up.
Of course it can´t keep up with Sweet´s P-51, but it only costs a small sum, and the decals are good, anyway.
Revell gives you decals for one of Yeager´s Glamourus (have I misspelled?) Glen´s.
There was still masking on the canopy, and no main undercarriage, yet, when I took the snaps.
Waiting for the day, when wars for territory will be something to be read about in history books only.
Playing Tetris taught me: If I clean up too much, my kits disappear.....8-(
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Playing Tetris taught me: If I clean up too much, my kits disappear.....8-(
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- Neil Wellman
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Re: Tiny WWII aircraft
Interesting... I can see great airfield/dogfight diorama possibilities (also in background of photos of larger scale models to give real depth of field: imagine 1/48, 1/72, 1/144 in the same shot).
Also great, as Chuck has done, for building up sets of colour scheme variants, as per the many ref books (I liked his Finnish Hurricane: http://www.clavework-graphics.co.uk/pro ... e_002.html).
For the Zveda range (all WWII just £2.69) and some interesting WW1 types from Valom (£8.99 for two in a box, eg https://www.modelhobbies.co.uk/shop/val ... 58521.html)
See Model Hobbies:https://www.modelhobbies.co.uk/shop/pla ... ml?page=41
MH have 523, mainly 1/144 kits (inc some really tiny ones for model aircraft carriers), so plenty of scope for all periods/scenarios.
https://www.modelhobbies.co.uk/shop/pla ... 27_37.html
Also great, as Chuck has done, for building up sets of colour scheme variants, as per the many ref books (I liked his Finnish Hurricane: http://www.clavework-graphics.co.uk/pro ... e_002.html).
For the Zveda range (all WWII just £2.69) and some interesting WW1 types from Valom (£8.99 for two in a box, eg https://www.modelhobbies.co.uk/shop/val ... 58521.html)
See Model Hobbies:https://www.modelhobbies.co.uk/shop/pla ... ml?page=41
MH have 523, mainly 1/144 kits (inc some really tiny ones for model aircraft carriers), so plenty of scope for all periods/scenarios.
https://www.modelhobbies.co.uk/shop/pla ... 27_37.html
Neil Wellman
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Re: Tiny WWII aircraft
The Zveda kits are nice, if simplified- the cockpit on the hurricane is sold and attaches to a peg in the fuselage- I painted the latter as a pilot's head and it looked good on the finished model.
currently on the go: Revell Blenheim I, Italeri Me210, Revell HMS victory, Revell 1/144 p-47
completions in 2012:8, completions in 2013: 13, Completions in 2014:10, Completions in 2015: 9, Completions in 2016: 8, Completions in 2017: 9, Completions in 2018: 12, completions in 2019:7, completions in 2020: 17
completions in 2012:8, completions in 2013: 13, Completions in 2014:10, Completions in 2015: 9, Completions in 2016: 8, Completions in 2017: 9, Completions in 2018: 12, completions in 2019:7, completions in 2020: 17
- Chuck E
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Re: Tiny WWII aircraft
I bought a couple of brand new 1/144th kits last week. P-40E and B/C. Both are from AFV CLUB. Very nice, but £9.00 each for single kits was a bit much. Photos later.
So many models, so little time.
- Chuck E
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Re: Tiny WWII aircraft
The Clavework page is very nice, Neil.Neil Wellman wrote:Interesting... I can see great airfield/dogfight diorama possibilities (also in background of photos of larger scale models to give real depth of field: imagine 1/48, 1/72, 1/144 in the same shot).
Also great, as Chuck has done, for building up sets of colour scheme variants, as per the many ref books (I liked his Finnish Hurricane: http://www.clavework-graphics.co.uk/pro ... e_002.html).
For the Zveda range (all WWII just £2.69) and some interesting WW1 types from Valom (£8.99 for two in a box, eg https://www.modelhobbies.co.uk/shop/val ... 58521.html)
See Model Hobbies:https://www.modelhobbies.co.uk/shop/pla ... ml?page=41
MH have 523, mainly 1/144 kits (inc some really tiny ones for model aircraft carriers), so plenty of scope for all periods/scenarios.
https://www.modelhobbies.co.uk/shop/pla ... 27_37.html
Here are some more tiny kits.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/23594891@ ... 8686130265;
So many models, so little time.
- Crashpilot
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Re: Tiny WWII aircraft
I´m about to get an Arii ex-Crown 144 P-40N Warhawk, I only found one review of it, and in that one, it looks far better than Revells Microwings P-40, which needs a lot of work, to just look ok!
Waiting for the day, when wars for territory will be something to be read about in history books only.
Playing Tetris taught me: If I clean up too much, my kits disappear.....8-(
Markus, alias Crashpilot, or Crash, or CP, as you wish
Playing Tetris taught me: If I clean up too much, my kits disappear.....8-(
Markus, alias Crashpilot, or Crash, or CP, as you wish
- Chuck E
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Re: Tiny WWII aircraft
Armory have just released two sets of Bf-109E models, covering 1939 and 1940. I have just ordered a set. Two kits per pack and 12 versions. I will have to get more of these. I was hoping Zvesda would be releasing some of these, plus a Spitfire Ia, for their range.
So many models, so little time.