RED STAR GB Finished Builds Gallery

[tc2324]

Post your finished builds here.

5 pictures max Comrades.

[steve149c]

Comrades,

Well the GB has its first completed build!

The kit

Kit - Tamiya 1/100
Decals - OOB, all 8 of them
Paints - Tamiya, Model masters buffable metalisers and Citadel
Others - Clear, Flory Model black wash, plastic card and Tamiya tape
Review - a great little kit that cost £2.99. With lovely panel lines - the only down size was that the pit was non existent

The plane

The Mig 21 is the longest running production aircraft spanning 25 years, plus with over 10,500 built, the numbers are astounding. The Mig 21 is supersonic, but suffered from the same problems as all these small jets, including the lightning - they were fast, but had a very limited fuel capacity!

Final reveal

Well this kit has fought me for the lat few stages, first I knocked off a weapons pylon, then I went to remove a small hair that was trapped in the paint, which resulted in a larger chip coming out - bless my daughter with her long hair So I patched up with Chrome Silver to simulate a repair job in the planes life, but that didn't exactly go to plan, and overran slightly. Ah well, here she is









Well guys, it's been a great build, which was frustrating towards the end. The decals refuse to sit down properly, and are rather heavy and thick!

Cheers for now

Kapitan Steve

[FTS]

Hobbyboss 1/72 P-40E Kittyhawk.

[tc2324]

Comrades...., may I present....,

I-16 Type 24
Pilot - Boris F. Safonov
72.SAP
Northern Fleet
1941

[Typhoon2]

Here's my entry, 1/72 Yak-3

P2240850 by Stu Weston, on Flickr


P2240849 by Stu Weston, on Flickr


P2240847 by Stu Weston, on Flickr


P2240846 by Stu Weston, on Flickr


P2240844 by Stu Weston, on Flickr

Really enjoyed building this, but there are some worthy winners!

[FTS]

Hobbyboss 1/72 P-39Q Airacobra.

[steve149c]

Comrades!

She is airborne

Manufacter : Airfix
Scale: 1/72
Kit: A03034 Petlyakov PE-2

History: The PE-2 modeled here comes from an unknown unit - but operated on the Eastern front in late 1943. The Pe-2 quickly proved itself to be a highly capable aircraft, able to elude the Luftwaffe's interceptors and allowing their crews to develop great accuracy with their bombing. Throughout 1942 the design was steadily refined and improved, in direct consultation with pilots who were actually flying them in combat. It was the fastest plane on the Eastern front at the start of the war, capable of 300 knots, and was steadily modified through the war.







Quite a mean looking machine



Underside with red dive brakes



All in all a brillant build with alot of lessons learnt - not bad for £5!

Problems (lessons for the future) - Getting canopies to sit on correctly and blend into the body!

Thanks for the comradey on this build - look forward to all comments and constructive critism

Steve

[peejay75]

Well here she is,Eduard Airacobra.Hope you all enjoy as much as i did building her

[peejay75]

And this is my attempt at free hand decalling with paint and a fine brush,What a complete
So here she is another Eduard kit this time a I-16 type 10[mod]
Hope she is upto standard

[paddyboy]

IMHO they are all superb

Great work guys

Very best regards

Patrick

[atech]

Yak 28 finished

Not the best model I've ever built, but its the first vacform I've built in over 20 years and its a 35 year old kit, so not too displeased.

[peejay75]

Wow that YAK is awesome mate

[tc2324]

Comrades....., can we reframe from posting comments in the finished builds gallery.

This should be a quich reference thread when it comes to voting later on.

cheers.

[waghorn41]

And here's wag's terrible attempt

[tc2324]

Mosquito`s lend lease P-47 build.

[steve149c]

Great entry Jamie, the only thing I would say is try not to have so much in the background - a plain background works best, but it's a great model, be proud!!

[paddyboy]

Hi Guys

No words

Just, what great work

Everyone's a winner in my humble eyes

Thanks so much for sharing great work with someone who can never aspire to such heights!!!!!!!!

Very best regards and thanks for sharing

Patrick