Latest model plane completion: de Havilland DH.88 Comet "Grosvenor House"

[Uncle Wig]

From this 1/72 scale kit: http://www.hyperscale.com/2015/reviews/k...ewlp_1.htm. This airplane won the 1934 MacRobertson International Air Race from England and Melbourne, Australia.

[Speedy]

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[vision63]

Those models are Dopelicious. Great work and the photo work is superb.

[Carnos Jax]

Very much enjoy these posts. Man that is a small model.

[jdc]

I recognized it right away

[Racer X]

You should do a Mitsubishi Zero with the rounded wings, in homage to the one recently restored, and flying around Japan this Wednesday.

[sekker]

Awesome!

[Ombligo]

Excellent work

Every few summers I find time to build a ship model. My biggest issue is the painting, I just don't have the steadiness for the fine detail work. I also stopped doing sail powered vessels because the rigging became a chore rather than enjoyment.

It is getting hard to find decent and affordable kits though, eBay has been the best place to find them in the last few years. Also, styrene glue is getting hard to find because of drug users. Minors can no longer buy it (at least where I live).

[Uncle Wig]

Ombligo wrote:
Excellent work

Every few summers I find time to build a ship model. My biggest issue is the painting, I just don't have the steadiness for the fine detail work. I also stopped doing sail powered vessels because the rigging became a chore rather than enjoyment.

It is getting hard to find decent and affordable kits though, eBay has been the best place to find them in the last few years. Also, styrene glue is getting hard to find because of drug users. Minors can no longer buy it (at least where I live).

What kind of models? Plastic, right? There are alternatives to styrene glue (in the tube, I presume).

[Ombligo]

Yeas, styrene. I generally use Testers cement with the applicator brush. I've had to order it online because the only hobby shop within 40 miles closed. Walmart has model kits but no glue to build them with (though their kit selection is nothing I care for anyway).



Likewise I have to hunt down paint and filler. Not a big deal, just inconvenient and sometimes costly due to shipping (though Amazon now has much of what I need). I only build a kit every few years, usually while the wife is overseas. It's relaxing and fun.