Fishbone

Its bare metal. Paint would apparently flake off due to the heat from the barrel exhaust

Hey All, My first build of 2021. And what an absolute pleasure it was. Took around 10 hours over a week, and other than a minor issues of not following the instructions properly, it went together like LEGO. I ran into a few issues with a fogged up canopy due to fumes from the primer I'm guessing, and a matte coat that wouldn't cover a glossy part and then turned the whole paint-job powdery white. Managed to salvage it in the end and was left quite happy with the results. I initially wasn't very excited about the overall olive drab scheme, but references online threw up a

That satin coat look soooo good. Yeah, those airfix pilots do need a lot of amputation don't they 😄 Poor fellas. My last two builds were messed up due to fogged up clear parts. I've gotta try dipping them in future to seal the plastic with a non-reactive over-coat. I'd much rather have the clear parts attached on especially in cases where the fit is iffy and might require filling/ sanding at the joint.

Nice builds. I like the warm tonal variations in the weathering.

Nice weathering! Unique scheme, hardly see these modeled.

That's a beauty! Nice work on the hot metal.

THAT IS SOO CUTE!! 😄 Nice job on the open canopies.

That's really cool Aditya!

Hey all, Here's the 1/72nd Hasegawa F/A-18F. Painted with Vallejo and weathered with oils. Built OOB with only the nose wheel turned starboard for some dynamic posing. The HARM is from the Academy F-16 CJ kit. Hope you like it Cheers, Alex. And here it is in forced perspective with the excellent Trumpeter 1/144 F-14D

Magic!! Great diorama and really good engineering keeping the Chinook aloft! The weathering and the attention to detail in the uneven placing of the wooden posts all tie in perfectly giving scene a realistic feel.

A Tribute: The Sea Harrier will be phased out of the Indian Navy today, the 11th of May 2016 after 33 years of service. She will be replaced by the MiG-29k. This model was built in the fag end of 2015. extras included Eduard PE detail set, along with the Model Alliance Sea Harrier Decal sheet. Additional decals were sourced from some old Modeldecal sets as well. Brass pitot from Air Master. Cannibalized the MLG and airbrake bays from the Airfix kit. Scratch built detail where ever it was found lacking. Scratch built detail into the ejection seat A little detailing on the nose

She's a beauty!!! Really cool!

Came here looking for inspiration. Got a ton of it and then some! Awesome work all round. Love the turned nose-wheel, excellent airbrushing details and all the tons of wiring that went into the detailing!

Beautiful finish, detailing and weathering!

Lovely models and ladies!! Also, I'd like to thank you in a very special way for your dot weathering technique that I'd stumbled upon online. It's done wonders to my model finishes since I've tried it. I can't recommend it enough :D

Lovely stuff! Dioramas absolutely bring the aircraft to life!

Really neat build! The washes and weathering came out perfect!

Beauties all of them! Very inspiring work, with the same level of perfection for the number of models you completed this year!

All along I was sure that this was 1/48 or above. The amount of detail is mind-blowing for 1/72!! Easily one of the best Flanker lineups I've seen yet!!

Many thanks everyone for your kind words! :) Thanks Niki4703, You definitely know your MiGs well! There was indeed a misalignment of the wheel well on joining the fuselage halves together. By the time I realized it, it was already too late. I tried modifying the landing gear attachment points the best I could to make up for proper alignment. Lesson learnt!

Used the excellent RB riveter to do a riveting pass for some extra detail on the otherwise plain panels. Ejection seat and Cockpit detail The Underside before and post weathering.

Built over 2 cities and months of procrastination, I finally present my latest build- the 1/72 Zvezda MiG-21bis of the Indian Airforce This was my first project using photo etch, using the ACE external and Kuivalainen Cockpit detail set, with 30% of build time spent looking for fallen parts. Scratch built towbar, APU and wheel-chocks using wire, stretched sprue and plasti-card. Base made from Plaster of Paris and weathered with poster paints. Unpainted Airfix figure for human scale reference Weathering done using oils over lacquer paints Stencil decals from Begemot and serial number

Your weathering is insane!! Love it! Those guns have done a lot of firing!

Flawless!! Love the base as well!

The exhaust stains look really cool! Nice work on the nose decaling too, you totally nailed it! What happened to the right side of the fuselage below the canopy? Looks like the wash got left behind?