Just got back into making scale models

[Pielstick]

I've been wanting to get back into making models for a while now, and finally got round to getting all the tools and bits together recently. Over the last week or so I've had a bash at doing a 1:48 Spitfire and here's the result...



Threads with more pics (including during the build) are here:

http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/inde ... opic=26316
http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/inde ... opic=26315

Now I've got a 1:48 TSR2, a couple of Canberras, a Bucc, a Spit IX and 22, a couple of BF109s, an F-15E and a Su-27... and a 1:32 Hunter all waiting to be done

[DelP]

Nicely done mate ;-)

I used to be a professional modelmaker so I'm qualified to say that

One thing bugs me though..how do you keep your workspace so neat and tidy?

ATB,

Derek

[DaveB]

Yeh.. that thought had crossed my mind too Derek

I dunno mate.. if this is the standard of your work after a long lay-off, the mind boggles!

ATB

DaveB :tab:

[Pielstick]

Cheers guys

I've got a mild case of OCD and I like to keep everything organised and tidy If something is a mess then I have to tidy it up, I really can't abide living or working in a messy environment.

The other problem is I need dedicated work area and not the kitchen table. I got lots of grief when making that Spit, especially when I had to move it all every night for dinner...

Right now I've got a stack of 13 kits waiting to be done... some highlights are going to be a BF109E-4 that I will finish as Adolf Galland's BoB mount, a Bf109G-6 that I will do as Erich Hartmann's machine and a Spitfire IXC that I will do as Johnny Johnson's machine. I'm also trying to get hold of the Hasegawa 1:48 Hurricane MkI to do as Robert Stanford-Tuck's machine (or possibly the Hurri that James Nicholson won his VC in). I'm also on the lookout for suitable kits to make a Spanish Civil War Bf109 and I-16

I've been bitten by the bug again!

[fighterpilot]

I'm afraid my modelling desk is of the untidy variety :roll: No matter how hard i try clutter and bits of models appear all over the place. Nice work on the spit btw. I have qute a collection of kits but i model in 1/72 scale which helps space wise. With my new camera i might even try photographing some of them and posting some pics up here. I cannot help myself buying more kits and have a stockpile of about 25 kits, don't know when they will all get built.

Rihard

[Pielstick]

Nice work on the spit btw.

Cheers

I have qute a collection of kits but i model in 1/72 scale which helps space wise. With my new camera i might even try photographing some of them and posting some pics up here. I cannot help myself buying more kits and have a stockpile of about 25 kits, don't know when they will all get built.

If you haven't already, check out www.britmodeller.com it's a lot like this site, but for modellers... great site with lots of knowledgable people and some pics of really fantastic work people do with their kits.

[fighterpilot]

Really good site that, added to favorites for future reference.

Richard

[Hot_Charlie]

Saw it over on BM. Very impressive for a "comeback" build.

[Kevin Farnell]

A very nice model, Pielstick.

I then spent a very pleasant hour, surfing the Britmodeller website, which I hadn't come accross before.

Thanks

Kevin