Do you build aircraft models?
 

In acc. to the hysterics of the oncoming game, I'm interested to build aircraft models specially card models.

So I have ordered two of them:

Bf 109 E4

Heinkel He-111


... and here are the reports of the Bf 109 and the He-111 how to build them.


Here is another very beautiful aircraft: Hawker Hurricane. ;)



The underlined texts are links.

I never knew they even produced card models. They look pretty good.

I've been making plastic kits in 1/72 scale for a couple of years now. Here's a few of them:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3206/...6dab9f4f33.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2600/...bb02dfeab3.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3606/...93c82fb128.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3276/...2781c4cf35.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2675/...c599eb9a2d.jpg

Great Job Jazzy Jase!!!

1/72 scale is a hard one.... I particularly like the mosquito.

I also build scale models myself but I prefer the 1/32 scale.
I especially love german planes because they are interesting for airbrushes techniques.

Here are the only pictures I have from my own, done years ago:

BF-109 (E5 if I can remember) 1/48:

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FW-190 D9 (Brown 4) 1/32... not finished at that time :rolleyes::
All markings handpainted... no decals!

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Cheers cydno. Your models are looking good too.

I'd love to build in 1/32 or even 1/48 but I live in a tiny flat and I don't have the space for them.

Lovely work Jazzy/Cydno. I only usually build RC stuff and it doesn't tend to be scale. However I recently bought a tiny wee Sukhoi 26 aerobatic plane that I intend to strip the gear out of and build a scale airframe to put it in.

For those into the paper/card models you can get 3 free downloads of PDFs from here if you register:

https://www.fiddlersgreen.net/

Edit: on looking at those earlier links to the card models these are nothing like as detailed but hey, they're free.

I do, but they tend to be a mix of stuff.

This is a Lancaster I did a few years ago

Avro Lancaster

some other stuff I've done

Senna's 1990 McLaren

Falklands Sea Harrier

Tornado GR4

B-2 Stealth Bomber (in progress)

Ah, I thought I recogised your name from Britmodeller.

Oo

I get around :D

Some very nice work there - liking the 109 and the T-34/76 in particular

Apologies - some of the links don't work as my freind and fellow forum owner Mike has upgraded the forum software this morning and b0rked the message boards - should be up again soon :oops:

I build RC models, here are some pictures of my 1/7th scale FW190D9:
http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/3778/dsc01748qip.jpg

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/6047/dsc01749hdd.jpg

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/209/dsc01750q.jpg

these pictures are a few months old, in the meantime I have added wheeldoors and painted the guns, but I still have to make pictures of them...

BTW: first post!

Well done guys! ;)

I have found an awesome free card model in a scale of 1:33 of the Rolls Royce Merlin engine, which was built for installing it into the Spitfire, Mustang, Hurricane and so on. Have a look!

how the hell can you make that out of card? :|:|:| its to delecat to cut out and stuff, and card isnt good building material? But ID LOVE IT, if some one posted me a free paper model of a plane.

Look at those pictures in the link! This card model was made with my attached pdf, but scaled up to 1:16.

http://sakrisonwings.blogspot.com/20...engine-in.html

Read the building instructions in my first post of this thread. There are some english writers in this german forum, so you can find out how to work with paper and cards.


Here is a free downloadable race aircraft: http://www.scale-models.co.uk/card-m...-download.html

These are all I used own. I just had to add some piece really, I'm not much of a model builder.

http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/badcattoys_2067_275884068
http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/badcattoys_2067_288423068
http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/badcattoys_2067_413353960
http://www.trinketstotreasures.com/i...PIXJ000018.jpg

I've been looking to start some models, but I was wondering what is a good model kit brand? I'm looking for detailed accurate models (1:32). (Preferably easy to find in Canada)

Revell, Trumpeter (expensive) and Tamiya (expensive but best) are your main contenders in 1/32, Revell are excellent value for money but the quality of their kits varies, they do however make some incredible value for money kits, some very good Hasegawa kits (similar to Tamiya) are re-boxed under the Revell brand and consequently cheaper.

try the Revell 1/32 Junkers 88 - this has only been out a year and retails at £40 in the UK, so I'd guess not much more on your side of the pond

Very cheap very big and very easy to build, not to mention extremely accurate - fabulous value for money.

http://www.scaleworkshop.com/gallery/ju88a132bg_1.htm

If you want something slightly smaller the Fw190D-9 by Revell is a Hasegawa re-box and also builds into an astonishing model

http://www.scaleworkshop.com/workshop/fw190d932lg_1.htm


hope that helps

John

Each brand has it's good kits and it's bad kits. You really need to think about what aircraft you want to make and then look for some reviews and buy the best kit for that aircraft.

Two big brands for me are Trumpeter (expensive but very very detailed) and Hasegawa.
With them you will find a lot of WWII fighters models in a 1/32 scale. :-P

Thanks for the tips guys. I'll see what I can find around here, before I head of to ebay.