mandoman
Airman 1st Class
I just thought I'd post up some pics of my latest builds. At least you guys don't laugh.........well, not that I can see, any way. 
A few weeks ago I finally finished the Bristol Blenheim by Classic Airframes, on which I have been working for about three years. It was a challenging kit, and I had to just lay it aside every little bit, and build something a little less daunting. Here some pics of it in completion.
These next are of the last one I finished about two weeks ago. It's the Henschel hs-129B-1. I also took a couple of it along side the HE-177 I built, to give a fairly good comparison on how small the hs-129B-1 was. I knew it was a small plane, but it floored me when I put into the display case with other planes. The only other Axis aircraft I've built that is nearly as small is the Mitsubishi Ki-46 III, and I think the Ki-46 is still a little bigger. Well, here are the pics.
These next three pics are just of the unfinished Grumman F7F-3 I'm working on. This model is a testimony to stupidity.....mine, that is. The first kit I got of the Grumman was the F7F-2. Being the trusting soul that I am, and just plain stupid, I didn't look close enough at the parts in the box. Both main wings were missing, and there was a hole burned into the lower left of the nose. This gets better (or worse, what have you). Since I didn't discover this little slight of hand by an eBay seller until I went to build the model, over a year had past. Not finished. So, thought I, I've read that the only Grumman F7F that was actually used to any extent was the F7F-3, so I would just get the F7F-3 kit. I even looked through to make sure it was all there. I have no idea if it was the same eBay seller, but the coincidence is startling if it wasn't. When I got the kit out to build a few weeks ago, I once again looked through it to make sure it was all there. Check. Then I noticed the two melted holes on the rear port side. They looked chemical in nature. I decided to just build it, and fix the holes to the best of my ability. At least I think I made a relatively decent attempt. I'll post it up when finished, and point out where the holes were. Grumman pix.
A few weeks ago I finally finished the Bristol Blenheim by Classic Airframes, on which I have been working for about three years. It was a challenging kit, and I had to just lay it aside every little bit, and build something a little less daunting. Here some pics of it in completion.
These next are of the last one I finished about two weeks ago. It's the Henschel hs-129B-1. I also took a couple of it along side the HE-177 I built, to give a fairly good comparison on how small the hs-129B-1 was. I knew it was a small plane, but it floored me when I put into the display case with other planes. The only other Axis aircraft I've built that is nearly as small is the Mitsubishi Ki-46 III, and I think the Ki-46 is still a little bigger. Well, here are the pics.
These next three pics are just of the unfinished Grumman F7F-3 I'm working on. This model is a testimony to stupidity.....mine, that is. The first kit I got of the Grumman was the F7F-2. Being the trusting soul that I am, and just plain stupid, I didn't look close enough at the parts in the box. Both main wings were missing, and there was a hole burned into the lower left of the nose. This gets better (or worse, what have you). Since I didn't discover this little slight of hand by an eBay seller until I went to build the model, over a year had past. Not finished. So, thought I, I've read that the only Grumman F7F that was actually used to any extent was the F7F-3, so I would just get the F7F-3 kit. I even looked through to make sure it was all there. I have no idea if it was the same eBay seller, but the coincidence is startling if it wasn't. When I got the kit out to build a few weeks ago, I once again looked through it to make sure it was all there. Check. Then I noticed the two melted holes on the rear port side. They looked chemical in nature. I decided to just build it, and fix the holes to the best of my ability. At least I think I made a relatively decent attempt. I'll post it up when finished, and point out where the holes were. Grumman pix.
