This is my build of a Royal Navy Phantom F4K in 1/32 scale - a build that requires quite a lot of adaptation of the venerable Tamiya F4J kit.
In 1964 the Royal Navy replaced its Sea Vixens with a modified version of the Phantom F4J. The original General Electric engines were replaced with Rolls Royce Spey turbofans to allow operations from US carriers. The larger Spey engines required subtle but significant changes to the airframe - primarily larger intakes, a broader body and larger exhausts. They also...
This is the wonderful 1/48 scale Sea Vixen kit from Airfix. The aeroplane featured was flown by the last person to fly a Sea Vixen who also flew them operationally. It's a great kit with very good detail, excellent fit and a good range of options for folded wings etc.
I always love an aircraft with a twin boom - and the Sea Vixen is one of the most interesting, iconic and beautiful. The original DH110 looked set for greatness with the RAF, but was tragically forever associated...
Around a metre long this impressive kit takes some building but truly does justice to a stunning concept plane that sadly never made it past 2 prototypes - one of which was tragically lost in a mid-air collision with a Starfighter.
The kit is definitely worth the effort, but the fit can only be described as atrocious, with raised panel lines and pretty muffled detail. It take a lot of sanding and filling but I've done several of these with the wheels down - so it was nice...
I built this aircraft with Hellenic Airforce markings - which is not a subject I have ever looked at before, but it's actually a really good scheme. The build is from the recent Revell 1/48 kit which is excellent and something of a surprise to me.
It builds really well and is very well thought out - lots of nice detail and really good fit on all the parts.
Highly recommended!...
This Tamiya kit is just exceptional. I've built it several times - it goes together brilliantly and doesn't really need any extra detail IMHO. The finished result is superb and as with all modern Tamiya kits the fit is perfect.
As mentioned this is a kit I have built for people several times, and it seems like every time I end up doing the Jolly Rogers scheme. It seems to be the most popular - and I have to say I can see why. The black tail and...
This is quite an old model from the 70s, and when you open the box its age really shows – but there is something I really love about this kit…
The Kit
The detail is very poor, and although I’m not one of those modellers who compares every dimension with the real aircraft and gets upset if it isn’t spot-on – as I understand it the model isn’t that accurate. That is what I love about the kit though – it is the perfect illustration of how special the...
When I was a boy, this kit was my ultimate dream. I read an excellent book (which I still have) called How to Go Plastic Modelling by Chris Ellis – and on the front of the paperback he was sat at a desk painting details on one of these. It looked fantastic, and if I could have afforded to buy one I would have been a happy boy.
Many years later I bought this kit not long after I started modelling again, and because it was out of...
