Kampfgruppe144 BBS

I haven't posted for a long while. A little bit of ill health and needed a break. So, with a show at our local RHS garden, I built a greenhouse and man shed. It's about 1/24th scale and is made from wood, wire, paper card and plastic clear sheet.

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Inspired by the oldest model on display thread, I had an idea for a little experiment:
As opposed to my old models from childhood, I still have some old decals from this time. Most of them are only single roundels, figures or other not used items, so it's hard to determine where...

I case you missed it last time round, Takom are re-releasing their 1/144 kit of the P.1000 Landkreuzer (plus 2 Maus tanks) - listed as coming by Hannants at £37.99.

Shame the Haunebu saucers are not also included.....

suggested this topic to me. It got me thinking, hey, what is the earliest build that I still have in my possession and, ideally, have on the display shelves.

If we consider 1/144 alone, it would be the which I finished in late 2006. Admittedly, this was primarily a pull it...

While surfing through the net I recently discovered this webpage: , dispite the name they don't only produce figures.
Their main effort is obviously not 1/144, however, they have some quite interesting subjects at acceptable prices in our scale.
Pictures of kits/models in 144...

I am sure this comes up periodically but I thought it worth re-visiting.

Looking at my collection what becomes very clear is how the quality of 1:144 models - diecast, kit and gashapon - has vastly improved over the past 20 years or so. When I look back on the early days of the...

Ok this had me stumped.

I managed to knock a Swan Morton scalpel onto the floor. Save for the desk/table and it's legs there is nowhere for anything to be hidden.

A small plastic part that could bounce? Ok maybe. But a re look a relatively heavy hobby tool?

Have searched on...

I want to make a DH Vampire T55. As far as I know, there is no kit available and I also didn't find a conversion kit - or does anybody know about one?
Now I had the probably somewhat crazy idea of marrying the Mark I Vampire with the Mark I Sea Venom kit; i.e. to use the Venom...

This past weekend I have started another pair of Mark I Models Fw 190s, this time from the A-8/A-9 boxing. Not being particularly interested in any of the options, I decided to go for alternatives and an MYK Design bonus sheet has given me the option of making an NC.900.

The...

Now... I know you'll find this difficult to believe, but internet searches have been unproductive, and I'm wondering if a 1/144 kit of the Mi-14 Haze exists. Eastern Express seems like they did every other chopper. Did they do the Haze?

Just lately - and not sure why - I have had a number of Ebay orders go missing and others have had multiple cancellations with excuses of:

We found that the item was damaged and have no more in stock
We found that we had actually sold the item and it was wrongly listed
We found...

So, at the request of another member I took photos of Boeing Stearman/PT-17 types at Oshkosh Airshow. What’s a good way now to share these photos? I’m assuming a 1-to-1 link here, not necessarily making them available to the entire KG144 group. Although I’m also happy to share...

Back in their golden age Revell was releasing prototypes and concept designs in 1/144 almost automaticaly. We had the YF-22, YF-23, X-35, Mig 1.44 Flatpack and the Su-47 Berkut. Even the prototype Eurofighter. About the only concept designs they left out were the X-32 and the...

So I recently came across a seller on ebay that I hadn't seen before, and the first thing I saw (and purchased) from them were Damocles targeting pods in 1/144 (One can never have too many targeting pods), but then I noticed a bunch of 1/144 armor, and in particular, these...

Does anyone know if there is a reason for a LOT of Ebay sellers dumping all their inventory? In the last month or so, nearly all the international Ebay sellers that I regularly buy from have gone from a dozen or more pages of stock down to just one page and in many cases, no...

This may seem like an odd one but I am seeing 1/144 scale expressed by some retailers both as 10mm scale and 12mm scale.

Victrix tanks and figures are 1/144 so far as I am aware but I am aware of a number of terrain manufacturers who list their items as 10mm/1/144. I had...

Hey Folks,

I'm considering an Anigrand kit, and as they're pretty hideously expensive, I'd like to hear from someone who's built one or more of them as to their quality.

Bubbles, panel lines, detail, etc.?

Does anyone know if the two-seat version of the JASDF F-2 was ever made, beyond the $150+ Tomytec kits? Like, did Platz ever do it? I have a few F-2A, but would love to have one or two F-2B.