Kampfgruppe144 BBS

The Plastic and Steel 2023 took place on September 16th and 17th, 2023, this time in the Waregem Expo.

Friday:
For me it started very early on Friday morning because, as always when I'm in the region, I wanted to include my other hobby.

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So arrived at...

This is my last project in 3D - italian military truck in 1/72 scale. Whole thing was very interesting and I enjoy it from starting the drawing. It was stamped by a guy in Croatia and he did an excellent job.
I added some small things as the and motor cover in the cabin. Some...

Yesterday, looking for decals for one of my models, I googled Old Ironsides armored Division .
Between several images i saw this
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now this just happens to be the livery (and weathering) one of my tanks is being finished in.
I was hooked and only the high shipping and...

Taken months and months to do but calling it quits.

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Hope all is well...

Ian

As several of you may know, I started a run of several variants of the Fw 190 and Ta 152 family last December. It isn't continuous since there are interruptions with builds of other types in between (in other words, that get in the way :lol: ).

Anyhow, since unfortunately,...

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So in my never ending quest to fix and repair down trodden and incomplete 21st Century 1/18th scale aircraft toy / models, I started to look around my workspace for my next project. Not that I don't already have enough half finished projects! At the beginning of...

If there's one thing I learned over the years, it's that Hasegawa's 1/72 Harrier kits are just magical. I've built their FRS.1, the Gr.3, and the AV-8B. I discovered I still had an AV-8B II Plus, so months ago, I drug it out and started working on it. I diligently ran a micro...

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I have a few aircraft in this range/scale, and I'm wondering amongst my modelers and 3D printing gurus, do little tiny missiles and bombs exist in this scale? Many of the aircraft come clean, and a pylon would be easy enough to cut from plastic, but I'm not sure...

It's rare that I look for something on Shapeways, can't find it in the scale I want, message someone who makes it in a different scale, and they come through! Last night, I'm happy to say that happened.

Lately I've been looking around for a suitable model of the Spanish...

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Thought it'd be fun to take you through the process of me trying to repair, replace, and repaint these two behemoth toy models. NOTE: I am not really performing any major surgery or modification on these two, as I'm now a bit pressed for time to get them done for an...

Okay, it's not quite model making, even if in principle it's not far off...
Tatsuya Tanaka is a designer-photographer who came to miniature art to create a scene with everyday objects.
Since April 2011, he has launched the website Miniature Calendar and publishes a new creation...

There was some discussion on these 4D models of various aircraft types a while back. Recently found that they are doing 1/72 AFV and picked up a couple of these Cougar MRAPS for about £10.00 each. They arrived today and are pretty good. I am not sure they are 1/72 as I have very...

well this is an old dio that I made after founding this photo

Short story that you can find here

ends in this photo, taken first days of may 1945 in today's Piazza Garibaldi at Trieste. Tank was captured just a few days before by yugoslav partisans and, painted the yugo...

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Another piece out of serious scale but due to his reduced dimensions it could enter :D
A small airfix model of a school two-seater. A cute little jet that looks like it's made of a huge long probe canopy and a few planes around.
It is OOB except for the seat belts with buckles...

Just received my order of this set in 1/700. Pretty good. You get two Sunderlands, a Fairmile C Gunboat, dockside buildings and ramps, PE set including props and 1/700 figures.

The Fairmile C is as far as I know the only example in injection kits and would look pretty good with...

This isn't in fact model :D this had to be just a base, approximately 6*8cm for DSRV Mytic (Alvin)...
But instead of sending me photo of the hatch area where lands and connects, my friend send me complete model of this monster ( more than feet long :shock: ).
And as usual...

Since I've only been working in 1/72 for some time (and some time to follow) I wanted to post something I finished. It's the Hobbis DOBI-I. I didn't take any photos with anything for scale comparison, but trust me when I say this is small. I actually think Miniwing's Ouragon is...

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1:160 DODX w/Mystery Balloon Coming 04/23 Micro-Trains USA

In early 2023, the United States Air Force shot down a mystery balloon off the coast of South Carolina. Salvaged from the coastal waters, the instrument array, solar panels and deflated balloon...

Well, finally finished 8-)
This is my first 3D model, for a moment 1/72 but there are couple of 144 models to be assembled.
Made some changes during assembling but in the end I'm happy with it.
I think that photos say more than words ...

Was produced and used...

I am canvasing for opinion here. I am planning on building the Hasegawa/Frog 1/450 kit of HMS Vanguard (Britains last battleship) as she might have looked after a mid life refit if she had not been scrapped in the 60s. I have two ideas (cribbed from some artwork I found on...

A old kit reboxed and re released by Hobby 2000, Here it is so far .... Building a Rabaul Based Night fighter. IJN green over IJN grey green.

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Just done the undersides in a combo of Tamiya IJN grey green and Gunze IJN grey green with some Gunze mixed with off...