Hi everyone!

I’ve finally finished my biggest project this year – the Great Wall Hobby (GWH) 1/48 F-16I Sufa. It took me 3 months of daily patience, but I’m incredibly proud of the result.

The GWH kit is outstanding out of the box with superb detail and weapons choice, but I wanted to push it a bit further. The only aftermarket part used is a resin exhaust nozzle, which was painted with various metallic shades to catch that realistic heat-stained titanium look.

What I did:

• Applied a complex four-color desert camouflage, characteristic of the Israeli Air Force (IAF).
• Applied subtle post-shading, oil washing, and realistic streaking, especially on the belly, to replicate a hard-working jet operating in desert conditions.
• Fully loaded it with the kit's excellent armament (Spice bombs, Python, and AMRAAM missiles).

The build was a pleasure, though GWH clearances are so tight that you have to scrape off paint from the joints to make everything fit perfectly.

Let me know what you think! C&C (Criticism and Comments) are welcome!

Trumpeter 1/48 F9F-3 Panther. A little scratch in the cockpit. Simple and nice kit but requires some corrections because there are mistakes in the instructions. Greetings!

Here is my quick build for a little relaxation—Fujimi’s 1/700 scale Imperial Japanese Navy Battleship Yamato (KAN-NEXT series)!

I built this completely straight out of the box (no photo-etched parts) in about 3 hours. It was a very casual project: careful OOB assembly, clean airbrush painting, and a light touch of Tamiya Weathering Master to accentuate the shadows and three-dimensional form of the massive superstructure.

Even without any aftermarket details, the Kan-Next kit itself has amazingly sharp molding—especially the cat-pult, floatplanes, and that iconic pagoda-like bridge.

Mounted it on a polished wooden base for display. It was a super fun and refreshing build! Hope you enjoy the pictures! 😊

The conquering sword of the empire, the Type-97 Chi Ha Early Production from Dragon + some cheapo resin IJA tank crew figures I got from AliExpress.

I can't speak for the accuracy of the kit since I'm no expert on Japanese tanks but overall I found it a pretty good build. Despite being a Dragon kit, It's not particularly complex, maybe a slight step up from Tamiya since it has some PE parts. Tracks are the link and length type which is always a plus for small tanks. I also lost the decal sheet somehow (I suspect the cat stole it) so I tried my hand at painting the kanji on the turret sides. Yeah, calligraphy isn't my strong suit. Palm leaves are scratchbuilt from paper.

An aquaintance of mine asked if I could finish this 1/72 Revell B-17 he had started, but had trouble finishing. I repainted the interior that he had put together, and then built the rest. It's mostly out of the box (added photoetch parts to the engines from the spares box). Painted almost exclusively with ATOM paints.

1/35 life miniature product.

Finished the kübel in 72 from the academy. In general I'm happy with the result, but mb dust looks too sandy, but for summer in the central Europe will be good, i hope :D

Finally finished my Tamiya 1/20 Honda RA272, winner of the 1965 Mexican Grand Prix!

Really enjoyed this build, especially working on the beautiful V12 engine. Had a few challenges along the way, including some decal disasters that required repainting the nose and rebuilding the number 11.

Not perfect, but I’m really happy with how it turned out! Decided to leave the engine cover off to show off that V12.

Thanks for looking! Feedback is always welcome!

Here are my 1/350 scale Yokosuka D4Y Suisei (Judy) dive bombers. Each aircraft is tiny, measuring only about 2 cm (0.8 inches) in length!

For this build, I wanted to focus on extreme precision and a clean, museum-grade finish rather than heavy weathering.

The highlight is the canopy: I cut the canopy frames out of fine metal mesh, pressed them onto a custom mold to shape them, and then applied a very thin layer of clear resin to form the glass. Thanks to this technique, I can replicate this crystal-clear canopy in just about 1 minute per aircraft, allowing a full view of the scratch-built interior cockpit details!

(To be honest, I was quite disappointed when a set of 3 of these was sold at a Japanese online auction for a dirt-cheap price of under $15... so I’m sharing them here to get some appreciation! lol)

Just out of curiosity, if you were to put a price tag on a set of 3 micro-detailed 1/350 aircraft like these from an international perspective, what do you think would be a fair value? I’d love to hear your honest thoughts!

Also, I’d love to keep in touch and continue exchanging modeling ideas with you all in the future. Cheers! 😊

At first i wanted to make it only slightly used but lack of skills and too much beers in my ass, turned it to a total garbage, but... i like the results! Used satin varnish , mig enamel neutral wash and mig drybrush

Did this one a while ago, apologies for the mess, and while it isn't my first, I'm still an amateur at this, and I mostly just do it for the fun of it. Still I quite like how it came out, even if it's a far cry from what usually gets posted here.

Livery's fictional and decals are a mix of what came with the kit and leftovers. IIRC the 04 on the tail came from a MiG-31 decal set. I know some swear by historical accuracy, but I prefer letting my imagination run with these.

P.S : to the guy who said they wanted to see more Dassault stuff, hope my humble contribution helps.

Hello everyone! Following my previous posts, I wanted to share my 1/700 scale IJN Battleship Kongō.

This was built as an out-of-the-box (straight from the box) project. To make a 1/700 scale model look much larger and more imposing, I focused heavily on shadow-shading (pre-shading/black-base painting) techniques to create deep contrast and dimensional presence.

I hope you like this straightforward build! Let me know what you think.

Uma’s 1:48 AV-8B Harrier II has been a lovely kit, but I’m stumped as to where the stencil decals go. Neither the instructions or the livery poster clearly illustrate decal positions for stencils.

Should I just have a go with reference photos or maybe another kit or decal set?

All flyhawk kits i have worked on in the last few days, HMS Illustrious, HMS Prince Of Wales & HMS Aurora

Hi, as per title, I’m curious if some of you have experience with SOLmodels’ 1/72nd figures. The figures on the pictures on their website look really detailed. Though I’m doubtful if these are actually 1/72nd and not pictures of a larger scale.
What are your experiences with 1/72nd SOLmodel figures?

Still fairly new to scale modelling and trying to find a good balance between visual interest and pushing the weathering too far. generally happy with how this turned out though

I got this Revell Top Gun F-14 set yesterday (1:48 scale) and it hasn’t been the nicest model I’ve worked with, though I am relatively new to modeling so I recognize a lot of it may be my own fault. But this thing has some big gaps, mainly in the nose area. I don’t think gluing it and holding it down will be enough because I can hardly shove them together as is.

I’ve looked up fillers but I’m not sure if there’s ones specifically recommended for slightly bigger sized gaps as opposed to small cracks/divots.

I plan on going to hobby lobby today to pick up some more paints, so if they carry any good brands that would be nice. But I’m willing to order online. Any tips are welcome