Loft relics - revisited - Heller CR 714 , BO105 , Pitts Special

Another trio of forgotten models, due for some care and attention.

Heller's CR714  has been fading slowly for the last 12 years , sitting in a loft window. Without the bright marking to distract , it's quite obvious how awful the hairy stick paint job is. My first use of life Color paints, I really should have used the airbrush. So  a replacement CR714 is around a tenner :(
My how things have changed. I'll have to repaint this as I can't justify the expense otherwise! Let's hope I've got some spare decals in the stash, or it'll be more cash.

I think this is the Italeri Bo105 done in an Israeli scheme. I took out the door windows as per my references. This is really another for the wargames pile.

Sadly, this Pitts (painted by hand during a guard duty in 1991) is showing its age. Time to sand back and completely re-finish - I'll need to source a new scheme and decal set.

Just ordered the AZ model Pitts S2A with Toyota and Microlease decals  - That'll give me a spare set of decals for this one. Buying a replacement Rothmans was just too expensive!

Fahnentrager, 9th Prussian Infanterie Regt. (Reserve) 1813

A great boon  for me  of being on a forum is the occasional impetus that arises from  various group builds and duels. I was  a littler foolhardy to launch during a busy time into another duel on Bennos Figure Forum. As is usual for me  everything was completed last minute and I really enjoyed taking a loose approach to painting.

Now I'm looking forward to  doing some better photos, getting some backdrops painted and  painting another  box or two to join this fellow. 

Thanks for stopping by :)

Just added another 1/72 resin aircraft to the Models section

New in  the Models section is my Me 261 from Planet models after a quick refurb.
Even with fairly sturdy  white metal oleos a simple butt-join to the wheel wells makes this a fragile ornament.

Dinosaur Excavation

Built this little dio in 1/72 for Bennos figures forum.  The theme was 'I met a monster', so I had a think and came up with the idea of  some children seeing their first dinosaur. Set in the 50's or 60's USA, our children and their carer, take a trip out into the desert to see the excavation....

Here's the whole scene; see if you can spot the fossils!

This shot shows the assistant as he takes a break from clearing away the spoil.  He comes from a Noch set of workmen. A couple of metres to his right is a  much smaller relative from the Prieser animals set.

Here's the supervisor explaining something about 'Mr Apatosaur' to the visitors.  'Mr Apatosaur was very big for his time, even compared to his friends!' (He's a little over 1/72 but I'm not up to sculpting dinosaurs yet). The Supervisor is a Prieser US WW2 mechanic.

P1109 Luft '46

Got round to adding one of my old Luft '46 models. I'll add more as time allows.