Zenrat's Flying Circus

[zenrat]

Found time to do some decaling and photos.
Hun got allocated to Equatorial Guinea.
Hun WIP 7-10-17 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

And another visitor at Dadswell Bridge Aerodrome.
An RAAF CAC Wirraway.
CAC Wirraway 02 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr
CAC Wirraway 08 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr
CAC Wirraway 05 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr
CAC Wirraway 01 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

Special Hobby 1/72 CAC Wirraway built OOB.  It's a very very subtle Whiff (Lee style) due to some decal shenanigans.
CAC Wirraway 09 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

[NARSES2]

I do like that Wirraway 

As for the Hun. I can see it on the front of a Tintin book in that scheme

[TheChronicOne]

Quite nice!!   

[zenrat]

Thanks folks.
I must admit to selecting Equatorial Guinea (from an Su-25 sheet) simply because the colours of the roundels complemented the colours in the camo.

[zenrat]

Went to the Drive In last night.
I love driving under this.
X Wing at the Drive In by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr
It's on top of the pay booth and is, I reckon about 1/4 scale.

No modelling today as I was on Uncle duty and watching the Red team win Bathurst in the rain.
I did however add to my spread sheet a large chunk of my finished car builds from the photos on flickr.
Yesterday I got two out of three car stash cupboards done.  Just the Hot Rod & Custom kits to go (which is the biggest cupboard).

[zenrat]

As included in the background of my Me 109-Q7 pics, the aircraft refueller for unimproved strips.
SDKfz Tanker 3 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr
SDKfz Tanker 2 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr
SDKfz Tanker 1 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr
It's an Airfix Bedford fuel truck kitbashed with a Hasegawa Sd.Kfz.7

[PR19_Kit]

WONDERFUL! 

That would have been very helpful on some of the 'damp' airfields I lived on! 

[ericr]

it is making the SdKfz lovely !

[zenrat]

Yes.  Leather seats and RHD.   

I finished entering my stash into a spreadsheet today.  I have 270 more or less un-touched kits to build.  I know it's nothing compared to some but it is more than I thought.  How did that happen?
That's 140 aircraft, 99 cars, 18 military and 13 other (motorbikes and sci-fi).

[PR19_Kit]

99 cars? Ooooohhh lovely! Many more than I have. 

[NARSES2]

I do like the refueller 

[63cpe]

Tha refueler rulez!

[zenrat]

Being a sucker for punishment I have begun work on an A Model Yak 28R.
Matters are not made any easier due to the fact that I have misplaced the instructions for this kit and am using those from an A Model Yak 28PP.  Most of the big parts are the same but the smaller bits are different as are the sprues they are on.
Add to this flash, A Model's traditional poor fit and no location pins and it all makes for a jolly fun time.
Yak 28R WIP 14-10-17 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr
Also today I loaded 600 paving slabs into a ute and painted with various metalisers the back end of the Hun where photos show all the paint burns off.

I also found this pic which looks fun and gave me some ideas for future builds.

[NARSES2]

Just think of the satisfied feeling you'll have when you finish it though 

[PR19_Kit]

I like the 'scheme for assembly' wording, just what you need from the sound of it.