HeaviesGB still going strong 💪
February 16, 2026 at 7:05 PM
HeaviesGB still going strong 💪
The back or upper side of the J57 engine pods have been raised a bit using bits of plastic card, sanded back to a more correct profile. Work in progress! #histscalemodels #HeaviesGB
February 16, 2026 at 11:59 AM
The back or upper side of the J57 engine pods have been raised a bit using bits of plastic card, sanded back to a more correct profile. Work in progress! #histscalemodels #HeaviesGB
Engine covers are now on the 1/72 KC-135A's J57s. Then it dawned on me that some engine pod details & shapes were wrong & that most efficient way of dealing with those was by first cutting off the engines from their pylons. #notgivingmyselfanybreaks #HeaviesGB #histscalemodels
February 16, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Engine covers are now on the 1/72 KC-135A's J57s. Then it dawned on me that some engine pod details & shapes were wrong & that most efficient way of dealing with those was by first cutting off the engines from their pylons. #notgivingmyselfanybreaks #HeaviesGB #histscalemodels
February 15, 2026 at 2:03 PM
I’ve got these aileron control horns/counter balances to fit before priming and, of course, all the locating sockets are too small and need to be re-worked. This kit never stops fighting 🙄
#HistScaleModels #HeaviesGB
#HistScaleModels #HeaviesGB
February 12, 2026 at 9:49 AM
I’ve got these aileron control horns/counter balances to fit before priming and, of course, all the locating sockets are too small and need to be re-worked. This kit never stops fighting 🙄
#HistScaleModels #HeaviesGB
#HistScaleModels #HeaviesGB
February 11, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Great to have been part of this group build -- Is it okay to keep using the #HeaviesGB for the build I started for the GB but haven't completed yet?
December 26, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Great to have been part of this group build -- Is it okay to keep using the #HeaviesGB for the build I started for the GB but haven't completed yet?
Let's celebrate a short (just 1 min 20sec but in 4HD this time) review of our #HeaviesGB this autumn in the #histscalemodels community. I am very happy how this little group came together once again, thank you all so much for participating.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=awLX...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=awLX...
Heavies GB
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December 19, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Let's celebrate a short (just 1 min 20sec but in 4HD this time) review of our #HeaviesGB this autumn in the #histscalemodels community. I am very happy how this little group came together once again, thank you all so much for participating.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=awLX...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=awLX...
Inspired by @richardjdeacon.bsky.social to try an EMHAR model kit and being quite taken by the AK xTreme Metal effect on the Liberator ( #HeaviesGB video is in the making process), this is next on the bench:
#histscalemodels
#histscalemodels
December 12, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Inspired by @richardjdeacon.bsky.social to try an EMHAR model kit and being quite taken by the AK xTreme Metal effect on the Liberator ( #HeaviesGB video is in the making process), this is next on the bench:
#histscalemodels
#histscalemodels
Bonjour #histscalemodels !
Now that #HeaviesGB has concluded, I would like to propose a new group build for 2026. I floated the idea a while back and people seemed interested, so here we go:
#BastilleBuild will run from May 1st to July 14th!
Details in comments or at
bastille.videospectre.net
Now that #HeaviesGB has concluded, I would like to propose a new group build for 2026. I floated the idea a while back and people seemed interested, so here we go:
#BastilleBuild will run from May 1st to July 14th!
Details in comments or at
bastille.videospectre.net
December 3, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Bonjour #histscalemodels !
Now that #HeaviesGB has concluded, I would like to propose a new group build for 2026. I floated the idea a while back and people seemed interested, so here we go:
#BastilleBuild will run from May 1st to July 14th!
Details in comments or at
bastille.videospectre.net
Now that #HeaviesGB has concluded, I would like to propose a new group build for 2026. I floated the idea a while back and people seemed interested, so here we go:
#BastilleBuild will run from May 1st to July 14th!
Details in comments or at
bastille.videospectre.net
Here's the final sitrep for our #HeaviesGB:
We have a fantastic turnout of 17 builds completed, really amazing ideas turned into reality. Congrats to all of you, including those additional 20 aircraft which didn't get airborne the past 3 months.
Thank you all so much, video to come this month.
We have a fantastic turnout of 17 builds completed, really amazing ideas turned into reality. Congrats to all of you, including those additional 20 aircraft which didn't get airborne the past 3 months.
Thank you all so much, video to come this month.
December 1, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Here's the final sitrep for our #HeaviesGB:
We have a fantastic turnout of 17 builds completed, really amazing ideas turned into reality. Congrats to all of you, including those additional 20 aircraft which didn't get airborne the past 3 months.
Thank you all so much, video to come this month.
We have a fantastic turnout of 17 builds completed, really amazing ideas turned into reality. Congrats to all of you, including those additional 20 aircraft which didn't get airborne the past 3 months.
Thank you all so much, video to come this month.
A few shots taken in daylight with a helpful breeze providing 'engine power'. My model of the Focke Wulf Fw 200 Condor prototype as seen on the Berlin - New York flight of 1938. 1/72 Revell with Print Scale decals. Great inspiration by #HeaviesGB in #histscalemodels, thanks, @jaaaagirr.bsky.social !
December 1, 2025 at 11:10 AM
A few shots taken in daylight with a helpful breeze providing 'engine power'. My model of the Focke Wulf Fw 200 Condor prototype as seen on the Berlin - New York flight of 1938. 1/72 Revell with Print Scale decals. Great inspiration by #HeaviesGB in #histscalemodels, thanks, @jaaaagirr.bsky.social !
Formal photos of the completed model. Thanks to @jaaaagirr.bsky.social for leading the project, and all the other contributions to see - good luck to everyone else racing to the finish line of #HeaviesGB in #histscalemodels !
If there's interest I can share some build photos and saga, say the word!
If there's interest I can share some build photos and saga, say the word!
November 30, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Formal photos of the completed model. Thanks to @jaaaagirr.bsky.social for leading the project, and all the other contributions to see - good luck to everyone else racing to the finish line of #HeaviesGB in #histscalemodels !
If there's interest I can share some build photos and saga, say the word!
If there's interest I can share some build photos and saga, say the word!
*Done as in I'm stopping there, and the Kristal Kleer's been applied, but is still drying - I'm sure it'll be fully translucent by midnight!
A few tweaks and some other display ideas down the road, but I'll taje a breather and enjoy everyone else's contributions, too! #HeaviesGB in #histscalemodels
A few tweaks and some other display ideas down the road, but I'll taje a breather and enjoy everyone else's contributions, too! #HeaviesGB in #histscalemodels
November 30, 2025 at 12:29 PM
*Done as in I'm stopping there, and the Kristal Kleer's been applied, but is still drying - I'm sure it'll be fully translucent by midnight!
A few tweaks and some other display ideas down the road, but I'll taje a breather and enjoy everyone else's contributions, too! #HeaviesGB in #histscalemodels
A few tweaks and some other display ideas down the road, but I'll taje a breather and enjoy everyone else's contributions, too! #HeaviesGB in #histscalemodels
Well, with an hour and a half to go (local time) and a BIG push to the end, it's DONE*. The Focke Wulf Fw 200 airliner prototype D-ACON, as on the 24 hour non-stop flight from Flugplatz Berlin-Staaken, Germany, to Floyd Bennett Field, New York, USA, 10-11 August 1938. #HeaviesGB in #histscalemodels
November 30, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Well, with an hour and a half to go (local time) and a BIG push to the end, it's DONE*. The Focke Wulf Fw 200 airliner prototype D-ACON, as on the 24 hour non-stop flight from Flugplatz Berlin-Staaken, Germany, to Floyd Bennett Field, New York, USA, 10-11 August 1938. #HeaviesGB in #histscalemodels
Did you miss me? Current status. It was a silver monster, then a lumpy blue monster (masking tape) now a shiny black lumpy monster, but I'm surprisingly pleased to be here - nearing the end of the build and (fingers crossed) the end of #HeaviesGB in #histscalemodels, thanks, @jaaaagirr.bsky.social!
November 29, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Did you miss me? Current status. It was a silver monster, then a lumpy blue monster (masking tape) now a shiny black lumpy monster, but I'm surprisingly pleased to be here - nearing the end of the build and (fingers crossed) the end of #HeaviesGB in #histscalemodels, thanks, @jaaaagirr.bsky.social!
Dragged out the old Monogram B17-G Flying Fortress to compare him with Corky. A bit bigger. 🤔😅 #histscalemodels #HeaviesGB
November 29, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Dragged out the old Monogram B17-G Flying Fortress to compare him with Corky. A bit bigger. 🤔😅 #histscalemodels #HeaviesGB
And galloping up on the ropes….. a Tallboy Lancaster to be marked as KC-G DV403 of 617sqn from RAF Woodall Spa. Won’t be complete by the deadline as don’t have the decals for it yet, but should be in paint
#histscalemodels
#HeaviesGB
#histscalemodels
#HeaviesGB
November 28, 2025 at 10:58 PM
And galloping up on the ropes….. a Tallboy Lancaster to be marked as KC-G DV403 of 617sqn from RAF Woodall Spa. Won’t be complete by the deadline as don’t have the decals for it yet, but should be in paint
#histscalemodels
#HeaviesGB
#histscalemodels
#HeaviesGB
Attached, filled sanded and polished the KC-135's windscreen, before masking. All other transparencies have also been covered up. #HeaviesGB #histscalemodels
November 27, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Attached, filled sanded and polished the KC-135's windscreen, before masking. All other transparencies have also been covered up. #HeaviesGB #histscalemodels
In continuation of the #HeaviesGB 1/72 KC-135A build, which I will able to finish only through divine intervention, which is nice, here's the process of restoring the rear fuselage re-enforcement ribs which were sacrificed earlier in order to remove the top fuselage seam line. #histscalemodels
November 26, 2025 at 11:04 AM
In continuation of the #HeaviesGB 1/72 KC-135A build, which I will able to finish only through divine intervention, which is nice, here's the process of restoring the rear fuselage re-enforcement ribs which were sacrificed earlier in order to remove the top fuselage seam line. #histscalemodels
Airbrushes cleaned ahead of the big Sunderland paint 👍😊. There’s going to be quite a lot of masking on this one 😰
#HistScaleModels #HeaviesGB
#HistScaleModels #HeaviesGB
November 25, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Airbrushes cleaned ahead of the big Sunderland paint 👍😊. There’s going to be quite a lot of masking on this one 😰
#HistScaleModels #HeaviesGB
#HistScaleModels #HeaviesGB
That worked well. Thanks to @traindriverdave.bsky.social for the UV resin idea 👍😊. I’ve cut some masks on the vinyl cutter.
#HistScaleModels #HeaviesGB
#HistScaleModels #HeaviesGB
November 22, 2025 at 1:35 PM
That worked well. Thanks to @traindriverdave.bsky.social for the UV resin idea 👍😊. I’ve cut some masks on the vinyl cutter.
#HistScaleModels #HeaviesGB
#HistScaleModels #HeaviesGB
Right, I’ve put some Bare Metal foil in the back of the light apertures and put the bulbs in. Now for a few layers of UV resin then sand and polish 👍😊
#HistScaleModels #HeaviesGB
#HistScaleModels #HeaviesGB
November 22, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Right, I’ve put some Bare Metal foil in the back of the light apertures and put the bulbs in. Now for a few layers of UV resin then sand and polish 👍😊
#HistScaleModels #HeaviesGB
#HistScaleModels #HeaviesGB
I haven't forgotten my #HistScaleModels #HeaviesGB project but after meeting what I'm now calling The Anticanopy I'm backing up and regrouping.
November 21, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I haven't forgotten my #HistScaleModels #HeaviesGB project but after meeting what I'm now calling The Anticanopy I'm backing up and regrouping.