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[budvar62]

Hi all,

Been away from IL2 for a long time courtesy parenthood, busy job and all life's other distractions, although have always managed the odd dabble once every couple of months to remind myself I haven't lost the ability to flip a tail dragger even on taxi out! 

Hopefully will be back a lot more in the future as I'm shortly about to retire, but one of the things I have found time to do is to get right back into plastic, with a loft full of kitboxes. So after a couple of practise goes, I set myself the challenge of rigging up a biplane - and chose the Tiger Moth from Airfix's excellent new 1/48th offering. I'd been lucky enough to fly one of these beautiful old kites nearly 20y ago, so have recreated the exact machine I flew, which 60 years earlier again, had been a fighter trainer in WW2, and had been restored to period RAF markings when I flew here - total heaven.

Anyway, here's my attempt to recreate her.

Btw - excellent work from all who've posted pics here - am aspiring to some of your high standards before my aged eyes kick it into touch altogether! 
Couldn't resist the sepia tone one of my little diorama at the end - came out better than i thought it would!

Salut all 

[DarkBlueBoy]

Great work. I've been lucky to take a flight in one of the old girls too. Incredible! Your modelling is excellent.

[budvar62]

Thanks DarkBlue,

They are lovely planes to fly aren't they! Have enjoyed tooling around in one in IL2 the last few times I've played. Works well as a trainer there too 

[Forager]

 That is excellent, rigging biplanes can be a real chore.
 The bottom picture is really good too.
 Where did you get a WAAF figure?

[budvar62]

Hi Forager

Sorry for the late reply - haven't quite retired yet - end of the month!

The WAAF figure comes from the Revell 1/48 RAF Pilots and Ground crew (who also do the dog ). I think ICM also do the same set - not sure who did it first.... She's a lovely little figure - pun intended! Here's a better picture of her.

I've got a few female figures in 1/48th but they're hard to come by. There's a couple of WAAF mechanics in resin, and also a french resistance fighter - both by Brengun IIRC - she's going in an SOE Lysander display that I'm planning at some point. I'm hoping to turn one of the mechanics into an army nurse for a crashed desert hurricane recovery diorama too. those two should keep me busy over the long dark winter months!