#HeaviesGB progress update … I may not have any propellers at the moment but this Liberator project is coming together… and no tail-sitter either!! #HistScaleModels

1/72 Kawanishi H6K5 Type 97 flying boat model 23, allied code name 'Mavis'. Version is Yokohama Naval flying group, Solomon Islands '42. My entry for #HeaviesGB within #histscalemodels

Mavis Day15: Holy Hasegawa, it actually worked, fits perfectly and no wiggle. Need just a different kind of jig to work on the various struts and bars now. And yes, the spray booth had to go temporarily... #HeaviesGB #histscalemodels

Mavis Day14: That's the wing section done. All that's left in the assembly is to align the long boat hull with the extra long wing. On two tight points. On a kit that is essentially 50 years old. What can possibly go wrong? #HeaviesGB #histscalemodels

Mavis Day13: Some more work on the hull #HeaviesGB #histscalemodels

Mavis Day12: IJN D2 Green is on. #HeaviesGB #histscalemodels

The #heaviesGB journey begins!! #histscalemodels

The planned Mavis weekend just evaporated: My sons' bicycle broke and my wife went nuts with an IKEA flat packs delivery 😶 #HeaviesGB #histscalemodels

This week in #histbookchat I am bidding StuG Brigade 191 farewell and start looking at another, even more famous formation. Shortlived it was, but the pilot roster is most impressive indeed.

Mavis Day11: IJN grey green is on all the underside surfaces, contrast to primer seems minimal in the pic but in natural light it's much better. Need to reorder Hiaryokoshoku.. #HeaviesGB #histscalemodels

Mavis Day10: Reached the primer stage and it didn't rain, result #HeaviesGB #histscalemodels

Mavis Day9: DIY masking as the clear parts are thankfully few for a 'heavy' #HeaviesGB #histscalemodels

Mavis Day8: Back to the wing with another qualifier shot. #HeaviesGB #histscalemodels

Hey where's my #HeaviesGB people at? Just got the kit down from the stash, 1/48 Monogram B-24J to be built as a US Navy PB4Y-1 based at RAF Dunkeswell, 1943.

Mavis Day7: Hull is closed, and a third crew member decides to show up. #HeaviesGB #histscalemodels

Mavis Day6: The entire wing section vs. the cutting mat. #HeaviesGB #histscalemodels

Mavis Day5: The central wing section, the size of the cutting mat. #HeaviesGB #histscalemodels

first across the line for #HeaviesGB , what a great start 👌

Mavis Day4: We already saw some nice detailed interiors on the Shackleton, the Liberators and the Fortress. So lets gloss over this sparse 1970 tooling (2008 rebox) with its three seats and two yokes. #HeaviesGB #histscalemodels

And I'm complete, here's my entry for the #heaviesGB #histscalemodels I was thinking Rosie's riveters for now but not sure yet.

Mavis Day3: Propellers and crew are done, can't avoid the big parts for much longer now #HeaviesGB #histscalemodels

Mavis Day2: Went outside to get some primer on the cockpit and assorted small parts. #HeaviesGB #Histscalemodels

I've made a start, although that is probably an exaggeration. Hasegawa 1:72 USAF B-47E Strato Jet #HistScaleModels #HeaviesGB

Mavis Day1: Let's get the qualifier in, as the Kawanishi H6K5 is maybe one of the lesser known types, overshadowed by the later H8K Emily. This K5 version sports 4 Mitsubishi Kinsei 14c radials with 1300bhp each. #HeaviesGB #Histscalemodels

#HeaviesGB #histscalemodels Still got Voodoo to finish, but this is for the GB.

Officially on the #heaviesgb start line, aftermarket decals and paint mask have arrived. Let's go. #histscalemodels

With Mikasa finally out of the way I am ready for #HeaviesGB ! Two projects - a 1/144 Minicraft “Sacred Cow” - FDR’s ride to Yalta in 1945, and a 1/72 Academy B-17G to be built as the ‘909. #HistScaleModels

And so it begins. ##HeaviesGB #histscalemodels #scalemodels

Here we go #HeaviesGB Halifax first, as I have other WIP to get sorted before concentrating on the Lancaster. A contrast in scales. #Histscalemodels

It’s plastic wrangling time. My entry for #HeaviesGB and a departure from the normal Vallejo paints. Let’s see what a mess I can make with this lot 👍😊 #HistScaleModels

It's time for #HeaviesGB within #histscalemodels, this year's second group build. Looking very much forward to all your 4engined (or more) coming together. I plan to make a final montage again in December, so please don't forget to tag your posts with both hashtags. Have fun! 🙂

Box is finally open, time to get stuck in. Couldn't have timed a week off from work better if I'd tried! #heaviesgb #histscalemodels

The box. You opened it. We came. #HeaviesGB #histscalemodels P.S. Which interior green did early <1943 models use? My trip to Duxford found one wheel well painted in the yellow chromate and the other in green 🤣

Got this out of the garage ready for #HeaviesGB Haven't done anything in 1/72 for ages. The tall tricolour on the tail reminded me of the Red Arrows. Them using Sunderlands instead of Hawks would be some sight. Anyway, looking forward to starting it. #histscalemodels

Ready….. Steady…. #histscalemodels #HeaviesGB ………….

Set anxiety levels to 11, anticipation! 😬😬😬😬😬😅 #HeaviesGB #histscalemodels.

Next up for #histbookchat is an unusual format for me, a war memoir from a master sergeant of a StuG Brigade. Originally written in German in the seventies, now translated and enhanced with more pictures and maps.

Happy to remove this from the closet of shame for the #HeaviesGB #histscalemodels my first 4 engine bomber. Glad its 1/72 the box was bigger than i remembered.

#histscalemodels #heaviesGB Ok, the last bits arrived! And it's almost time...😎 I'll have to pause my shipbuilding program...

Four days to go and #HeaviesGB will start in the #histscalemodels community. As an entertaining warm up in the meantime, let's get the most probable status posts out of the way😁

Last days of this long summer holidays, a short book to send me home again #histbookchat #navalhistory

10 days to go until #HeaviesGB kicks off and we have an amazing 25 participants already: Lancasters, Liberators, Shackletons, Stirlings, Sunderlands and lots of more big heavy birds. You are awesome #histscalemodels (ers) 👏

My kit for the #HeaviesGB arrived today. It's a rather big old box but it all looks good. A different challenge to what I am used to but I will look forward to it. #histscalemodels #scalemodels

#HeaviesGB in case somebody still needs an idea 💡

Finally finished. Tamiya's venerable 49 yo Su-122. Somewhere on the eastern front a Soviet crew are lost and pissed. #histscalemodels

Ha! 😅 Found this fella today. Can I play #HeaviesGB too? While I don't expect to soar to the lofty heights of those who've inspired me to have a go, hopefully I can Spruce Goose this one. 🤔😉🤣😅

The beast has landed #heaviesGB #histscalemodels

Next up on #histbookchat is Ian Gooderson's analysis of the Italian Campaign in A Hard Way to Make War.

An arrival for #HeaviesGB, I haven't built a Matchbox kit since my teens. #histscalemodels