Thunderbird 3 from the 2004 Thunderbirds movie, 1/450 scale by Bandai
This is a snap kit although i did glue it. The fit fit was superb requiring next to no sanding. Hand painted in humbrol enamels, the only down side was that the decals were stickers, so no room for maneuvering when placing. Finished with a gloss cote to seal.
A fun build of something different, only 125mm long but looks much bigger LOL

1/1400 Klingon Vor'Cha cruiser, Kit by AMT OOB.
Hand painted in humbrol enamels. Colour scheme from DS9. 30 year old decals given a coat of decal cote before use. No disintegrating decals, yeah and a localised matt cote to seal them. Picked up a good tip, scan a copy of your decals to your computer before use, just in case, then if need be print a set off. As builds go this was a sweet build, no fit issues or filler required, which is a surprise as previous AMT larger scale Star trek builds have been woeful. A word to the wise, if your contemplating getting one, pick up a first issue as the painting guide is more in depth than the Vorcha re-release which leaves a lot of the detail painting out, whose instructions you can download from round 2.

USS Richard B Russell in her special ops configuration, USS George Washington, America's first SSBN and USS Daniel Webster with her experimental sail planes configuration, all 1/700 resin by OKB

Batman & Robin Batmobile, 1/25 scale model by Revell
This is the batmobile from Batman & Robin movie. It is hairy stick painted in humbrol gloss black overall with details in satin black and custom mixed light blue to simulate lighting. A couple of firsts for me, i used tamiya polishing compounds to try to get a mirror gloss finish and a final gloss cote to some success, also a Molotow chrome pen to paint non chromed parts to match the chromed parts, which i must admit the finish was superb. Finally i used some red and blue acrylic paint to represent lighting effects on the chrome in the side bays. All in all a challenging enjoyable build.

SR71 egg plane by Hasegawa
An enjoyable build with no fit issues, custom built pilot and co pilot added to cockpit, brush painted in humbrol satin black. The original decals had yellowed, so i followed a tip and left them in a window for a couple weeks and voila the sun bleached them white again, result. Until i came to use them and they disintegrated. A lesson learned as i now decal coat older decals. So sat on the shelf of doom for a while, until Graham J suggested i use any decals and have fun with it. So raiding my spares tin i found some battlestar galactica viper decals someone had given me. So now we have blackbird with Galactica markings and flown by Starbuck.

E-2 Hawkeye Q plane by Formoobby
This was a kit that caught my fancy, it is a resin kit of about 21 parts. Good fit and very little filler needed, decals were a pain in as much they had no separation, so had to be individually cut out from carrier sheet some with very little separation. Overall a fun build hand painted in humbrol enamels with a satin cote, with a cut down coffee jar lid for a stand.

Rebel U-Wing from Star Wars Rogue One. 1/100 by Revell
This is a build and play kit with a lights and sound module. It comes pre painted externally but unpainted cockpit. So we started with a repaint using satin white enamel, underbelly was supplied mid grey. Having watched the movie for reference there were a few discrepancies with the paintjob which i have righted. The cockpit was painted up with paint dots for lights added, the crew figures were both humanoid, whereas in the movie the co pilot is a lanky robot K2-So, so a little sanding to the head and cocktail stick painted silver eyes, we now have a robot co-pilot. The U-wing in the movie is not a pristine example but a well worn one, so the final job was a touch of weathering applied with acyrilic black paint randomly applied, left to dry then gone over with a acetone free nail polish remover soaked cotton bud.

Reman Scorpion Fighter from the Star Trek Nemesis Film, 1/25 Scale kit by Polar Lights.
A snap fix kit, glued together with a very good fit. No filler required with the two figures of Picard and Data provided pre painted. The sticker provided for the cockpit had to be glued in place and satin cote over. Brush painted in custom mixed humbrol enamels, with the main colour being a mix of satin black and metallic green. An enjoyable build of an unusual subject.

MSC (Motorised Submersible Canoe) Sleeping Beauty, Scale 1/35 kit by GMU
Developed by the SOE at the Queen Mother Reservoir near Colnbrook during the second world war. It got its nickname as the inventor was caught asleep in a canoe by a commanding officer, who dubbed him Sleeping Beauty, the name stuck. Approximately 70 of these where made and used during and after WW2. The Kit was of a very soft plastic and gave its own challenges in building along with extensive PE for valve and control handles and breakwater around the pilot. The rudder guard had to be replaced with brass rod. Brush painted in humbrol enamels. Overall a challenging but enjoyable build.

USS Barbel 1/700 scale by OKB Grigorov In resin and PE
The Barbel was the USA's last diesel powered submarine class of SSK's with all subsequent boat's being nuclear powered. Painted in humbrol enamels, model being only 95mm long.

Sunflower 11 Japanese car ferry, 1/700 scale model by Arii.
A nice build not requiring much filler, hand painted in humbrol enamels and rusted to match photo of ferry.

Kylo Ren's shuttle 1/96 scale by Revell
Built OOB and hand painted in humbrol enamels. The kit went together quite well, no filler needed, but was lacking detail to the upper wings channel. An enjoyable build with the model standing over 350mm (1 foot 2 inches) tall.

Diorama title "Budding Test Pilot", a take on a youtube video of a breakers yard grab swinging an executive jet around like a kid with a toy aeroplane.
Kits are Hawk T1A 1/32 scale by Revell and Hitachi Astaco Neo 1/35 scale by Hasegawa, with eduard PE for the ejection seats and miniart pallets, drums and truck. All hand painted in enamels.
The Hawk was a real nightmare to build, with the nose not closing up when assembled without shaving the cockpit interior down, requiring filler in numerous places.
The Hitachi was on the overhand a dream to build with the level of detail stunning. Hydraulic hoses in rubber, all hinges work as do the cylinder rods, allowing this model to be posed however you like with a gentle touch.

Dastardly and Muttley
Muttley is a resin figure of few parts. Dastardly's aircraft is a chopped Frog/Novo Fairey Swordfish in 1/72 scale, the figure came from a diecast wacky racers car, which was my six month challenge entry.

Interstellar Alliance Victory class Destroyer, Excalibur from Babylon 5/Crusade, by Agents of Gaming.
This is a white metal model, approximately 150mm (6") long. Built OOB and painted in humbrol enamels.

Spectrum Passenger Jet by Imai
Originally a toy model with firing missiles and an undercarriage for a pull back motor. With some cutting, filling and addition of jet exhausts a reasonable example of the jet from Captain Scarlet can be made. I had fun as the kit was missing the front canopy, so a microwave and clear 1mm plastic sheet finally produced a replacement canopy, not perfect but will do. Model hand brushed in Humbrol Enamels. Did have an issue with the aged decals but a paint touch up sorted this.

George Clooney as Batman in Ice suit, 1/6 scale resin figure.
Brush painted in humbrol enamels with a satin clearcote, cape left glosss black.

US Marines and US Air Force Osprey's, Egg planes by Hasegawa.
A fun build with lots of decals including the walk way markings, not found on some accurate kits. Handpainted in humbrol enamels with a clearcote varnish.

Chinese 4500m Shen Hai Yong Shi submersible, 1/72 scale by Trumpeter.
This is a very nice kit, it comes prepainted and is a snap kit. So to take it to the next level i drilled out the observation ports and filled with kristal clear to create the acrylic lenses that dont come with the kit. The sample tray at the front was solid, so with a careful opening out with a sharp knife it became a mesh as the real thing is. All the external parts to add to the main body have been detail painted. You are given a choice of stickers or decals, The decals are a bit thin and have a tendency to wrap themselves up, so it was fortunate to have a replacement sticker on one occassion. Finished in a satin clear cote.

TR-5 Harpy "Norma" , 1/72 scale by Hasegawa OOB from Japanese Anime Crusher Joe
Brush painted in humbrol enamels with a coastal kits base. A very enjoyable build, no fit issues. A paint as you build model due to the complex assemblies you build and add as you go.

Volkswagen Type 2 Micro Bus 1963, 1/24 scale by Hasegawa. A tribute to the 60th anniversary of the IPMS.
Custom colour scheme and decals, brush painted in humbrol enamels. The matt black window seals caused no end of frustration, not perfect but enough is enough. The interior is populated with model kit boxes and ipms mags.
Figure is from Master Box, modified and aged, Any resemblance to John Tucker is purely intentional LOL.