Following a conversation with my sister over a dead night light, there was a bit of general disbelief in my family that that surely I couldn't think of something gaming to make out of any old rubbish, and being the mildly competitive type, I have just finished my VSF British Scout Aeronef.

Not nearly as good as a lot of the excellent Aeronefs we've seen on this board recently, I'm pretty pleased with her, nevertheless.

The hull is clearly formed from most of the night light.  I took out two of the power prongs from the plug, leaving the upper one to support the control panel, which i made from a little blue styrene foam and a piece of plasticard.  The deck is cut out from the sewing stuff you can get in craft shops (no idea what its called, sorry, but it is a square plastic mesh) and the flag is made in Paint Shop Pro and glued to a simple piece of wire.  Finally, rivets are made with PVA glue.


Commissioned by the Royal Naval Aeronef Service, HMAS Moth is currently on detachment to Her Majesty's B.E.S.T until such time as I paint some naval types to crew her!


Your C&C are most welcome!

Nice! And a very fitting name too 

Great stuff. Perhaps some railing could be added?

Great stuff. Perhaps some railing could be added?

I seriously considered some railings, but everything I tried just didn't look right.  Besides, how could they advertise for new recruits looking for a life of "Adventure and Danger in the Royal Naval Aeronef Service!" if they had namby-pamby things like safety railings?

Nice conversion.

But the conversion bug can be addictive....before you know it you've cobbled your car wing mirror to granny's dentures to make a fabulous new nef...

I know.  Next in the pile is 2mm Landships from serial-to-PS2 converters   Forcing myself to focus on painting right now, but who knows how long it will last?

Hmmm, good point, Chairface   I shall have a good look at it again this evening and see what I can do!

Hmmmm. I like it. It needs a big old smoke stack or something.

Isn't it electric?