As long as we’re doing PTO stuff…
Here are mine:
1/72 Hasegawa Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien "Tony"
1/72 Academy Consolidated PBY-4 Catalina
Revell 1/72 PT-109 Elco torpedo boat
1/48 Tamiya Nakajima A6M-2N "Rufe"
1/48 Tamiya Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate [...]
iModeler Aviation
Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.
PTO tribute
"Foxy" from the 45th FS/15th FG based on Iwo Jima, 1945
Not a very happy ending to this beautifully marked aircraft which is "parked" under that pile of smoke
It was struck by the aircraft "parked" [...]
Spitfire Mk.I early (Eduard 1/48)
This model kit is one of my old wishes – a very early Spit with Watts two-blade propeller and the "flat" canopy in 1/48 scale. Eduard has released it's "Spitfire Story" box just two weeks ago, so it was a real quick [...]
My PTO builds
Had more than I thought.
1/48 Monogram P-51B with a hand painted “Tommy’s Dad”.
1/48 Otaki P-51D decals by MSAP
1/48 Hasegawa P-38 decals by Aeromaster
1/48 Otaki Ki-61 decals by Superscale
1/72 A6M3 wing tips from a 1/72 Monogram [...]
Second Beaufighter
The first Bristol Beaufighter model I built was in the early 1970's when I was a teenager. It was 1:32 scale and I remembered that it didn't fit together very well. I recall painting the model entirely in black and even fabricated the [...]
Following up Michael Woodgate’s good idea VJ Day 75
Some of my models from the Pacific War:
Erik Shilling's AVG P-40, flown on the first Allied offensive mission of the war, December 10, 1941, to photograph JAAF at Bangkok.
P-40E "Tarheel," 2nd Lt George Preddy, 49th Fighter [...]
Kovozavody Prostejov 1/48 SOKO GAZELLE HN-45M GAMA (JRV)
The Aérospatiale Gazelle (company designations SA 340, SA 341 and SA 342) is a French five-seat helicopter, commonly used for light transport, scouting and light attack duties. It is powered by a single Turbomeca Astazou turbine engine [...]
Tamiya 1/48 A6M2 Zeke
This is my second completion for the Empire of Japan group build. This Tamiya kit isn't too bad for how old it is. Minimal part count makes it a quick build. It does lack detail but makes a good kit for practice. I built it OOB just adding [...]
