MiG-15bis Tamiya 1/48 Korea War
One of the many which brought trouble to the UN aircraft...this one with the Chinese insignia...who knows if it had a Russian pilot occasionally...
Review: Upcoming kit reviews. Meng Dr-1 with MVR bust, and Tamiya P-38H Limited Edition kits
Several weeks ago I received these kits from Sprue Brothers. I was able to get my hands on these two thanks to my loving wife (for putting up with me) and an available balance on a credit card. I also want to thank Paul Nash, [...]
B17G Tribute to my Uncle
This is a tribute to my Uncle (Edward Ah Tye) who flew in this B-17G–20–BO, “The Wild Hare” (42-31515). He flew the majority of his 35 missions in this bomber from June – November 1944 and returned home safely. He was part of [...]
Whats wrong with this picture?
There's something in this shot that we all probably did at one point .
Messerschmitt Me-109G-6 JG 4 Otaki 1/48
Another oldie but nice to have fun...aircraft ex-JG 4 being transferred to the ANR...aerial courtesy of my wife...
THREE SPACE SHIPS
Revell made this kit many years ago so I was kinda wondering if it was a copy of a real flying airplane. With data written on the kit instructions, it was a real flying machine. I found some photo's of the real one on the net.
This kit was [...]
SAS Jeep
A Tamiya 1/35 oldie but nice to build...hope you like it (forget the crew...)...
Uss Lassen - DDG82 - 1/700 – Hobby Boss
A nice to build Hobby Boss model. It seems simple because of the shapes of the ship but in reality it hides a lot of work. The decals of the cover are painted. I have used this option because although it represents more work it is a better [...]
Little known, but impressive: Reggiane R.2005 Sagittario
As efficient and highly advanced as the Italian aviation industry of the 1930s appeared to be, it was not possible to produce powerful in-line engines. When the war broke out, at the latest, the industry had to admit that it had lost [...]
RIP My friend Tom Doll, fellow airplane nut and writer
Just heard that Tom Doll has made his last rolling takeoff from the flight deck, headed west.
Tom was an amazing writer, a real lover of naval aviation (go google him at Amazon and see all the books he wrote that you've read at one time or [...]
