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 [...]
Monogram F4U-5
Stopped in Hobby Lobby after visiting with my dad one day and decided to pick up this old Monogram Corsair as a bit of a nostalgia build. The age of the molds (1963 © on the belly) showed as I had to spend a lot of time cleaning up flash [...]
Eduard 1/48 Spitfire I (late production)
By the spring of 1940, Spitfires equipped approximately one-third of the squadrons in Fighter Command. Over that summer, the pilots of the Spitfires and their more numerous comrades in the cockpits of Hawker Hurricanes successfully stopped [...]
P-47D Thunderbolt “Whoooo…”
After squadron (and Air Force) transfer, "The Ole Cock III" (seen here, a beautiful work from Chuck Villanueva : (link)) became this wolf-headed beauty...Hasegawa 1/48 kit...hope you like it.
Video: PT 489 Radar Modification
This video is a supplement to the "Building PT 489" video and it describes the construction of the SO-1 type surface radar unit used on PT Boats.
Video: Building PT Boat 489: pt1
This video describes the construction of PT 489 in 1/72 scale. It explains the necessary modifications to the Revell PT 579/588 kit along with some tips to improve the basic construction.
The PT Forum Board is a great source of material [...]
Heller Ferguson TE-20 with scratch-built blade
This is the latest edition to my small-but-growing tractor family, Heller's excellent "Little Gray Fergie". This little tractor was an enjoyable kit, lots of detail and no problems in assembly. You can position the front wheels [...]
