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Review: Airfix 1/72 B-24H Liberator Review

Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer S 2C, XT279, 322, 809 Sqn Royal Navy, Phoenix Five aerobatic display team 1968.

1/72 Airfix, built 2023 for the Hawker 100th GB, more pic's and details there.

Cockade Style...1/48 Supermarine Spitfire F.XVIIIe, Royal Indian Airforce

After the Indian Tempest with Chakra roundels, my dad now completed an Indian Spitfire with cockade roundels. Airfix kit built oob, only added Eduard seatbelts. Painted with Mr Paint White Aluminium. Build thread here (link) After the [...]

1/48 Seafire FR.46

This is the 1996 Airfix kit with a few upgrades. I actually built it for a group build on Roy Sutherland’s Barracuda Studios Facebook page. I incorporated the following Barracuda products into the model: replacement prop blades, [...]

Lockheed HC-130N Hercules

This is the original tooling of the Airfix C-130 kit. I have built it as a USAF HC-130N CSAR aircraft or as the USAF puts it "the only dedicated fixed-wing Personnel Recovery platform in the Air Force inventory". To build the [...]

Me 262A - 1960 and 2017 Airfix 1/72 kits

I recently finished a double-build - two 1/72 Me 262A German jet fighters. The reason for the double-build was that I had two kits - a 1960 Airfix kit which I sat on for so long they came out with a much-improved version in 2017, which I [...]

Super Detailing (or trying) the Pre Hornby Airfix Mosquito Mk. VI - Part 1

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Bristol Blenheim Mk.1F (Airfix 1/72)

The Blenheim was a victim of the rapid pace of aircraft development during the latter half of the 1930s. when it first took to the air as a light bomber in 1935 it was faster than the biplane fighters of the day, but by the beginning of [...]

Mustang Mk. IV "Dooleybird" (Airfix 1/48)

This particular 19 Squadron Mustang has been a regular modelling subject from a number of manufacturers over the years with ongoing discussion in various fora regarding the colours of the upper cowling stripe and the nose checkerboard. I [...]

Revell 1/72 Victor K2

The Revell Victor is a 1982 Matchbox mold that builds into an impressive model. Yet, much work is required to eliminate the seam trenches. The engine intakes area is particularly problematic. Also the exhaust area is crudely molded. I [...]