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A Review of 2022
This year seems it was a blur. With uncertainty with the pandemic here not here, masks no masks, economy was in disarray, gas sky high especially here in California. The year was cruising along but in April I received a note from the new [...]
Kommodore Ludwig Franzisket
Ludwig Franzisket Born on June 26, 1917 in Düsseldorf, died on November 23, 1988 in Münster. Was a World War II fighter pilot, scoring all of his 43 victories against the Western Allies in over 500 combat missions while flying the [...]
1/72 Platz MQ-1A Predator
The General Atomics MQ-1 Predator drone is a medium-altitude, long-range remotely piloted aircraft used by the United States Air Force and CIA from 1995 to 2018. Widely deployed, the Predator saw extensive use in Afghanistan hunting [...]
Italeri 1/9 BMW R75 Military Motorcycle with Sidecar
This was my first motorcycle model, and it was a fun and challenging build. I also have never been on a motorcycle. So why build a motorcycle? Spiros (@fiveten) asked me to join his Motorcycle Group, which I was glad to join (Thanks, [...]
SAVOIA MARCHETTI SM 81 ( PIPISTRELLO)
Italeri 1/72 kit.
Elaborated following the maintenance manual drawings.
With the use of rod and evergreen stripes.
2 Engine are elaboration of the Engine of the kit ,one instead is a resin production of the Radial Engine & [...]
AMT Boeing B 52 conversion
I bought several of the AMT kits when they were released, they molded an early G, but not an early H. I decided to convert a late H to early, not so hard to do, slight remodelling of the nose and removal of ecm bumps here and there. The [...]
AMT 1/48 P-70 Night Fighter
In October 1940, upon USAAC’s feeling a need for long-range fighters more than attack bombers, a decision was taken to convert sixty of the production run of A-20s to night fighter status, all delivered by September 1942. The so called [...]
Italeri 1/48 Opel Blitz
Something new and refreshing, a lot of fun and new techniques to try. So, there will be more vehicles to come.
1/72 Fujimi A-7B Corsair II
The LTV A-7 is a subsonic, carrier-based attack aircraft developed in the 1960’s for the U.S. Navy as a replacement for the (still relatively young) A-4 fleet. Vought based its proposal for the A-7 on its successful F-8 Crusader, with [...]
