Tamiya’s TIGER II, Bronco’s IR kit and Takom’s 105mm parts to represent a Sd.Kfz.182 Tiger II with the Porsche designed turret and 105m KwK 46 L/68 during April 1945 near Kassel Germany. Paints and weathering products were from [...]
Long time no post.
I thought I'd try a Formula 1 car to break up my aircraft stack. I chose this Ferrari F2003 GA from Revell as it was quite cheap and didn't have a lot of parts. I thought this would equal an easy build...
The kit did not [...]
Here is the veteran Accurate Miniatures #85061 1/48 Yak-1, finished in the markings of Lydia Litvyak. I used a set of photo etch seat belts from Eduard to dress up the cockpit. I tried drilling out the exhaust stubs that came with the [...]
Romania’s nifty WWII fighter IAR-80 has never received much attention. Of the 425-450 IAR-80’s (fighter) and IAR-81’s (fighter-bomber) produced, not one survives today so it’s not on everyone’s radar. However there are two full [...]
This is my first try building a Formula 1 car. I choose the famous ‘Fan car’ that was used by Brabham with drivers Niki Lauda and John Watson at the Swedish GP in 1978 (just a few months before I was born). Lauda won this race.
The [...]
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This is my latest finished project, the Tamiya 1993 version of the Spitfire Mk.I. A very simple and enjoyable kit to build. Went together nicely, good detail and straightforward in [...]
I built this kit for the Phoney War Group (thanks, Felix @fxrob). I have been wanting to build the 1/48 Airfix kit for the Bristol Blenheim Mk.1, so a little research confirmed that the Blenheim took part in the Phoney War. In my [...]
I completed the Saburo Sakai autobiography “SAMURAI !” some time ago and it was a very enjoyable read. The publication has been around for quite a while, my Balentine Book edition was printed in 1957 with a posted price of 50 cents! [...]
This AH-1F/S Cobra a simple build, perhaps a bit too simple as the engine is only two parts split down the middle which makes clean up a bit challenging. As with the vintage Monogram kits raised panel lines are present and accounted for [...]
Finally got around to snapping some pics of my 1:48 Fairey Battle. I found it to be a good build without issue. Landing gear is a bit shaky so handle with care. Never realized how big a critter it was! This is one of the reasons why I [...]