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Engineer based in Santiago, Chile
Current projects:
- Italeri F6F3/5 Hellcat 1:72, project "Caged Warbirds"
- Zvezda Knyaz Suvorov 1:350
- Airfix F4F-4 Wildcat 1:72 "Felix the Cat"
Old projects
- PitRoad Shimakaze 1:700
- Revell Me-109 G4 1:72, project "Caged Birds"
- Airfix Mitsubishi A6M2b Zero 1:72, project "Caged Warbirds"
- Italeri P-51D Mustang 1:72, project "Caged Warbirds"
- Mistercraft Focke-Wulf FW-190A-8 "Rammjäger" 1:72, project "Caged Warbirds"
- PZKW IV Ausf.b King Tiger Airfix 1:76
- Academy F4U-1 "Skipper Riley", from the movie "Planes"
- ECM Polikarpov I-1 (Il-400b)
- Airfix Spitfire MK1a diorama, displayed at the Airfix model website
- Revell SMS Dresden 1:350, my pride and joy
- Hobbyboss RN Pola 1:350, built as RC ship
- Airfix DMK Bismarck 1:600
- Airfix Almirante Latorre 1:600 (modified Iron Duke kit)
- Airfix HMS Victory1:180
This is a short story regarding an old build, found here at (link), and published first on (link) . I hope you like it.
The Airfix Pilot Dream
Once I built a model, an Airfix Spitfire MK1A 1:72. I built it following the specifications, [...]
Long time without posting here, folks. I've been really, really lazy with plastic. Luckily, my 5 y/o son is model-crazy, so practically forced me to work in my Shimakaze while he tinkered his vintages Revell Iowa, Forrestal, Missouri and [...]
As my fourth "Caged Warbird" built, I bring to you this russian ME-109 G, Revell 1:72. The inspiration, this captured plane seen in Pinterest:
This model is not as good as it could be, a lot of ribs to cut, but finally I think [...]
As the third specimen of my "Captured Warbirds" serie this one is quite interesting. This Zero was shoot down over Akutan, Alaska, in the Aleutian islands, in July of 1942. The plane was shoot in the oil return line so the pilot, [...]
This is the Tamed Horse, second entry in my "Caged Birds" collection about captured planes. This scheme came from Pinterest
The kit is a Italeri F-51D Mustang with Reheat Models P51D/K PE and Vallejo and Mig paints, plus some [...]
Starting this new line of captured warplanes or "caged birds", I let with you my Mistercraft Focke Wulf FW-190 A-8 Rammjager, my Captive Jaeger. I got this design from Pinterest.
What can I say, the kit is not very [...]
Some 20+ years ago, I was a teenager walking his first steps alone in Santiago, capital city. I had built a Revell F15-E I bought in a school trip to Arica, full of mistakes but you know, what you build as a teen you love forever. Somehow [...]
My dear son, 3 years old, is big fan of the movie "Planes", so I have seen it a couple of hundreds of times. When I proposed my kid to build a "Skipper Riley" F4U he jumped of joy, so it had to be done.
As always, I [...]
Ending the WIP shown in (link), here is my King Tiger Airfix 1:76. This is the first armored vehicle I ever build. Was very fun to do, so eventually I will do more vehicles.
The kit itself is very nice to work with. Very good fit. The only [...]
Hi, I want to present you my pride and joy, my SMS Dresden (1908) Revell 1:350.
From wikipedia:
"SMS Dresden ("His Majesty's Ship Dresden")[a] was a German light cruiser built for the Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy), the [...]
