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Heavy equipment operator in a gold mine. Strictly 1/48 aircraft with a penchant for oddball schemes
This is a well know kit with all its well know vices. The only thing I did to improve the fit of the interior was to do a bit of sanding around the wheel wells. I then glued the fuselage together and then glued the interior to the top of [...]
This has been 2 years in the making. I started building it as shown on the boxart, "Angie". I was starting to put together the cockpit and while looking for references when I came upon this website...,
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Tamiya kit...say no more. I've been waiting a long time to do a model of an aircraft that participated in "Operation Starkey". (link) I was originally going to buy decals for a clipped wing Mk.Vb, L⦾SH s/n W3320 as seen by [...]
Right off the get go Imma gonna say two things: I'm not happy with Eduard's rendition of the stars and bars and seeking replacements. I've got two for the fuselage but the wings are an odd size. Second, its Eduard so nuff said about the [...]
We probably all have one and I constantly use mine to try improve myself with things such as mottling and free hand camouflage with left-over paint in the airbrush cup. It's now been eight years since I start using an airbrush and I'm [...]
This is one of Tamiya's finest kits in my opinion, nary a problem during the build.Looking for something different to do to a corsair, I stumbled upon the "colourized" photo shown. I can't vouch for the accuracy but it started my [...]
A nice little kit with a few problems. Took a little over a month to complete. The cockpit is pretty sparse. The rudder pedals were blobs so I placed Eduard pedals over them. I made harnesses supplied by a company called Kam I Zukuri or [...]
Productive for me, all 1:48. For 2024 I'm trying to clean up partial builds
A-6E Tram - White
S-A/B Viking - White
C-105 Arrow - Really white
CT-155 Hawk - Managed to bugger up the NFTC marking on the tail.
Seafire Mk.XV - Buggered up the [...]
The last of four on the Rising Decals, "Dying Sun Pt.III. The story of XJ005...
During late April 1944, this Ki-43-II 'Oscar' was captured by the US Army in the Hollandia area at one of the four dromes: The Hollandia airfield, the [...]
Its an Eduard kit so nuff said. I used the PE but this is probably my last time as when you close the canopy not much is seen. These were attached with Lepage 12, 5 Minute Epoxy. The resin wheels are a big improvement over the plastic [...]
