2020 BUILDS
My most prolific year ever; not because of the obvious but this is the first time I have built similar kits in tandem
Heavy equipment operator in a gold mine. Strictly 1/48 aircraft with a penchant for oddball schemes
Small update...comfortably retired now
Hasegawa 1:48 Hawker Typhoon Mk.Ib (JT 60)
This is actually a Hawker Typhoon FR IB, the photo recon version of the Typhoon. The build was an ongoing process, and was stalled out for nine years due to the fact that I couldn't find the resin camera insert used in the left wing to [...]
Nichimo 1:48 Spitfire Mk.IX(?)
This started as serious build, but when I put the plastic up against scale plans, absolutely nothing lined up and I wasn't sure what Mark it was. Usually I'm not a rivet counter, but it was the rivets that threw me off. Bazillions of [...]
PTO tribute
"Foxy" from the 45th FS/15th FG based on Iwo Jima, 1945
Not a very happy ending to this beautifully marked aircraft which is "parked" under that pile of smoke
It was struck by the aircraft "parked" [...]
Hasegawa 1:48 Mitsubishi A6M5 Zero (Captured Pt.2)
This is my third and final entry into this awesome GB (Many thanks for the invite Louis) This aircraft represents one of many in the so-called "surrender markings", white all-over with green crosses. Why were they done like this? [...]
Tamiya 1:48 Mitsubishi A6M3 (Captured)
This is my entry into the "The Empire of Japan 1919-1946 GB" This aircraft was restored to flying condition by the joint USAAF/USN/Royal Australian Air Force Technical Air Intelligence Unit (TAIU) at Eagle Farm, Brisbane, [...]
Photographing Models
I was asked about my camera set-up for taking photos. I use a Canon EOS Rebel T3. I have the Mode Dial set to (Aperature Priority). I set the f stop to 32, my highest which allows everything to be in focus. The first two photos show my [...]
Hasegawa 1/48 A6M5 Type 52 Zero (Captured)
My entry in the The Empire of Japan 1919-1946 GB. Build seen here...(link)
Many thanks to Louis Gardner for the invite
Trumpeter 1:48 MiG-3 Late Version
This is said to be the aircraft of Capt. A.V. Schopov, of 6 IAP, 6 IAK (Fighter Air Corps), IA-PVO (Moscow Air Defence), winter 1941/42. There is no photo of the aircraft. The box top shows gun pods under the wings but none are in the kit [...]
Tamiya 1:48 F2A-2/Model 339D Buffalo
F2A - Dutch East Indies Model 339D captured by the Japanese in March '42 and tested at the Tachikawa Army Air Force base in Japan. Another in my growing fleet of "Captured"/Odd ball schemes. Did this back in my brush painting [...]
