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Models have been along periodically since childhood.
Over the years, I built close to 1000 models.
I want to share my excitement from this great hobby with the images presented here.
On January 7, Sag Harbor Express 1945 took off from Tacloban Airfield on Leyte piloted by 2nd Lt. Arthur Browngardt, Jr. on a low level bombing and strafing mission against Clark Field on Luzon. Over the target, it pull up to avoid an A-20 [...]
A good representation of the naval version of the Dornier 217E armed with Hs 293 Henschel air to surface missile by Promodeler sporting RLM72 and RLM73 over RLM76 with Wellenmunster swirls.
To increase the mobility of Flak units in the front the German mounted flak guns on tank chassis. One of the conversions was the mount of 20mm guns on a Panther D chassis.
Hasegawa's Wurgers are excellent kits. Not only that they are highly detailed and accurate in dimensions, but also the fit between parts is very good and the build is free of complications.
Winter scheme of an early Focke wulf A-4 variant [...]
Tamiya's excellent Meteor F.3 kit comes with a nose weight and is accurate with respect to the depiction of aircraft features.
The only problem that I had with the kit were the decals that were resistant to various solvent agents.
The model represents an aircraft from 4./NJG1 based in St. Trond, Belgium during 1942. It took part in the night sorties of Operation DonnerKeil (Channel Dash). In addition to the sharkmouth emblem, the aircraft had a special yellow [...]
The Aufklärungspanzer 38(t) was a reconnaissance vehicle used by the German Army during World War II. Its task was to scout out enemy positions ahead of the main attack column. They would then radio back the number of hostile forces and [...]
Tamiya's 1/32 Spitfire (together with their P-51D and F4U) are probably the best aircraft kits ever produced in the scale.
The detailing and surface texture are amazing. Engine components details are also impressive although one has to add [...]
A re-boxing of the venerable Hasegawa kit featuring new decals for the early P-38 types. The model represents a veteran aircraft with a high mission score that belonged to the 27th FS of the 1st FG when based in Tunisia during [...]
Kinetic's F-16I kit, the advanced Falcon version dedicated for the requirements of the IDF, comes with a complete IDF dedicated accessories and decals. I added resin ejection seats to enhance the realism of the open cockpit. The build [...]
