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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.
For many years, Ebay used to be my main source of of models. There are many good models around. Hence, overstocked items with low shipping costs were my favorites.
At some stage, Hasegawa's Japanese Phantoms were offered for sale at a very [...]
Hasegawa's 1/48th scale model captures well the lines of the Hurricane. Yet, sparse cockpit details, somewhat problematic fit of wings to fuselage and a "floating" canopy in the open position prevent it from being a favorite [...]
The Stryker is a formidable wheeled AFV. And, the 1/35 model captures well the lines of the vehicle without applying much effort in the build.
The sublime Accurate Miniatures SBD kit was only marred by the decals that resisted to all solvents that I applied.
Having completed an IDF Nesher model from a limited edition Wingman kit I was left with a large decal sheet depicting South American Finger and Dagger variants. I was curious whether the very basic ESCI comparable kit would look if [...]
There is never a shortage in Luftwaffe topics with eye catching adaptations and color schemes. Here is a Ju 88G-1 Mistel variant from Dragon. The aircraft depicted here was captured by the Americans without the piloting aircraft attached. [...]
A challenging oldie model that combines considerable amount of detail and the crude Monogram mold. Eduard exterior set helped to shift the balance from the crude plastic to the fine details.
Dragon's first newly fooled Panzer IV Ausf. E that appeared in 2005 marked for me the beginning of the armor modelling era. It is a highly detailed model kit with separate track links and slide molded surface texture. Although the model [...]
Trumpeter's big Bf 109G-6 is a mixed bag. It boasts with accurate outlines and a detailed surface texture. Yet, there are many inaccuracies concerning the position of hatches and panel lines. Nonetheless, these can be located and fixed [...]
GWH's Shooting Star is a very nice kit. It featured finely recessed panel lines and is relatively simple to build. Some shape anomality was attributed to the tail unit. The front nose cover part requires sanding to fit with the rest of the [...]
