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Models have been along periodically since childhood.
Over the years, I built close to 1000 models.
The IL-2 Sturmovik represents much of the Russian spirit characterized by ruggedness and durability. And temporary winter camouflage adorns this aircraft with the atmosphere that prevailed in the Eastern Front.
Accurate Miniature's [...]
A rare bird seldom photographed, but present in Hendon, the Focke Wulf 190 trainer variant. Here is a 1/48th kit bashed of Dragon and MPM where I used MPM's fuselage with a Dragon platform. I am not sure though about the accuracy of the [...]
An oldie that still does the trick.
A small, but not so easily built kit. Problem areas are in the joints of canopy and fuselage.
A challenging kit by Classic Airframes with some scratch building to complement the basic mold.
A very nice kit by Dragon.
The Schwalbe also had a fair share of complex camouflage patterns. In this example, dark greens were painted over the light blue color. Then, the greens were removed by airbrushing a dilution fluid to highlight the underneath layer.
Although painted in khaki, Geronimo was a an aircraft serving in the 45th Squadron of the 15th Group in the Nanumes Island.
A very nice kit by Tamiya.
