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Models have been along periodically since childhood.
Over the years, I built close to 1000 models.

AMT 1/48 A-20G Havoc

A very nice oldie kit.

Dragon 1/48 Messerschmitt Me 262A-2a

With a considerable effort, the gap in molding quality between Tamiya and Dragon's Schwalbe kits can closed.

Hasegawa 1/48 F-16D "Barak"

One can never get enough with IDF's desert camouflage scheme.

Hasegawa 1/48 Fieseler Skoda FiSK 199

In 1942 plans were made to enable the 109 to carry a large 500kg bomb. The Fieseler company designed the modifications. An auxiliary undercarriage leg was fitted under the center of the fuselage to clear the bomb from the ground. This leg [...]

Magic Factory 1/48 F4U-2 Corsair

The Corsair is one of the most realistic looking scale models ever produced, particularly at the 1/48th and 1/32nd scales. Magic Factory's F4Us maintains the notion, not to mention that it is more accurate and detailed than the equivalent [...]

Dragon 1/48 Focke wulf Fw 190D-12

The model depicts a factory prototype V63 during mid 1945.

Amtech 1/48 P-40N Warhawk Skull nose art

Among the attractive looking Warhawks that flew from Rangoon in 1944 with the 80th FG.

Hasegawa 1/48 Messerschmitt Bf 109K-4

Although the model was criticized for shape issues around the nose area, it still presents a convincing depiction of the real aircraft.

Hasegawa 1/48 F-4G Phantom II 'Wild Weasel'

Two of Hasegawa's venerable "Phabolous" in Wild Weasel schemes.

Tamiya 1/48 Me 262A-2a

Tamiya's Schwalbe excellent kit had two disadvantages. Slightly short wings and more notably, the lack of slats that were always deployed on the ground with the lack of air flow.