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Models have been along periodically since childhood.
Over the years, I built close to 1000 models.
With a considerable effort, the gap in molding quality between Tamiya and Dragon's Schwalbe kits can closed.
One can never get enough with IDF's desert camouflage scheme.
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 [...]
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 [...]
The model depicts a factory prototype V63 during mid 1945.
Among the attractive looking Warhawks that flew from Rangoon in 1944 with the 80th FG.
Although the model was criticized for shape issues around the nose area, it still presents a convincing depiction of the real aircraft.
Two of Hasegawa's venerable "Phabolous" in Wild Weasel schemes.
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.