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Retired A&P. My main interest is !:48 WWII and pre-war Golden Age aircraft, but I sometimes build in other scales if the subject matter interests me.
Here’s my build of “Witchcraft”, the enchanted B-24H Liberator of the 467th Bomb Group. The kit is Monogram’s 1:48 B-24J that I picked up at a bargain table for $5.00 at a contest a few years ago. There were no decals, and someone [...]
This is the story of Curtiss P-40M 43-5925, which was part of a lend-least shipment to the Soviet Union in late 1943. It was given Soviet markings and designated "White 23" and was assigned to the 191st IAP (Istrebitel'ny [...]
Here’s my build of the Hobbycraft DHC-3 Otter in 1:48. It was a garage sale kit that a friend sent me. I decided to build it as a Civil bush floatplane.
The DHC-3 was developed by De Havilland Canada in early 1951 as a larger and more [...]
Here’s my latest build, the Halberd XP-47H conversion. It’s an awesome conversion, the Halberd fuselage and Tamiya wings, spars, tailplanes, cockpit and canopy are all a perfect fit.
The recent post by Tom Clever covers the history of [...]
Here's my latest Dora Wings build, the CW-21B in 1:48.
The CW 21 was an effort by Curtiss pre-war to provide a lightweight interceptor based on their earlier CW-19 trainer with a high rate of climb and decent top speed. It lacked armor [...]
Here's my latest build - The XP-51 from Halberd Models. It's all resin, and is probably the nicest resin kit I've encountered so far. A fairly easy build. I used a PE instrument panel from Eduard for an AM A-36 because the instrument [...]
Being a fan of interwar aircraft, I snatched up this old Life Like kit at a contest a few years ago. A pretty ice kit with good detail, and the decals were still in good shape. I finished it with Tamiya and Model Master paint, added a [...]
Here's my recently completed Beaufort torpedo bomber with tropical filters from ICM in 1:48. I've done several ICM builds, and this is one of the best kits from ICM I've encountered so far. No problems at all. the fit was near perfect, [...]
Here's my recently completed Ki-51 from Wingsy Kits in 1:48. I was inspired by Wingsy Kits when I did a couple of A5M Claudes a while back. The kit did not disappoint, the surface detail is excellent. My only problem encountered during [...]
Here's my recently completed Roden Ar 68F in 1:48. A very nice kit compared to my Classic Airframes Ar 68E from back in 2010! I added Eduard steel seat belts, individual instrument decals to the panel, replaced the plastic exhaust [...]
