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Aerospace engineer who enjoys building 1/48 aircraft and 1/350 ships.
Personal website: https://davidsscalemodels.com/
This was a tribute build of the aircraft squadron I served with in the early 1980’s. I served with VA-37 stationed out of NAS Cecil Field located in Jacksonville, Florida. I used Trumpeter’s kit and added resin ejection seat and tires, [...]
The year is coming to a close in just a few days. This year I completed eight builds.
The first build completed was the Trumpeter 1/350 USS Hornet CV-8 to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Doolittle Raid. This build was for a museum [...]
This is my build of the 1/48 Great Wall Hobby P-61B representing the famous “Lady in the Dark”. She gained notoriety for being the last aircraft to shoot down a Japanese aircraft at the end of World War II. I used the Eduard [...]
Here is a little tip on making a realistic snow base for model displays. I wanted to display one of my model aircraft that was equipped with snow skis on a snow base. I started with a round base and created the snow base using spackle. I [...]
I completed the “Magic by Moonlight this week. The aircraft was mounted to the base and wired to a connector at the rear of the base. I then made the two smoke trails that are used during the stunts. I really enjoyed building this and I [...]
This is the ICM 1/47 D0-17Z-2 German Light Bomber. I used Eduard’s LOOK instrument panel as the only add-on to this build. The decals worked very well and the clear parts fit perfectly. This was a fun build of the German light bomber [...]
This is the Revell 1/48 F/A-18E Super Hornet. I used Furball decals to replicate VFA-37. The model has been detailed with Eduard photo etch, resin ejection seat, resin exhaust cans, resin ECS tubes, 3-D printed Litening pod, resin GBU-54 [...]
This kit is an interesting subject. This is the 1/48 Brengun MQ-8B Fire Scout. This is a helicopter drone built by Northrop Grumman and is used by the U.S. Navy. It is typically deployed on FFG’s and LCS ships. The reason I chose this is [...]
This build was a little different. I have always been a fan of the 1950’s and 1960’s horror and sci-fi movies. One of my favorites is the Howard Hawks 1951 movie “The Thing From Another World”. The movie is set in the arctic at an [...]
At the start of the week I applied decals, lightly weathered the aircraft, added the fine details and installed the canopy. With the aircraft completed I then detailed the display case and mounted the aircraft. The model will be packed up [...]
