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Aerospace engineer who enjoys building 1/48 aircraft and 1/350 ships.
Personal website: https://davidsscalemodels.com/
This commission built was for a client who is a former Harrier pilot. I used Quinta Studio’s 3-D decals for the cockpit, Meng Missiles, Eduard Brassin’ JDAM bombs, and Caracal Decals to represent VMA-214 aircraft # 2. This aircraft was [...]
The Chilled Toons A-10 Egg Plane called “BRRRT” was a commission build for a previous client. The kit is a full resin 3-D printed kit. This format required a lot of prep work to clean up the parts. I also made custom decals to match [...]
This was another commission build using Dragon’s 1/72 P-61A/P-61B Black Widow Night Fighter. The client is a huge fan of the Northrop P-61 and really liked the 1/48 scale I built last year. He wanted a 1/72 version in a case for his [...]
This next build is another commission for a returning client. The kit is the Hasegawa SR-71 Egg Plane. Hasegawa has a large series of these egg planes. They feature an egg-shaped distorted interpretation of a real world aircraft. They are [...]
This build was a commission build using the 1/48 Revell/Monogram AV-8B kit. The client supported the Marine squadron VMA-223 in Afghanistan in 2011. In appreciation of his support they carried an American flag on a mission aboard and [...]
This commission build is the 1/48 Kitty Hawk AH-1Z “Viper” attack helicopter. This build is for a Marine Veteran who worked on these interesting helicopters. For this build added the Eduard interior and exterior photo etch sets, the [...]
This build was using the 1/48 Hobby Boss A-6A and building as the aircraft portrayed in the 1991 Viet Nam era movie “The Flight of the Intruder. The model itself was detailed using Eduard’s “BigEd” photo etch set as well as self [...]
This build was the Academy 1/48 P-40N. I will also be using Eduard’s photo etch set to add details. I used the kit decals for the Burma Banshees scheme. This scheme represents 2nd LT. Philip Adair’s P-40N named “Lulu Belle” of the [...]
This next build was a commissioned build of the Moebius 1/35 scale Jupiter 2 from the TV show “Lost in Space” The client supplied the kit and all the accessories he would like added to the kit. The TV show ran from 1965 to 1968 and was [...]
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, [...]
