1/48 Tamiya F-4B Phantom II
Introduction
The F-4 Phantom II aka "Rhino", "Double Ugly", “the "Flying Anvil", "Flying Footlocker", "Flying Brick", "Lead Sled", the "Big Iron Sled" and the [...]
I'm 70s era kid modeler who returned to the hobby after a long layoff thanks to school and varied attempts at making a career. My build approach is systematic but my subject builds vary on whim as I prefer to dabble in almost anything, but I usually build in aviation and SF.
Most of my reviews are at Modeling Madness.
1/32 Trumpeter Su-25K (Frogfoot A)
The Sukhoi 25 Frogfoot came from a 1968 specification for a dedicated subsonic ground attack aircraft aka shturmovik to provide close air support as the current generation of attack jets were based on interceptors and not adequate for the [...]
1/32 ICM AH-1G Huey Cobra (Late Model)
The US Army had done a lot of planning and doctrine development for Air Mobile forces built around the heavy use of choppers in the 1960s. One of the things the more astute planners realized (based on the French experience in Algeria) [...]
1/48 Hobby Boss Yak-38A Forger
The Yakolev-38 Forger was the Soviet Union's answer to the Harrier. It shared some similarities in shape and mission, but also had major differences such as no thrust vectoring (the Forger carried two small engines for lift that only [...]
Another Trip to the Danger Zone 1/48 Meng F/A-18E Hornet from Top Gun 2.0
INTRODUCTION
The F/A-18E Hornet aka the Super Bug is the main 4.5 Generation Fighter of the US Navy. It's a much better plane than its predecessor (the earlier legacy Hornets) in terms of performance and range as well as carrying a more [...]
1/48 Eduard P-51D Mustang Tales of Iwo Jima VLR
The P-51D Mustang is more famous for combat in Europe, but was also used in the Pacific near the end of WW2. After the capture of Iwo Jima by the USMC, the US Army Air Force and USN Seabees worked on turning it into a giant fighter and [...]
1/350 MikroMir USS Thresher
The USS Thresher was supposed to be the lead ship of an upgraded Skipjack class submarine design. Forsaking speed for stealth, the Thresher class (named after a species of shark and the even more dangerous Tambor class submarine, USS [...]
1/72 Hobby Boss U-2A Dragon Lady
INTRODUCTION
The U-2 spy plane was originally based on a USAF spec for a high altitude strategic photo recon plane to photograph the USSR and to provide some sort of early warning to prevent them from doing a nuclear “Pearl [...]
1/72 MPC Eagle 4 with Lab Pod and Spinal Booster
INTRODUCTION
“Now we're sitting on the biggest bomb man's ever made.”
-Commander John Koenig
A line which summarizes the late Gerry Anderson's mid 1970s science fiction TV series, Space 1999. I profess that awful and/or cheesy British [...]
1/48 ICM BQM-34A Firebee
A nice simple model of an important drone. The Ryan BQM-34A was the first in a series of drones used for military purposes. They were used for target emulation, high and low altitude recon, ECM, E-LINT missions and defense/radar [...]
