Phoney War Emil
Airfix 109 E-1, made some 2 years ago. Thought I'd share with you. Kit has some AM stuff (Pavla resin, but that rudder is poorly shaped) and Lifelike decals (awesome)
Wing modeller, father of 4 and a Luftwaffe enthusiast…all my hobbies in no particular order
Group Build idea : Teeth & Fangs
Men always resorted to the animal kingdom imaginary as a mean to bring up those primary fears, those that came from times where men wasn’t still the top of the food chain.
So adorning shields, flags and weaponry with feared animals became a mean[...]
Black shark: Airfix Defiant
What can I say? The Defiant and particularly this aircraft was long overdue on my wish list. In fact it was more than 30 years long due. I was a young boy when my father offered me Airfix 1/72 BP Defiant and the model shown on the box was this [...]
AK Real Color Air- Is their marketing hype accurate?
Most of you have probably came across banners, printed advertisement or even some you tube stuff about AK Interactive new paint line, Real Colors.
They kicked off a few months ago with an extensive AFV and Tank colors, covering several countries[...]
Exito Decals from Poland
I'm sure you all heard or read about this new decal manufacturer elsewhere, but I got their brand new sheet Wulf Pack pt1and the quality presented raises the bar on the decal AM niche. As you can see in the photos it comes in a A4 size card enve[...]
Open day at the Air Force Museum
Spent the morning enjoying the annual Portuguese AF day at AF Base 1 near my house and home of the Airforce Museum.
Only show the outdoor pictures, where you can see some of the museum inventory that is kept outdoors (the Neptune sure needs some[...]
Not Tamiya… but Zvezda 109 G-6 1/48
I've started some months ago a WIP doing a side by side build of 2 bf.109 G-6, one from Eduard and the other from the lesser know mould of the russian company Zvezda.
As you can see the kit builds very well providing one carefully reads the ins[...]
Almost completed: Butcher over the Steppes
Inspired by a recent Iron Works from @lgardner, the thought of painting free hand one of those green/brown schemes the german fighters used on the east front during the warm months made me get the brand new 190 A-5 from Eduard.
The review Tom Cl[...]
The Japanese Nightfighter: Gekko Late Production 1/48
Hello again,
Finished her today after a long battle with minor details and my own faults.
Trying to get a less boring, monochromatic all green Jap plane was my challenge, that and cutting my stash by building long time stored kits.
The build p[...]
