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I mostly do 1/48 USN and British Commonwealth aircraft, all eras. I also have a weakness for WW1 German planes and 1/700 ships.
This is a fairly recent kit from Eastern Express. The A220 started life as the Bombardier C-series. Airbus purchased Bombardier’s aircraft division and put the C series into production as the A220. It’s become a fairly popular 5 [...]
This is the original Hasegawa long nose Ki-61 kit from 1994. I bought it brand new when it was released and it marinated in the stash for 31 years. I pulled it out of the stash last month along with a short nose Ki-61 Hei and an Otaki [...]
This is the second Airfix Spitfire Vc that I built for Roy Sutherland’s Barracuda Studios FB New Years group build. This one also used a scheme provided in the kit for a 307th FS plane in Algeria in 1942. I used Barracuda wheels, prop [...]
This is the newish Airfix kit finished with kit decals for a South African No.2 Squadron four cannon Spitfire based in Italy in 1943. I’ve always wanted one of these in my collection and Airfix provided it out of the box with this [...]
This is the recent Airfix kit built with Barracuda 3D printed landing gear. It’s an amazing addition to an already solid kit. I also used Kits World seatbelts and Eduard masks for the glass. Precut masks are a lifesaver on 1/72 kits [...]
This is an original 1982 issue of Hasegawa’s F-4B/N kit. As such, it features raised panel lines. Unlike the rest of their 1/48 Phantom lineup, Hasegawa never re-tooled the B/N kit with recessed panel lines. As long as they’re [...]
This is the first issue of the Eduard D.VII, released in 2005. I purchased this kit when it was first released and waited 19 years to build it, what a mistake that was. It’s a fantastic kit. I should’ve built it a long time ago. [...]
This is the Eduard kit from 2014. It’s the second tooling of this plane that Eduard did. The first tooling was the very first full kit that Eduard produced in 1993. The two kits have nothing in common. This was a real pleasure to [...]
This is the old Glencoe kit that came out in 1989 or 1990. The WWI Group Build inspired me to pull this out of the back of the display case and have a look at it. I built it as soon as it hit the LHS shelves. It was pretty crude by [...]
This is the newly released Academy model. It’s actually a re-pop of the Minicraft kit. Academy has been slowly reissuing Minicraft’s more popular kits recently. I always wanted one of these but waited too long as Minicraft went out [...]
