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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.
It looks like many of us are building Zeroes this week! Here’s my latest. This is the Hasegawa kit built with a combination of kit and Lifelike decals to render a field camouflaged example of the 582nd Kokutai at Buin in 1943. Paints [...]
Somehow a Spitfire snuck into my Zero production line this summer. This is the brand new Airfix kit released in July. Not only is it an unusual variant but it marks new ground for Airfix in a couple of different ways. First, it’s [...]
Yet another Zero off of my bench this summer. This is the 1990s Hasegawa kit finished with Mr. Color lacquers and Lifelike decals. The PE seatbelts are from Eduard. It represents a Nakijima built A6M5b Otsu operated by the 653rd [...]
I spent today at Blue Angel Modelfest, sponsored by IPMS Pensacola Modeleers. The venue was the Santa Rosa County Auditorium in Milton, Florida. It’s about a one hour trip east on I-10 from my home in Alabama and has become a yearly [...]
This is the latest Hasegawa Zero to roll out of the shop. I painted the airframe with Tamiya IJN gray/green and mixed my own blue/black for the cowl using Mr. Color lacquers. I never seem to add enough blue. The cockpit is painted with [...]
This is the Hasegawa kit finished with Tamiya and Mr. Color lacquers. The decals are from Berna for an aircraft of the 202nd Kokutai at Rabaul West in 1942. I finished it up with a Testors semi-gloss clear coat. The only thing I added [...]
This is an original 1974 issue Otaki kit. Another $4 swap meet find that patiently waited 51 years to get built. Zero drama in assembly, accurate shapes, and sketchy details in the cockpit. I only added a set of Eduard seat belts as you [...]
This is Hasegawa’s short nose Tony kit. On 27 Jan 45, Teruhiko Kobayashi survived a ramming attack on a B-29 flying this plane. Kobayashi bailed out and the B-29 was destroyed. For this mission, the plane’s armament was removed. I [...]
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 [...]
