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I built my first model car at about 10 yrs old. We used to build them, fill them with fireworks, and watch the fun. At about 30 I started taking the hobby seriously and now display my models instead of burn them...

1/72 Hasegawa F-14B

The red tomato! VF-101 Grim Reapers AD-101. 1/72 Hasegawa F-14B with Toptierhobby decals, Verlinden resin detail set, and Hasegawa weapons. This was a pretty decent build. It's from Hasegawa's 2014 Jolly Rogers History 2 kit combo and to [...]

Moebius 1/25 Batman Tumbler

This isn't the first run that was molded in black, its the one that's molded in a gold color that has the option as being built as the military version from TDKR and comes with a Bane figure as well. Honestly, there are too many parts [...]

Academy 1/700 USS Enterprise CV-6 "Modeler's Edition"

Kit: Academy 1/700 USS Enterprise CV-6 "Modeler's Edition" EDIT 11/2021: Fixed the SBD wing issue by building new ones History: The USS Enterprise CV-6 was the seventh US Navy vessel of that name and the sixth US aircraft [...]

1/72 F-14A VF-32 Mig-killer "Gypsy 202"

Kit: Hasegawa 1/72 Grumman F-14A Tomcat "USS John F. Kennedy Fighter Squadrons" History: On January 4, 1989, two US F-14 Tomcats of VF-32 Swordsmen downed two Lybian Mig-23 floggers. The Tomcats were AC-207 flying lead and AC-202 [...]

1/72 HobbyBoss F-14D Super Tomcat VF-2 Bounty Hunters

1/72 HobbyBoss F-14D Super Tomcat. I went with the VF-2 Bounty Hunters CAG bird (the kit has 3 decal options!). Overall the kit was a really nice build that went together well. No major issues at all. A couple of areas needed just a bit of [...]

1/700 Trumpeter CVN-74 USS John C Stennis

Kit: Trumpeter 1/700 CVN-74 USS John C Stennis. Intro: This was actually my first ship ever. I usually build aircraft in 1/72 but decided to try something new. I started this in October of last year, and being that it's August, it took me [...]