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I have been building models since I was five. Many moons ago. I currently concentrate on 1/32 WW II aircraft. Also, have built a few vacuforms in this scale also. Member of IPMS- Great Plains.

1/32 Northrup F-89D Scorpion

This is a vacuform kit by Tigger Models( John Wilkes). Originally this was done by ID and Tigger obtained materials to continue the line. -The aircraft depicted served with the 66th Fighter Interceptor Squadron at Elmendorf AB, Alaska in [...]

1/32 Douglas A-20G

HKM kit -Zotz decals used. Represents “Sweet Li’l Kitten” serving with 312th Bomb Group 388th Bomb Squadron based in New Guinea. -This is very, very good kit. Basically built from the box. -A few very tricky things to work out [...]

Macchi Mc205 Veltro

This is the PCM kit that was issued several years ago. I was working on the interior when the Italeri 202 was issued. I decided to build them together. Compared to the Italeri kit, I found the surface details to be finer on the PCM kit [...]

Macchi Mc202 Folgore

This is my attempt at this new kit. It represents an aircraft that was sent to Russia help protect their infantry countrymen. This bird was a Breda built plane and features different camouflage than Macchi and SAI built airframes. I was [...]

Yak 9M

This is the 1/32 ICM kit. A very nice kit and pretty simple to build compared to what I usually do. While doing research for a color scheme, I came across one depicted on Massimo Tessatori’s Russian aircraft website that really got my [...]

Avia S199

This is a model of one the first fighter aircraft of the Israeli Air Force. This represents an aircraft flown by William Pomerantz in 1948. the kit used is the Revell 1/32 late Bf109G with the AML conversion set and decals for the S-199 [...]

McDonnell Douglas F2H-4 Banshee

This is the Tigger vacuform kit in 1/32 scale I had wanted a kit in this scale since I converted the old Hawk F2H-2 1/48 kit to a -4 many years ago. The conversion took much longer than me binning it after completion. Really no [...]

Spitfire Mk XII

This is the 1/32 Revell Mk IX kit converted to the Mk XII. It represents one flown by R H Harries in No. 91 Squadron. He was the top ace in Griffon engined Spitfires with 10/1 of his 15+3 sh/2/5? I used the Grey Matters Mk XII conversion [...]

Infinity 1/32 DeHavilland Vampire Mk 9

England was an early producer of jet aircraft behind Germany. The Meteor was their first jet in service in WW II. The Vampire was the next jet to follow in service. The mock-up was was ok’d in 1942 with first prototype flights in 1944. [...]

Vought F4U-4B

VF-884 Bitter Birds Home based at NAS Olathe, Kansas. KoreanWar. -Flevo Decals. -Trumpeter F4U-4B kit. [...]